0001193125-13-366791.txt : 20130913 0001193125-13-366791.hdr.sgml : 20130913 20130913172911 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-366791 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130913 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130913 GROUP MEMBERS: RIVERWOOD CAPITAL GP LTD. GROUP MEMBERS: RIVERWOOD CAPITAL L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: RIVERWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: RIVERWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD. GROUP MEMBERS: RIVERWOOD CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: RW LSG MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000866970 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640] IRS NUMBER: 232596710 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-42472 FILM NUMBER: 131097117 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1227 SOUTH PATRICK DRIVE STREET 2: BUILDING 2A CITY: SATELLITE BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 32937 BUSINESS PHONE: 321-779-5520 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1227 SOUTH PATRICK DRIVE STREET 2: BUILDING 2A CITY: SATELLITE BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 32937 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PHOENIX GROUP CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001130 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PHOENIX HEATHCARE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990519 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IATROS HEALTH NETWORK INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941221 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RW LSG Holdings LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001550597 IRS NUMBER: 352445913 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O RIVERWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT STREET 2: 70 WILLOW ROAD STE 100 CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 BUSINESS PHONE: 6506187300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O RIVERWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT STREET 2: 70 WILLOW ROAD STE 100 CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 SC 13D/A 1 d597746dsc13da.htm SC 13D/A SC 13D/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

 

 

Lighting Science Group Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

53224G103

(CUSIP Number)

Mei Liang

RW LSG Holdings LLC

c/o Riverwood Capital Partners L.P.

70 Willow Road, Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(650) 687-7300

Copy to:

Kirsten Jensen

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

(650) 251-5000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

September 11, 2013

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.   ¨

 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a Reporting Person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

RW LSG Holdings LLC

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Delaware

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

49,888,421

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

49,888,421

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

49,888,421

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

19.5%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

OO

 


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

Riverwood Capital Partners L.P.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

49,888,421*

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

49,888,421*

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

49,888,421*

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

19.5%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

PN

 

* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership as described under Item 5.


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

Riverwood Capital L.P.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

49,888,421*

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

49,888,421*

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

49,888,421*

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

19.5%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

PN

 

* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership as described under Item 5.


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

Riverwood Capital GP Ltd.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

49,888,421*

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

49,888,421*

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

49,888,421*

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

19.5%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

OO

 

* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership as described under Item 5.


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

RW LSG Management Holdings LLC

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Delaware

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

12,664,760

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

12,664,760

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,664,760

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

5.8%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

OO

 


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

Riverwood Capital Management L.P.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

12,664,760*

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

12,664,760*

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,664,760*

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

5.8%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

PN

 

* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership as described under Item 5.


CUSIP No. 53224G103  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons.

 

Riverwood Capital Management Ltd.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.    

Sole Voting Power

 

12,664,760*

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

0

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

12,664,760*

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,664,760*

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

5.8%

14.  

Type of Reporting Persons (See Instructions)

 

OO

 

* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership as described under Item 5.


This Amendment No. 4 supplements and amends the initial statement on Schedule 13D filed by (i) RW LSG Holdings LLC, (ii) Riverwood Capital Partners L.P., (iii) Riverwood Capital L.P., (iv) Riverwood Capital GP Ltd., (v) RW LSG Management Holdings LLC, (vi) Riverwood Capital Management L.P. and (vii) Riverwood Capital Management Ltd., with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2012 with respect to shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Lighting Science Group Corporation (the “Initial Statement”) as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3 thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2012, June 20, 2012, and September 26, 2012 respectively (as amended, the “Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Schedule 13D. The Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following after the first paragraph thereof:

The aggregate funds used in connection with the purchase of the Series J Preferred (as defined in Item 4) were $2,394,000. These funds were provided from general funds available to the Reporting Persons, including capital contributions from their investors.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing the third paragraph from the end thereof in its entirety with the following:

Series J Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement

On September 11, 2013, RW LSGH entered into a Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement (the “Series J Subscription Agreement”) with the Issuer and certain other parties identified therein, pursuant to which on such date RW LSGH purchased from the Issuer 2,394 shares of the Issuer’s Series J Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series J Preferred”) at a purchase price of $1,000 per share (the “Series J Stated Value”) or $2,394,000 in the aggregate.

Pursuant to the terms of the Series J Subscription Agreement, RW LSGH and the Issuer each made certain representations and warranties and the Issuer made certain indemnities, in each case regarding matters that are customarily included in investments of this nature. The Series J Subscription Agreement provides for the Issuer to reimburse RW LSGH for certain expenses incurred by it.

The Series J Subscription Agreement provides for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J Preferred to be treated as registrable securities under the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement.

Certificate of Designation: Terms of Series J Preferred

Pursuant to the terms of the certificate of designation with respect to the Series J Preferred (the “Series J Certificate”), the holders of Series J Preferred are entitled to receive as a liquidation preference (the “Series J Liquidation Amount”) under certain circumstances an amount equal to the greater of the fair market value of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J Preferred and a preferred return (the “Series J Returned Value”) which is calculated as: (x) 175% of the Series J Stated Value on or prior to May 26, 2014, and (y) 200% of the Series J Stated Value after May 26, 2014.

Pursuant to the terms of the Series J Certificate, the holders of Series J Preferred have the option at any time to convert all or any portion of their Series J Preferred into Common Stock at a


rate determined by dividing the stated per share value of $1,000 by the conversion price then in effect. The conversion price is initially $0.95 and is subject to adjustment upon certain events. During the period commencing when fewer than 2,500 shares of Series J Preferred remain outstanding, the Issuer has the right to deliver notice requiring conversion of the Series J Preferred into Common Stock. In addition, the Series J Preferred shall also automatically be converted upon consummation of a QPO, with holders receiving a number of shares of Common Stock based on the purchase price in such initial public offering or the Series J Returned Value, whichever results in the larger number.

All outstanding Series J Preferred shall be redeemed in the event of any redemption of the Series H Preferred, except to the extent that a holder of Series J Preferred affirmatively elects not to have the Series J Preferred held by such holder redeemed.

In the event of a change of control transaction, the Issuer is required to make an offer to repurchase all of the outstanding shares of Series J Preferred for cash equal to the Series J Liquidation Amount.

In the event that the Board declares dividends payable on the Common Stock, the holders of Series J Preferred have the right to receive dividends in an amount equal to the amount of any dividends with respect to such shares of Series H Preferred on an as-converted-to-Common Stock basis.

The Series J Preferred ranks senior to all other preferred stock of the Issuer outstanding at the time of its issuance, including the Series H Preferred and Series I Preferred and to the Common Stock with respect to liquidation payments and dividends.

Amendment of Series H Certificate and Subscription Agreement

On September 11, 2013, in connection with the sale and issuance of the Series J Preferred, certain amendments were entered into with respect to the Series H Certificate and the Subscription Agreement with respect to the Series H Preferred.

The amended and restated Series H Certificate (the “Amended Series H Certificate”) reduced the conversion price with respect to the Series H Preferred to $0.95, which is the same as the conversion price for the Series J Preferred at the time of issuance thereof.

In an amendment to the Subscription Agreement with respect to the Series H Preferred (the “Series H Subscription Agreement Amendment”) RW LSGH agreed to terminate its right to seek indemnification from the Issuer for certain breaches of the representations and warranties contained in the Subscription Agreement.

The description of the terms and conditions of the Series J Subscription Agreement, the Series J Certificate, the Subscription Agreement, the Series H Subscription Agreement Amendment, the Series H Certificate, the Amended Series H Certificate, Registration Rights Agreement, the Co-Sale Letter, the Services Agreement, the Warrant, the Letter Agreements, the New Warrant, the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, the Four-Party Co-Sale Letter, the Three-Party Co-Sale Letter, the Control Event Letter, the Fee Waiver Letter and the Voting Agreement set forth herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Subscription Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 3, the Series H Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit 4, the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 5, the Co-Sale Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 6, the Services Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 7, the Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit 8, the Letter Agreements attached hereto as Exhibits 9 and 10, the New Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit 11, the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 12, the Four-Party Co-Sale Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 13, the Three-Party Co-Sale Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 14, the Control Event Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 15, the Fee Waiver Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 16, the Voting Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 17, the Series J Subscription Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 18, the Series J


Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit 19, the Amended Series H Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit 20, and the Series H Subscription Agreement Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 21, each of which is incorporated by reference.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing the first two paragraphs thereof in their entirety with the following:

(a), (b) The following disclosure assumes that there are 206,135,661 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 7, 2013, which figure is based on the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2013 and filed on August 13, 2013, plus the number of shares of Common Stock that may be received upon the conversion of Series H Preferred, Series J Preferred and/or upon the exercise of the New Warrant, as applicable, beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), RW LSGH may be deemed to beneficially own 49,888,421 shares of Common Stock, which are subject to issuance upon the conversion of the Series H Preferred and Series J held by RW LSGH and which constitute approximately 19.5% of the Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this filing.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing the fourth paragraph thereof in its entirety with the following:

Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, RW LSGM may be deemed to beneficially own 12,664,760 shares of Common Stock, which are subject to issuance upon exercise of the New Warrant held by RW LSGM and which constitute approximately 5.8% of the Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this filing.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing the eighth paragraph thereof in its entirety with the following:

(c) Except as set forth in Item 4 hereof, to the best knowledge of each of the Reporting Persons, none of the Reporting Persons nor any other persons named in response to Item 2 hereof has engaged in any transactions in any shares of Common Stock during the past sixty days.

 

Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding additional exhibits as follows:

 

18.    Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2013, by and among Lighting Science Group Corporation, RW LSG Holdings, LLC and each of the other parties signatory thereto (filed herewith).
19.    Certificate of Designation of Series J Convertible Preferred Stock of Lighting Science Group Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 11, 2013 (filed herewith).
20.    Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Series H Convertible Preferred Stock of Lighting Science Group Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 11, 2013 (filed herewith).


21.    Amendment No. 1 to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement, by and among Lighting Science Group Corporation, RW LSG Holdings, LLC and each of the other parties signatory thereto (filed herewith).


Signatures

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: September 13, 2013

 

RW LSG HOLDINGS LLC
By:       Riverwood Capital Partners L.P.,
      as Managing Member
By:       Riverwood Capital L.P.,
      as General Partner
By:       Riverwood Capital GP Ltd.,
      as General Partner
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director & CEO
RW LSG MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LLC
By:       Riverwood Capital Management L.P.,
      as Managing Member
By:       Riverwood Capital Management Ltd.,
      as General Partner
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director
RIVERWOOD CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P
By:       Riverwood Capital L.P.,
      as General Partner
By:       Riverwood Capital GP Ltd.,
      as General Partner
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director & CEO


RIVERWOOD CAPITAL L.P.
By:       Riverwood Capital GP Ltd.,
      as General Partner
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director & CEO
RIVERWOOD CAPITAL GP LTD.
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director & CEO
RIVERWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.
By:       Riverwood Capital Management Ltd.,
      as General Partner
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director
RIVERWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD.
By:  

*

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:     Director

*/s/ Mei Liang

Attorney-in-Fact for Reporting Persons pursuant to Power of Attorney
EX-99.18 2 d597746dex9918.htm EX-99.18 EX-99.18

Exhibit 18

Execution Version

PREFERRED STOCK SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

THIS PREFERRED STOCK SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2013, by and among LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), PCA LSG HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PCA Holdings”), LSGC HOLDINGS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings II,” and together with PCA Holdings, “Pegasus”), and RW LSG HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Riverwood” and together with Pegasus, the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, the Company has authorized a new series of preferred shares designated the “Series J Convertible Preferred Stock” (“Preferred Shares”), which will be convertible into shares of common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation governing the Preferred Shares, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Series J Certificate of Designation”);

WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser desires to buy from the Company the number of Preferred Shares set forth on Schedule A hereto, each at a purchase price of $1,000 per share and a stated value of $1,000 per share, on the terms set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, certain capitalized terms as used herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Purchase and Sale of Preferred Shares.

(a) Payment for Preferred Shares; Delivery of Certificates. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and relying upon the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein, each Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to sell to each Purchaser, the number of Preferred Shares set forth beside such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A attached hereto (the “Purchased Shares”), free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer or Liens under applicable state and federal securities Laws and pursuant to the Series J Certificate of Designation), for aggregate consideration equal to the total consideration set forth beside such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A attached hereto (the “Purchase Price”), which shall be paid in United States dollars. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares by each Purchaser (the “Closing”) shall occur concurrently with the execution hereof. At the Closing: (i) each Purchaser shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company, in accordance with the wire transfer instructions attached hereto as Annex A an amount equal to such Purchaser’s Purchase Price, (ii) the Company will deliver to each Purchaser certificates representing such Purchaser’s Purchased Shares, registered in the name of each Purchaser in such denominations as such Purchaser shall request, (iii) each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company each of the Transaction Documents to which such

 

1


Purchaser is a party, duly executed by such Purchaser, as applicable, (iv) the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company and such Purchaser is a party, duly executed by each party thereto other than such Purchaser, and (v) the Company shall cause to be delivered to each Purchaser an opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel for the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

(b) Use of Purchase Price. The proceeds of the aggregate Purchase Price paid by all Purchasers shall be used by the Company for general corporate purposes.

2. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Purchaser as of the date hereof as follows, qualified by any specific disclosures made by the Company in the disclosure schedule of even date herewith delivered by the Company to Purchaser simultaneously with the execution hereof, referencing the particular subsection of this Section 2 (the “Disclosure Schedule”). The disclosures in any section or subsection of the Disclosure Schedule shall qualify each of the other sections and subsections in this Section 2 only to the extent it is readily apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections:

(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all licenses, Permits and authorizations necessary to own its properties, rights and assets and carry on its business as presently conducted and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing in each state or country, if any, in which failure to be so qualified would, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.

(b) Company Power. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and all other instruments, documents and agreements contemplated or required by the provisions of any of the Transaction Documents to be executed, delivered or carried out by the Company hereunder. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority under the Laws of the State of Delaware to own its properties and carry on its business as presently conducted.

(c) Authorization; Governmental Approvals.

i. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein contemplated to be consummated by the Company, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Purchased Shares to each Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement and the issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares (the “Conversion Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Series J Certificate of Designation have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.

 

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ii. Except as required by the Series H Certificate of Designation and the Series I Certificate of Designation and for filings necessary for the sale of the Purchased Shares to qualify for certain exemptions from the registration requirements under state blue sky Laws and federal securities Laws, no authorization, consent, approval, license or exemption of, and no registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any court or Governmental Body, and no vote, authorization, consent or approval of the stockholders of the Company, is necessary for (A) the valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, (B) the execution, issuance and delivery of the Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, (C) the execution and delivery by the Company of the other Transaction Documents or (D) the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein contemplated to be consummated by the Company.

(d) Capital. The Purchased Shares will have the voting powers, designation, preferences, rights and privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, set forth in the Series J Certificate of Designation. The Company has reserved for issuance the Conversion Shares. The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the consideration expressed herein, will be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid, and will be free of restrictions on use, voting or transfer or Liens other than restrictions on transfer or Liens under the applicable state and federal securities Laws and pursuant to the Series J Certificate of Designation. Except as set forth in Section 2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares is not subject, and will not be subject, to any preemptive rights. The Conversion Shares have been duly authorized, validly reserved for issuance, and upon conversion of the Purchased Shares and upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof and the provisions of the Series J Certificate of Designation, will be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid, and will be free of restrictions on use, voting or transfer or Liens other than the restrictions on transfer or Liens under the applicable state and federal securities Laws and pursuant to the Series J Certificate of Designation.

(e) Validity and Binding Effect; No Conflicts. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company does not (i) conflict with, violate or cause a breach, termination, acceleration or modification of (with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a default under (A) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (B) any Contract, Permit or Order to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound; (C) any Law to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound or; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon the properties or assets of the Company or any

 

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Company Subsidiary; other than in the case of the foregoing clauses (i)(B), (i)(C) and (ii), such requirements, conflicts, violations, breaches or rights which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 2(e) of the Disclosure Schedule and other than those which have been obtained or made, no Consent of any other Person is required on the part of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, or the compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(f) Capitalization.

i. Section 2(f)i of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, a true, complete and correct listing of the following, immediately prior to the open of business on the date hereof: (i) the authorized capitalization of the Company, the number of shares of each class of Capital Stock of the Company issued and outstanding and the number of shares reserved for issuance in connection with the Company’s stock option plans or otherwise, and (ii) all options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls, contracts, undertakings, arrangements, Contracts and commitments to issue which may result in the issuance of Capital Stock of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Capital Stock (the “Derivative Securities”), including the applicable conversion or exercise price of such Derivative Securities. Except as set forth in Section 2(f)i of the Disclosure Schedule, as of the open of business on the date hereof, there are (A) no outstanding shares of Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Company, (B) no outstanding Derivative Securities, (C) no obligations of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other similar Contract or commitment relating to any Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, the Company (the items in clauses (A), (B) and (C), together with the Capital Stock of the Company, being referred to collectively as “Company Securities”) and (D) no other obligations by the Company or any of Company Subsidiary to make any payments based on the price or value of any Company Securities. Except as set forth in Section 2(f)i of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding Contracts of any kind which obligate the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Capital Stock have been and all shares reserved for issuance will on issuance be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth in Section 2(f)i of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any of its Capital Stock. Except as set forth in Section 2(f)i of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any agreement relating to the voting of, transfer of, requiring registration of, or granting any preemptive rights, anti-dilutive rights or rights of first refusal or other similar rights with respect to any securities of the Company, including any Contract granting any Person the right to require the

 

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Company to file a registration statement under the 1933 Act (as defined below) or to require the Company to include any securities in any other registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act.

ii. After giving pro forma effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, Section 2(f)ii of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of immediately prior to the open of business on the date hereof, a true, complete and correct listing of all the Company’s outstanding: (i) shares of the Common Stock and (ii) Derivative Securities, including the applicable exercise price of such Derivative Securities, other than any Derivative Securities issued pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Equity-Based Compensation Plan or the Company’s 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

(g) Preferred Stock Exemption. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares by the Company to each Purchaser pursuant to and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Neither the Company nor any Person acting at its direction has taken any action (including any offering of any securities or Capital Stock of the Company under circumstances which would require the integration of such offering with the offering of any of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder) which would subject the offering, issuance, exchange or sale of any of the Purchased Shares to any Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement to the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.

3. Purchaser Representations and Warranties. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to itself to the Company as follows:

(a) Such Purchaser has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to purchase, acquire and accept delivery of the Purchased Shares.

(b) The Purchased Shares are being acquired for such Purchaser’s own account and not with a view to, or intention of, distribution thereof in violation of the 1933 Act, or any applicable state securities Laws.

(c) Such Purchaser is knowledgeable in financial matters and is able to evaluate the risks and benefits of an investment in the Purchased Shares. Such Purchaser understands and acknowledges that such investment is a speculative venture, involves a high degree of risk and is subject to complete risk of loss. Such Purchaser has carefully considered and has, to the extent such Purchaser deems necessary, discussed with such Purchaser’s professional legal, tax, accounting and financial advisers the suitability of its investment in the Purchased Shares.

(d) Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of its investment in the Purchased Shares for an indefinite period of time because the Purchased Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act and, therefore, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the 1933 Act or an exemption from such registration is available. Such Purchaser: (i) understands and acknowledges that the Purchased Shares being issued to

 

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such Purchaser have not been registered under the 1933 Act, nor under the securities Laws of any state, nor under the Laws of any other country and (ii) recognizes that no public agency has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of any information provided to such Purchaser or the fairness of the terms of its investment in the Purchased Shares.

(e) Such Purchaser has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Purchased Shares and has had full access to such other information concerning the Company as has been requested.

(f) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Purchaser does not and will not conflict with, violate or cause a breach of any agreement, Contract or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party or any judgment, Order or decree to which such Purchaser is subject.

(g) Such Purchaser became aware of the offering of the Purchased Shares other than by means of general advertising or general solicitation.

(h) Such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined under the 1933 Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as amended by Section 413 of the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010 and any applicable rules or regulations or interpretations thereof promulgated by the SEC or its staff.

(i) Such Purchaser acknowledges that the certificates for the Purchased Shares will contain a legend substantially as follows:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS.”

Subject to any lock-up or other similar agreement that may apply to the Purchased Shares as may be specifically agreed to with an applicable Purchaser, the requirement that the Purchased Shares contain the legend set forth in clause (i) above shall cease and terminate when such shares are transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act. Upon the consummation of an event described in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company, upon surrender of certificates containing such legend, shall, at its own expense (without the need for any opinion of counsel for a Purchaser), deliver to the holder of any such securities as to which the requirement for such legend shall have terminated, one or more new certificates evidencing such securities not bearing such legend.

 

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4. Additional Agreements.

(a) Purchase Covenant. Each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly as to itself, not to make any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Purchased Shares in violation of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any applicable securities Laws.

(b) Purchaser Expenses. The Company shall pay the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of the Purchasers, including the fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants and consultants employed by the Purchasers to the extent that such fees and expenses relate to services rendered in conjunction with the Purchasers’ investment in the Preferred Shares.

