EXHIBIT 6
SIDE AGREEMENT
This SIDE AGREEMENT (the "Side Agreement") is entered into as of the 28th
day of December, 2000, by and between XXXX DEERE SPECIAL TECHNOLOGIES GROUP,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Investor"), and XATA CORPORATION, a Minnesota
corporation (the "Company").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor entered into a Stock Purchase
Agreement dated as of August 30, 2000 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), as
amended by the Amendment No. 1 to Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October
31, 2000 (the "Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement"), whereby the Investor
would purchase up to an aggregate of three million six hundred thousand
(3,600,000) shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock") of the
Company (3,147,000 shares of newly issued Common Stock from the Company, 200,000
shares from the Selling Shareholder (as defined in the Stock Purchase
Agreement), and 253,000 shares from the conversion of the Promissory Note (as
defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) upon an exercise of the Note Option),
on the terms and conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Stock Purchase Agreement provides for a 1st Closing of six
hundred thirty thousand (630,000) shares, subject to certain conditions a 2nd
Closing (the "2nd Closing") for one million three hundred fourteen thousand
sixty (1,314,060) shares, and an option by the Investor to purchase the
remaining one million two hundred two thousand nine hundred forth (1,202,940)
shares from the Company (the "Share Option");
WHEREAS, the purchase of 630,000 shares in the 1st Closing and the purchase
of 200,000 shares from the Selling Shareholder occurred on August 31, 2000;
WHEREAS, the Stock Purchase Agreement provided in Section 6.19 that it is a
condition to the obligation of the Investor to purchase shares in the 2nd
Closing that the Company shall have provided to the Investor a beta version of
the Javalan product, and the Investor shall have completed beta testing of such
product and shall, in its sole discretion, be satisfied with the results
thereof;
WHEREAS, the Company has not yet completed and provided to the Investor a
beta version of the Javalan product;
WHEREAS, the Stock Purchase Agreement provides in Section 2.1 that the 2nd
Closing shall occur before December 31, 2000, or on such other date as the
parties may agree;
WHEREAS, the Stock Purchase Agreement provides in Section 10.1(b) that the
Stock Purchase Agreement shall terminate if the 2nd Closing does not occur on or
before December 31, 2000, or such later date to which the parties may reasonably
agree;
WHEREAS, the Investor and the Company desire to extend the date by which
the 2nd Closing must occur and the date on which the Stock Purchase Agreement
will terminate;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants and
obligations hereafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties intending
to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. The Investor and the Company hereby agree that the 2nd Closing shall
occur pursuant to, and subject to the conditions provided in, the Stock Purchase
Agreement, as amended by the Amendment to the Stock Purchase Agreement, no later
than September 30, 2001.
2. The Investor and the Company hereby agree further that the extension of
the 2nd Closing to no later than September 30, 2001, constitutes an agreement by
the parties to extend the deadline contained in Section 10.1(b) of the Stock
Purchase Agreement for termination of the Stock Purchase Agreement to September
30, 2001.
3. This Side Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Investor have executed and
delivered this Side Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
COMPANY:
Xata Corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Flies
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Its: President and Chief Executive Officer
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INVESTOR:
Xxxx Deere Special Technologies Group, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Its: Vice President
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