Exhibit 2
EXECUTION COPY
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS,
L.P.,
TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS
MASTER FUND, L.P.
AND
PATRICK INDUSTRIES, INC.
MARCH 10, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 Definitions
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ARTICLE 2 Purchase
and Sale of Shares
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3
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2.1
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Purchase of Shares
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3
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2.2
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Purchase Price for Shares and Form of Payment;
Delivery
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4
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2.3
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Closing Date
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4
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ARTICLE 3 Buyers
Representations and Warranties
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4
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3.1
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Organization and Qualification
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4
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3.2
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Authorization; Enforcement
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4
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3.3
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Securities Matters
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4
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3.4
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Information
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3.5
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Restrictions on Transfer
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3.6
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Stock Ownership
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ARTICLE 4 Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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4.1
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Organization and Qualification
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4.2
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Authorization; Enforcement
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4.3
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Capitalization; Valid Issuance of Shares
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4.4
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No Conflicts
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4.5
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SEC Documents; Financial Statements
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4.6
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Absence of Certain Changes
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8
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4.7
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Absence of Litigation
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4.8
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Intellectual Property
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4.9
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Tax Status
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4.10
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Permits; Compliance.
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4.11
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Environmental Matters
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4.12
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Title to Property
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4.13
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No Investment Company or Real Property Holding Company
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4.14
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No Brokers
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4.15
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Registration Rights
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4.16
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Exchange Act Registration
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4.17
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Labor Relations
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4.18
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Transactions with Affiliates and Employees
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4.19
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Insurance
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4.20
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Approved Acquisitions of Shares; No Anti-Takeover
Provisions
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4.21
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ERISA
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12
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4.22
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Disclosure
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ARTICLE 5 Covenants
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5.1
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Form D;
Blue Sky Laws
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5.2
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Use of Proceeds
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12
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5.3
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Expenses
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5.4
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No Integration
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5.5
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Board
Designee(s)
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5.6
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Future
Acquisitions
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5.7
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Announcement of
Rights Offering
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ARTICLE 6 Conditions
To The Companys Obligation
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6.1
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Delivery of Transaction Documents
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6.2
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Payment of Purchase Price
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6.3
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Representations and Warranties
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6.4
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Litigation
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ARTICLE 7 Conditions
to The Buyers Obligation
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7.1
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Delivery of Transaction Documents; Issuance of Shares
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7.2
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Representations and Warranties
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7.3
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Consents
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7.4
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Litigation
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7.5
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Opinion
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7.6
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No Material Adverse Change
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7.7
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Board Approval
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7.8
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Amendment of Rights Plan
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7.9
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Control Share Statute
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7.10
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Standby Purchase Agreement
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ARTICLE 8 Termination
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8.1
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Termination Provisions
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8.2
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Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE 9 Indemnification
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9.1
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Indemnification by the Company
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9.2
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Notification
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ARTICLE 10 Governing Law; Miscellaneous
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10.1
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Governing Law
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10.2
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Counterparts; Electronic Signatures
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10.3
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Headings
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10.4
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Severability
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10.5
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Entire Agreement; Amendments
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10.6
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Notices
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10.7
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Successors and Assigns
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10.8
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Third Party Beneficiaries
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10.9
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Publicity
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10.10
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Further Assurances
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10.11
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No Strict Construction
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10.12
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Rights Cumulative
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10.13
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Survival
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10.14
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Knowledge
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SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 10, 2008, is entered into
by and among PATRICK INDUSTRIES, INC., an Indiana corporation (the Company), and the investors
identified on the signature page hereto (each a Buyer
and collectively, the Buyers).
RECITALS:
A. The
Buyers desire to provide financing to the Company, and the Company desires to
obtain financing from the Buyers, upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, in connection with the Companys prepayment of a portion of the
outstanding principal and accrued interest under the Senior Subordinated
Promissory Notes dated as of May 18, 2007, and issued by the Company to
the Buyers in connection with financing the Companys acquisition of Adorn
Holdings, Inc. (individually, a Note
and collectively, the Notes);
B. The
total financing being provided by the Buyers to the Company hereunder shall
consist of the purchase by the Buyers of 1,125,000 shares (the Shares) of Common Stock, no par value, of the Company,
which constitutes 18.7% of the Common Stock currently outstanding, at $7.00 per
share, for a total purchase price of $7,875,000;
C. Concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, the Buyers and the Company are entering
into a Standby Purchase Agreement (the Standby
Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which the Buyers are agreeing,
subject to certain conditions and limitations, to purchase from the Company in
a proposed 1,125,000 share rights offering to be initiated after the closing of
the transactions contemplated hereunder (i) their pro rata portion of the
shares of Common Stock being offered, and (ii) all of the shares of Common
Stock not subscribed for by the Companys shareholders, in each case at a
subscription price equal to $7.00 per whole share;
D. The Company and
the Buyers entered into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement,
dated May 18, 2007 (the Registration Rights
Agreement) pursuant to which the Company has agreed under
certain circumstances to register the resale of shares of Common Stock held by
the Buyers and whereby the Shares purchased by the Buyers pursuant to this
Agreement and the Standby Purchase Agreement would also be eligible to be
registered for resale; and
E. The
Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemptions from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of
the 1933 Act and Rule 506.