(c) Tax Provision. The Company and each Purchaser intend that for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, the Preferred Shares will be treated as equity and each of the Company and each Purchaser agrees that it will not take any position to the contrary with respect to any Preferred Shares it acquires pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(d) Information Rights. For so long as a Purchaser continues to beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 5,000 Preferred Shares, shares of Series H Preferred Stock and/or shares of Series I Preferred Stock (or the equivalent amount of Conversion Shares), during normal business hours, the Company shall provide to such Purchaser reasonable access to customary information, access and inspection rights, including delivering to such Purchaser the following information (collectively, the “Public Company Information”):

i. on an annual basis and promptly after it has been made available (but no later than thirty (30) days before the beginning of each fiscal year), (A) an annual budget of the Company, (B) a business plan of the Company, and (C) financial forecasts for the next fiscal year of the Company, in each case to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”);

ii. on an annual basis and promptly after it has been made available (but no later than seventy-five (75) days after the end of each fiscal year), annual unaudited financial and operating reports of the Company, to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Board;

iii. on a quarterly basis and promptly after it has been made available (but in no event later than forty (40) days after the end of each quarter), unaudited quarterly financial and operating reports of the Company, to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Board;

iv. final drafts of monthly management and operating reports of the Company as reasonably requested by such Purchaser to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Company’s chief executive officer and/or provided to the Board; and

 

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v. such other financial, management and operating reports and information reasonably requested by such Purchaser, including all such information as required for customary reporting to the limited partners of such Purchaser’s Affiliates and for tax reporting purposes.

In addition, in the event that the Company is no longer obligated to file an annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly reports on Form 10-Q with the SEC, the Company shall also deliver the following to each Purchaser (collectively, the “Private Company Information” and together with the Public Company Information, the “Company Information”):

vi. as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event within ninety (90) days thereafter (to the extent practicable), a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for such year, prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and followed promptly thereafter (to the extent it shall be available) with the opinion of the independent registered public accounting firm selected by the Company’s Audit Committee with respect to such financial statements; and

vii. in lieu of providing the information required under the foregoing Section 4(d)vi, as soon as practicable after the end of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event within forty-five (45) days thereafter (to the extent practicable), an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the end of each such quarterly period, and unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for such period and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments, all in reasonable detail, except that such financial statements need not contain the notes required by GAAP.

(e) Each Purchaser, and each Affiliate of such Purchaser, receiving Company Information hereunder shall keep such Company Information confidential and shall not provide access to such Company Information to any other Person; provided, that such Purchaser may provide access to such Company Information (A) to its agents, employees, directors, officers, trustees, partners, Affiliates, attorneys, accountants, advisors, auditors, portfolio management services and investors having an obligation of confidentiality to such Purchaser in the ordinary course of such Purchaser’s business; (B) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any of the Purchased Shares held by such Purchaser; provided, that any such prospective transferee or purchaser shall have agreed to keep the same confidential in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4; (C) as required by Law, subpoena, judicial order or similar legal process; provided, that each Purchaser shall

 

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notify the Company prior to disclosure if permitted by Law; (D) in connection with any litigation related to any Transaction Document or other agreement between such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates and the Company or any of its Affiliates or in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under any such Transaction Document or agreement; and (E) as may be required in connection with the examination, audit or similar investigation of such Purchaser or with respect to a request from any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over such Purchaser. The foregoing confidentiality restriction shall not apply to any Company Information that is in the public domain, becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to such Purchaser other than due to a breach by such Purchaser of this Section 4, was within such Purchaser’s possession or developed by it prior to being furnished with such information as evidenced by such Purchaser’s records, or becomes available to such Purchaser on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company.

(f) Terms of the Preferred Shares. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that the Preferred Shares shall have the powers, preferences and rights, and be subject to the qualifications, limitations or restrictions set forth in the Series J Certificate of Designation.

(g) Registration Rights. The Company, Riverwood, Zouk and Portman hereby acknowledge and agree that all Conversion Shares issuable to Riverwood, Zouk or Portman shall be deemed “Registrable Securities” pursuant to the Tri-Party Registration Rights Agreement. The Company and Pegasus hereby acknowledge and agree that all Conversion Shares issuable to Pegasus shall be deemed “Registrable Securities” pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

(h) Certain Actions. Promptly following the date hereof, the Company shall take all actions required to promptly prepare and file any required notice of exempt offering of securities, including a Form D, with the SEC pursuant to the 1933 Act and/or other comparable form with state securities regulators with respect to any applicable “blue sky” laws, in each such case, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

(i) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation Status. So long each Purchaser beneficially owns any Purchased Shares or any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, the Company shall not become a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code.

(j) Preemptive Rights. Promptly following consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall deliver an Issuance Notice (as defined in the Series H Certificate of Designation and the Series I Certificate of Designation) to the holders of Series H Preferred Stock and the holders of Series I Preferred Stock and each such holder shall thereafter have the right, in accordance with Section 14 of the Series H Certificate of Designation and the Series I Certificate of Designation (as applicable) to purchase Preferred Shares, provided, that such rights shall assume that Pegasus has purchased the maximum number of Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4(k) (the “Preemptive Rights Offering”).

 

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(k) Pegasus Commitment. If upon the consummation of the Preemptive Rights Offering and the expiration of the period prescribed by Section 14(a) of the Series H Certificate of Designation and Section 14(a) of the Series I Certificate of Designation (as may be extended by the Company in its sole discretion), fewer than 20,000 Preferred Shares have been issued by the Company in the aggregate (such amount the “Aggregate Series J Issuance”), thereupon the Company shall promptly notify Pegasus of: (i) the expiration of the Preemptive Rights Offering and (ii) the number of Preferred Shares purchased pursuant to the Preemptive Rights Offering. Not later than twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Company, Pegasus or any of its Affiliates shall purchase an additional number of Preferred Shares equal to 20,000 minus the Aggregate Series J Issuance at a per share purchase price of $1,000 (the “Pegasus Commitment”). Any such purchase required by the Pegasus Commitment shall be made on the same terms and conditions as set forth herein; provided, that the dates set forth in Section 5(b)(i) and the definition of the term “Follow-On Offering” herein shall not be tolled and shall be as prescribed in this Agreement.

5. Subsequent Securities Sales.

(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of a Follow-On Offering, the Company shall give notice of such Follow-On Offering to each Purchaser that owns any Preferred Shares as of such date, setting forth the terms and conditions of such Follow-On Offering.

(b) To the extent the consent of any Purchaser to a Follow-On Offering would be required pursuant to the terms of either the Series H Certificate of Designation, the Series I Certificate of Designation or the Series J Certificate of Designation, each Purchaser hereby agrees to consent to any such Follow-On Offering to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Follow-On Offering meets all of the following criteria:

 

  i. it is consummated on or before November 11, 2013;

 

  ii. it is offered to the holders of the then-outstanding shares of Series H Preferred Stock and Series I Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Existing Investors”) pursuant to Section 14(a) or Section 14(c) of the Series H Certificate of Designation and Series I Certificate of Designation, as applicable;

 

  iii. it is not an “Exempt Equity Issuance” as defined in the Series H Certificate of Designation or Series I Certificate of Designation;

 

  iv. it consists of Preferred Shares or such other security that has terms equivalent in all material respects, and limited to, the provisions set forth in Sections 2 through 8, inclusive, Sections 9(a), 9(b), 10 and 11(a) and Sections 12 through 15, inclusive of this Series J Certificate of Designation; and

 

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  v. the purchase price results in gross proceeds to the Company in an amount less than, or equal to, $50,000,000.00 in the aggregate together with any and all other such Follow-On Offerings.

(c) To the extent that a Follow-On Offering is led by any of the Non-Pegasus Purchasers (a “Qualified Follow-On”) and in such Qualified Follow-On the Existing Investors purchase Follow-On Securities that results in gross proceeds payable to the Company that is less than, or equal to, $30,000,000.00, then each Purchaser shall have the right to elect to Exchange all or any part of the Preferred Shares held by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Exchange” means to exchange Preferred Shares into the equivalent face amount (based on the original purchase price for the Preferred Shares and the purchase price for such Follow-On Securities) of the Follow-On Securities being offered in a Qualified Follow-On on substantially the same terms and conditions that govern such Qualified Follow-On.

(d) To the extent that in any Qualified Follow-On the Existing Investors purchase Follow-On Securities that results in gross proceeds payable to the Company that is greater than $30,000,000.00, then:

i. each of the Non-Pegasus Purchasers shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect to Exchange all or any part of the Preferred Shares held thereby;

ii. if any of the Non-Pegasus Purchasers elects to Exchange any Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 5(d)i, each of the other holders of Preferred Shares (other than Pegasus) shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect to Exchange all or any part of the Preferred Shares held thereby; and

iii. Pegasus shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect to Exchange all or any part of the Preferred Shares held thereby; provided, that to the extent that the gross proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Follow-On Securities purchased in such Qualified Follow-On exceeds $50,000,000.00 (the Follow-On Securities underlying such excess, if any, the “Excess Follow-On Securities”), such right shall be contingent upon Pegasus purchasing at least thirty percent (30%) of such Excess Follow-On Securities.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if both Riverwood and Pegasus fully exercise their rights to Exchange all of their respective Preferred Shares in any Qualified Follow-On pursuant to this Section 5, all of the then outstanding Preferred Shares shall be subject to mandatory Exchange. The Company shall take all necessary corporate action to facilitate any Exchange pursuant to Section 5(c) and Section 5(d).

(f) If, in connection with any Follow-On Offering, either the Series H Certificate of Designation, on the one hand, or Series I Certificate of Designation, on the other, is amended in a manner that is more favorable to the holders of Series I Preferred Stock, on the one hand, or the holders of Series H Preferred Stock, on the other (any such amendments, the “Improved Terms”), then (i) the applicable certificate of designation that was not amended to contain the Improved Terms shall be amended to provide the

 

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holders of such securities with the benefit of the applicable Improved Terms and (ii) to the extent that, prior to such Follow-On Offering, the Series J Certificate of Designation contained any term that was equivalent to an Improved Term in the Series H Certificate of Designation or Series I Certificate of Designation, the Series J Certificate of Designation shall similarly be amended to provide the holders of Preferred Shares with the benefit of the applicable Improved Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no term contained in the Series H Certificate of Designation and Series I Certificate of Designation in effect immediately following consummation of any Follow-On Offering shall be deemed to be an Improved Term to the extent that the difference between the applicable term in the Series H Certificate of Designation or Series I Certificate of Designation is substantially similar to the difference in the Series H Certificate of Designation and Series I Certificate of Designation on the date hereof. To the extent that, pursuant to the terms of the Series H Certificate of Designation, the Series I Certificate of Designation or the Series J Certificate of Designation or otherwise, the consent of any Purchaser would be required to give effect to this Section 5(f), each Purchaser hereby agrees to consent to such action. The Company further agrees to take all necessary corporate action to give effect to this Section 5(f).

6. Indemnification by the Company.

(a) Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Section 6, the Company shall save, defend, indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and its affiliates and the respective representatives, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, partners, stockholders, controlling Persons, agents, representatives, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, interest, awards, judgments, penalties, costs and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending the foregoing), asserted against, incurred, sustained or suffered by any of the foregoing as a result of, arising out of or relating to any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company and contained in this Agreement and the Disclosure Schedule.

(b) Each Purchaser shall give notice to the Company promptly after such Purchaser has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and to the extent such claim is a third party claim, shall permit the Company to assume the defense of any such third party claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided, that counsel for the Company who shall conduct the defense of such third party claim or any litigation resulting therefrom shall be approved by each of the Purchasers, if each such Purchaser is seeking indemnification hereunder (such approval by the Purchasers shall not unreasonably be withheld conditioned or delayed), and each Purchaser may participate in such defense at its expense (other than as provided below), and provided further, that the failure of any Purchaser to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent that the Company is actually and materially prejudiced thereby. Each Purchaser, at the Company’s cost and expense, shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as the Company may reasonably request and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of any such third party claim and/or litigation resulting therefrom. Each Purchaser shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees

 

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and expenses to be paid by the Company, if (i) the Company fails to prosecute the applicable third party claim or litigation resulting therefrom in a prompt and timely fashion and/or (ii) representation of such Purchaser by the counsel retained by the Company would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Purchaser and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding; provided, that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the fees and expenses of more than one such separate counsel (other than foreign counsel) for the Purchasers unless and to the extent that representation of a Purchaser by the counsel retained by the Company or by or on behalf of another Purchaser would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between or among the Company and/or such Purchasers. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6(b) to the contrary, neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall, without the prior written consent of the other party, settle or compromise any third party claim as to which indemnity may be sought or permit a default or consent to entry of any judgment unless the claimant (or claimants) and such party provide to such other party an unqualified release from all liability in respect of such third party claim; provided, that the prior written consent of each Purchaser shall be required for the Company to take any of such actions if the taking of such actions could or could reasonably be expected to reduce or limit the rights or indemnification recoveries available to, or otherwise increase the liability of or losses to, either such Purchaser, their affiliates and their respective representatives, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, partners, stockholders, controlling Persons, agents, representatives, successors and assigns. If the Company makes any payment on any claim, the Company shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to all rights and remedies of the applicable Purchaser to any insurance benefits or other claims of such Purchaser with respect to such claim.

(c) Survival. The representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2(a) (Organization), 2(b) (Power), 2(c)i (Authorization), 2(d) (Capital) and 2(f) (Capitalization) shall survive the Closing for the maximum period permitted by applicable Law, and all other representations and warranties of the parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall terminate upon the Closing and thereafter shall be of no further force or effect. Following the expiration of the periods set forth above with respect to any particular representation or warranty, no party hereto shall have any further liability with respect to such representation or warranty. Except as set forth herein, all of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the parties hereto shall survive the Closing indefinitely (or if indefinite survival is not permitted by Law, then for the maximum period permitted by applicable Law). A claim for indemnification related to a breach of any of the representations and warranties becomes barred if not filed or noticed during the survival period; and the parties hereto intend to shorten (in the case of limited survival provisions) the applicable statute of limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to contrary, any claim for indemnification that is asserted by written notice within the survival period shall survive until resolved pursuant to a final non-appealable judicial determination or a written agreement between the Company and the applicable Purchaser(s) who has made such indemnification claim.

7. General Provisions.

 

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(a) Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Affiliate” shall mean any Person which directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person or entity; provided, that for purposes of the definition of “Affiliate,” Purchaser shall not be deemed an “Affiliate” of the Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the banks in New York or Florida are authorized by Law to be closed; provided, that with respect to any notice period that is shorter than ten (10) Business Days and includes a Friday, such period shall be extended for one (1) additional Business Day.

Bylaws” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, the bylaws of a Person, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Capital Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, shares of beneficial interest, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital stock or any form of membership, ownership or participation interests, as applicable, including partnership interests, whether now outstanding or hereafter issued and any and all securities, debt instruments, rights, warrants or options exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock.

Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, the articles or certificate of incorporation or other applicable organizational document of such Person, including any certificate of designation, as currently in effect.

Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Company Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

Company Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company.

Contract” shall mean any legally binding contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, loan, indenture, lease, license, note, option, warrant, right, instrument, commitment or other similar document, arrangement or agreement,

 

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whether written or oral, together with all amendments, modifications and/or supplements thereof.

Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)i.

Derivative Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(f).

Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

Follow-On Offering” shall mean any issuance or sale of any security of the Company (whether debt, equity or otherwise but excluding any security issued pursuant to an Exempt Equity Issuance (as defined in the Series J Certificate of Designation) or the Preemptive Rights Offering), which offer for issuance or sale is made on or before the earlier of: (i) the consummation of one or more Qualified Follow-Ons that result in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company equal to or in excess of $30,000,000.00 and (ii) March 11, 2014; provided, that for purposes of this paragraph (ii) only, if the Company has substantially negotiated the material terms of an issuance or sale by or prior to March 11, 2014, that, but for the fact that such transaction does not actually close by such date would have been a Follow-On Offering, then such transaction, when and if consummated, shall still be considered a Follow-On Offering to the extent consummated on such terms within forty-five (45) days of March 11, 2014.

Follow-On Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Follow-On Offering or Qualified Follow-On, the securities of the Company issued or sold in such Follow-On Offering or Qualified Follow-On.

GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Governmental Body” shall mean any government or governmental or quasi governmental authority including, without limitation, any federal, state, territorial, county, municipal or other governmental or quasi governmental agency, board, branch, bureau, commission, court, arbitral body (public or private), department or other instrumentality or political unit or subdivision, whether located in the United States or abroad.

Late Company Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).

Law” shall mean any treaty, statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order or other legal requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated, applied or followed by any Governmental Body.

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, Lien (statutory or otherwise), security interest, hypothecation, conditional sale agreement, encumbrance or similar restriction or agreement.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, change, effect, condition or contingency that has a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities), results of operations or financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than to the extent resulting from: (i) changes in general business or economic conditions affecting the industry generally in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, (ii) changes in national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement by the United States of America in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to a declaration of a national emergency or war, or any escalation thereof, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon the Unites States of America or any of its territories, possessions or diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United States of America, (iii) changes generally affecting financial, banking or securities markets (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index), (iv) changes in GAAP, or (v) changes in applicable Laws (including any changes in interpretations thereof), in each case in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v), inclusive, which do not disproportionately affect the Company or the Company Subsidiaries as compared to other similarly situated participants in the industry in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate.

Non-Pegasus Purchasers” shall mean, collectively, Riverwood, Zouk and Portman.

Order” shall mean any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ, assessment, mediation or arbitration award (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent).

Pegasus” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Permits” shall mean any approvals, authorizations, licenses, permits, consents or certificates by or of any Governmental Body.

Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association, unincorporated organization, group, joint stock company, Governmental Body or other entity.

Portman” shall mean Portman Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and its Affiliates.

Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Private Company Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

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Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Qualified Follow-On” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2009, by and between the Company and Pegasus Partners IV, L.P., as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2012, by and between the Company and Pegasus Partners IV, L.P.

Riverwood” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Series H Certificate of Designation” shall mean the Certificate of Designation governing the Series H Preferred Stock.

Series H Preferred Stock” shall mean the Company’s Series H Convertible Preferred Stock.

Series I Certificate of Designation” shall mean the Certificate of Designation governing the Series I Preferred Stock.

Series I Preferred Stock” shall mean the Company’s Series I Convertible Preferred Stock.

Series J Certificate of Designation” shall mean have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Series J Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Subsidiary” shall mean (i) as to any Person, any other Person more than 50% of the shares of the voting stock, voting interests, membership interests or partnership interests of which are owned or controlled, or the ability to select or elect more than 50% of the directors or similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and/or (ii) any Person with respect to which the Company or a Company Subsidiary is a general partner or managing member.

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits hereto, the Series J Certificate of Designation, certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares and any certificate or other document required to be delivered by or on behalf of the Company or any Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Tri-Party Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 25,

 

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2012, by and among the Company, Riverwood, RW LSG Management Holdings LLC, Portman and Zouk.

Zouk” means Cleantech Europe II (A) LP, Cleantech Europe II (B) LP and their Affiliates.

(b) Choice of Law. The Laws of the State of New York without reference to any conflict of Laws provisions thereof that would result in the application of the Law of a different jurisdiction, will govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Agreement.

(c) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and the applicable Purchaser, provided, that it is understood and agreed that no amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall be applicable to, or with respect to, any Purchaser without such Purchaser’s prior written consent. No delay or failure of any Purchaser in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall affect or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy preclude any further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies hereunder of each Purchaser are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which it would otherwise have. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Purchaser of any breach or default under this Agreement or any such waiver of any provision or condition of this Agreement must be in writing by such Purchaser and shall be effective only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth.

(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including via facsimile or e-mail in .pdf format), each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute a single agreement.

(e) Effectiveness. It is understood that this Agreement is not effective and binding upon any of the parties hereto until executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto.

(f) Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(g) Benefit of Agreement, Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and each Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns, heirs, executors and personal representative, as applicable, except that the Company shall not have the right to assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights of each Purchaser set forth herein shall inure to the benefit of such Purchaser and its transferees. This Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and it is not the intention of the parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other Person other than any Person entitled to indemnity under Section 5 or as set forth above,

 

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and no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or otherwise be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise.

(h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed properly delivered if (i) delivered personally, (ii) mailed by first class, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) sent by next day or overnight mail or delivery or (iv) sent by electronic mail, facsimile transmission or other electronic means of transmitting written documents (with a follow up copy under (iii) above), to the parties as set forth below:

If to the Pegasus:

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P.

99 River Road

Cos Cob, CT 06807

Attention: Steven Wacaster

Tel: (212) 710-2509

Fax:

Email: SWacaster@pcalp.com

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice or constructive notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

399 Park Ave

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Jeffrey Kochian

Tel: (212) 872-806

Fax: (212) 872-1002

Email: jkochian@akingump.com

If to the Riverwood:

c/o Riverwood Capital Management L.P.

70 Willow Road, Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Jeffrey T. Parks

Tel: (650) 618-7300

Fax: (650) 618-7114

Email: jeff@rwcm.com

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice or constructive notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2550 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Kirsten Jensen

 

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Tel: (650) 251-5000

Fax: (650) 251-5002

Email: kjensen@stblaw.com

If to the Company:

If to the Company:

Lighting Science Group Corporation

1227 South Patrick Drive

Building 2A

Satellite Beach, FL 32937

Attention: Gregory T. Kaiser, Chief Financial Officer

Tel: (321) 779-5520

Fax: (321) 779-5521

Email: greg.kaiser@lsgc.com

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice or constructive notice) to:

Haynes and Boone, LLP

2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700

Dallas, TX 75219

Attention: Greg R. Samuel, Esq.

Tel: (214) 651-5645

Fax: (214) 200-0577

Email: greg.samuel@haynesboone.com

Either party may change the name and address of the designee to whom notice shall be sent by giving written notice of such change to the other party. All notices or other communications to be, or otherwise, provided by a Purchaser must be sent to such other Purchaser and the Company simultaneously in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6(h) in order to be deemed properly delivered.

(i) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Transaction Documents and all Exhibits and Schedules attached here or thereto constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and the Purchasers and the final expression thereof and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, formal or informal, between the Company and Purchasers relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

(j) Venue. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located within New York, New York in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the Laws of the State of New York for such Persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might otherwise have to such jurisdiction, venue and process. Each party hereto hereby agrees not to commence any legal proceedings relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any jurisdiction or courts other than as provided herein.

 

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(k) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PURCHASER AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PURCHASER OR THE COMPANY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

(l) Rules of Construction. Words such as “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and the like shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular document or Article, Section or other portion in which such words appear. If a term is defined as one part of speech (such as a noun), it shall have a corresponding meaning when used as another part of speech (such as a verb). Any reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute, Law or other legal regulation shall be deemed to also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. References herein to “$” shall be references to United States Dollars. The words “include” and “including” shall be deemed to mean “include, without limitation,” and “including, without limitation”.

(m) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable Law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating any other provision of this Agreement. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

(n) Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Purchasers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Purchasers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges and each Purchaser confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. A default by any Purchaser of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall not constitute a default by any other Purchaser under this Agreement and, except with respect to such defaulting Purchaser, shall not relieve the Company of any of its

 

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obligations to any other Purchaser under this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas C. Shields

  Name:   Thomas C. Shields
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


PURCHASERS:
RW LSG HOLDINGS LLC
By:   Riverwood Capital Management L.P.,
  its Managing Member
By:   Riverwood Capital Management Ltd.,
  its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Michael E. Marks

  Name:   Michael E. Marks
  Title:   Director and CEO

 

Signature Page to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


PEGASUS
By:  

/s/ Steven Wacaster

  Name:   Steven Wacaster
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


Schedule A

 

Purchaser

   Purchased
Shares
     Total Cash
Consideration
 

PCA LSG Holdings, LLC

     2,500       $ 2,500,000.00   

LSGC Holdings II, LLC

     12,500       $ 12,500,000.00   

RW LSG Holdings LLC

     2,394       $ 2,394,000.00   

Total

     17,394       $ 17,394,000.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Exhibit A

Series J Certificate of Designation


Exhibit B

Opinion

EX-99.19 3 d597746dex9919.htm EX-99.19 EX-99.19

Exhibit 19

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

OF

SERIES J CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION

 

 

Pursuant to Section 151(g) of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

Lighting Science Group Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 151(g) thereof, hereby certifies as follows:

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority conferred on the Board of Directors by the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, the issuance of a series of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation which shall consist of 50,000 shares of preferred stock be, and the same hereby is, authorized, and each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary of the Corporation be, and each hereby is, authorized and directed to execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock of the Corporation setting forth a copy of this resolution fixing the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof (in addition to the designations, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, set forth in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation which may be applicable to the Corporation’s preferred stock), as follows:

1. Number of Shares; Designation. A total of 50,000 shares (the “Preferred Shares”) of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation have been designated as Series J Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series”).

2. Rank. The Series shall, with respect to payment of dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, rank:

(a) Senior and prior to (i) the Series H Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value 0.001 per share (the “Series H Preferred Stock”); (ii) the Series I Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value 0.001 per share (the “Series I Preferred Stock”); (iii) the Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”); (iv) all other Equity Securities of the Corporation (including warrants and other securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable into or for (A) shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock Equivalents”), (B) shares of Series H Preferred Stock and (C) shares of Series I Preferred Stock; and (v) any additional class or series of stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation and is designated in the amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation establishing such additional class or series of stock as ranking junior to the Preferred Shares or which does not state they are Parity Liquidation Shares (as defined below) or Senior Liquidation Shares (as defined below). Any shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock that are junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, including upon a Liquidation Event (as defined below), are hereinafter referred to as “Junior Liquidation Shares.”


(b) Pari passu with any additional class or series of stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation in accordance with the terms hereof and is expressly designated in the amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation establishing such additional class or series of stock as ranking equal to the Preferred Shares. Any shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock that rank equal to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, including upon a Liquidation Event, are hereinafter referred to as “Parity Liquidation Shares.”

(c) Junior to any additional class or series of stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation in accordance with the terms hereof and is expressly designated in the amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation establishing such additional class or series of stock as ranking senior to the Preferred Shares. Any shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock that rank senior to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, including upon a Liquidation Event, are hereinafter referred to as “Senior Liquidation Shares.”

3. Dividends.

(a) Subject to the rights and preferences of any Senior Liquidation Shares, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends for each Preferred Share, dividends of the same type as any dividends or other distribution, whether in cash, in kind or in other property, payable or to be made on outstanding shares of Common Stock, in an amount equal to the amount of such dividends or other distribution as would be made on the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Optional Conversion Shares issuable to each Holder on the applicable record date for such dividends or other distribution on the Common Stock (the “Dividends”).

(b) Any Dividends shall be payable to each Holder at the same time as and when such dividend or other distribution on Common Stock is paid to the holders of Common Stock and shall be payable to each Holder on the record date for the corresponding dividend or distribution on the Common Stock; provided, that no dividend or distribution on Common Stock shall be made to any holders of Common Stock unless the Dividends are paid (or are concurrently being paid) to all Holders pursuant to this Section 3.

(c) The Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, in kind or other property, in excess of or in any instance other than the Dividends as provided in this Section 3.

(d) So long as any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, make any Parity Securities Distribution or Junior Securities Distribution, other than (i) as may be required pursuant to that certain Commitment Agreement, dated September 25, 2012, by and between the Corporation and Pegasus Partners IV, L.P., as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) subject to Section 5, for the redemption of any shares of the Series H Preferred Stock or Series I Preferred Stock or (iii) with respect to any other Parity Securities Distribution, to the extent that such distribution is made in accordance with the requirements of Section 11(b) and the Holders participate in such Parity Securities Distribution in exactly the same manner, to the same extent and in the same proportions (on an as converted basis) as all other Parity Liquidation Shares.

 

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4. Conversion.

(a) Conversion at Option of Holder. Each Preferred Share shall be convertible, at the option of the Holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, into the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Optional Conversion Shares issuable with respect to each Preferred Share (subject to Section 4(e)). In the event of a Liquidation Event, the conversion rights provided by this Section 4(a) shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for payment of any amounts distributable on such Liquidation Event to the Holders.

(b) Procedures for Conversion at Option of Holder. Each Holder shall effect an optional conversion pursuant to Section 4(a) by providing the Corporation with a written conversion notice specifying (i) the number of Preferred Shares to be converted and (ii) the date on which such conversion is to be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”), which conversion date and time shall not be prior to the date such Holder delivers such notice to the Corporation nor more than twenty (20) business days thereafter. If no Conversion Date is specified in a notice of conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such notice of conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered to the Corporation hereunder. To effect any conversion of the Preferred Shares, each Holder shall surrender the certificate(s) representing such Preferred Shares to the Corporation. Any Preferred Shares converted into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued. As soon as practicable after the Conversion Date and the surrender of the certificate(s) representing Preferred Shares, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to each such Holder or its nominee, at such Holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation, a certificate(s) for the number of Optional Conversion Shares. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made on the Conversion Date, and the Holder entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date. Unless a Holder converts all of its Preferred Shares pursuant to an Optional Conversion, the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) business days after the Conversion Date and at its own expense, issue a new certificate evidencing the number of Preferred Shares owned by such Holder after giving effect to the Preferred Shares converted on the Conversion Date.

(c) Conversion at the Option of the Corporation. At any time on or after the first date that fewer than 2,500 Preferred Shares remain outstanding in the aggregate (as adjusted for any Reclassification (as defined below) of the Preferred Shares), then at the Corporation’s option and election, all outstanding Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, may be converted automatically into the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Optional Conversion Shares with respect to all outstanding Preferred Shares (subject to Section 4(e)). The Corporation shall effect an optional conversion pursuant to this Section 4(c) by mailing a written conversion notice to each Holder at the address of record on the books of the Corporation specifying (i) the Conversion Date, which conversion date and time shall not be prior to fifteen (15) days after the date the Corporation delivers such notice, and (ii) (A) that at any time prior to the Conversion Date, each Holder shall have the right in lieu of conversion to exercise its right to redeem such Preferred Shares for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount with respect thereto in the same manner as upon receipt of a Mandatory Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 5(a)(i), and (B) the Redemption Date with respect to any such Redemption (as defined below), which Redemption Date shall be no more than sixty (60) days after the Conversion Date.

(d) Automatic Conversion. Upon the date on which a Qualified Public Offering is consummated (the “Forced Conversion Date”), each Preferred Share shall automatically be converted (a “Forced Conversion”), into the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the greater of (1) the number of Optional Conversion Shares issuable

 

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with respect to each Preferred Share (subject to Section 4(e)) or (2) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the Returned Value by (II) the price per share of Common Stock paid by the public in such Qualified Public Offering. All outstanding Preferred Shares shall, on the Forced Conversion Date, be converted into Common Stock for all purposes, notwithstanding the failure of any Holder thereof to surrender any certificate representing such shares on or prior to such date. On and after the Forced Conversion Date, (w) no Preferred Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding or be transferable on the books of the Corporation; and (x) each Holder, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or other distributions, to receive notices or to vote such Preferred Shares or to exercise or enjoy any other powers, preferences or rights in respect thereof, other than (y) the right, upon surrender of the certificate(s) representing such Preferred Shares, to receive a certificate(s) for the shares of Common Stock into which such shares have been converted, and (z) all dividends accrued and unpaid with respect to Preferred Shares accrued up to and including the Forced Conversion Date. On the Forced Conversion Date, all such Preferred Shares shall be retired and cancelled and shall not be reissued.

(e) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip shall be issued upon conversion of any Preferred Shares. In lieu of any fractional share to which any Holder would otherwise be entitled, based on the number of Preferred Shares of such Holder being converted in a single or series of related transactions, the Corporation shall issue a number of shares of Common Stock to such Holder rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock. No cash shall be payable to any Holder upon conversion of Preferred Shares.

5. Redemption.

(a) Redemption Rights; Automatic and at Option of Holders.

(i) Upon the Corporation’s receipt of written notice of any Series H Redemption, the Corporation shall redeem all of the Preferred Shares for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount of such Preferred Shares (the “Mandatory Redemption”) unless, and only to the extent that, any Holder of Preferred Shares gives written notice to the Corporation of such Holder’s election to have less than all or none of its Preferred Shares so redeemed. The Corporation shall mail via nationally recognized overnight courier service to each Holder at the address of record on the books of the Corporation, and e-mail and fax (to the extent the Corporation has a current e-mail and fax number, as applicable, on record for such Holder) a written notice (a “Mandatory Redemption Notice”) of such Mandatory Redemption not later than one (1) business day following the Corporation’s receipt of notice of a Series H Redemption, which Mandatory Redemption Notice shall specify the earliest redemption date for that Series H Redemption. Each Holder shall have until the earliest redemption date specified in the Mandatory Redemption Notice triggering the Mandatory Redemption to deliver a notice to the Corporation electing to exercise its right to have less than all or none of its Preferred Shares redeemed (a “Notice of Non-Redemption”). To the extent any Preferred Shares are redeemed in a Mandatory Redemption, such Mandatory Redemption shall be senior to and payable in full prior to the payment of any amounts pursuant to any Series H Redemption or Series I Redemption (including, without limitation, with respect to the Series H Redemption that triggered the Mandatory Redemption); provided, that the redemption date for such Mandatory Redemption (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”) shall be the earliest redemption date specified in the Mandatory Redemption Notice triggering the Mandatory Redemption. If, for any or no reason at all, the Series H Redemption triggering the Mandatory Redemption is withdrawn or if the Corporation satisfies or cures, or the applicable Series H Holders waive, the obligation or obligations giving rise to such Series H Redemption, or any other action is taken such that there is no longer an obligation on the part of the Corporation to consummate the Series H Redemption at such time,

 

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and no shares of Series H Preferred Stock are redeemed, the Holders shall no longer have the right to redeem Preferred Shares on such Mandatory Redemption Date.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything in Section 5(a)(i) the contrary, after the Corporation has redeemed any shares of the Series H Preferred Stock, each Holder may at any time and from time to time thereafter elect to have all or a portion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares redeemed by the Corporation for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount of such Preferred Shares (the “Optional Redemption Right”).

(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Corporation to the Holders shall be senior to the obligations of the Corporation to any and all Junior Liquidation Shares.

(b) Limitations on Redemption. Any redemption of Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 5 or Section 6 (a “Redemption”) shall be payable out of any cash or surplus available therefor under applicable Delaware law, and if there is not a sufficient amount of cash or surplus available, then out of the remaining assets of the Corporation available therefor under applicable Delaware law (valued at the fair market value thereof on the date of payment, as determined by the Board of Directors). If the Redemption is executed prior to or simultaneously with any Series H Redemption or any Series I Redemption, the Corporation shall pay all Holders of Preferred Shares any amounts payable pursuant to such Redemption prior to any payments made in respect of any Junior Liquidation Shares. At the time of a Redemption, the Corporation shall take all actions required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the Redemption of the Preferred Shares, including, without limitation, through the revaluation of its assets in accordance with Delaware law, to make funds available under applicable Delaware law for such Redemption or to determine the existence of sufficient surplus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Corporation shall not be permitted or required to redeem any Preferred Shares for so long as such Redemption would result in an event of default under: (x) that certain Second Lien Letter of Credit, Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 20, 2011, by and among the Corporation, as borrower, the guarantors and lenders party from time to time thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as agent; (y) that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2010, by and among the Corporation, the guarantors and lenders from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent, (or its successor) and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as sole lead arranger, manager and bookrunner (or its successor) (together, (x) and (y), the “Credit Facilities”); or (z) any amendments or restatements of, supplements to, or new facility or facilities entered into in replacement of, the Credit Facilities in accordance with the terms hereof, including Section 11(b) (to the extent applicable).

(c) Redemption Procedures.

(i) A Redemption pursuant to Section 5(a)(i) shall occur automatically on the applicable Mandatory Redemption Date unless and only to the extent that the Holder has provided the Corporation with a Notice of Non-Redemption specifying the number of Preferred Shares to be retained by such Holder.

(ii) Holders shall exercise the Optional Redemption Right (an “Optional Redemption”) by providing the Corporation with a written notice of their election to exercise such Optional Redemption Right (an “Optional Redemption Notice”) specifying (i) the number of Preferred Shares to be redeemed and (ii) the date on which such Optional Redemption is to be effected (the “Optional Redemption Date”), which Optional Redemption Date and time shall not be prior to sixty (60) days after delivery of such Optional Redemption Notice to the Corporation nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter.

 

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(iii) To effect a Redemption of the Preferred Shares, a Holder shall surrender the certificate(s) representing such Preferred Shares to the Corporation. On the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as applicable, the Corporation shall pay the Liquidation Amount by check to the order of the record holder of the Preferred Shares or, if written instructions are provided therefor in the Mandatory Redemption Notice or Optional Redemption Notice, as applicable, or otherwise (it being acknowledged that e-mail instruction shall be sufficient), by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with such instructions. Unless all of a Holder’s Preferred Shares are redeemed on the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as applicable, the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) business days after the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as applicable, and at its own expense, issue a new certificate evidencing the number of Preferred Shares owned by such Holder after giving effect to the Preferred Shares redeemed on the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as applicable. Any Preferred Shares redeemed pursuant to the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.

(d) Other than with respect to a Mandatory Redemption (in the event any Holder elects not to be so Redeemed) or Optional Redemption as set forth in Section 5(a), in no event shall the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries redeem, purchase or acquire any Preferred Shares from one or more Holders unless the Corporation (or the applicable Subsidiary) irrevocably offers to simultaneously redeem, purchase or acquire a pro rata amount of Preferred Shares from each other Holder on the same terms.

6. Change of Control.

(a) Except to the extent Section 9(b) applies, upon consummation of a Change of Control, the Corporation shall immediately (and in any event within two (2) business days) make an offer in writing to each Holder to redeem all of the outstanding Preferred Shares for cash equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount with respect to such Preferred Shares.

(b) Upon a Change of Control, the Corporation shall give to each Holder notice (the “Change of Control Notice”) of the occurrence of the Change of Control and of the Holder’s right to receive the Liquidation Amount as a result of such Change of Control (the “Repurchase Right”). The Change of Control Notice shall be mailed to each Holder at the address of record on the books of the Corporation and shall state (i) the date on which the Preferred Shares shall be repurchased (the “Repurchase Date”); (ii) the date by which the Repurchase Right must be exercised, which date shall be no earlier than twenty (20) days after the delivery by the Corporation of the Change of Control Notice (the “Repurchase Right Expiration Date”); (iii) the Liquidation Amount; and (iv) a description of the procedures a Holder must follow to exercise the Repurchase Right.

(c) To exercise the Repurchase Right, a Holder shall deliver to the Corporation, on or before the Repurchase Right Expiration Date, a written notice specifying the number of Preferred Shares to be repurchased by the Corporation. Each Holder shall retain the right to convert Preferred Shares at any time on or prior to the Repurchase Date, or to withdraw an election to have such shares repurchased at any time on or prior to the Repurchase Date.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall comply with all requirements under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Repurchase Right as a result of a Change of Control. No failure by the Corporation to give the Change of Control Notice and no defect in any Change of Control Notice shall limit any Holder’s right to exercise its Repurchase Right or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of Preferred Shares.

7. Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation (a “Liquidation Event”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation, the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Shares held by them; provided, that the Holders (i) shall not be entitled to receive the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Shares held by them until the liquidation value of any and all Senior Liquidation Shares shall have been paid in full, and (ii) shall be entitled to receive the Liquidation Amount of such shares held by them in preference to and in priority over any distributions upon any Junior Liquidation Shares. Upon payment in full of the then present Liquidation Amount to which the Holders are entitled, the Holders will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation and the Preferred Shares held by such Holders shall be deemed redeemed and cancelled. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the then present Liquidation Amount payable to the Holders and the liquidation value payable to the holders of any Parity Liquidation Shares, the holders of all such shares shall share ratably in such distribution of assets in accordance with the amounts that would be payable on the distribution if the amounts to which the Holders and the holders of any Parity Liquidation Shares are entitled were paid in full. For purposes of this Section 7, a Change of Control (in and of itself) shall not be deemed a Liquidation Event (it being understood that an actual liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation in connection with a Change of Control will be subject to this Section 7).

8. Status and Reservation of Shares.

(a) Status. All Preferred Shares that are at any time converted pursuant to Section 4 or redeemed or repurchased pursuant to Sections 5, 6 or 7, and all Preferred Shares that are otherwise reacquired by the Corporation and subsequently canceled by the Board of Directors, shall be retired and shall not be subject to reissuance and shall be automatically returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, available for future designation and issuance pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

(b) Reservation. On and after the Investment Date, the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of any stock held as treasury or out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, or both, solely for the purpose of effecting optional conversions or the Forced Conversion, no less than the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the Optional Conversion Shares by (b) the aggregate number of issued and outstanding Preferred Shares. All shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares will, upon issuance by the Corporation, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, not issued in violation of any preemptive rights arising under law or contract and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof, and the Corporation shall take no action which will cause a contrary result.

9. Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Reclassifications, Splits and Dividends. If the Corporation, at any time while any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, shall undertake any reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, subdivision, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or any similar proportionately-applied change (collectively, a “Reclassification”) of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in, of, or from par value), then the Conversion Price shall be adjusted such that each Holder shall

 

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thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock and/or other Capital Stock and/or property that such Holder of outstanding Preferred Shares would have been entitled to acquire immediately prior to such Reclassification as if such Preferred Shares were converted to Common Stock immediately prior to such Reclassification. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.

(b) Mergers or Consolidations. If at any time or from time to time prior to a conversion pursuant to Section 4(a), Section 4(c) or Section 4(d) there is a merger, consolidation or similar capital reorganization of the Common Stock (each a “Reorganization”), then as part of such Reorganization, provision shall be made so that each Holder of outstanding Preferred Shares at the time of such Reorganization shall thereafter be entitled to receive, upon conversion of such Preferred Shares and in lieu of Common Stock, the Capital Stock or property that such Holder of outstanding Preferred Shares would have been entitled to receive in such Reorganization as if such Preferred Shares were converted to Common Stock immediately prior to such Reorganization, subject to adjustment in respect of such Capital Stock by the terms thereof. In any such case, the resulting or surviving entity (if not the Corporation) shall expressly assume the obligations to deliver, upon such conversion, such Capital Stock or property as the Holders of Preferred Shares remaining outstanding (or of other convertible preferred stock received by such Holders in place thereof) shall be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions hereof, and to make provisions for the protection of the conversion rights as provided above. If this Section 9(b) applies to a Reorganization, Section 9(a) shall not apply to such Reorganization.

(c) Mandatory Exchange into Follow-On Securities; Automatic Amendments.

(i) To the extent that (x) Pegasus and Riverwood collectively hold more than a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) and (y) in connection with any Qualified Follow-On, Pegasus and Riverwood elect to exercise their rights pursuant to the Subscription Agreement to exchange all of the Preferred Shares then held by Pegasus and Riverwood into the equivalent face amount (based on the original purchase price for such Preferred Shares and the purchase price for such Follow-On Securities) of the Follow-On Securities being offered in a such Qualified Follow-On on substantially the same terms and conditions that govern such Qualified Follow-On (an “Exchange”), then all of the then-outstanding Preferred Shares held by all of the Holders shall participate in such Exchange and be mandatorily exchanged into the equivalent face amount (based on the original purchase price for such Preferred Shares and the purchase price for such Follow-On Securities) of the Follow-On Securities being offered in such Qualified Follow-On on substantially the same terms and conditions that govern such Qualified Follow-On.