AGREEMENT
NOW
THEREFORE, the Company and the Buyers hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1933 Act means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
1934 Act means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Action means any action, suit
claim, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial
proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation against or affecting the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before
or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory
authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), public board, stock
market, stock exchange or trading facility.
Agreement means this Securities
Purchase Agreement.
Buyer and Buyers have the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
Claim
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.
Closing has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
Closing
Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
Code has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
Common
Stock means the Companys
common stock, no par value.
Company
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Environmental Laws has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
ERISA has the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
Reimbursement Agreement has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.3.
GAAP has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5(b).
Hazardous
Materials has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
IBCL has the meaning set forth in Section 4.20.
Indemnified Party has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.2.
Initial Securities Purchase Agreement
means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April 10,
2007 by and among the Company and the Buyers.
Intellectual
Property has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.8.
Investment
Company has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.13.
Legal
Requirement means any federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign, international, multinational or other law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, decree, ordinance, policy or directive, including those entered,
issued, made, rendered or required by any court, administrative or other
governmental body, agency or authority, or any arbitrator.
Material Adverse Change
means a material adverse change on the business, condition, financial or
otherwise, assets, liabilities, or results of operations of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, Material
Adverse Change shall not include (a) changes in business or economic
conditions affecting the economy or the Companys and each of its
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Subsidiaries
industries generally, provided that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
are not disproportionately affected thereby; (b) changes in stock markets
or credit markets; (c) any event as to which the Buyers have provided
written consent hereunder; or (d) except for purposes of Section 4.4,
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement (including any
announcement relating to this Agreement).
Material
Adverse Effect means any material adverse
effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of
the Company.
Note and Notes
have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Per Share Price
means $7.00 per Share.
Permits has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
Purchase
Price has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.2.
Registration
Rights Agreement has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
Rights Agreement has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.20.
Rule 506 means Rule 506
of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act.
SEC means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC
Documents has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.5.
Shares
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Standby Purchase Agreement has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Subsidiaries
means with respect to the Company, Adorn Holdings, Inc.,
Adorn, L.L.C., Machinery Inc. and Harlan Machinery Inc.
TCP means Tontine Capital Partners,
L.P.
TCOMF means Tontine Capital
Overseas Master Fund, L.P.
Transaction Documents means this
Agreement and any other documents entered into in connection with the sale of
the Shares.
Transfer
Instructions has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
2.1 Purchase of Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue and sell the Shares to
each Buyer and each Buyer shall purchase from the Company the number of Shares
as is set forth below such Buyers name on the signature page hereto.
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2.2 Purchase Price for Shares and Form of Payment;
Delivery. On the Closing Date each Buyer shall pay the Per Share Price for the
Shares to be issued and sold to it at the Closing, for a total price of
$7,875,000 (the Purchase
Price). The Purchase
Price shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the Companys written instructions. At the Closing, upon payment by the Buyers of
the Purchase Price, the Company shall deliver irrevocable written instructions
(Transfer Instructions)
to the transfer agent for the Companys Common Stock to issue certificates
representing the Shares registered in the name of each Buyer and to deliver
such certificates to or at the direction of each Buyer. The Company shall not have the power to
revoke or amend the Transfer Instructions without the written consent of the
Buyers.
2.3 Closing Date.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall occur on or before the date that is five (5) days
after the date that the last of the conditions set forth in Article 6
and Article 7 have been satisfied, or at such other time as may be
mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement (the Closing Date), at
the offices of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 227 West Monroe Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60606 or
at such other location or by such other method (including exchange of signed
documents) as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement (Closing).
ARTICLE 3
BUYERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each
Buyer represents and warrants to the Company that:
3.1 Organization and Qualification. Each of the Buyers is an entity of the type
identified on the signature page hereto duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization,
with full power and authority to purchase the Shares and otherwise perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
3.2 Authorization; Enforcement. This Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents to be executed by the Buyers and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly
authorized by, and duly executed and delivered on behalf of, such Buyer. This Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents to be executed by the Buyers constitutes the valid and
binding agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by:
(i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws in effect that limit creditors rights generally; (ii) equitable
limitations on the availability of specific remedies; and (iii) principles
of equity.