(ii) Upon the issuance of any Follow-On Securities in a Qualified Follow-On that would, upon the conversion thereof, permit the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock at a price per share (regardless of the form of consideration to be paid) less than the Conversion Price, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Qualified Follow-On shall be adjusted so that the Conversion Price shall equal the price at which the holders of such Follow-On Securities are able to convert such Follow-On Securities into shares of Common Stock. In determining whether any Follow-On Securities entitle the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Conversion Price, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such Follow-On Securities, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a certificate filed with the records of corporate proceedings of the Corporation.

 

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(iii) If, in connection with any Follow-On Offering, either the Series H Certificate of Designation, on the one hand, or the Series I Certificate of Designation, on the other, is amended in a manner that is more favorable to the Series I Holders, on the one hand, or the Series H Holders, on the other (any such amendments, the “Improved Terms”), then, to the extent that the Certificate of Designation contains any term that is equivalent to the Improved Term in the Series H Certificate of Designation or Series I Certificate of Designation and without any action required on the part of any Holder, the Series J Certificate of Designation shall similarly be amended to provide the Holders with the benefit of the applicable Improved Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no term contained in the Series H Certificate of Designation and Series I Certificate of Designation in effect immediately following consummation of any Follow-On Offering shall be deemed to be an Improved Term to the extent that the difference between the applicable term in the Series H Certificate of Designation or Series I Certificate of Designation is substantially similar to the difference in the Series H Certificate of Designation and Series I Certificate of Designation as of the date of the Subscription Agreement.

10. Voting Rights.

(a) Generally. Unless otherwise provided by any Federal or State law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s Bylaws, this Section 10 or Section 11 hereof, the Holders shall not have the right to vote for the election of directors or on any other matters presented to the Corporation’s stockholders for action by their written consent or at any annual or special meeting of stockholders. On any matter on which the Holders are entitled by any Federal or State law, under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or pursuant to this Section 10 or Section 11 hereof to vote separately as a class, each such Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each Preferred Share held and such matter shall be determined by a majority of the Preferred Shares voting on such matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the joint vote, consent, approval, waiver or authorization of each Primary Investor on any matter, including without limitation, any matter on which the Holders are entitled by any Federal or State law (other than as may be required by Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law), under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or pursuant to this Series J Certificate of Designation to vote separately as a class, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the vote, consent, approval, waiver or authorization of all of the Preferred Shares and the Holders of all of the Preferred Shares; provided, that no Primary Investor shall, without the consent of each adversely affected Holder, act to amend this Series J Certificate of Designation so as to alter the terms of the Preferred Shares of any Holder in a manner different from the other Holders with respect to their Preferred Shares or otherwise specifically targeting and materially and adversely affecting any such Holder with respect to its Preferred Shares in a manner different from the other Holders with respect to their Preferred Shares (and for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation and/or any Primary Investor to effect a Reorganization that complies with the terms and provisions of Section 9(b) in all respects, or an amendment to this Certificate of Designation to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 9(c) or in Section 5 of the Subscription Agreement). The foregoing sentence may not be amended without the consent of each Holder of Preferred Shares.

(b) Waivers. Any provision of this Certificate of Designation may be waived in a written instrument executed by the waiving party including, without limitation, a waiver executed by each Primary Investor in accordance with the third sentence of Section 10(a).

11. Restrictions and Limitations.

(a) The Holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote separately as a single class on all matters to which they are entitled to vote under Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and on all other matters as required by applicable law, including (i) any increase or decrease in the

 

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authorized amount of Preferred Shares, except for the cancellation and retirement of shares set forth in Section 8(a); and (ii) any amendment, alteration or change in the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Shares that would affect the Holders adversely.

(b) The Corporation shall not, without the written consent of each Primary Investor:

(i) alter, modify or amend (whether by amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, merger, consolidation or otherwise) the terms, rights, preferences, privileges or powers of, or the other restrictions provided for the benefit of, the Series in any way as set forth herein or in any other agreement entered into by the Corporation (provided, that the written consent of the Primary Investor(s) pursuant to this Section 11(b)(i) shall not be required to make such alteration, modification or amendment if effected solely to consummate, and which is otherwise conditioned upon the consummation of, a Reorganization that complies with the terms and provisions of Section 9(b) or Section 9(c) in all respects);

(ii) re-issue (whether by merger or otherwise) any Preferred Shares that have been converted, redeemed or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation;

(iii) pay dividends or cash interests or other distributions (whether in cash, Equity Securities or otherwise) on, redeem or repurchase or otherwise acquire any Capital Stock, Equity Securities, convertible debt, or debt coupled with any Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation other than (i) as may be required by any Senior Liquidation Shares issued in accordance with the terms hereof, including Section 11(b)(vii) and (ii) as part of any Series H Redemption or Series I Redemption to the extent that such redemption(s) are made in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of Section 5.

(iv) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the affairs of the Corporation or otherwise initiate any insolvency proceeding or any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, or other applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws;

(v) engage in any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, that such consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control and the Corporation has available, or will obtain in connection with such transaction, sufficient proceeds to redeem all of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 and, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control, this subsection (v) is not intended to be utilized by the Primary Investor(s) to modify the amount of proceeds payable to the Holders with respect to the Preferred Shares upon such Change of Control from the amount to which such Holders would otherwise be entitled pursuant to Section 6 hereof upon such Change of Control; or other than in the ordinary course of business, form or maintain any direct or indirect Subsidiary;

(vi) engage in a public offering or listing of Equity Securities (including indirectly by means of equity securities of a successor entity or otherwise) on any national securities exchange, other than (A) in connection with a Qualified Public Offering, (B) an offering made in connection with a business acquisition pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or any similar form that does not otherwise require consent pursuant to this Section 11(b), or (C) in connection with an employee benefit plan pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or any similar form;

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into Senior Liquidation Shares or Parity Liquidation Shares or (B) issue any other Equity Securities, or reclassify any other outstanding Equity Securities; provided, that consent shall not be required pursuant to this Section 11(b)(vii) with respect to any issuance of Equity Securities to the extent the proceeds thereof shall upon receipt thereof immediately be used to satisfy in full the obligations of the Corporation to redeem all then-outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4, Section 5 or Section 6 hereof;

(viii) incur any Indebtedness (A) in excess of $50.0 million, other than (x) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a refinancing of the Credit Facilities or any other working capital facilities of the Corporation in effect as of the Investment Date, in each case without any increase in the available principal amount thereof or (y) pursuant to any refinancing or replacement of the Credit Facilities with respect to working capital or other working capital facilities as approved by the Board of Directors, in each case such that the aggregate available principal amount thereunder is secured only by the Corporation’s account receivables and finished goods inventory and does not exceed 80% of accounts receivable, 60% of finished goods inventory and $75 million in the aggregate (each of (A)(x) and (A)(y), “Permitted Indebtedness”); or (B) containing any provision that limits the Corporation’s ability to redeem any Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 5(a) for a period that exceeds that contained in the Credit Facilities as in effect as of the Investment Date; provided, that if such provision is contained in any Permitted Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall continue to be Permitted Indebtedness for purposes of the foregoing clause (A) and consent shall only be required pursuant to this clause (B) with respect to such provision; and provided further that consent shall not be required pursuant to this Section 11(b)(viii) for Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds thereof shall upon receipt thereof immediately be used to satisfy in full the obligations of the Corporation to redeem all then-outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4, Section 5 or Section 6 hereof;

(ix) enter into any new agreements or transactions or series of agreements or transactions with any Affiliate of the Corporation or any holder of five percent (5%) or more of the Corporation’s Capital Stock or any Affiliates of any such stockholder of the Corporation (a “Related Party Agreement”) or amend or modify the terms of any existing Related Party Agreements, other than: (A) up to $500,000 in the aggregate of fees or other amounts payable annually by the Corporation to Pegasus pursuant to any management or similar services agreement; (B) up to $200,000 in the aggregate of fees or other amounts payable annually by the Corporation to Riverwood or any of its Affiliates pursuant to any management or similar services agreement; and (C) up to $100,000 in the aggregate of fees or other amounts payable annually by the Corporation to any Significant Holder or its Affiliates pursuant to any management or similar services agreement;

(x) purchase, acquire, license, transfer, sell, divest, or dispose of property, rights or assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (whether by merger, consolidation, other business combination, purchase or sale of Capital Stock or other Equity Security, spin-off, divestiture, asset purchase, asset sale or other transaction involving the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries) or enter into any joint venture where either (A) the aggregate consideration to be paid or received by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) the fair market value of the relevant property, rights or assets, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, exceeds $5.0 million, other than commercial transactions with customers and distributors for the sale of the Corporation’s products in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control and the Corporation has available, or will obtain in connection with such transaction, sufficient proceeds to redeem all of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 and, for the avoidance of doubt, to the

 

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extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control, this subsection (x) is not intended to be utilized by the Primary Investor(s) to modify the amount of proceeds payable to the Holders with respect to the Preferred Shares upon such Change of Control from the amount to which such Holders would otherwise be entitled pursuant to Section 6 hereof upon such Change of Control;

(xi) (A) appoint a new, or remove the then-current, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Technology Officer (or equivalents thereof) of the Corporation and any other senior executive officer having a comparable scope of authority to the foregoing with respect to his or her relevant function, or (B) determine or modify any compensation (including cash and equity) or establish any compensation performance targets for any individual that is an “officer” of the Corporation as such term is defined in Rule 3b-2 of the Exchange Act;

(xii) adopt or approve any strategic business plan or annual budget, including adopting or approving any revised strategic plan or revised budget or any material deviations therefrom;

(xiii) enter into any definitive agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing; or

(xiv) indirectly engage in any of the foregoing through an affiliated person (including without limitation Pegasus or Riverwood), including cause or permit any Subsidiary to engage in or enter into any definitive agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing.

(c) In the event that the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares agree (whether by a vote, written consent, waiver or otherwise) to allow the Corporation to alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series pursuant to applicable law, no such change shall be effective to the extent that, by its terms, such change applies to less than all of the Preferred Shares then outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, subject to applicable law, the provisions of this Section 11 shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering or the conversion or redemption of all outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4(c).

12. Covenants.

(a) For so long as any Primary Investor continues to beneficially own at least 2,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares), the Corporation agrees that:

(i) Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (A) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence, (B) take all reasonable action to maintain all material rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and (C) comply in all material respects with all material contractual obligations and requirements of law applicable to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and its and their respective properties, rights and assets.

(ii) Maintenance of Property; Insurance. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (A) keep all property necessary for the conduct of its business as conducted on the Investment Date in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (B) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all property necessary for the conduct of its business in at least such amounts and against at least

 

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such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

(b) Notices. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, promptly give the Holders written notice of the occurrence of any Liquidation Event.

(c) Freedom to Pursue Corporate Opportunities. The Corporation expressly acknowledges and agrees as follows, for so long as a Primary Investor or Significant Holder beneficially owns any Preferred Shares (or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof) (i) such Primary Investor or Significant Holder and each director of the Corporation who is a member, director, officer, employee or Affiliate of such Primary Investor or Significant Holder (an “Affiliated Person”) has the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) in the event that such Primary Investor or such Affiliated Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Corporation, such Primary Investor, Significant Holder or Affiliated Person shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of any agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its Affiliates or stockholders or creditors for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that such Primary Investor, Significant Holder or Affiliated Person, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another person, or does not present such opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the provisions of this Section 12(c) shall not apply with respect to the actions of any individual while serving in an operational capacity as an officer or other employee of the Corporation. Each Primary Investor and each Significant Holder agrees on behalf of itself and each Affiliated Person to keep confidential all proprietary and non-public information regarding the Corporation received in such capacity and not to use such proprietary and non-public information for any purpose other than in connection with evaluating, monitoring or taking any other action with respect to the investment by such Primary Investor or such Significant Holder in the Preferred Shares, provided, that nothing herein shall prevent such Primary Investor, Significant Holder or Affiliated Persons from disclosing or using any such information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public in accordance with Federal or State laws other than as a result of a disclosure by such Primary Investor, Significant Holder or Affiliated Persons in violation of this Section 12(c) or any other legal duty, fiduciary duty or other duty of trust and confidence, of such Primary Investor, Significant Holder or Affiliated Person; (ii) was in such Primary Investor’s, such Significant Holder’s or such Affiliated Person’s possession or developed by it prior to being furnished with such information, as evidenced by such Primary Investor’s, such Significant Holder’s or such Affiliated Person’s records; (iii) becomes available to such Primary Investor, Significant Holder or Affiliated Person on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Corporation, or (iv) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or legal process.

 

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13. Transfers.

(a) Generally. Subject to this Section 13, Preferred Shares may be Transferred by any Holder pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. During the Restrictive Period, Holders may not Transfer Preferred Shares except pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. As used herein, the “Restrictive Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Investment Date and ending upon the earliest of (A) May 25, 2015, (B) a Qualified Public Offering and (C) a Triggering Event.

(b) To the extent the Restrictive Period ends by reason of the occurrence of the date provided in clauses (A) of the definition thereof, and neither a Qualified Public Offering nor a Redemption Event has occurred, Preferred Shares may be Transferred by any Holder with the prior written consent of the Corporation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, or pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Preferred Shares may be offered, sold, transferred or assigned by any Holder without consent after the occurrence of a Change of Control or a Liquidation Event.

(c) All Transfers of Preferred Shares must also be made in accordance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws. Any attempted Transfer of Preferred Shares in violation of this Section 13 shall be null and void ab initio.

(d) Primary Investor Rights. Notwithstanding Section 13(a), the Primary Investor Rights shall not be transferrable and shall terminate with respect to such Transferred shares upon any Transfer by any Primary Investor of Preferred Shares.

(e) Lock-up. In connection with a Qualified Public Offering or any other underwritten public offering, each Holder shall complete and execute a customary lock-up agreement to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the underwriting arrangements of the Qualified Public Offering agreeing not to effect any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any Capital Stock of the Corporation during the seven (7) day period prior to, and for the one hundred and eighty (180) days after, the effective date of the registration statement for such Qualified Public Offering or other underwritten public offering (or such lesser period as the managing underwriters may require or permit), except for such Capital Stock to be included in such offering; provided that all of the Corporation’s Affiliates and executive officers and all of the members of the Board of Directors are restricted in the same manner and for the same duration; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(e) to the contrary, in no event shall any Holder be obligated to execute a lock-up agreement restricting it or otherwise prohibiting it from effecting any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any Capital Stock for any period of time exceeding the period of time (including with respect to any requirements that such period be applicable to other persons or entities) that such Holder has contractually agreed to in writing with the Corporation.

(f) Registration Rights. To the extent that any shares of Common Stock are being offered for the account of selling stockholders in the Qualified Public Offering (an “Eligible Offering”), each Holder shall be permitted to participate in such Eligible Offering and to sell an Eligible Amount of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares. The Corporation will, at least twenty (20) days prior to the filing of a registration statement with respect to an Eligible Offering, notify the Holders in writing of such Eligible Offering. Each Holder may elect to participate in such Eligible Offering (up to the Eligible Amount) by delivering written notice of such Holder’s election to the Corporation within five (5) days after the Corporation’s delivery of the notice provided under this Section 13(f). The right of any Holder to participate in an Eligible Offering shall be conditioned upon such Holder agreeing to: (i) sell its shares of Common Stock in the Eligible Offering on the basis provided in any customary underwriting arrangements and (ii) complete and execute all reasonable

 

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questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. The registration rights provided by this Section 13(f) shall be junior to any registration rights granted to any other holder of the Corporation’s Equity Securities on or prior to the Investment Date and any registration rights granted after the Investment Date, in each case to the extent a written agreement evidencing such registration rights is executed by the parties and provides rights senior to those provided by this Section 13(f). For the avoidance of doubt, the registration rights provided by this Section 13(f) shall be pari passu with the registration rights set forth in the Series H Certificate of Designation and Series I Certificate of Designation.

14. Preemptive Rights.

(a) Except with respect to any Exempt Equity Issuances or any offering of Capital Stock by the Corporation that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act, if the Corporation after the date hereof, proposes to issue or sell any Equity Securities, the Corporation will, at least twenty (20) days prior to the proposed issuance or sale but subject to applicable Federal and State laws, notify the Holders in writing (the “Issuance Notice”) of (i) the number and type of Equity Securities which the Corporation proposes to issue, the price thereof and the date on which such price shall be paid; (ii) all other material terms and conditions, including terms of condition of payment, relating to the proposed issuance or sale; (iii) the proportionate number of Equity Securities which each Holder shall have the right to purchase, which shall be equal to such Holder’s Pro Rata Share of such Equity Securities; and (iv) where the proposed purchasers of such Equity Securities are known, the identities of such proposed purchasers. Each Holder may elect to purchase all or any portion of its respective Pro Rata Share of the securities to be issued in such issuance or sale at the same price and on the same terms identified in the notice. If electing to participate, such Holder (an “Exercising Holder”) shall be required to purchase the same Equity Securities that are being issued by the Corporation and shall be entitled to make such purchase on the same terms and conditions, in each case as set forth in the Issuance Notice. Such Holder’s election to participate in any such transaction must be made in writing and be delivered to the Corporation ten (10) days after the Corporation’s delivery of the Issuance Notice; provided, that if there is a material change in the Corporation’s proposed terms or conditions of issuance or sale, a new Issuance Notice shall be provided to the Holders pursuant to this Section 14(a) and the Holders will have ten (10) days after the Corporation’s delivery of such new Issuance Notice with such revised terms to reconfirm such Holder’s intention to invest. To the extent any Holder does not elect to purchase all of its Pro Rata Share of the Equity Securities (a “Declining Holder”), the Exercising Holders shall be entitled to purchase the Equity Securities allocated to the Declining Holder, and the Corporation shall deliver to each Exercising Holder a written notice (the “Remaining Equity Notice”) not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the Issuance Notice specifying the aggregate number of Equity Securities that all of the Declining Holders did not elect to purchase. Each Exercising Holder shall have the right to purchase additional Equity Securities, which right must be exercised not less than ten (10) days after delivery of the Remaining Equity Notice, by notifying the Corporation in writing (a “Second Exercise Notice”) of the maximum number of such Equity Securities that such Exercising Holder wishes to purchase. To the extent the aggregate number of shares sought to be purchased under the Second Exercise Notices is equal to or less than the number of Equity Securities set forth in the Remaining Equity Notice, each Holder delivering a Second Exercise Notice shall be entitled to purchase the number of Equity Securities set forth in such Holder’s Second Exercise Notice. To the extent the aggregate number of shares sought to be purchased under the Second Exercise Notices is greater than the number of Equity Securities set forth in the Remaining Equity Notice, such Equity Securities shall be allocated among the Holders on a pro rata basis based on their relative Pro Rata Share. If after notifying the Holders, the Corporation elects not to proceed with the issuance or sale, any elections made by such Holder shall be deemed rescinded. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 14(a), if the consideration to be received by the Corporation with respect to the issuance of Equity Securities specified in the Issuance Notice is other than cash to be paid upon the issuance of the Equity Securities (that is, if the consideration

 

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would constitute so called “in kind” property), or if security is to be provided to secure the payment of any deferred portion of the purchase price, then any Holder exercising his, hers or its rights under this Section 14 may purchase such Equity Securities by making a cash payment at the time of the closing specified in the Issuance Notice in the amount of the reasonably equivalent value of the “in kind” property specified in the Issuance Notice and/or may provide reasonably equivalent security to that provided in the Issuance Notice. Such “reasonably equivalent value” or “reasonably equivalent security” shall be determined by the Board of Directors. In the event of any issuance or sale of any debt securities by the Corporation to any Significant Holder or any Affiliate of any Significant Holder, in whole or in part, other than any offering of debt securities by the Corporation that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act (a “Preemptive Debt Issuance”), such Preemptive Debt Issuance shall be treated in the same manner as an issuance of Equity Securities for purposes of the rights provided in this Section 14 and each Holder shall have the right to notice of, and to elect to participate in, such Preemptive Debt Issuance as if each reference to “Equity Securities” in this Section 14 were replaced with a reference to such debt securities. If, in connection with any issuance of Equity Securities or debt securities by the Corporation after the date hereof other than any Exempt Equity Issuance or any offering of Capital Stock or debt securities that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act, the Corporation grants any Significant Holder or any Affiliate of any Significant Holder (i) any new material right or contractual benefit which is in addition and/or supplemental to those rights and benefits of such Significant Holder that are in effect immediately prior to such issuance (and which is not granted as a condition of such issuance) or (ii) any additional securities (clauses (i) and (ii) each, an “Ancillary Right”) in connection with or relating to such Significant Holder’s ownership of Preferred Shares, which Ancillary Right (x) is not otherwise made available to the Holders that exercise their rights in full pursuant to this Section 14 and (y) does not arise out of a law, regulation, order or other legal circumstance that is applicable to such Significant Holder but not to such other Holders that exercise their rights in full, then each other Significant Holder shall be offered a Pro Rata Share of such Ancillary Right on the same terms and conditions as such Significant Holder or such Affiliate of such Significant Holder in the same manner as is provided in this Section 14, so long as such other Significant Holder participates in such issuance of Equity Securities or debt securities to the same extent on a pro rata basis as such Significant Holder or such Affiliate of such Significant Holder.