3.3 Securities Matters.
In connection with the Companys compliance with applicable securities
laws:
a. Such Buyer understands that the Shares are being offered
and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of United States and state securities laws and that the Company is
relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyers compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of
such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemption and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Shares.
b. Such Buyer is purchasing the Shares for its own account,
not as a nominee or agent, for investment purposes and not with a present view
towards resale, except pursuant to sales exempted from registration under the
1933 Act, or registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement.
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c. Such Buyer is an accredited investor as that term is
defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act, and has
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares. Such Buyer understands that its investment in
the Shares involves a significant degree of risk. Such Buyer understands that no United States
federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has
passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares.
3.4 Information.
Such Buyer has conducted its
own due diligence examination of the Companys business, financial condition,
results of operations, and prospects. In
connection with such investigation, such Buyer and its representatives (i) have
reviewed the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2005 and December 31, 2006, the Companys quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
for the three most recently concluded interim periods and the Companys Current
Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A filed in 2006, 2007, and 2008 and (ii) have
been given an opportunity to ask questions, to the extent such Buyer considered
necessary, and have received answers from, officers of the Company concerning
the business, finances and operations of the Company and information relating
to the offer and sale of the Shares, and (iii) have
received or had an opportunity to obtain such additional information as it
deemed necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
purchase of the Shares.
3.5 Restrictions on Transfer. Such Buyer understands that except as
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance of the Shares has
not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state
securities laws. Such Buyer may be required to hold the Shares indefinitely and
the Shares may not be transferred unless (i) the Shares are sold pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, or (ii) the
Shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration. Such
Buyer understands that until such time as the resale of the Shares has been
registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration,
certificates evidencing the Shares may bear a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the certificates evidencing such Shares):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE ACT). THE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE,
SOLD, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE ACT, THE AVAILABILITY OF WHICH IS TO BE ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF
THE CORPORATION.
3.6 Stock Ownership.
The Buyers, in the aggregate, beneficially owned as of the date of this
Agreement, 2,343,089 shares of the Companys Common Stock. Except for (i) such shares and the
Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) the rights of the
Buyers set forth in the Standby Purchase Agreement, neither the Buyers nor any
of their respective affiliates, has or has a right to acquire any beneficial
ownership interest in any capital stock or any other securities of the Company,
and no such person has a right to vote any Common Stock of the Company.
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ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
Except
as set forth in the Companys Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, the Company
represents and warrants to Buyers that:
4.1 Organization and Qualification. The Company has no subsidiaries other than
the Subsidiaries. The Company and each
of its Subsidiaries is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, with
corporate power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its properties and
to carry on its business as now operated and conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of
the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is in violation of any provision of its respective certificate
or articles of incorporation, partnership agreement, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents, as the same may have been amended.
4.2 Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby and to issue the Shares, in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including without limitation, the issuance of the Shares) have been duly
authorized by the Companys Board of Directors and no further consent or
authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is
required. This Agreement and each of the
other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company. This Agreement and each of the
other Transaction Documents will constitute upon execution and delivery by the
Company, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by: (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in
effect that limit creditors rights generally; (ii) equitable limitations
on the availability of specific remedies; (iii) principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in law or
in equity); and (iv) to the extent rights to indemnification and
contribution may be limited by federal securities laws or the public policy
underlying such laws.
4.3 Capitalization; Valid
Issuance of Shares. As of the
date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 20,000,000
shares of Common Stock, of which 6,008,033 shares are issued and outstanding,
and no shares are held by the Company as treasury shares, and 1,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of Common
Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Shares have been duly authorized and when
issued pursuant to the terms hereof will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and will not be subject to any encumbrances, preemptive rights or
any other similar contractual rights of the shareholders of the Company or any
other person. No shares of capital stock
of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of
the shareholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through
the actions or failure to act of the Company.
As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule 4.3
or disclosed in the Companys Proxy Statement filed on October 9, 2007, (i) there
are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts,
calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other
commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or
rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of
capital stock, (ii)
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there are no agreements or arrangements under
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale
of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration
Rights Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment
provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement
providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of
the Shares. Except as may be described
in any documents which have been publicly filed by any of the Companys
shareholders, to the Companys knowledge, there are no agreements between the
Companys shareholders with respect to the voting or transfer of the Companys
capital stock or with respect to any other aspect of the Companys affairs.
4.4 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of Shares) will not (i) conflict
with or result in a violation of any provision of the Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, of the Company or the Bylaws, as amended, of the
Company, (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse
of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material
agreement, indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of
any Legal Requirement (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the
Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate or Articles of Incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or
lapse of time would result in a default) under, and neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. Except with respect to any
filings or notices related to the issuance of the Shares to be filed with
Nasdaq, if any, and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state
securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court,
governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock
market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings
and registrations that the Company is required to effect or obtain pursuant to
the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date
hereof.
4.5 SEC Documents; Financial
Statements.
a. Since December 31, 2005, the
Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other
documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior
to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements
and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents)
incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the
SEC Documents),
or has timely filed for a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed
any such SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933
Act and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at
the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a
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material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
b. As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), consistently applied,
during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in
such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of
unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes,
year end adjustments or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the
consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments). Except as set forth in the
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company
has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to December 31,
2006, and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the
ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted
accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which,
individually or taken in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
c. Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.5, the Company has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under
the 1934 Act).
4.6 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6,
since December 31, 2006, other than circumstances affecting the
recreational vehicle and manufactured housing industries generally, there has
not occurred any event or circumstance that has had, resulted in, or would
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Change. Except with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and by each of the other Transaction Documents and except
as set forth on Schedule 4.6, since December 31, 2006, the Company
has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade
payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, (B) liabilities not
required to be reflected on the Companys financial statements pursuant to
GAAP, and (C) liabilities disclosed in filings made with the SEC.
4.7 Absence of Litigation. There is no Action pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) adversely
affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement, or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as
such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation
of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of
fiduciary duty. There has not been, and
to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any investigation by the
SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the
Company (in his or her capacity as such).
The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the 1934
Act or the 1933 Act.
4.8 Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns
or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent
applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, copyrights,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names
and copyrights (Intellectual
Property) necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now
operated (and, to the Companys knowledge, as presently contemplated to be
operated in the future); except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, there is
no claim or Action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or
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to the Companys knowledge threatened, which
challenges the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any
Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now
operated and to the Companys knowledge, the Companys or its Subsidiaries current
products and processes do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other
rights held by any person, except where any such infringement would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 Tax Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other material tax
returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is
subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of
all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be
due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in
good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for
the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the
officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with
respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection
of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.
4.10 Permits; Compliance.
a. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates,
approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, Permits), and there is no
Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding
suspension or cancellation of any of the Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the
Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
b. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.10(b), since December 31, 2006, no event has occurred or, to the
knowledge of the Company, circumstance exists that (with or without notice or
lapse of time): (a) would reasonably be expected to constitute or result
in a violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or a failure on the
part of the Company or its Subsidiaries to comply with, any Legal Requirement;
or (b) would reasonably be expected to give rise to any obligation on the
part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to undertake, or to bear all or
any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature in connection
with a failure to comply with any Legal Requirement, except in either case that
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10(b),
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or other
communication from any regulatory authority or any other person, nor does the
Company have any knowledge regarding: (x) any actual, alleged, possible or
potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement, or (y) any
actual, alleged, possible or potential obligation on the part of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost
of, any remedial action of any nature in connection with a failure to comply
with any Legal Requirement, except in either case that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
c. The Company is in compliance in all
material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder that are applicable to it and
has taken reasonable steps such that the Company expects to be in a position to
comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder at such time as Section 404
becomes applicable to the Company.
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d. The Company is, and has reason to
believe that for the foreseeable future it will continue to be, in compliance
with all applicable rules of the Nasdaq Global Market. The Company has not received notice from
Nasdaq that the Company is not in compliance with the rules or
requirements thereof. The issuance and
sale of the Shares under this Agreement does not contravene the rules and
regulations of the Nasdaq Global Market, and no approval of the shareholders of
the Company is required for the Company to issue the Shares as contemplated by
this Agreement.
4.11 Environmental Matters. Environmental Laws shall mean, collectively,
all Legal Requirements, including any federal, state, local or foreign statute,
laws, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or
any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial
or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment issued against the Company
or its Subsidiaries, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without
limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release
of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous
substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, Hazardous Materials)
or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials. Except for such matters as could not, singly
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied and are in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries have
obtained, have complied, and are in compliance with all Permits that are
required pursuant to Environmental Laws for the occupation of their respective
facilities and the operation of their respective businesses; (iii) none of
the Company or its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, report or
other information regarding any actual or alleged violation of Environmental
Laws, or any liabilities or potential liabilities (including fines, penalties,
costs and expenses), including any investigatory, remedial or corrective
obligations, relating to any of them or their respective facilities arising
under Environmental Laws, nor, to the knowledge of the Company is there any
factual basis therefore; (iv) there are no underground storage tanks,
polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde or other hazardous substances
(other than small quantities of hazardous substances for use in the ordinary
course of the operation of the Companys and its Subsidiaries respective
businesses, which are stored and maintained in accordance and in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws), in, on, over, under or at any real
property owned or operated by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; (v) there
are no conditions existing at any real property or with respect to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries that require remedial or corrective action, removal,
monitoring or closure pursuant to the Environmental Laws and (vi) to the
knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
contractually, by operation of law, or otherwise amended or succeeded to any
liabilities arising under any Environmental Laws of any predecessors or any
other Person.