(b) If the Holders do not elect to purchase all of the Equity Securities proposed to be issued in such issuance or sale as described in Section 14(a), upon the expiration of the offering periods described in Section 14(a), the Corporation shall be entitled to sell any Equity Securities that the Holders have not elected to purchase during the one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days following such expiration at a price not less than, and on other terms and conditions either substantially the same as, or more favorable to the Corporation than, those set forth in the Issuance Notice. Any shares of Capital Stock offered or sold by the Corporation after such one hundred and twenty (120) day period (or, if prior to such one hundred and twenty (120) day period, at a price less than, or on other terms and conditions not substantially the same as, or more favorable to the Corporation than, those offered set forth in the Issuance Notice) must be reoffered to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Section 14.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 14(a), in the event that the Board of Directors determines that time is of the essence in completing any issuance of Equity Securities pursuant to this Section 14, the Corporation may issue or sell Equity Securities without first complying with the terms of Section 14(a); provided that the terms of such issuance or sale shall require that, promptly following such issuance or sale, (i) the Corporation shall deliver an Issuance Notice to each Holder and (ii) each Holder shall have the right to purchase all or any part of the Equity Securities described in the Issuance Notice (whether pursuant to the resale of Equity Securities by the initial purchaser(s) of such Equity Securities or the issuance by the Corporation of additional Equity Securities) upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in Section 14(a).

 

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15. Notices.

(a) Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Corporation of a record of the holders of any class of the Corporation’s Equity Securities for the purposes of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend) or other distribution, any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities of any class or any other securities or property, or any other right, the Corporation shall mail to each Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right.

(b) Notices by the Corporation. Any notice required by the provisions of this Series J Certificate of Designation to be given to the Holders shall be deemed given if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, and addressed to each holder of record at his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

16. Certain Definitions. As used in this Series J Certificate of Designation, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

Affiliate” of, or a person or entity “Affiliated” with, a specified person or entity, is a person or entity that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof, the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates shall not be considered Affiliates of any Holder by reason of such person being a Holder.

Appraiser” means a nationally recognized investment bank, financial advisor or valuation or appraisal firm selected by mutual agreement of the Corporation and each Primary Investor as having appropriate experience in the Corporation’s industry in doing valuations of the nature required, which is independent of and not affiliated with the Corporation, any Primary Investor whose agreement was required for the selection of the Appraiser, any other Holder participating in the relevant transaction or any of their respective Affiliates.

Capital Stock” of any person or entity means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in the common stock or preferred stock of such person or entity, including, without limitation, partnership and membership interests.

Change of Control” means (a) the sale, conveyance or disposition, including but not limited to any spin-off or in-kind distribution (a “Divestiture”), by the Corporation or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (on a consolidated basis) to any person or group (other than the Corporation or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries and other than pursuant to a joint venture arrangement in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, receives at least fifty percent (50%) of the equity and voting interests); (b) the effectuation of a transaction or series of related transactions in which more than thirty-five percent (35)% of the voting power of the Corporation is disposed of (other than (i) as a direct result of normal, uncoordinated trading activities in the Common Stock generally or (ii) solely as a result of the disposition by a stockholder of the Corporation to an Affiliate of such stockholder); (c) any merger, consolidation, stock or asset purchase, recapitalization or other business combination transaction (or series of related transactions) as a result of which the shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and the Preferred Shares (treated on an as-converted basis) immediately prior to such transaction (or series of related transactions) are converted into and/or continue to represent (on an as-converted basis), in the aggregate, less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total voting power of all shares of Capital Stock that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity surviving or resulting from such transaction (or ultimate parent thereof);

 

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(d) a transaction or series of transactions in which any person, entity or “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires more than thirty-five percent (35)% of the voting equity of the Corporation (other than the acquisition by a person, entity or “group” that is an Affiliate of or Affiliated with a person, entity or “group” that immediately prior to such acquisition, beneficially owned thirty-five percent (35)% or more of the voting equity of the Corporation) or (e) Pegasus ceases to beneficially own in the aggregate at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Corporation, on a fully-diluted basis.

Conversion Price” means $0.95, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof.

Co-Sale Agreement” means the rights set forth in that certain co-sale agreement, dated as of September 25, 2012, among Pegasus, Riverwood, Cleantech Europe II (A) LP, Cleantech Europe II (B) LP, Portman Limited and certain of their Affiliates.

Co-Sale Rights” means the rights of each of the parties to the Co-Sale Agreement, as set forth in such Agreement.

Eligible Amount” means with respect to any Holder, the “Eligible Amount” of shares of Common Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that the underwriter(s) estimate(s) can be underwritten in connection with an Eligible Offering at a price range that is acceptable to the Corporation less any shares of Common Stock being offered by the Corporation or any other person or entity holding registration rights that are senior to those granted to the Holders in this Series J Certificate of Designation, by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder upon the conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares, and the denominator of which shall equal the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to all Holders upon conversion of such Holders’ Preferred Shares that are requested to be included in the Eligible Offering.

Equity Securities” means any Capital Stock or any other equity securities of the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter authorized, and any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing equity securities or equity security.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exempt Equity Issuance” means the issuance of any Capital Stock of the Corporation: (i) upon the conversion or exercise of any options, warrants or rights to acquire securities of the Corporation which options, warrants or rights were (A) outstanding on the Investment Date (as certified by an officer of the Corporation to each Primary Investor, (B) issued as part of another Exempt Equity Issuance or (C) offered to the Holders pursuant to an Issuance Notice in compliance with Section 14(a) hereof; (ii) compensatory issuances to (A) the executives and directors of the Corporation in their capacity as such and (B) other employees of the Corporation in their capacity as such, in each case pursuant to an option, stock or other equity plan approved by the Board of Directors; (iii) having a value of less than or equal to $15.0 million in the aggregate for all such issuances under this clause (iii), provided, that any such issuance must also be at a price per share (or equivalent security) greater than or equal to the Conversion Price; (iv) in a Qualified Public Offering; (v) for consideration in lieu of cash pursuant to the bona fide acquisition of another corporation or entity by the Corporation by consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity ownership of such other corporation or entity approved by the Board of Directors and by each Primary Investor to the extent required (but only to the extent actually required) by Section 11(b) hereof, in each case the primary purpose of which is not to raise capital; (vi) in connection with a bona fide

 

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strategic commercial agreement or commercial relationship as determined by the Corporation and approved by the Board of Directors and by each Primary Investor to the extent required (but only to the extent actually required) by Section 11(b) hereof, the primary purpose of which is not to raise capital; (vii) pursuant to any stock split or reverse stock split; (viii) upon the exercise by any Series H Holder of the preemptive rights granted pursuant to the terms of the Series H Certificate of Designation; (ix) upon the conversion of any shares of Series H Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the Series H Certificate of Designation; (x) upon the exercise by any Series I Holder of any preemptive rights contained in the Series I Certificate of Designation; (xi) upon the conversion of any shares of Series I Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the Series I Certificate of Designation; (xii) upon the exercise by any holder of Preferred Shares of the preemptive rights set forth in Section 14; or (xiii) shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation issued upon conversion or exercise of the securities set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) – (xii); provided that “Exempt Equity Issuance” shall in no event include any issuance of Senior Liquidation Shares, or any issuance of Parity Liquidation Shares.

Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Common Stock determined as follows: (a) if the Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national securities exchange, the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P.; (b) if the Common Stock is publicly traded but is neither listed nor admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date in the over-the-counter market as reported by Bloomberg L.P.; (c) if the Common Stock is neither listed nor admitted to trading on a national securities exchange or quoted in the over-the-counter market, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for the Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.); or (d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by an Appraiser, which Appraiser shall be instructed to present its conclusions within thirty (30) days and to use one or more valuation methods that, in its best professional judgment, would be most appropriate to ascertain the price at which such Common Stock would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, each having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts and neither being under any compulsion to act; provided that the valuation of the Corporation by Appraiser shall assume that the Corporation has continued ownership of its Subsidiaries and other properties and continued benefit of its contractual and other relationships and arrangements and shall take in to account other factors relevant to such valuation, including the prospects of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and the value of the estimated future earning of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.

Follow-On Offering” shall mean any issuance or sale of any security of the Corporation (whether debt, equity or otherwise but excluding any security issued pursuant to an Exempt Equity Issuance or the Preemptive Rights Offering (as defined in the Subscription Agreement)), which offer for issuance or sale is made on or before the earlier of (i) the consummation of one or more Qualified Follow-Ons that result in aggregate gross proceeds to the Corporation equal to or in excess of $30,000,000 and (ii) March 11, 2014 provided, that for purposes of this paragraph (ii) only, if the Corporation has substantially negotiated the material terms of an issuance or sale by or prior to March 11, 2014, that, but for the fact that such transaction does not actually close by such date would have been a Follow-On Offering, then such transaction, when and if consummated, shall still be considered a Follow-On Offering to the extent consummated on such terms within forty-five (45) days of March 11, 2014.

 

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Follow-On Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Follow-On Offering or Qualified Follow-On, the securities of the Corporation issued or sold in such Follow-On Offering or Qualified Follow-On.

Holder” means any holder of Preferred Shares, all of such holders being the “Holders.”

Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries: (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed or indebtedness issued in substitution for or exchange of indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (c) obligations under leases (contingent or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise) required to be accounted for as capitalized leases pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles; (d) obligations for amounts drawn and outstanding under acceptances, letters of credit, contingent reimbursement liabilities with respect to letters of credit or similar facilities; (e) any liability for deferred purchase price of property or services, contingent or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise, other than accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and (f) any accrued and unpaid interest on, and any prepayment premiums, penalties or similar contractual charges in respect of, any of the foregoing.

Investment Date” means the first issue date of the Preferred Shares.

Junior Securities Distribution” means the declaration or payment on account of, or setting apart for payment money for a sinking or other similar fund for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any Junior Liquidation Shares, or any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, and whether in cash, obligations, securities or other property, or the purchase or redemption by any entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation of any of the Junior Liquidation Shares.

Liquidation Amount” means the greater of (a) the Fair Market Value of the Optional Conversion Shares issuable to a Holder upon conversion of each Preferred Share on the applicable date of determination and (b) the Returned Value.

Non-Pegasus Purchasers” shall mean, collectively, Riverwood, Zouk and Portman.

Optional Conversion Shares” means the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Stated Value of each Preferred Share by (b) the Conversion Price as in effect on the relevant Conversion Date.

Parity Securities Distribution” means the declaration or payment on account of, or setting apart for payment money for a sinking or other similar fund for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of (other than by conversion into or exchange for Junior Liquidation Shares), any Parity Liquidation Shares, or any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, and whether in cash, obligations, Common Stock, securities or other property, or the purchase or redemption by any entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation of any of the Parity Liquidation Shares.

Pegasus” means, collectively, Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., Pegasus Partners IV, L.P. and each of their Affiliates.

Permitted Equity Issuance” means the issuance of any Capital Stock of the Corporation: (1) in an Exempt Equity Issuance pursuant to clause (i)(A), (i)(C), (ii)(B) (provided, that the shares reserved to be issued under such plan(s) do not exceed in the aggregate three percent (3%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of adoption of such plan(s)), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) or (xi) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance”, (2) in an Exempt Equity Issuance pursuant to clause (i)(B) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance” to the extent relating to an Exempt Equity Issuance as described in the foregoing clause (1), and (3) in an Exempt Equity Issuance as described in

 

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clause (xii) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance” to the extent relating to an Exempt Equity Issuance as described in the foregoing clauses (1) or (2); provided, that “Permitted Equity Issuance” shall in no event include any issuance of Senior Liquidation Shares, or any issuance of Parity Liquidation Shares.

Permitted Transfer” means any Transfer by: (1) a Holder of all or any portion of the Preferred Shares (a) to Pegasus; (b) to Riverwood; (c) to the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries, (d) pursuant to the exercise of the Co-Sale Rights; (e) in any transaction in which all or substantially all of the Equity Securities of the Corporation are Transferred pursuant to any reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of the Corporation; (f) in a Qualified Public Offering; (g) pursuant to a tender or exchange offer pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; or (h) with the prior written consent of the Corporation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (2) by a Primary Investor pursuant to a pro rata in-kind distribution or dividend to the equityholders of such Primary Investor (and any intermediary transfers amongst Affiliates of such Primary Investor as part of giving effect thereto) who were equityholders of such Primary Investor on the Investment Date (provided, that such distribution or dividend shall not result in a Transfer to any such equityholder of more than 15% of the Equity Securities held by such Primary Investor as of the Investment Date; provided, further, that such distribution or dividend shall not be structured so as to avoid the occurrence or triggering of a Change of Control); (3) Zouk to any Affiliate or direct or indirect equityholder of Zouk; or (4) Portman to any Affiliate or direct or indirect equityholder of Portman.

Portman” shall mean Portman Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and its Affiliates.

Primary Investor” means (i) so long as Pegasus and Riverwood both continue to beneficially own all of the Preferred Shares acquired thereby, both Pegasus and Riverwood, (ii) in the event either Pegasus or Riverwood, but not both, continues to beneficially own all of the Preferred Shares acquired thereby, whichever one of Pegasus and Riverwood that continues to beneficially own all such Preferred Shares, (iii) in the event that both Pegasus and Riverwood beneficially own less than all of the Preferred Shares acquired thereby, (x) Pegasus to the extent that Pegasus continues to beneficially own at least 1,750 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) and (y) Riverwood to the extent that Riverwood continues to beneficially own at least 1,750 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares). To the extent that both (A) Pegasus beneficially owns fewer than 1,750 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) and (B) Riverwood beneficially owns fewer than 1,750 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares), there shall be no Primary Investor. For purposes of the foregoing definition and the determination of the number of Preferred Shares beneficially owned by Pegasus or Riverwood, beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion of Preferred Shares on an as-converted basis shall be treated as beneficial ownership of Preferred Shares.

Primary Investor Rights” means those rights provided to the Primary Investor(s) pursuant to Section 11(b) and Section 12 hereof.

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect any Holder, the quotient (in percentage terms) obtained by dividing (i) the number of shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock Equivalents owned by such Holder at the time of determination and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents issued and outstanding at the time of such determination. For purposes of determining each Holder’s Pro Rata Share, the number of Common Stock Equivalents shall include the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon the conversion of the applicable Preferred Shares.

 

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Qualified Follow-On” shall mean a Follow-On Offering led by any of the Non-Pegasus Purchasers.

Qualified Public Offering” means a firmly committed underwritten public offering of the Common Stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, where (a) the gross proceeds received by the Corporation and any selling stockholders in the offering are no less than $100 million and (b) the market capitalization of the Corporation immediately after consummation of the offering is no less than $500 million.

Responsible Officer” means either the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.

Returned Value” means with respect to each Preferred Share, if the Triggering Event occurs (i) on or prior May 26, 2014, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Stated Value thereof by (B) 1.75 and (ii) subsequent to May 26, 2014, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Stated Value thereof by (B) 2.0.

Riverwood” means RW LSG Holdings LLC and its Affiliates.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Series H Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of Series H Preferred Stock of the Corporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Series H Holder” means any holder of the Corporation’s outstanding shares of Series H Preferred Stock.

Series H Redemption” means the Redemption (as defined in the Series H Certificate of Designation) of any shares of Series H Preferred Stock.

Series I Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of governing terms of the Series I Preferred Stock.

Series I Holder” means any holder of the Corporation’s outstanding shares of Series I Preferred Stock.

Series I Redemption” means the Redemption (as defined in the Series I Certificate of Designation) of any shares of Series I Preferred Stock.

Series J Certificate of Designation” means this Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock to be designated Series J Convertible Preferred Stock.

Significant Holder” means, as of the applicable date of determination, (i) each Primary Investor so long as such Primary Investor remains a Primary Investor (as defined herein); (ii) any Holder that beneficially owns at least 20,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares); (iii) any Series H Holder that beneficially owns at least 20,000 shares of the Corporation’s Series H Convertible Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any reclassification of such shares of Series H Convertible Preferred Stock); and (iv) any Series I Holder that beneficially owns at least 20,000 shares of the

 

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Corporation’s Series I Convertible Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any reclassification of such shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock).

Stated Value” means, with respect to a Preferred Share, $1,000 (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares).

Subscription Agreement” means that certain Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement entered into on the Investment Date by and between the Corporation, Pegasus and RW LSG Holdings LLC, as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, trust, association, limited liability company or other entity owned or controlled by the Corporation, or in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the Capital Stock or similar interest that would be disclosable pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(21).

Transfer” means, as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary transfer, sale, pledge or hypothecation or other disposition, whether directly or indirectly and whether through one or a series of transactions, and, as a verb, voluntarily or involuntarily to transfer, sell, pledge or hypothecation or otherwise dispose of, whether directly or indirectly and whether through one or a series of transactions.

Triggering Event” means any Change of Control, Liquidation Event or the delivery of a Redemption Notice pursuant to the exercise of the Mandatory Redemption Right.

Zouk” means Cleantech Europe II (A) LP, Cleantech Europe II (B) LP and their Affiliates.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on its behalf by its undersigned Chief Financial Officer as of September 11, 2013.

 

LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas C. Shields

  Name:   Thomas C. Shields
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Series J Certificate of Designation

EX-99.20 4 d597746dex9920.htm EX-99.20 EX-99.20

Exhibit 20

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

OF

SERIES H CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION

 

 

Pursuant to Section 242 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

Lighting Science Group Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 thereof, hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST: That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) of the Corporation in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended to date (the “Bylaws”), the Board of Directors has duly adopted a resolution amending and restating the rights of the Series H Convertible Preferred Stock, declaring said amendment and restatement to be advisable and authorizing the appropriate officers of the Corporation to solicit the requisite consent of the holders of the Series H Convertible Preferred Stock therefor:

RESOLVED, that the rights set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Series H Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”), are hereby amended and restated as follows:

1. Number of Shares; Designation. A total of 135,000 shares (the “Preferred Shares”) of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation have been designated as Series H Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series”).

2. Rank. The Series shall, with respect to payment of dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, rank:

(a) Senior and prior to: (i) the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”), and all other equity securities of the Corporation (including warrants and other securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable into or for shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock Equivalents”)), outstanding as of the Investment Date, other than any shares of the Corporation’s Series I Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding on the Investment Date or issued in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) any additional class or series of stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation and is designated in the amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation establishing such additional class or series of stock as ranking junior to the Preferred Shares or which does not state they are Parity Liquidation Shares (as defined below) or Senior Liquidation Shares (as defined below). Any shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock that are junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, including upon a Liquidation Event (as defined below), are hereinafter referred to as “Junior Liquidation Shares.”


(b) Pari passu with: (i) the Series I Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation and (ii) any additional class or series of stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation in accordance with the terms hereof and is expressly designated in the amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation establishing such additional class or series of stock as ranking equal to the Preferred Shares. Any shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock that rank equal to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, including upon a Liquidation Event, are hereinafter referred to as “Parity Liquidation Shares.”

(c) Junior to any additional class or series of stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation in accordance with the terms hereof and is expressly designated in the amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation establishing such additional class or series of stock as ranking senior to the Preferred Shares. Any shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock that rank senior to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, distributions and rights (including to redemption payments) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, including upon a Liquidation Event, are hereinafter referred to as “Senior Liquidation Shares.”

3. Dividends.

(a) Subject to the rights and preferences of any Senior Liquidation Shares, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends for each Preferred Share, dividends of the same type as any dividends or other distribution, whether in cash, in kind or in other property, payable or to be made on outstanding shares of Common Stock, in an amount equal to the amount of such dividends or other distribution as would be made on the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Optional Conversion Shares issuable to each Holder on the applicable record date for such dividends or other distribution on the Common Stock (the “Dividends”).

(b) Any Dividends shall be payable to each Holder at the same time as and when such dividend or other distribution on Common Stock is paid to the holders of Common Stock and shall be payable to each Holder on the record date for the corresponding dividend or distribution on the Common Stock; provided, that no dividend or distribution on Common Stock shall be made to any holders of Common Stock unless the Dividends are paid (or are concurrently being paid) to all Holders pursuant to this Section 3.

(c) The Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, in kind or other property, in excess of or in any instance other than the Dividends as provided in this Section 3.

(d) So long as any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, make any Parity Securities Distribution or Junior Securities Distribution, other than (i) as may be required pursuant to that certain Commitment Agreement, dated September 25, 2012, by and between the Corporation and Pegasus Partners IV, L.P., as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) for the redemption of the Series I Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to an exercise of the Optional Redemption Right (as defined in the Series I Certificate of Designation as in effect on the Investment Date) or (iii) with respect to any other Parity Securities Distribution, to the extent that such distribution is made in accordance with the requirements of Section 11(b) and the Holders participate in such Parity Securities Distribution in exactly the same manner, to the same extent and in the same proportions (on an as converted basis) as all other Parity Liquidation Shares.

 

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4. Conversion.

(a) Conversion at Option of Holder. Each Preferred Share shall be convertible, at the option of the Holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, into the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Optional Conversion Shares issuable with respect to each Preferred Share (subject to Section 4(e)). In the event of a Liquidation Event, the conversion rights provided by this Section 4(a) shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for payment of any amounts distributable on such Liquidation Event to the Holders.

(b) Procedures for Conversion at Option of Holder. Each Holder shall effect an optional conversion pursuant to Section 4(a) by providing the Corporation with a written conversion notice specifying (i) the number of Preferred Shares to be converted and (ii) the date on which such conversion is to be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”), which conversion date and time shall not be prior to the date such Holder delivers such notice to the Corporation nor more than twenty (20) business days thereafter. If no Conversion Date is specified in a notice of conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such notice of conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered to the Corporation hereunder. To effect any conversion of the Preferred Shares, each Holder shall surrender the certificate(s) representing such Preferred Shares to the Corporation. Any Preferred Shares converted into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued. As soon as practicable after the Conversion Date and the surrender of the certificate(s) representing Preferred Shares, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to each such Holder or its nominee, at such Holder’s address as it appears on the books of the Corporation, a certificate(s) for the number of Optional Conversion Shares. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made on the Conversion Date, and the Holder entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date. Unless a Holder converts all of its Preferred Shares pursuant to an Optional Conversion, the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) business days after the Conversion Date and at its own expense, issue a new certificate evidencing the number of Preferred Shares owned by such Holder after giving effect to the Preferred Shares converted on the Conversion Date.