4.12 Title to Property. Except for any lien for current taxes not yet
delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings and except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, the Company and
its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property and all
personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. Any leases
of real property and facilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries are valid
and effective in accordance with their respective terms, except as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.13 No Investment Company or Real Property Holding Company. The Company is not, and upon the issuance and
sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement will not be, an
investment company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Investment Company). The Company is not controlled by an
Investment Company. The Company is not a
United States real property holding company, as defined under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
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4.14 No Brokers.
The Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by
any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or similar payments
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.15 Registration Rights.
Except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Standby
Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is currently subject to any agreement providing any person or entity any rights
(including piggyback registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
or any Subsidiary registered with the SEC or registered or qualified with any
other governmental authority.
4.16 Exchange Act Registration. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
the 1934 Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which, to the
knowledge of the Company, is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock.
4.17 Labor Relations.
No labor or employment dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent or threatened, with respect to any of the employees of the
Company that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.18 Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents,
none of the officers or directors of the Company, and to the knowledge of the
Company, none of the employees of the Company, is presently a party to any
transaction or agreement with the Company (other than for services as
employees, officers and directors) exceeding $100,000, including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or
by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any
such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
4.19 Insurance. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have insurance policies in full force and effect
of a type, covering such risks and in such amounts, and having such deductibles
and exclusions as are customary for conducting businesses and owning assets
similar in nature and scope to those of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The amounts of all such insurance policies
and the risks covered thereby are in accordance in all material respects with
all material contracts and agreements to which the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries is a party and with all applicable Legal Requirements. With respect to each such insurance
policy: (i) the policy is valid,
outstanding and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in effect that limit
creditors rights generally, equitable limitations on the availability of
specific remedies and principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in law or in equity); (ii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default with respect to
its obligations thereunder in any material respect; and (iii) no party to
the policy has repudiated, or given notice of an intent to repudiate, any
provision thereof.
4.20 Approved Acquisitions of Shares; No Anti-Takeover
Provisions. Prior to Closing, the
Company will have taken all necessary action, if any, required under the laws
of the State of Indiana or otherwise to allow the Buyers to acquire the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement, including the adoption of irrevocable resolutions
approving and exempting from the restrictions in Section 18 and Section 19
of Chapter 43 of the ICBL the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, the
Company will not have amended its Bylaws to opt in to the provisions of the
Indiana Business Corporation Law (IBCL) pertaining to the acquisition of a
controlling interest (IBCL 23-1-42-1 through 23-1-42-11) with respect to the
acquisition by the Buyers of the Shares.
Except for the Rights Agreement, the Company has no control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution
under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the
Companys
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Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, each as
amended (or similar charter documents), that is or could become applicable to
the Buyers as a result of the Buyers and the Company fulfilling their
obligations or exercising their rights under this Agreement, including without
limitation the Companys issuance of the Shares and the Buyers ownership of
the Shares. Prior to Closing, the
Company will have amended the Rights Agreement, dated March 21, 2006, as
amended, by and between the Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent
(the Rights Agreement),
to accommodate the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Buyers, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Buyers.
4.21 ERISA. Based
upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder: (i) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any Prohibited Transactions
(as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code); (ii) the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has met all applicable minimum funding
requirements under Section 302 of ERISA in respect to its plans; (iii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any event or
occurrence which would cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to
institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any employee benefit
plan(s); neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any fiduciary
responsibility for investments with respect to any plan existing for the
benefit of persons other than its or such Subsidiarys employees; and (v) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has withdrawn, completely or partially,
from any multi-employer pension plan so as to incur liability under the
Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980.
4.22 Disclosure.
The Company understands and confirms that the Buyers will rely on the
representations and covenants contained herein in effecting the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. All representations and warranties provided
to the Buyers including the disclosures in the Companys disclosure schedules
attached hereto furnished by or on behalf of the Company, taken as a whole are
true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. No event or circumstance has
occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries
or its or their businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions,
which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public
disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly
announced or disclosed.
ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS
5.1 Form D; Blue Sky Laws. Upon completion of the Closing, the Company
shall file with the SEC a Form D with respect to the Shares as required
under Regulation D and each applicable state securities commission and will
provide a copy thereof to the Buyers promptly after such filing.
5.2 Use of Proceeds.
The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Shares to prepay
principal and pay related accrued interest due under the Notes.
5.3 Expenses.
The Company shall pay the fees and expenses incurred by the Buyers in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
transactions hereunder and thereunder, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys fees and expenses.
5.4 No Integration.
The Company shall not make any offers or sales of any security (other
than the Shares) under circumstances that would require registration of the
Shares being offered or sold
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hereunder under the 1933 Act or cause the
offering of the Shares to be integrated with any other offering of securities
by the Company in such a manner as would require the Company to seek the
approval of its shareholders for the issuance of the Shares under any
shareholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.
5.5 Board Designee(s). The parties hereto acknowledge and affirm
that the Buyers shall continue to have the rights and the Company shall
continue to have the obligations as set forth in Section 5.5 of the
Initial Securities Purchase Agreement with respect to the Companys Board of
Directors.
5.6 Future Acquisitions. The Company shall not revoke its
approval of the acquisition of the Shares by the Buyers. The Company shall use its best efforts to
ensure that the acquisition of the Shares by the Buyers shall not be made
subject to the provisions of any anti-takeover laws and regulations of any
governmental authority, including without limitation, the applicable provisions
of the ICBL, and any provisions of an anti-takeover nature adopted by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Rights Agreement, or
contained in the Companys Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, or the
organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries, each as amended.
5.7 Announcement of Rights Offering. The Company shall publicly
announce, concurrent with the announcement of the execution of this Agreement,
that the Company has entered into the Standby Purchase Agreement and intends to
conduct a registered rights offering to its shareholders at the Per Share
Price.
ARTICLE 6
CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANYS OBLIGATION
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Shares to the Buyers
at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date,
of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are
for the Companys sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in
its sole discretion:
6.1 Delivery of Transaction
Documents. The Buyers
shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
to the Company.
6.2 Payment of Purchase Price. The Buyers shall have delivered the Purchase
Price in accordance with Section 2.2 above.
6.3 Representations and
Warranties. The
representations and warranties of the Buyers shall be true and correct in all
material respects (provided, however, that such qualification shall only apply
to representations or warranties not otherwise qualified by materiality) as of
the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time
(except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date),
and the applicable Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all
material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the applicable
Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
6.4 Litigation. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation,
executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority
over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 7
CONDITIONS TO THE BUYERS OBLIGATION
The
obligation of the Buyers hereunder to purchase the Shares at the Closing is
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the
following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyers sole
benefit and may be waived by the Buyers at any time in their sole discretion:
7.1 Delivery of Transaction Documents; Issuance of Shares. The Company shall have executed and delivered
the Transaction Documents to the Buyers, and shall deliver the Transfer
Instructions to the transfer agent for the Companys Common Stock to issue
certificates in the name of each Buyer representing the Shares being purchased
by such Buyer. The Company shall deliver
a copy of the Transfer Instructions to the Buyers at the Closing.
7.2 Representations and
Warranties. The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects (provided, however, that such qualification shall only apply
to representations or warranties not otherwise qualified by materiality) as of
the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time
(except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date)
and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material
respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or
prior to the Closing Date.
7.3 Consents. Any consents or
approvals required to be secured by the Company for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall have been obtained
and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers.
7.4 Litigation. No Action shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority
over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7.5 Opinion. The
Buyers shall have received an opinion of the Companys counsel, dated as of the
Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Buyers with respect to the matters set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
7.6 No Material Adverse Change. There shall not have been a
Material Adverse Change or any event or occurrence (including the failure of
the representations and warranties of the Company, in the aggregate, to be true
and correct as of the Closing Date) which would reasonably be likely to have a
Material Adverse Change.
7.7 Board Approval.
The board of directors of the Company shall have adopted
irrevocable resolutions approving and exempting from the restrictions in Section 18
and Section 19 of Chapter 43 of the ICBL the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
7.8 Amendment of Rights Plan. As of the Closing Date, the amendment to the
Rights Agreement referenced in Section 4.20 shall continue to be in
full force and effect to accommodate the issuance and sale of the Shares to the
Buyers.
7.9 Control Share Statute. As of the Closing Date, the Company
shall not have amended its Bylaws to opt back in to the provisions of the IBCL
pertaining to the acquisition of a controlling interest (IBCL 23-1-42-1 through
23-1-42-11); provided, however, that the Company can so amend its Bylaws to
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opt into the provisions of Chapter 42 of the
IBCL once the purchase and issuance of the Shares hereunder is complete.
7.10 Standby Purchase Agreement. The Buyers and the Company shall have entered
into the Standby Purchase Agreement and the Company shall be taking reasonable
action to effectuate the transactions contemplated thereunder.