(c) Conversion at the Option of the Corporation. At any time on or after the first date that (x) Primary Investor no longer beneficially owns any Preferred Shares and (y) fewer than 5,000 Preferred Shares remain outstanding in the aggregate (as adjusted for any Reclassification (as defined below) of the Preferred Shares), then at the Corporation’s option and election, all outstanding Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, may be converted automatically into the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Optional Conversion Shares with respect to all outstanding Preferred Shares (subject to Section 4(e)). The Corporation shall effect an optional conversion pursuant to this Section 4(c) by mailing a written conversion notice to each Holder at the address of record on the books of the Corporation specifying (i) the Conversion Date, which conversion date and time shall not be prior to fifteen (15) days after the date the Corporation delivers such notice, and (ii) (A) that at any time prior to the Conversion Date, each Holder shall have the right in lieu of conversion to exercise its right to redeem such Preferred Shares for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount with respect thereto in the same manner as upon receipt of a Contingent Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii), and (B) the Redemption Date with respect to any such Redemption (as defined below), which Redemption Date shall be no more than sixty (60) days after the Conversion Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation shall not have the right to effect an optional conversion pursuant to this Section 4(c) so long as Primary Investor continues to beneficially own any Preferred Shares.

 

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(d) Automatic Conversion. Upon the date on which a Qualified Public Offering is consummated (the “Forced Conversion Date”), each Preferred Share shall automatically be converted (a “Forced Conversion”), into the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the greater of (1) the number of Optional Conversion Shares issuable with respect to each Preferred Share (subject to Section 4(e)) or (2) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the Returned Value by (II) the price per share of Common Stock paid by the public in such Qualified Public Offering. All outstanding Preferred Shares shall, on the Forced Conversion Date, be converted into Common Stock for all purposes, notwithstanding the failure of any Holder thereof to surrender any certificate representing such shares on or prior to such date. On and after the Forced Conversion Date, (w) no Preferred Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding or be transferable on the books of the Corporation; and (x) each Holder, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or other distributions, to receive notices or to vote such Preferred Shares or to exercise or enjoy any other powers, preferences or rights in respect thereof, other than (y) the right, upon surrender of the certificate(s) representing such Preferred Shares, to receive a certificate(s) for the shares of Common Stock into which such shares have been converted, and (z) all dividends accrued and unpaid with respect to Preferred Shares accrued up to and including the Forced Conversion Date. On the Forced Conversion Date, all such Preferred Shares shall be retired and cancelled and shall not be reissued.

(e) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip shall be issued upon conversion of any Preferred Shares. In lieu of any fractional share to which any Holder would otherwise be entitled, based on the number of Preferred Shares of such Holder being converted in a single or series of related transactions, the Corporation shall issue a number of shares of Common Stock to such Holder rounded up to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock. No cash shall be payable to any Holder upon conversion of Preferred Shares.

5. Redemption.

(a) Redemption Right at Option of Holders.

(i) At any time on or after September 25, 2015, subject to this Section 5, (A) so long as Primary Investor continues to beneficially own any Preferred Shares, Primary Investor shall, and (B) in the event that Primary Investor ceases to own any Preferred Shares, each Holder shall, have the right at any time thereafter to require the Corporation to redeem all or a portion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount of such Preferred Shares (the “Optional Redemption Right”).

(ii) In the event that Primary Investor elects to exercise its Optional Redemption Right pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A) and delivers a Redemption Notice (as defined below) whereby it elects to exercise its Optional Redemption Right, all other Holders shall, subject to this Section 5(a)(ii), have the right (a “Contingent Redemption Right”) to have all or any portion of their Preferred Shares redeemed for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount of such Preferred Shares. The Corporation shall mail to each Holder (other than Primary Investor) at the address of record on the books of the Corporation a written notice (a “Contingent Redemption Notice”) of such Contingent Redemption Right not later than ten (10) days following the Corporation’s receipt from Primary Investor of the Redemption Notice triggering such Contingent Redemption Right. Each Holder shall have ten (10) days from the date of receipt of any Contingent Redemption Notice to deliver a Redemption Notice to the Corporation electing to exercise its Contingent Redemption Right; provided, that the Redemption Date (as defined below) for such Redemption shall be the Redemption Date selected by Primary Investor in the Redemption Notice triggering the Contingent Redemption Right. If for any or no reason at all, Primary Investor withdraws the Redemption Notice triggering the Contingent Redemption Right

 

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prior to the Redemption Date related thereto, the Holders shall no longer have the right to redeem Preferred Shares on such Redemption Date.

(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Corporation to the Holders shall be senior to the obligations of the Corporation to any and all Junior Liquidation Shares.

(b) Redemption Event. Upon the occurrence of a Redemption Event, the Corporation shall provide each Holder with written notice thereof not later than ten (10) days following discovery by the Corporation of such Redemption Event. Upon receipt of notice of a Redemption Event, each Holder shall, subject to this Section 5, have the right to require the Corporation to redeem all or a portion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares for an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Amount, which right shall terminate upon the Corporation’s satisfaction or cure of the obligation or obligations giving rise to the Redemption Event or any waiver thereof.

(c) Limitations on Redemption. Any redemption of Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 5 or Section 6 (a “Redemption”) shall be payable out of any cash or surplus available therefor under applicable Delaware law, and if there is not a sufficient amount of cash or surplus available, then out of the remaining assets of the Corporation available therefor under applicable Delaware law (valued at the fair market value thereof on the date of payment, as determined by the Board of Directors). At the time of a Redemption, the Corporation shall take all actions required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the Redemption of the Preferred Shares, including, without limitation, through the revaluation of its assets in accordance with Delaware law, to make funds available under applicable Delaware law for such Redemption or to determine the existence of sufficient surplus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Corporation shall not be permitted or required to redeem any Preferred Shares for so long as such Redemption would result in an event of default under: (x) that certain Second Lien Letter of Credit, Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 20, 2011, by and among the Corporation, as borrower, the guarantors and lenders party from time to time thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as agent; (y) that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2010, by and among the Corporation, the guarantors and lenders from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent, (or its successor) and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as sole lead arranger, manager and bookrunner (or its successor) (together, (x) and (y), the “Credit Facilities”); or (z) any amendments or restatements of, supplements to, or new facility or facilities entered into in replacement of, the Credit Facilities in accordance with the terms hereof, including Section 11(b) (to the extent applicable); provided, that nothing in this Section 5(c) shall limit, restrict or delay the application of Section 5(e).

(d) Redemption Procedures. Primary Investor shall effect a Redemption pursuant to this Section 5 and each Holder shall effect a Redemption pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(B), 5(a)(ii) or 5(b) by providing the Corporation with a written Redemption notice (a “Redemption Notice”) specifying: (i) the number of Preferred Shares to be redeemed and (ii) the date on which such Redemption is to be effected (the “Redemption Date”), which Redemption Date and time shall (subject to the rights of any Senior Liquidation Shares): (A) with respect to the Optional Redemption Right (and any Contingent Redemption Right triggered thereby), not be prior to sixty (60) days after delivery of such Redemption Notice to the Corporation nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter; or (B) with respect to a Redemption effected pursuant to Section 5(a) or Section 5(b), not be prior to the date and time of delivery of such Redemption Notice to the Corporation nor more than twenty (20) business days thereafter. To effect a Redemption of the Preferred Shares, a Holder shall surrender the certificate(s) representing such Preferred Shares to the Corporation. On the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall pay the Liquidation Amount by check to the order of the record holder of the Preferred Shares or, if instructions are provided therefore in the Redemption Notice, by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Unless all of a Holder’s Preferred Shares are redeemed on the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable and

 

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in no event later than five (5) business days after the Redemption Date and at its own expense, issue a new certificate evidencing the number of Preferred Shares owned by such Holder after giving effect to the Preferred Shares redeemed on the Redemption Date. Any Preferred Shares redeemed pursuant to the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.

(e) Control Event. If (i) any Preferred Shares held by Primary Investor and submitted for Redemption pursuant to an exercise of the Optional Redemption Right or the Repurchase Right (as defined below) are not redeemed on the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date (as defined below), as applicable with respect thereto or (ii) a Redemption Event shall occur (each of the events in clauses (i) and (ii), a “Control Event”), the Corporation shall take any and all actions as may be required and permitted under applicable Federal and State laws, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Corporation’s Bylaws, in order to (A) fix the size of the Board of Directors to a size (which shall be the smallest size necessary) that would permit Primary Investor to appoint a majority of the Board of Directors and (B) cause the election or appointment of the directors designated by Primary Investor, to serve as members of the Board of Directors until such director designees’ resignation, death, removal or disqualification. All actions taken by such directors appointed by Primary Investor shall be in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws. Under the circumstances described in the foregoing clause (i), to the extent the actions described in the first two sentences of Section 5(c) are taken by the Board of Directors and are insufficient to enable the Corporation to effect the Redemption, subject to applicable law, Primary Investor shall have the right in its sole discretion to, and without any further act, vote or approval of any of the Corporation, the Board of Directors or any of the Corporation’s stockholders, notwithstanding any act, vote or approval otherwise required, and shall be authorized to take all necessary action to, and subject to applicable law, the Board of Directors shall take all necessary action to, cause the Corporation to redeem such Preferred Shares, including without limitation by implementing in the discretion of Primary Investor as promptly as practicable a Qualified Public Offering or other offering, debt or equity financing, sale (whether by way of merger, consolidation, sale of assets or Equity Securities or otherwise) of the Corporation to a third party other than an Affiliate of Primary Investor or any other transaction. The Corporation shall implement any such action or transaction pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 5(e) in a timely manner, and subject to applicable law, shall take all actions and execute and deliver such agreements and instruments that may be requested by Primary Investor or otherwise to effect such action or transaction in a manner intended to first repay all Redemption obligations of the Corporation to Primary Investor hereunder and thereafter to generate the highest price to the holders of the Corporation’s other Capital Stock for such Capital Stock. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the implementation of such Qualified Public Offering or other offering, debt or equity financing, sale (whether by way of merger, consolidation, sale of assets or Equity Securities or otherwise) of the Corporation or other transaction pursuant to the second preceding sentence of this Section 5(e) at a particular time by reason of the determination by Primary Investor to exercise its rights under this Section 5(e) at such time shall not be deemed to violate any duty (including any fiduciary duty) of the Board of Directors or Primary Investor owed to the Corporation or its stockholders, so long as they have acted in good faith and in compliance with the terms hereof. Any director designee(s) elected or appointed as a result of a Control Event may only be removed by Primary Investor and, upon such removal or otherwise following such director designees’ resignation, death, or disqualification, Primary Investor shall be permitted to appoint a replacement for any such director. Upon Redemption or conversion of all of the Preferred Shares giving rise to the Control Event or upon the Corporation’s full satisfaction of the obligations giving rise to the Redemption Event or other subsequent cure thereof, (1) all directors elected or appointed to the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 5(e) shall resign immediately without any further action by the Board of Directors or the Corporation’s stockholders and (2) the Corporation shall take any and all actions as may be required under applicable Federal and State laws, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Corporation’s Bylaws in order to fix the size of the Board of Directors to its size immediately prior to the Control Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights of Primary Investor pursuant to this Section 5(e) shall automatically terminate on the

 

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date that Primary Investor ceases to beneficially own at least 10,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis), but disregarding any reduction in the number of Preferred Shares beneficially owned by Primary Investor attributable to: (w) any transfer pursuant to a public offering (other than a Qualified Public Offering), (x) a Redemption giving rise to the underlying Control Event, (y) any transfer to Pegasus or (z) any transfer pursuant to the exercise of the Primary Co-Sale Rights.

(f) Other than with respect to the Optional Redemption Right and the Contingent Redemption Right set forth in Section 5(a), in no event shall the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries redeem, purchase or acquire any Preferred Shares from one or more Holders unless the Corporation (or the applicable Subsidiary) irrevocably offers to simultaneously redeem, purchase or acquire a pro rata amount of Preferred Shares from each other Holder on the same terms.

6. Change of Control.

(a) Except to the extent Section 9(b) applies, upon consummation of a Change of Control, the Corporation shall immediately (and in any event within two (2) business days) make an offer in writing to each Holder to redeem all of the outstanding Preferred Shares for cash equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount with respect to such Preferred Shares.

(b) Upon a Change of Control, the Corporation shall give to each Holder notice (the “Change of Control Notice”) of the occurrence of the Change of Control and of the Holder’s right to receive the Liquidation Amount as a result of such Change of Control (the “Repurchase Right”). The Change of Control Notice shall be mailed to each Holder at the address of record on the books of the Corporation and shall state (i) the date on which the Preferred Shares shall be repurchased (the “Repurchase Date”); (ii) the date by which the Repurchase Right must be exercised, which date shall be no earlier than twenty (20) days after the delivery by the Corporation of the Change of Control Notice (the “Repurchase Right Expiration Date”); (iii) the Liquidation Amount; and (iv) a description of the procedures a Holder must follow to exercise the Repurchase Right.

(c) To exercise the Repurchase Right, a Holder shall deliver to the Corporation, on or before the Repurchase Right Expiration Date, a written notice specifying the number of Preferred Shares to be repurchased by the Corporation. Each Holder shall retain the right to convert Preferred Shares at any time on or prior to the Repurchase Date, or to withdraw an election to have such shares repurchased at any time on or prior to the Repurchase Date.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall comply with all requirements under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Repurchase Right as a result of a Change of Control. No failure by the Corporation to give the Change of Control Notice and no defect in any Change of Control Notice shall limit any Holder’s right to exercise its Repurchase Right or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of Preferred Shares.

7. Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation (a “Liquidation Event”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation, the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Shares held by them; provided, that the Holders (i) shall not be entitled to receive the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Shares held by them until the liquidation value of any and all Senior Liquidation Shares shall have been paid in full, and (ii) shall be entitled to receive the Liquidation Amount of such shares held by them in preference to and in priority over any distributions upon any Junior Liquidation Shares. Upon payment in

 

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full of the then present Liquidation Amount to which the Holders are entitled, the Holders will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation and the Preferred Shares held by such Holders shall be deemed redeemed and cancelled. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the then present Liquidation Amount payable to the Holders and the liquidation value payable to the holders of any Parity Liquidation Shares, the holders of all such shares shall share ratably in such distribution of assets in accordance with the amounts that would be payable on the distribution if the amounts to which the Holders and the holders of any Parity Liquidation Shares are entitled were paid in full. For purposes of this Section 7, a Change of Control (in and of itself) shall not be deemed a Liquidation Event (it being understood that an actual liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation in connection with a Change of Control will be subject to this Section 7).

8. Status and Reservation of Shares.

(a) Status. All Preferred Shares that are at any time converted pursuant to Section 4 or redeemed or repurchased pursuant to Sections 5, 6 or 7, and all Preferred Shares that are otherwise reacquired by the Corporation and subsequently canceled by the Board of Directors, shall be retired and shall not be subject to reissuance and shall be automatically returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, available for future designation and issuance pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

(b) Reservation. On and after the Investment Date, the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of any stock held as treasury or out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, or both, solely for the purpose of effecting optional conversions or the Forced Conversion, no less than the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the Optional Conversion Shares by (b) the aggregate number of issued and outstanding Preferred Shares. All shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares will, upon issuance by the Corporation, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, not issued in violation of any preemptive rights arising under law or contract and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof, and the Corporation shall take no action which will cause a contrary result.

9. Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Reclassifications, Splits and Dividends. If the Corporation, at any time while any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, shall undertake any reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, subdivision, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or any similar proportionately-applied change (collectively, a “Reclassification”) of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in, of, or from par value), then the Conversion Price shall be adjusted such that each Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock and/or other Capital Stock and/or property that such Holder of outstanding Preferred Shares would have been entitled to acquire immediately prior to such Reclassification as if such Preferred Shares were converted to Common Stock immediately prior to such Reclassification. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.

(b) Mergers or Consolidations. If at any time or from time to time prior to a conversion pursuant to Section 4(a), Section 4(c) or Section 4(d) there is a merger, consolidation or similar capital reorganization of the Common Stock (each a “Reorganization”), then as part of such Reorganization, provision shall be made so that each Holder of outstanding Preferred Shares at the time of such Reorganization shall thereafter be entitled to receive, upon conversion of such Preferred Shares and in lieu of Common Stock, the Capital Stock or property that such Holder of outstanding Preferred Shares

 

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would have been entitled to receive in such Reorganization as if such Preferred Shares were converted to Common Stock immediately prior to such Reorganization, subject to adjustment in respect of such Capital Stock by the terms thereof. In any such case, the resulting or surviving entity (if not the Corporation) shall expressly assume the obligations to deliver, upon such conversion, such Capital Stock or property as the Holders of Preferred Shares remaining outstanding (or of other convertible preferred stock received by such Holders in place thereof) shall be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions hereof, and to make provisions for the protection of the conversion rights as provided above. If this Section 9(b) applies to a Reorganization, Section 9(a) shall not apply to such Reorganization.

10. Voting Rights; Board Designees.

(a) Generally. Unless otherwise provided by any Federal or State law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s Bylaws, this Section 10 or Section 11 hereof, the Holders shall not have the right to vote for the election of directors or on any other matters presented to the Corporation’s stockholders for action by their written consent or at any annual or special meeting of stockholders. On any matter on which the Holders are entitled by any Federal or State law, under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or pursuant to this Section 10 or Section 11 hereof to vote separately as a class, each such Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each Preferred Share held and such matter shall be determined by a majority of the Preferred Shares voting on such matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as set forth in this Section 10 in connection with the election of the Zouk Director (as defined below) to the Board of Directors, for so long as Primary Investor beneficially owns at least 10,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or (x) the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis and (y) at least one Preferred Share), the vote, consent, approval, waiver or authorization of Primary Investor on any matter, including without limitation, any matter on which the Holders are entitled by any Federal or State law (other than as may be required by Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law), under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or pursuant to this Series H Certificate of Designation to vote separately as a class, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the vote, consent, approval, waiver or authorization of all of the Preferred Shares and the Holders of all of the Preferred Shares; provided, that Primary Investor shall not (i) without the consent of each adversely affected Holder, act to amend this Series H Certificate of Designation so as to alter the terms of the Preferred Shares of any Holder in a manner different from the other Holders with respect to their Preferred Shares or otherwise specifically targeting and materially and adversely affecting any such Holder with respect to its Preferred Shares in a manner different from the other Holders with respect to their Preferred Shares, or (ii) without the consent of each Holder of 6,000 or more Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares), act to amend this Series H Certificate of Designation so as to adversely amend the first sentence of Section 4(a), Section 4(b), the first two sentences of Section 4(c), the first sentence of Section 4(d), the first sentence of Section 5(a)(ii), the last sentence of Section 5(b), Section 6(a), the first sentence of Section 7, the last sentence of Section 7, the definitions of “Conversion Price”, “Liquidation Amount”, “Permitted Transfer”, “Returned Value”, “Stated Value”, “Fair Market Value”, “Optional Conversion Shares” or “Triggering Event” as contained in Section 16 hereof; provided, further, that in addition, the consent of Holders of a majority of the Preferred Shares then outstanding, subject to the rights and privileges of Holders expressly set forth herein, is also required to waive any or all obligations of the Corporation in respect of a Redemption Event or upon a Change of Control (and for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Corporation and the Primary Investor to effect a Reorganization that complies with the terms and provisions of Section 9(b) in all respects). The provisions of clause (i) of the foregoing sentence may not be amended without the consent of each Holder of Preferred Shares, and the provisions of clause (ii) of the foregoing sentence may not be amended without the consent of each Holder of 6,000 or more Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares). So long as Zouk continues to beneficially own at least 2,500

 

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Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis), the provisions of Section 10(b) (as it relates to Section 10(d)) and Section 10(d) may not be amended or waived without the consent of Zouk.

(b) Board Designees. The holders of Series H Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be entitled to elect the aggregate number of directors set forth in Sections 10(c) and 10(d).

(c) Series H Board Designees.

(i) So long as Primary Investor continues to beneficially own at least 2,500 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis), to the fullest extent permitted by the Exchange Act, the rules of any national securities exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock is listed or traded and any other applicable Federal and State laws, Primary Investor, voting separately, shall be entitled at any annual or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders involving the election of directors of the Corporation, and at all other times at which stockholders of the Corporation will have the right to or will vote for or render consent in writing regarding the election of directors of the Corporation, to elect a number of directors to the Board of Directors equal to the greater of: (A) two (2) directors and (B) the number of directors (rounded to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the total number of directors that constitute the whole Board of Directors by (2) Primary Investor’s Pro Rata Share. Subject to the Exchange Act, the rules of any national securities exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock is listed or traded and any other applicable Federal and State laws, one (1) Series H Director (as defined below) elected pursuant to this Section 10(c)(i) shall be appointed to the audit committee of the Board of Directors.

(ii) In the event that Primary Investor no longer has designee rights pursuant to Section 10(c)(i), so long as the Preferred Shares, on an as-converted basis, represent at least ten percent (10%) or more of the Corporation’s outstanding Capital Stock, the Holders of the Preferred Shares, voting separately, shall be entitled at any annual or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders involving the election of directors of the Corporation, and at all other times at which stockholders of the Corporation will have the right to or will vote for or render consent in writing regarding the election of directors of the Corporation, to elect one (1) director to the Board of Directors.

(iii) Each director elected by Primary Investor pursuant to Section 10(c)(i) or the Holders pursuant to Section 10(c)(ii) shall be referred to as a “Series H Director”. Each Series H Director must be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 10(c) shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering or the conversion or redemption of all outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4(c).