ARTICLE 8
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination Provisions. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time before the Closing Date:
a. By
mutual consent of the Company and the Buyers;
b. By
either the Company or the Buyers as applicable, in the event that any of the
conditions precedent to their respective obligations to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby as set forth in Article 6 or Article 7,
through no fault of the terminating party, have not been met and satisfied and
have become impossible of fulfillment;
c. By
either the Company or the Buyers if the Closing Date does not occur before April 30,
2008, or such later date as the parties may mutually agree upon (provided that
the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or other agreement contained herein);
d. By the
Buyers if there has been any material breach of any representation, warranty,
agreement or covenant in this Agreement by the Company, which breach cannot be
or has not been cured within thirty (30) days after giving written notice
thereof to the Company; and
e. By the
Company if there has been any material breach of any representation, warranty,
agreement or covenant in this Agreement by the Buyers, which breach cannot be
or has not been cured within thirty (30) days after giving written notice
thereof to the Buyers.
8.2 Effect of Termination. Upon the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, this Agreement will
be void and neither party will have any further liability obligations with
respect hereof, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including Section 10.13,
or except and to the extent termination results from the intentional breach by
a party of any of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder.
ARTICLE 9
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify the Buyers
and their affiliates and hold the Buyers and their affiliates harmless from and
against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses of any
kind (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
the Buyers counsel in connection with any investigative, administrative or
judicial proceeding), which may be incurred by the Buyers or their affiliates
as a result of any claims made against the Buyers or their affiliates by any
person that relate to or arise out of (i) any breach by the Company of any
of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement or
in the Transaction Documents (other than the Registration Rights Agreement,
which contains separate
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indemnification provisions), or (ii) any
litigation, investigation or proceeding instituted by any person with respect
to this Agreement or the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby or
the Shares (excluding, however, any such litigation, investigation or
proceeding which arises solely from the acts or omissions of the Buyers or
their affiliates).
9.2 Notification.
Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder (Indemnified Party)
will (i) give prompt notice to the Company, of any third party claim,
action or suit with respect to which it seeks indemnification (the Claim) (but omission
of such notice shall not relieve the Company from liability hereunder except to
the extent it is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice),
specifying in reasonable detail the factual basis for the Claim, the amount
thereof, estimated in good faith, and the method of computation of the Claim,
all with reasonable particularity and containing a reference to the provisions
of this Agreement in respect of which such indemnification is sought with
respect to the Claim, and (ii) unless in such Indemnified Partys
reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist between such Indemnified
Party and the Company with respect to such claim, permit the Company to assume
the defense of the Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party
shall cooperate fully with the Company with respect to the defense of the Claim
and, if the Company elects to assume control of the defense of the Claim, the
Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense of the
Claim at its own expense. If the Company
does not elect to assume control or otherwise participate in the defense of the
Claim, then the Indemnified Party may defend through counsel of its own
choosing. If such defense is not assumed
by the Company, the Company will not be subject to any liability under this
Agreement or otherwise for any settlement made without its consent (but such
consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the Company elects
not to or is not entitled to assume the defense of a Claim, it will not be obligated
to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all Indemnified
Parties with respect to the Claim, unless an actual conflict of interest exists
between such Indemnified Party and any other of such Indemnified Parties with
respect to the Claim, in which event the Company will be obligated to pay the
fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels.
ARTICLE 10
GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Indiana applicable to agreements made and to be
performed entirely within such state, without regard to the principles of
conflict of laws. The parties hereto
hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Federal Courts
located in the State of Indiana with
respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement, the agreements entered
into in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby. All parties irrevocably waive
the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or
proceeding. All parties further agree
that service of process upon a party mailed by first class mail shall be deemed
in every respect effective service of process upon the party in any such suit
or proceeding. Nothing herein shall
affect any partys right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
All parties agree that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner. The party which does not prevail in any
dispute arising under this Agreement shall be responsible for all reasonable
fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by the prevailing
party in connection with such dispute.
10.2 Counterparts; Electronic
Signatures. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and
delivered to the other party. This
Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto
by
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electronic transmission of a copy of this
Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
10.3 Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
10.4 Severability. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of
law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may
conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform to such statute or rule of
law. Any provision hereof which may
prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision hereof.
10.5 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the instruments referenced
herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the
matters covered herein and therein and supersede all previous understandings or
agreements between the parties with respect to such matters (other than the
Reimbursement Agreement). No provision
of this Agreement may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed
by the party to be charged with enforcement.
The provisions of this Agreement may be amended only by a written
instrument signed by the Company and the Buyers.
10.6 Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement shall be delivered personally or by courier
(including a recognized, receipted overnight delivery service) or by facsimile
(with a copy delivered by receipted overnight delivery service) and shall be
effective upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a
recognized, receipted overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case
addressed to a party. The addresses for
such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Patrick Industries, Inc.