 

(d) Zouk Board Designee. (i) So long as Zouk continues to beneficially own at least 2,500 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis), to the fullest extent permitted by the Exchange Act, the rules of any national securities exchange or over-the-counter market on which

 

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  the Common Stock is listed or traded and any other applicable Federal and State laws, Zouk, voting separately, shall be entitled at any annual or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders involving the election of directors of the Corporation, and at all other times at which stockholders of the Corporation will have the right to or will vote for or render consent in writing regarding the election of directors of the Corporation, to elect one (1) director to the Board of Directors.

(ii) Each director elected by Zouk pursuant to Section 10(d)(i) shall be referred to as a “Zouk Director”. Any Zouk Director must be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 10(d) shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering or the conversion or redemption of all outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4(c).

(e) Waivers. Any provision of this Certificate of Designation may be waived in a written instrument executed by the waiving party including, without limitation, a waiver by Primary Investor in accordance with the third sentence of Section 10(a).

11. Restrictions and Limitations.

(a) The Holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote separately as a single class on all matters to which they are entitled to vote under Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and on all other matters as required by applicable law, including (i) any increase or decrease in the authorized amount of Preferred Shares, except for the cancellation and retirement of shares set forth in Section 8(a); and (ii) any amendment, alteration or change in the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Shares that would affect the Holders adversely.

(b) So long as Primary Investor continues to beneficially own (I) in the case of Sections 11(b)(i), 11(b)(ii), 11(b)(iii), 11(b)(iv) or 11(b)(vii)(A), at least 2,500 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares); (II) in the case of Section 11(b)(ix), at least 2,500 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis); and (III) in the case of Sections 11(b)(v), 11(b)(vi), 11(b)(vii)(B), 11(b)(viii), 11(b)(x), 11(b)(xi) and 11(b)(xii), at least 10,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis), but for purposes of the calculations in (I), (II) and (III) above disregarding any reduction in the number of Preferred Shares beneficially owned by Primary Investor attributable to: (x) any Transfer pursuant to a public offering (other than a Qualified Public Offering), (y) any Transfer to Pegasus or (z) any Transfer pursuant to the exercise of the Primary Co-Sale Rights, and in each case with Sections 11(b)(xiii) and 11(b)(xiv) continuing to apply with respect to the subsections still in effect pursuant to the foregoing clauses (I), (II) and (III), the Corporation shall not, without the written consent of Primary Investor:

(i) alter, modify or amend (whether by amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, merger, consolidation or otherwise) the terms, rights, preferences, privileges or powers of, or the other restrictions provided for the benefit of, the Series in any way as set forth herein or in any other agreement entered into by the Corporation (provided, that the written consent of Primary Investor pursuant to this Section 11(b)(i) shall not be required to make such alteration, modification or amendment if effected solely to consummate, and which is

 

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otherwise conditioned upon the consummation of, a Reorganization that complies with the terms and provisions of Section 9(b) in all respects);

(ii) re-issue (whether by merger or otherwise) any Preferred Shares that have been converted, redeemed or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation;

(iii) pay dividends or cash interests or other distributions (whether in cash, Equity Securities or otherwise) on, redeem or repurchase or otherwise acquire any Capital Stock, Equity Securities, convertible debt, or debt coupled with any Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation, other than as may be required by any Senior Liquidation Shares issued in accordance with the terms hereof, including Section 11(b)(vii);

(iv) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the affairs of the Corporation or otherwise initiate any insolvency proceeding or any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, or other applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws;

(v) engage in any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, that such consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control and the Corporation has available, or will obtain in connection with such transaction, sufficient proceeds to redeem all of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 and, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control, this subsection (v) is not intended to be utilized by Primary Investor to modify the amount of proceeds payable to the Holders with respect to the Preferred Shares upon such Change of Control from the amount to which such Holders would otherwise be entitled pursuant to Section 6 hereof upon such Change of Control; or other than in the ordinary course of business, form or maintain any direct or indirect Subsidiary;

(vi) engage in a public offering or listing of Equity Securities (including indirectly by means of equity securities of a successor entity or otherwise) on any national securities exchange, other than (A) in connection with a Qualified Public Offering, (B) an offering made in connection with a business acquisition pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or any similar form that does not otherwise require consent pursuant to this Section 11(b), or (C) in connection with an employee benefit plan pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or any similar form;

(vii) other than with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance, (A) issue any Senior Liquidation Shares or Parity Liquidation Shares, or reclassify any outstanding Equity Securities into Senior Liquidation Shares or Parity Liquidation Shares or (B) issue any other Equity Securities, or reclassify any other outstanding Equity Securities; provided, that consent shall not be required pursuant to this Section 11(b)(vii) with respect to any issuance of Equity Securities to the extent the proceeds thereof shall upon receipt thereof immediately be used to satisfy in full the obligations of the Corporation to redeem all then-outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4, Section 5 or Section 6 hereof;

(viii) incur any Indebtedness (A) in excess of $50.0 million, other than (x) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a refinancing of the Credit Facilities or any other working capital facilities of the Corporation in effect as of the Investment Date, in each case without any increase in the available principal amount thereof or (y) pursuant to any refinancing or replacement of the Credit Facilities with respect to working capital or other working capital facilities as approved by the Board of Directors, in each case such that the aggregate available principal amount thereunder is secured only by the Corporation’s account receivables and

 

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finished goods inventory and does not exceed 80% of accounts receivable, 60% of finished goods inventory and $75 million in the aggregate (each of (A)(x) and (A)(y), “Permitted Indebtedness”); or (B) containing any provision that limits the Corporation’s ability to redeem any Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 5(a) for a period that exceeds that contained in the Credit Facilities as in effect as of the Investment Date; provided, that if such provision is contained in any Permitted Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall continue to be Permitted Indebtedness for purposes of the foregoing clause (A) and consent shall only be required pursuant to this clause (B) with respect to such provision; and provided further that consent shall not be required pursuant to this Section 11(b)(viii) for Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds thereof shall upon receipt thereof immediately be used to satisfy in full the obligations of the Corporation to redeem all then-outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4, Section 5 or Section 6 hereof;

(ix) enter into any new agreements or transactions or series of agreements or transactions with any Affiliate of the Corporation or Pegasus or any other holder of five percent (5%) or more of the Corporation’s Capital Stock or any Affiliates of any such stockholder of the Corporation (a “Related Party Agreement”) or amend or modify the terms of any existing Related Party Agreements, other than: (A) up to $500,000 in the aggregate of fees or other amounts payable annually by the Corporation to Pegasus pursuant to any management or similar services agreement; (B) up to $200,000 in the aggregate of fees or other amounts payable annually by the Corporation to Primary Investor or any of its Affiliates pursuant to any management or similar services agreement; and (C) up to $100,000 in the aggregate of fees or other amounts payable annually by the Corporation to any Significant Holder or its Affiliates pursuant to any management or similar services agreement;

(x) purchase, acquire, license, transfer, sell, divest, or dispose of property, rights or assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (whether by merger, consolidation, other business combination, purchase or sale of Capital Stock or other Equity Security, spin-off, divestiture, asset purchase, asset sale or other transaction involving the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries) or enter into any joint venture where either (A) the aggregate consideration to be paid or received by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) the fair market value of the relevant property, rights or assets, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, exceeds $5.0 million, other than commercial transactions with customers and distributors for the sale of the Corporation’s products in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control and the Corporation has available, or will obtain in connection with such transaction, sufficient proceeds to redeem all of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 and, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent such transaction will constitute a Change of Control, this subsection (x) is not intended to be utilized by Primary Investor to modify the amount of proceeds payable to the Holders with respect to the Preferred Shares upon such Change of Control from the amount to which such Holders would otherwise be entitled pursuant to Section 6 hereof upon such Change of Control;

(xi) (A) appoint a new, or remove the then-current, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Technology Officer (or equivalents thereof) of the Corporation and any other senior executive officer having a comparable scope of authority to the foregoing with respect to his or her relevant function, or (B) determine or modify any compensation (including cash and equity) or establish any compensation performance targets for any individual that is an “officer” of the Corporation as such term is defined in Rule 3b-2 of the Exchange Act;

 

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(xii) adopt or approve any strategic business plan or annual budget, including adopting or approving any revised strategic plan or revised budget or any material deviations therefrom;

(xiii) enter into any definitive agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing; or

(xiv) indirectly engage in any of the foregoing through an Affiliated person (including without limitation Pegasus), including cause or permit any Subsidiary to engage in or enter into any definitive agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing.

(c) In the event that the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares agree (whether by a vote, written consent, waiver or otherwise) to allow the Corporation to alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series pursuant to applicable law, no such change shall be effective to the extent that, by its terms, such change applies to less than all of the Preferred Shares then outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, subject to applicable law, the provisions of this Section 11 shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering or the conversion or redemption of all outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 4(c).

12. Covenants. For so long as Primary Investor continues to beneficially own at least 2,500 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares), the Corporation agrees that:

(a) Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (i) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence, (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all material rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and (iii) comply in all material respects with all material contractual obligations and requirements of law applicable to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and its and their respective properties, rights and assets.

(b) Maintenance of Property; Insurance. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (a) keep all property necessary for the conduct of its business as conducted on the Investment Date in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all property necessary for the conduct of its business in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

(c) Minimum Consolidated EBITDA. The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, permit Consolidated EBITDA as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Corporation ending on the last day of the Corporation’s fiscal year set forth below to be less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal year end:

 

Fiscal Year End

   Minimum Consolidated EBITDA  

December 31, 2015 and each fiscal year end thereafter

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The Corporation shall have the right to cure a breach of this Section 12(c) with respect to any fiscal year within fifteen (15) days of the earlier of (x) March 31 immediately following such fiscal year and (y) the date of the Corporation’s audited financials for such fiscal year, by using up to $5.0 million in proceeds from an Exempt Equity Issuance.

(d) Certificates; Other Information. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, furnish Primary Investor, concurrently with the delivery of any unaudited annual financial statements pursuant to Section 4(e)(ii) of the Subscription Agreement, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of each such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries has during such period observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every material obligation contained herein to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Triggering Event except as specified in such certificate and (ii) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries with the provisions set forth herein referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal year of the Corporation.

(e) Notices. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, promptly give the Holders written notice of the occurrence of any Liquidation Event.

(f) Freedom to Pursue Corporate Opportunities. The Corporation expressly acknowledges and agrees as follows, for so long as Primary Investor or any Significant Holder beneficially owns any Preferred Shares (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis) (a) Primary Investor or such Significant Holder and each director of the Corporation who is a member, director, officer, employee or Affiliate of Primary Investor or such Significant Holder (an “Affiliated Person”) has the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; and (b) in the event that Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Corporation, Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Person shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of any agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its Affiliates or stockholders or creditors for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Person, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another person, or does not present such opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the provisions of this Section 12(f) shall not apply with respect to the actions of any individual while serving in an operational capacity as an officer or other employee of the Corporation. Primary Investor and each Significant Holder agrees on behalf of itself and each Affiliated Person to keep confidential all proprietary and non-public information regarding the Corporation received in such capacity and not to use such proprietary and non-public information for any purpose other than in connection with evaluating, monitoring or taking any other action with respect to the investment by Primary Investor or such Significant Holder in the Preferred Shares, provided, that nothing herein shall prevent Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Persons from disclosing or using any such information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public in accordance with Federal or State laws other than as a result of a disclosure by Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Persons in violation of this Section 12(f) or any other legal duty, fiduciary duty or other duty of trust and confidence, of Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Person; (ii) was in Primary Investor’s, such Significant Holder’s or such Affiliated Person’s possession or developed by it prior to being furnished with such information, as evidenced by Primary Investor’s, such Significant Holder’s or such Affiliated

 

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Person’s records; (iii) becomes available to Primary Investor, such Significant Holder or such Affiliated Person on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Corporation, or (iv) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or legal process.

13. Transfers.

(a) Generally. Subject to this Section 13, Preferred Shares may be Transferred by any Holder pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. During the Restrictive Period, Holders may not Transfer Preferred Shares except pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. As used herein, the “Restrictive Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Investment Date and ending upon the earliest of (A) the three (3) year anniversary of the Investment Date, (B) a Qualified Public Offering and (C) a Redemption Event.

(b) To the extent the Restrictive Period ends by reason of the occurrence of the three (3) year anniversary of the Investment Date as provided in clause (A) of the definition thereof, and neither a Qualified Public Offering nor a Redemption Event has occurred, Preferred Shares may be Transferred by any Holder with the prior written consent of the Corporation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, or pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Preferred Shares may be offered, sold, transferred or assigned by any Holder without consent after the occurrence of a Change of Control or a Liquidation Event.

(c) All Transfers of Preferred Shares must also be made in accordance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws. Any attempted Transfer of Preferred Shares in violation of this Section 13 shall be null and void ab initio. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13 to the contrary, in the event that the Corporation consents to a Transfer of more than five thousand (5,000) Preferred Shares in the aggregate (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) by Primary Investor in one or more transactions, the Corporation shall be deemed to have consented to all Transfers of Preferred Shares from and after such time by all Holders.

(d) Primary Investor Rights. Notwithstanding Section 13(a), the Primary Investor Rights shall not be transferrable and shall terminate with respect to such Transferred shares upon any Transfer by Primary Investor of Preferred Shares; provided, that, following a Control Event, the Primary Investor Rights shall be transferrable in connection with a Transfer by Primary Investor, in a single transaction to a single transferee, of more than 25,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) (or the equivalent number of those certain shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any Reclassification thereof, issued upon conversion thereof on an as-converted basis).

(e) Lock-up. In connection with a Qualified Public Offering or any other underwritten public offering, each Holder shall complete and execute a customary lock-up agreement to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the underwriting arrangements of the Qualified Public Offering agreeing not to effect any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any Capital Stock of the Corporation during the seven (7) day period prior to, and for the one hundred and eighty (180) days after, the effective date of the registration statement for such Qualified Public Offering or other underwritten public offering (or such lesser period as the managing underwriters may require or permit), except for such Capital Stock to be included in such offering; provided that all of the Corporation’s Affiliates and executive officers and all of the members of the Board of Directors are restricted in the same manner and for the same duration; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(e) to the contrary, in no event shall any Holder be obligated to execute a lock-up agreement restricting it or otherwise prohibiting it from effecting any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any Capital Stock for any period of time exceeding the period of time (including with respect to any requirements that such period be applicable to other persons or entities) that such Holder has contractually agreed to in writing with the Corporation.

 

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(f) Registration Rights. To the extent that any shares of Common Stock are being offered for the account of selling stockholders in the Qualified Public Offering (an “Eligible Offering”), each Holder shall be permitted to participate in such Eligible Offering and to sell an Eligible Amount of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares. The Corporation will, at least twenty (20) days prior to the filing of a registration statement with respect to an Eligible Offering, notify the Holders in writing of such Eligible Offering. Each Holder may elect to participate in such Eligible Offering (up to the Eligible Amount) by delivering written notice of such Holder’s election to the Corporation within five (5) days after the Corporation’s delivery of the notice provided under this Section 13(f). The right of any Holder to participate in an Eligible Offering shall be conditioned upon such Holder agreeing to: (i) sell its shares of Common Stock in the Eligible Offering on the basis provided in any customary underwriting arrangements and (ii) complete and execute all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. The registration rights provided by this Section 13(f) shall be junior to any registration rights granted to any other holder of the Corporation’s Equity Securities on or prior to the Investment Date and any registration rights granted after the Investment Date to the extent a written agreement evidencing such registration rights is executed by the parties and provides rights senior to those provided by this Section 13(f).

14. Preemptive Rights.

(a) Except with respect to any Exempt Equity Issuances or any offering of Capital Stock by the Corporation that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act, if the Corporation after the date hereof, proposes to issue or sell any Equity Securities, the Corporation will, at least twenty (20) days prior to the proposed issuance or sale but subject to applicable Federal and State laws, notify the Holders in writing (the “Issuance Notice”) of (i) the number and type of Equity Securities which the Corporation proposes to issue, the price thereof and the date on which such price shall be paid; (ii) all other material terms and conditions, including terms of condition of payment, relating to the proposed issuance or sale; (iii) the proportionate number of Equity Securities which each Holder shall have the right to purchase, which shall be equal to such Holder’s Pro Rata Share of such Equity Securities; and (iv) where the proposed purchasers of such Equity Securities are known, the identities of such proposed purchasers. Each Holder may elect to purchase all or any portion of its respective Pro Rata Share of the securities to be issued in such issuance or sale at the same price and on the same terms identified in the notice. If electing to participate, such Holder (an “Exercising Holder”) shall be required to purchase the same Equity Securities that are being issued by the Corporation and shall be entitled to make such purchase on the same terms and conditions, in each case as set forth in the Issuance Notice. Such Holder’s election to participate in any such transaction must be made in writing and be delivered to the Corporation ten (10) days after the Corporation’s delivery of the Issuance Notice; provided, that if there is a material change in the Corporation’s proposed terms or conditions of issuance or sale, a new Issuance Notice shall be provided to the Holders pursuant to this Section 14(a) and the Holders will have ten (10) days after the Corporation’s delivery of such new Issuance Notice with such revised terms to reconfirm such Holder’s intention to invest. To the extent any Holder does not elect to purchase all of its Pro Rata Share of the Equity Securities (a “Declining Holder”), the Exercising Holders shall be entitled to purchase the Equity Securities allocated to the Declining Holder, and the Corporation shall deliver to each Exercising Holder a written notice (the “Remaining Equity Notice”) not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the Issuance Notice specifying the aggregate number of Equity Securities that all of the Declining Holders did not elect to purchase. Each Exercising Holder shall have the right to purchase additional Equity Securities, which right must be exercised not less than ten (10) days after delivery of the Remaining Equity Notice, by notifying the Corporation in writing (a “Second Exercise Notice”) of the maximum number of such Equity Securities that such Exercising Holder wishes to purchase. To the extent the aggregate number of shares sought to be purchased under the Second Exercise Notices is equal to or less than the number of Equity Securities set forth in the Remaining Equity Notice, each Holder delivering a

 

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Second Exercise Notice shall be entitled to purchase the number of Equity Securities set forth in such Holder’s Second Exercise Notice. To the extent the aggregate number of shares sought to be purchased under the Second Exercise Notices is greater than the number of Equity Securities set forth in the Remaining Equity Notice, such Equity Securities shall be allocated among the Holders on a pro rata basis based on their relative Pro Rata Share. If after notifying the Holders, the Corporation elects not to proceed with the issuance or sale, any elections made by such Holder shall be deemed rescinded. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 14(a), if the consideration to be received by the Corporation with respect to the issuance of Equity Securities specified in the Issuance Notice is other than cash to be paid upon the issuance of the Equity Securities (that is, if the consideration would constitute so called “in kind” property), or if security is to be provided to secure the payment of any deferred portion of the purchase price, then any Holder exercising his, hers or its rights under this Section 14 may purchase such Equity Securities by making a cash payment at the time of the closing specified in the Issuance Notice in the amount of the reasonably equivalent value of the “in kind” property specified in the Issuance Notice and/or may provide reasonably equivalent security to that provided in the Issuance Notice. Such “reasonably equivalent value” or “reasonably equivalent security” shall be determined by the Board of Directors. In the event of any issuance or sale of any debt securities by the Corporation to any Significant Holder or any Affiliate of any Significant Holder, in whole or in part, other than any offering of debt securities by the Corporation that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act (a “Preemptive Debt Issuance”), such Preemptive Debt Issuance shall be treated in the same manner as an issuance of Equity Securities for purposes of the rights provided in this Section 14 and each Holder shall have the right to notice of, and to elect to participate in, such Preemptive Debt Issuance as if each reference to “Equity Securities” in this Section 14 were replaced with a reference to such debt securities. If, in connection with any issuance of Equity Securities or debt securities by the Corporation after the date hereof other than any Exempt Equity Issuance or any offering of Capital Stock or debt securities that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act, the Corporation grants any Significant Holder or any Affiliate of any Significant Holder (i) any new material right or contractual benefit which is in addition and/or supplemental to those rights and benefits of such Significant Holder that are in effect immediately prior to such issuance (and which is not granted as a condition of such issuance) or (ii) any additional securities (clauses (i) and (ii) each, an “Ancillary Right”) in connection with or relating to such Significant Holder’s ownership of Preferred Shares or shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock, as applicable, in each case which Ancillary Right (x) is not otherwise made available to the Holders that exercise their rights in full pursuant to this Section 14 and (y) does not arise out of a law, regulation, order or other legal circumstance that is applicable to such Significant Holder but not to such other Holders that exercise their rights in full, then each other Significant Holder shall be offered a Pro Rata Share of such Ancillary Right on the same terms and conditions as such Significant Holder or such Affiliate of such Significant Holder in the same manner as is provided in this Section 14, so long as such other Significant Holder participates in such issuance of Equity Securities or debt securities to the same extent on a pro rata basis as such Significant Holder or such Affiliate of such Significant Holder.