107 West Franklin Street
Elkhart, Indiana 46516
Telephone: (574) 294-7511
Facsimile:
(574) 522-5213
Attention: Andy Nemeth
With copy to:
McDermott Will and Emery LLP
227 West Monroe
Chicago, Illinois 60606-5096
Telephone: (312) 984-7582
Facsimile:
(312) 984-7700
Attention:
Robert A. Schreck, Jr., Esq.
If to the Buyers:
Tontine Capital Partners, L.P.
55 Railroad Avenue, 1st
Floor
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Attention: Mr. Jeffrey L. Gendell
Telephone: (203) 769-2000
Facsimile: (203) 769-2010
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With copy to:
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg
LLP
200 W. Madison Street, Suite 3900
Chicago, Illinois
60606
Attention: Sarah M. Bernstein, Esq.
Telephone:
(312) 984-3100
Facsimile:
(312) 984-3150
Each party shall provide
notice to the other party of any change in address.
10.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and
assigns. The Company shall not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Buyers.
10.8 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and
is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any
other person.
10.9 Publicity. The Company and the Buyers shall have the
right to review a reasonable period of time before issuing any press releases
or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the
prior approval of the Buyers, to make any press release with respect to such
transactions as is required by applicable law and regulations (although the
Buyers shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press
release prior to its release and shall be provided with a copy thereof and be
given an opportunity to comment thereon).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall file with the SEC a Form 8-K
disclosing the transactions herein within four (4) business days of the
Closing Date and attach the relevant agreements and instruments thereto, and
the Buyers may make such filings as may be required under Section 13 and Section 16
of the 1934 Act.
10.10 Further Assurances.
Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all
such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may
reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
10.11 No Strict Construction.
The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of
strict construction will be applied against any party.
10.12 Rights Cumulative.
Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the parties
shall be considered cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers
and remedies which such parties may have at law or in equity in the event of
the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents. The exercise or partial
exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive
election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available
to such party.
10.13 Survival. Any
covenant or agreement in this Agreement required to be performed following the
Closing Date, shall survive the Closing Date. Without limitation of the
foregoing, the
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respective representations and warranties
given by the parties hereto shall survive the Closing Date and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein, but only for a period of the earlier
of (i) three (3) years following the Closing Date and (ii) the
applicable statute of limitations with respect to each representation and
warranty, and thereafter shall expire and have no further force and
effect. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, Article 9 and Article 10
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
10.14 Knowledge. The term
knowledge of the Company or any similar formulation of knowledge shall mean, the actual
knowledge after due inquiry of the named executive officers of the Company as set
forth in its 2007 Proxy Statement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
as of the date first above written.
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COMPANY:
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PATRICK INDUSTRIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Paul E Hassler
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Name:
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Paul E. Hassler
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Title:
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President
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BUYER:
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TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS,
L.P.
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By:
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Tontine Capital
Management, L.L.C, its general partner
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell
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Jeffrey L. Gendell, as
managing member
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Total Number of Shares:
900,000
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Total Purchase Price for
the Shares: $6,300,000.00
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Form of Entity and
Jurisdiction of Organization:
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Delaware Limited
Partnership
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TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS
MASTER FUND, L.P.
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By:
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Tontine Capital Overseas
GP, L.L.C., its general partner
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell
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Jeffrey L. Gendell, as
managing member
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Total Number of Shares:
225,000
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Total Purchase Price for
the Shares: $1,575,000.00
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Form of Entity and
Jurisdiction of Organization:
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Cayman Islands Limited
Partnership
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION
1. The Company
is a corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
state of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated.
2. The Company
has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents. The execution,
delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.
3. Each
of the Transaction Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
4. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares
and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
thereby do not violate or result in a breach of or default under the Articles
of Incorporation, as amended, Bylaws, as amended, or any applicable requirement
of law.
5. To our knowledge, there are no actions,
suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or threatened against, or
affecting, the Company, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any
governmental authority that contest the execution, validity or performance of the
Transaction Documents.
6. Except for filings, authorizations or
approvals contemplated by the Agreement, to our knowledge no authorizations or
approvals of, and no filings with, any governmental authority are necessary or
required for the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against,
the Company of any of the Transaction Documents.
7. The Shares are duly authorized and, when
issued and sold to the Buyers after payment therefor in accordance with the
terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
8. There are no statutory, or to our knowledge,
contractual preemptive, rights of first refusal or similar rights with respect
to the issuance and sale of the Shares.
9. Assuming that the representations made by the
Buyers in the Agreement are true and correct and that any required filings are
made pursuant to Rule 503 of Regulation D as promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, the offering, sale and issuance of the Shares pursuant
to the Agreement do not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended and the rules promulgated thereunder as they currently exist or
registration or qualification under any state securities laws.
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