(b) If the Holders do not elect to purchase all of the Equity Securities proposed to be issued in such issuance or sale as described in Section 14(a), upon the expiration of the offering periods described in Section 14(a), the Corporation shall be entitled to sell any Equity Securities that the Holders have not elected to purchase during the one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days following such expiration at a price not less than, and on other terms and conditions either substantially the same as, or more favorable to the Corporation than, those set forth in the Issuance Notice. Any shares of Capital Stock offered or sold by the Corporation after such one hundred and twenty (120) day period (or, if prior to such one hundred and twenty (120) day period, at a price less than, or on other terms and conditions not substantially the same as, or more favorable to the Corporation than, those offered set forth in the Issuance Notice) must be reoffered to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Section 14.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 14(a), in the event that the Board of Directors determines that time is of the essence in completing any issuance of Equity Securities pursuant to this Section 14, the Corporation may issue or sell Equity Securities without first complying with the terms of Section 14(a); provided that the terms of such issuance or sale shall require that, promptly following such issuance or sale, (i) the Corporation shall deliver an Issuance Notice to each Holder and (ii) each Holder shall have the right to purchase all or any part of the Equity Securities described in the Issuance Notice (whether pursuant to the resale of Equity Securities by the initial purchaser(s) of such Equity Securities or the issuance by the Corporation of additional Equity Securities) upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in Section 14(a).

15. Notices.

(a) Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Corporation of a record of the holders of any class of the Corporation’s Equity Securities for the purposes of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend) or other distribution, any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities of any class or any other securities or property, or any other right, the Corporation shall mail to each Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right.

(b) Notices by the Corporation. Any notice required by the provisions of this Series H Certificate of Designation to be given to the Holders shall be deemed given if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, and addressed to each holder of record at his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

16. Certain Definitions. As used in this Series H Certificate of Designation, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

Affiliate” of, or a person or entity “Affiliated” with, a specified person or entity, is a person or entity that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof, the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates shall not be considered Affiliates of any Holder by reason of such person being a Holder.

Appraiser” means a nationally recognized investment bank, financial advisor or valuation or appraisal firm selected by mutual agreement of the Corporation and Primary Investor (but only if Primary Investor continues to hold any Preferred Shares) as having appropriate experience in the Corporation’s industry in doing valuations of the nature required, which is independent of and not affiliated with the Corporation, Primary Investor, any other Holder participating in the relevant transaction or any of their respective Affiliates.

Capital Stock” of any person or entity means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in the common stock or preferred stock of such person or entity, including, without limitation, partnership and membership interests.

Change of Control” means (a) the sale, conveyance or disposition, including but not limited to any spin-off or in-kind distribution (a “Divestiture”), by the Corporation or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (on a consolidated basis) to any person or group (other than the Corporation or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries and other than pursuant to a joint venture arrangement in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, receives at least fifty percent (50%) of the equity and voting interests); (b) the effectuation of a transaction or series of related

 

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transactions in which more than thirty-five percent (35)% of the voting power of the Corporation is disposed of (other than (i) as a direct result of normal, uncoordinated trading activities in the Common Stock generally or (ii) solely as a result of the disposition by a stockholder of the Corporation to an Affiliate of such stockholder); (c) any merger, consolidation, stock or asset purchase, recapitalization or other business combination transaction (or series of related transactions) as a result of which the shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and the Preferred Shares (treated on an as-converted basis) immediately prior to such transaction (or series of related transactions) are converted into and/or continue to represent (on an as-converted basis), in the aggregate, less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total voting power of all shares of Capital Stock that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity surviving or resulting from such transaction (or ultimate parent thereof); (d) a transaction or series of transactions in which any person, entity or “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires more than thirty-five percent (35)% of the voting equity of the Corporation (other than the acquisition by a person, entity or “group” that is an Affiliate of or Affiliated with a person, entity or “group” that immediately prior to such acquisition, beneficially owned thirty-five percent (35)% or more of the voting equity of the Corporation) or (e) Pegasus ceases to beneficially own in the aggregate at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Corporation, on a fully-diluted basis.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus, without duplication and solely to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such consolidated net income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense associated with Indebtedness, (c) depreciation and amortization, (d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill), (e) expenses related to the transactions consummated on the Investment Date and (f) non-recurring or extraordinary items.

Conversion Price” means $0.95, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof.

Eligible Amount” means with respect to any Holder, the “Eligible Amount” of shares of Common Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that the underwriter(s) estimate(s) can be underwritten in connection with an Eligible Offering at a price range that is acceptable to the Corporation less any shares of Common Stock being offered by the Corporation or any other person or entity holding registration rights that are senior to those granted to the Holders in this Series H Certificate of Designation, by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder upon the conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares, and the denominator of which shall equal the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to all Holders upon conversion of such Holders’ Preferred Shares that are requested to be included in the Eligible Offering.

Equity Securities” means any Capital Stock or any other equity securities of the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter authorized, and any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing equity securities or equity security.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exempt Equity Issuance” means the issuance of any Capital Stock of the Corporation: (i) upon the conversion or exercise of any options, warrants or rights to acquire securities of the Corporation which options, warrants or rights were (A) outstanding on the Investment Date (as certified by an officer

 

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of the Corporation to Primary Investor on the Investment Date), (B) issued as part of another Exempt Equity Issuance or (C) offered to the Holders pursuant to an Issuance Notice in compliance with Section 14(a) hereof; (ii) compensatory issuances to (A) the executives and directors of the Corporation in their capacity as such and (B) other employees of the Corporation in their capacity as such, in each case pursuant to an option, stock or other equity plan approved by the Board of Directors; (iii) having a value of less than or equal to $15.0 million in the aggregate for all such issuances under this clause (iii), provided, that any such issuance must also be at a price per share (or equivalent security) greater than or equal to the Conversion Price; (iv) in a Qualified Public Offering; (v) for consideration in lieu of cash pursuant to the bona fide acquisition of another corporation or entity by the Corporation by consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity ownership of such other corporation or entity approved by the Board of Directors and by Primary Investor to the extent required (but only to the extent actually required) by Section 11(b) hereof, in each case the primary purpose of which is not to raise capital; (vi) in connection with a bona fide strategic commercial agreement or commercial relationship as determined by the Corporation and approved by the Board of Directors and by Primary Investor to the extent required (but only to the extent actually required) by Section 11(b) hereof, the primary purpose of which is not to raise capital; (vii) pursuant to any stock split or reverse stock split; (viii) pursuant to the Series H/I Offering; provided, that any such sale is on terms no more favorable to the purchaser of Preferred Shares or shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock than the terms to Primary Investor pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, including that the purchase price for each Preferred Share shall be no less than the Stated Value; (ix) upon the exercise by any Series I Holder of the preemptive rights granted pursuant to the terms of the Series I Certificate of Designation; (x) upon the conversion of any shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the Series I Certificate of Designation; and (xi) shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation issued upon conversion or exercise of the securities set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) – (x); provided that “Exempt Equity Issuance” shall in no event include any issuance of Senior Liquidation Shares, or any issuance of Parity Liquidation Shares other than as provided in the foregoing clauses (viii) and (ix).

Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Common Stock determined as follows: (a) if the Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national securities exchange, the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P.; (b) if the Common Stock is publicly traded but is neither listed nor admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date in the over-the-counter market as reported by Bloomberg L.P.; (c) if the Common Stock is neither listed nor admitted to trading on a national securities exchange or quoted in the over-the-counter market, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for the Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.); or (d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by an Appraiser, which Appraiser shall be instructed to present its conclusions within thirty (30) days and to use one or more valuation methods that, in its best professional judgment, would be most appropriate to ascertain the price at which such Common Stock would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, each having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts and neither being under any compulsion to act; provided that the valuation of the Corporation by Appraiser shall assume that the Corporation has continued ownership of its Subsidiaries and other properties and continued benefit of its contractual and other relationships and arrangements and shall take in to account other factors relevant to such valuation, including the prospects of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and the value of the estimated future earning of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. All such

 

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determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.

Holder” means any holder of Preferred Shares, all of such holders being the “Holders.”

Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries: (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed or indebtedness issued in substitution for or exchange of indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (c) obligations under leases (contingent or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise) required to be accounted for as capitalized leases pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles; (d) obligations for amounts drawn and outstanding under acceptances, letters of credit, contingent reimbursement liabilities with respect to letters of credit or similar facilities; (e) any liability for deferred purchase price of property or services, contingent or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise, other than accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and (f) any accrued and unpaid interest on, and any prepayment premiums, penalties or similar contractual charges in respect of, any of the foregoing.

Investment Date” means the first issue date of the Preferred Shares.

Junior Securities Distribution” means the declaration or payment on account of, or setting apart for payment money for a sinking or other similar fund for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any Junior Liquidation Shares, or any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, and whether in cash, obligations, securities or other property, or the purchase or redemption by any entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation of any of the Junior Liquidation Shares.

Liquidation Amount” means the greater of (a) the Fair Market Value of the Optional Conversion Shares issuable to a Holder upon conversion of each Preferred Share on the applicable date of determination and (b) the Returned Value.

Optional Conversion Shares” means the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Stated Value of each Preferred Share by (b) the Conversion Price as in effect on the relevant Conversion Date.

Parity Securities Distribution” means the declaration or payment on account of, or setting apart for payment money for a sinking or other similar fund for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of (other than by conversion into or exchange for Junior Liquidation Shares), any Parity Liquidation Shares, or any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, and whether in cash, obligations, Common Stock, securities or other property, or the purchase or redemption by any entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation of any of the Parity Liquidation Shares.

Pegasus” means Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. and its Affiliates.

Permitted Equity Issuance” means the issuance of any Capital Stock of the Corporation: (1) in an Exempt Equity Issuance pursuant to clause (i)(A), (i)(C), (ii)(B) (provided, that the shares reserved to be issued under such plan(s) do not exceed in the aggregate three percent (3%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of adoption of such plan(s)), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) or (xi) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance”, (2) in an Exempt Equity Issuance pursuant to clause (i)(B) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance” to the extent relating to an Exempt Equity Issuance as described in the foregoing clause (1), and (3) in an Exempt Equity Issuance as described in clause (xii) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance” to the extent relating to an Exempt Equity Issuance as described in the foregoing clauses (1) or (2); provided, that “Permitted Equity Issuance” shall

 

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in no event include any issuance of Senior Liquidation Shares, or any issuance of Parity Liquidation Shares other than as provided in clauses (viii) and (ix) of the definition of “Exempt Equity Issuance”.

Permitted Transfer” means any Transfer by: (1) a Holder of all or any portion of the Preferred Shares: (a) to Primary Investor; (b) to Pegasus; (c) to the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries, (d) pursuant to the exercise of the Primary Co-Sale Rights or the Secondary Co-Sale Rights; (e) in any transaction in which all or substantially all of the Equity Securities of the Corporation are Transferred pursuant to any reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of the Corporation; (f) in a Qualified Public Offering; (g) pursuant to a tender or exchange offer pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; (h) with respect to the Transfers by any party other than Primary Investor, with the prior written consent of the Corporation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed or (i) with respect to Transfers by Primary Investor, with the prior written consent of the Corporation; or (2) Primary Investor (a) pursuant to a pro rata in-kind distribution or dividend to the equityholders of Riverwood Capital Partners, L.P. (and any intermediary transfers amongst Affiliates of Primary Investor as part of giving effect thereto) who were equityholders of Riverwood Capital Partners, L.P. on May 25, 2102 (provided, that such distribution or dividend shall not result in a Transfer to any such equityholder of more than 15% of the Equity Securities held by Primary Investor as of the date hereof; provided, further, that such distribution or dividend shall not be structured so as to avoid the occurrence or triggering of a Change of Control) or (b) to any Affiliate or direct or indirect equityholder of Primary Investor; (3) Zouk to any Affiliate or direct or indirect equityholder of Zouk; or (4) Portman to any Affiliate or direct or indirect equityholder of Portman.

Portman” means the Portman Limited and its Affiliates.

Primary Co-Sale Rights” means the rights set forth in that certain co-sale agreement, dated as of September 25, 2012, among Primary Investor, Pegasus, Zouk, Portman and certain of their Affiliates.

Primary Investor” means RW LSG Holdings LLC and its Affiliates.

Primary Investor Rights” means those rights provided to Primary Investor pursuant to Section 5(a)(i)(A), Section 5(e), Section 10(c)(i), Section 11(b) or Section 12 hereof.

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect any Holder, the quotient (in percentage terms) obtained by dividing (i) the number of shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock Equivalents owned by such Holder at the time of determination and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents issued and outstanding at the time of such determination. For purposes of determining each Holder’s Pro Rata Share, the number of Common Stock Equivalents shall include the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon the conversion of the applicable Preferred Shares.

Qualified Public Offering” means a firmly committed underwritten public offering of the Common Stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, where (a) the gross proceeds received by the Corporation and any selling stockholders in the offering are no less than $100 million and (b) the market capitalization of the Corporation immediately after consummation of the offering is no less than $500 million.

Redemption Event” means (a) any default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness now exists, or is created after the Investment Date, if that default: (i) is caused by a failure to pay the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of any grace period provided pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness on the date of such default and (x) the aggregate amount

 

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unpaid equals $10.0 million or more or (y) the principal amount of such Indebtedness aggregates to $15.0 million or more; or (ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and the principal amount of such Indebtedness aggregates to $8.0 million or more; provided, that if such default is cured or waived or any such acceleration rescinded, or such Indebtedness is repaid, within a period of ten (10) days from the continuation of such default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence of such acceleration, as the case may be, no Redemption Event shall be deemed to have occurred; (b) any material breach or default under this Series H Certificate of Designation; provided, that if such breach or default is cured or waived within a period of ten (10) days from the continuation of such breach or default beyond any applicable grace period, no Redemption Event shall be deemed to have occurred; and (c) any material breach of default under the certificate of designation with respect to the Series I Certificate of Designation or the certificate of designation with respect to any other series of preferred stock of the Corporation (other than the Series), in each case to the extent outstanding; provided, that in the case of this clause (c), if such breach or default is cured or waived within a period of ten (10) days from the continuation of such breach or default beyond any applicable grace period, no Redemption Event shall be deemed to have occurred.

Responsible Officer” means either the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.

Returned Value” means with respect to each Preferred Share, if the Triggering Event occurs (i) on or prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the Investment Date, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Stated Value thereof by (B) 1.5; (ii) subsequent to the one (1) year anniversary of the Investment Date and on or prior to the two (2) year anniversary of the Investment Date, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Stated Value thereof by (B) 1.75; and (iii) subsequent to the two (2) year anniversary of the Investment Date, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the Stated Value thereof by (B) 2.0.

Secondary Co-Sale Rights” means the rights set forth in that certain co-sale agreement, dated as of September 25, 2012, among Primary Investor, Zouk, Portman and certain of their Affiliates

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Series H Certificate of Designation” means this Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock to be designated Series H Convertible Preferred Stock.

Series H/I Offering” means the sale of up to 31,000 Preferred Shares or shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock (each, as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares) or any combination thereof by the Corporation after the Investment Date but on or prior to the four (4) month anniversary thereof.

Series I Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Series I Holder” means any holder of the Corporation’s outstanding shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock.

Significant Holder” means, as of the applicable date of determination, (i) Primary Investor so long as Primary Investor continues to beneficially own at least 2,500 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of Preferred Shares); (ii) Primary Investor (as such term is defined in the Series I Certificate of Designation), so long as such Primary Investor continues to beneficially own at least 2,500

 

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shares of the Corporation’s Series I Convertible Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any reclassification of such shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock); (iii) any Holder that beneficially owns at least 20,000 Preferred Shares (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares); and (iv) any Series I Holder that beneficially owns at least 20,000 shares of the Corporation’s Series I Convertible Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any reclassification of such shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock).

Stated Value” means, with respect to a Preferred Share, $1,000 (as adjusted for any Reclassification of the Preferred Shares).

Subscription Agreement” means that certain Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement entered into on May 25, 2012 by and between the Corporation, RW LSG Holdings LLC, and certain parties signatories thereto, as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, trust, association, limited liability company or other entity owned or controlled by the Corporation, or in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the Capital Stock or similar interest that would be disclosable pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(21).

Transfer” means, as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary transfer, sale, pledge or hypothecation or other disposition, whether directly or indirectly and whether through one or a series of transactions, and, as a verb, voluntarily or involuntarily to transfer, sell, pledge or hypothecation or otherwise dispose of, whether directly or indirectly and whether through one or a series of transactions.

Triggering Event” means any Change of Control, Redemption Event, Liquidation Event or the delivery of a Redemption Notice pursuant to the exercise of the Optional Redemption Right or the Contingent Redemption Right.

Zouk” means Cleantech Europe II (A) LP, Cleantech Europe II (B) LP and their Affiliates.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on its behalf by its undersigned Chief Financial Officer as of September 11, 2013.

 

LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas C. Shields

  Name:   Thomas C. Shields
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Series H Certificate of Designation

EX-99.21 5 d597746dex9921.htm EX-99.21 EX-99.21

Exhibit 21

September 11, 2013

To the Purchasers identified

on the signature pages hereto

 

RE: Amendment No. 1 to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) is made to that certain Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), dated as of May 25, 2012, by and among Lighting Science Group Corporation (the “Company”), RW LSG Holdings LLC (“Riverwood”) and the other Purchasers signatories thereto. This Amendment shall be effective with respect to each of the undersigned Purchasers upon execution by the Company and such Purchaser and the filing of the Restated Certificates of Designation (as defined below) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the later to occur of such events, the “Amendment Effective Date”).

The undersigned acknowledges that upon receipt of the requisite approval from the holders of the shares of Series H Convertible Preferred Stock and Series I Convertible Preferred Stock, respectively, the Company shall take all actions necessary to amend and restate the Series H Certificate of Designation, which amendment shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Restated Series H Certificate of Designation”), and to amend and restate the Series I Certificate of Designation, which amendment shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Restated Series I Certificate of Designation” and, together with the Restated Series H Certificate of Designation, collectively, the “Restated Certificates of Destination”).

In consideration of the premises and covenants set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, including without limitation the amendments to be effected by the Restated Certificates of Designation, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

  1. Interpretation. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Subscription Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.

 

  2. Amendments to Subscription Agreement.

 

  a. Additional Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings given to them below, and the Subscription Agreement is hereby amended to include the following definitions:

Amendment Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement dated September 11, 2013.

 

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  b. Indemnification by the Company.

 

  i. Section 5(a) of the Subscription Agreement is hereby amended by appending the following to the end of such section:

“NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, EACH PURCHASER HEREBY WAIVES, SOLELY ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ITS ASSIGNS, ANY RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR CLAIM FOR ANY LOSS RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM ANY PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE BREACH OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 2(a) (ORGANIZATION), 2(b) (POWER), 2(c) (SUBSIDIARIES), 2(d)(i) (AUTHORIZATION), 2(e) (CAPITAL), 2(g) (CAPITALIZATION), 2(m) (LITIGATION), 2(r) (TAX MATTERS) AND 2(t) (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) OF THIS AGREEMENT.”

 

  ii. Section 5(c) of the Subscription Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“(c) Survival. The representations and warranties of the parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall survive for a period beginning on May 25, 2012 and ending on the Amendment Effective Date and thereafter shall be of no further force or effect; provided, that the representations and warranties set forth in: (A) Section 2(m) (Litigation) shall survive for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Closing; (B) Sections 2(r) (Tax Matters) and 2(t) (Intellectual Property) shall survive for the applicable period of the statute of limitations; and (C) Sections 2(a) (Organization), 2(b) (Power), 2(c) (Subsidiaries), 2(d)(i) (Authorization), 2(e) (Capital), and 2(g) (Capitalization) shall survive indefinitely (or if indefinite survival is not permitted by Law, then for the maximum period permitted by applicable Law). Following the expiration of the periods set forth above with respect to any particular representation or warranty, no party hereto shall have any further liability with respect to such representation or warranty. Except as set forth herein, all of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the parties hereto shall survive the Closing indefinitely (or if indefinite survival is not permitted by Law, then for the maximum period permitted by applicable Law). A claim for indemnification related to a breach of any of the representations and warranties becomes barred if not filed or noticed during the survival period; and the parties hereto intend to shorten (in the case of limited survival provisions) the applicable statute of limitations. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any claim for indemnification that is asserted by written notice within the survival period shall survive until resolved pursuant to a final non-appealable judicial determination or a written agreement between the Company and the applicable Purchaser(s) who has made such indemnification claim.”

 

  3. Except as specifically amended herein, the Subscription Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.

 

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  4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of executed counterparts of this Amendment by telecopy or by e-mail transmission of an Adobe portable document file (also known as a “PDF” file) shall be effective as originals. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment to be effective as of the Amendment Effective Date.

 

COMPANY:
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas C. Shields

  Name:   Thomas C. Shields
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


PURCHASERS:
RW LSG HOLDINGS LLC
By:   Riverwood Capital Management L.P.,
  its Managing Member
By:   Riverwood Capital Management Ltd.,
  its General Partner
By:   Riverwood Capital GP Ltd.,
  its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey Parks

  Name:   Jeffrey Parks
  Title:   Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


VANTAGEPOINT CLEANTECH PARTNERS II, L.P.
By: VantagePoint CleanTech Associates II, L.P.
By: VantagePoint CleanTech Management, Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Alan E. Salzman

  Name:   Alan E. Salzman, Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


VANTAGEPOINT VENTURE PARTNERS 2006 (Q), L.P.
By:   VantagePoint Venture Associates 2006, L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Alan E. Salzman

  Name:   Alan E. Salzman, Managing Member

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


KINGSBROOK OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND LP
By:   Kingsbrook Opportunities GP LLC
  its general partner
By:  

/s/ Scott A. Walker

  Name:   Scott A. Walker
  Title:   Managing Member

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


TROPHY HUNTER INVESTMENTS, LTD.
By:  

/s/ Steven Van Dyke

  Name:   Steven Van Dyke
  Title:  

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


BHR MASTER FUND, LTD.
By:  

/s/ William Brown

  Name:   William Brown
  Title:   President

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement


BHR OC MASTER FUND, LTD.
By:  

/s/ William Brown

  Name:   William Brown
  Title:   President

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement