FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”),
dated of as January 15, 2009, by and between TXP CORPORATION, a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), and YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
(formerly, CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP) (“YA
Global”). All capitalized terms used herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned thereto in the Transaction Documents (as defined
below) unless otherwise defined herein.
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, on March 30, 2007,
the parties hereto entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2007 Securities Purchase
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2007
Securities Purchase Agreement, YA Global purchased from the Company, among other
things, (i) Secured Convertible Note No. TXP-2-1 which was issued on March 30,
2007 in the original principal amount of $4,000,000, as amended, and (ii)
Secured Convertible Note No. TXP-2-2 which was issued on December 11, 2007 in
the original principal amount of $1,000,000, as amended (collectively, the
“2007
Debentures”);
WHEREAS, on May 29, 2008, the
parties hereto entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2008 Securities Purchase
Agreement” and collectively with the 2007 Securities Purchase Agreement,
the “Securities
Purchase Agreements”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2008
Securities Purchase Agreement, YA Global purchased from the Company (i) Secured
Convertible Debenture No. TXPO 3-1 which was issued on May 29, 2008 in the
original principal amount of $3,000,000 and (ii) Secured Convertible Debenture
No. TXPO 3-2 which was issued on August 31, 2008 in the original principal
amount of $1,500,000 (collectively, the “Debentures,” and
along with the 2007 Debentures, the “Debentures”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreements, the Company has issued to YA Global
the following warrants (collectively, the “Existing Warrants”)
(i) Warrant issued on March 30, 2007 for 3,850,000 shares (Warrant No:
CCP-1-2/A), (ii) Warrant issued on June 5, 2006 for 3,700,000 shares (Warrant
No: CCP-2-2/A), (iii) Warrant issued on May 29, 2008 for 8,870,000 shares
(Warrant No: TXPO-3-1), and (iv) Warrant issued on August 13, 2008 for 4,430,000
shares (Warrant No: TXPO-3-2);
WHEREAS, the Securities
Purchase Agreements, the Debentures, the Warrants, and all documents and
instruments entered into in connection therewith shall be referred to herein as
the “Transaction
Documents”) and capitalized terms which are used but not defined herein
have the meaning given thereto in the Transaction Documents;
WHEREAS, the outstanding
principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Debentures is as
follows:
Debenture
Description
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Principal
Outstanding
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Accrued
and Unpaid Interest (as of December 17, 2008)
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Secured
Convertible Debenture due issued on March 30, 2007 in the original
principal amount of $4,000,000 (TXP-2-1)
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$4,000,000
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$347,027
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Secured
Convertible Debenture issued on December 11, 2007 in the original
principal amount of US $1,000,000 (TXP-2-2)
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$1,000,000
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$103,671
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Secured
Convertible Debenture issued on May 29, 2008 in the original amount of
US$3,000,000 (TXPO 3-1)
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$3,000,000
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$199,232
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Secured
Convertible Debenture issued on August 13, 2008 in the original amount of
US$1,500,000 (TXPO 3-2)
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$1,500,000
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$62,137
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WHEREAS, the Company has
failed to make payments pursuant to the Debentures that were due on December 15,
2008 (the “Payment
Defaults”);
WHEREAS, the Company has
failed to meet certain Milestones by December 15, 2008, the deadline to meet
such Milestones (the “Milestone
Defaults”);
WHEREAS, in addition, the
Company has breached the terms of the Transaction Documents as set forth in the
notice of default dated December 11, 2008 (such breaches collectively along with
the Payment Defaults and the Milestone Defaults shall be referred to herein as
the “Existing
Defaults”);
WHEREAS, YA Global is willing
to agree to forbear from exercising certain of its rights and remedies on the
terms and conditions specified herein;
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NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, and the respective agreements, warranties and
covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree, covenant and warrant as
follows:
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1.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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a.
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Acknowledgement of
Obligations. The Company hereby acknowledges, confirms
and agrees that as of the date hereof, the Company is indebted to YA
Global under the Debentures and the Transaction Documents in the
outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon set
forth in the first Whereas clause above. In addition to the
principal and interest set forth herein, all interest accrued and accruing
hereafter and all liquidated damages, fees, costs, expenses and other
charges now or hereafter payable by the Company to YA Global under the
Transaction Documents (collectively, the “Obligations”),
are unconditionally owing by the Company to YA Global, without offset,
defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description
whatsoever.
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b.
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Acknowledgement of
Security Interests. The Company hereby acknowledges,
confirms and agrees that YA Global has and shall continue to have valid,
enforceable and perfected first-priority liens upon and security interests
in the Pledged Property heretofore granted to YA Global pursuant to (i)
the Security Agreement between the Company and YA Global dated Xxxxx 00,
0000, (xx) the intellectual property security agreement between the
Company and YA Global dated Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xxx) the Security Agreement
between the Company and YA Global dated March 30, 2007, or otherwise
granted to or held by YA Global.
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c.
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Binding Effect of
Documents. The Company hereto acknowledges, confirms and
agrees that: (a) each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered to YA Global by
the Company, and each is in full force and effect as of the date hereof,
(b) the agreements and obligations of the Company contained in such
documents and in this Agreement constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against each in accordance with
their respective terms, and (c) YA Global is and shall be entitled to
the rights, remedies and benefits provided for in the Transaction
Documents and applicable law.
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2.
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FORBEARANCE IN RESPECT
OF CERTAIN EVENTS OF
DEFAULT.
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a.
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Acknowledgement of
Default. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that
the Existing Defaults have occurred and are continuing, and each
constitutes an Event of Default and entitles YA Global to exercise its
rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents, applicable law or
otherwise. The Company further represents and warrants that as
of the date hereof no other Event of Default under the Transaction
Documents exists. YA Global has not waived, presently do not
intend to waive and may never waive such Existing Defaults and nothing
contained herein or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed
to constitute any such waiver. The Company hereby acknowledges
and agrees that YA Global has the presently exercisable right to declare
the Obligations to be immediately due and payable under the terms of the
Transaction Documents.
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b.
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Forbearance.
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i.
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In
reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company
contained in this Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and any documents or instruments executed in connection
herewith, YA Global agrees to forbear from exercising its
rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents or applicable law in
respect of or arising out of the Existing Defaults, subject to the
conditions, amendments and modifications contained herein for the period
(the “Forbearance
Period”) commencing on the date hereof and ending upon the
occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the Company fails to comply
with any term, condition, or agreement set forth in this Agreement, or
(ii) any occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, other than the
Existing Defaults.
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ii.
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Upon
the termination or expiration of the Forbearance Period, the agreement of
YA Global to forbear shall automatically and without further action
terminate and be of no force and effect, it being expressly agreed that
the effect of such termination will be to permit YA Global to exercise
such rights and remedies immediately, including, but not limited to, the
acceleration of all of the Obligations without any further notice, passage
of time or forbearance of any kind. This Agreement shall be
deemed to satisfy any and all requirements by YA Global to notify the
Company of the occurrence of the Existing Defaults and satisfies any
obligation by YA Global to give the Company an opportunity to cure the
Existing Defaults.
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c.
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No Other Waivers;
Reservation of Rights.
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i.
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YA
Global has not waived, is not by this Agreement waiving, and has no
intentions of waiving, any Events of Default which may be continuing on
the date hereof or any Events of Default which may occur after the date
hereof (whether the same or similar to the Existing Defaults or
otherwise), and YA Global has not agreed to forbear with respect to any of
its rights or remedies concerning any Events of Default (other than,
during the Forbearance Period, the Existing Defaults to the extent
expressly set forth herein), which may have occurred or are continuing as
of the date hereof or which may occur after the date
hereof.
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ii.
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Subject
to Section 2(b) above (solely with respect to the Existing Defaults),
YA Global reserves the right, in its discretion, to exercise any or all of
its rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents as a result of any
Events of Default which may be continuing on the date hereof or any Event
of Default which may occur after the date hereof, and YA Global has not
waived any of such rights or remedies, and nothing in this Agreement, and
no delay on its part in exercising any such rights or remedies, should be
construed as a waiver of any such rights or
remedies.
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3.
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In
consideration of the agreements set forth herein, the Company shall amend,
as of the date hereof, the Exercise Price of all the Existing Warrants to
$0.01 per share.
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4.
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PAYMENTS
UNDER THE DEBENTURES.
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a.
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The Company shall make payment
under the Debentures in the aggregate amount of $250,000 per month
beginning on March 20, 2009, and continuing on the 20th day (or next business day, if
such date is not a business day) of each successive calendar month
thereafter (each, a “Payment
Due Date”). All such payment
shall be made in accordance with the procedures for Installment Payments
set forth in 2008 Debentures (i.e., such payments may be made in cash
pursuant to a Company Redemption, or in Common Stock pursuant to a Company
Conversion). YA Global shall apply all such payments to
principal and accrued interest owed under the Debentures in its sole
discretion.
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b.
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YA Global agrees to defer all
payments required to be made under the Debentures prior to March 20, 2009,
until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Forbearance Period, or (ii)
March 30, 2010 (the maturity date of the first
Debenture).
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c.
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In
addition to the payments set forth above, the Company shall make (i) a
balloon payment in the amount of $250,000 which shall be due and payable
on June 30, 2009, and (ii) a balloon payment due and payable on February
15 of each year beginning in 2010 in the amount equal to one third of the
Company’s gross profit for the full year immediately preceding the year in
which such payment is due. These payments shall be made in the
same manner, and applied by YA Global in the same manner as described in
Section 4.a. above.
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d.
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In
addition to the payments to be made to YA Global in accordance with this
Agreement, all amounts outstanding under each of Debenture shall be due
and payable on such Debenture’s maturity
date.
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5.
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COVENANTS
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a.
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Milestones. The
Company covenants and agrees to meet each of the following corporate
milestones (each a “Corporate
Milestone”):
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i.
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The
Company shall achieve positive cash flow from operations for the month
ending on August 30, 2009, and cash flow from operations shall remain
positive for each quarter
thereafter.
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ii.
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Implement
an acceptable cost cutting/growth plan approved by YA Global no later than
January 30, 2009.
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iii.
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Enter
into an acceptable agreement to YA Global with Cambridge Industries Group
(“CIG”)
by January 30, 2009 pursuant to which products representing at least
$2,000,000 of the Company’s current and future orders will be manufactured
and supplied at prices which result in average profit margins to the
Company of at least 25%.
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iv.
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Enter
into an acceptable agreement to YA Global with CIG by January 30, 2009
pursuant to which CIG agrees to fund the Company’s iPhotonics ONT
operations per the agreed upon cost cutting/growth plan as referenced in
Section 5(a)(ii) above through March 31, 2009 by paying the production
margin proceeds from described in Section 5(a)(iii) above in
advance.
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i.
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Retain
a restructuring officer acceptable to YA Global by January 23, 2009, which
restructuring officer shall have full discretion to approve all Company
expenditures and execute the business plan as referenced in Section
5(a)(ii) above.
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Failure
to timely satisfy any Corporate Milestone shall be an Event of
Default.
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b.
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Budgets. The
Company shall enter into payment arrangements and/or standstill agreements
to satisfy all of its accounts payable and provide to YA Global a budget
(the “Budget”)
detailing such payments and arrangements on terms that are acceptable to
YA Global by February 10, 2009.
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c.
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Deposit Control
Account. Reference is made to the Control
Account Agreement (the “Control Account
Agreement”) dated August 6, 2008, among Comerica Bank, a national
banking association (“Bank”), the
Company and YA Global. On December 11, 2008, YA Global
exercised its rights pursuant to the Control Account Agreement to direct
the disposition of the Deposits (as defined in the Control Account
Agreement) in the Control Account (as defined in the Control Account
Agreement). Upon delivery of an acceptable Budget as set forth
in Section 5(b) above, YA Global shall notify the Bank that it is
releasing its notice of exclusive control and the Company may use the
Control Account solely to pay expenses in accordance with such approved
Budget. The Company hereby agrees that it will not open or cause to
be opened any cash accounts whether with the Bank or any other bank
without YA Global’s prior written
consent.
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d.
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Increase of Authorized
Common Stock. The Company shall obtain the requisite approval
of its shareholders via shareholder consent and file an information
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission by March 31, 2009
for the sole purpose of increasing the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock to at least 700,000,000. Management shall vote all of
its shares in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock.
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e.
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Further
Assurances. The Company shall, from and after the execution of this
Agreement, execute and deliver to YA Global whatever additional documents,
instruments, and agreements YA Global may require in order to correct any
document deficiencies, or to vest or perfect the Transaction Documents and
the collateral granted therein more securely in YA Global and/or to
otherwise give effect to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
hereby authorize YA Global to file any financing statements (including
financing statements with a generic description of the collateral such as
“all assets”), and take any other normal and customary steps, YA Global
deems necessary to perfect or evidence YA Global’s security interests and
liens in any such collateral.
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f.
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Non-Interference.
From and after the termination of the Forbearance Period, the Company
agrees not to interfere with the exercise by YA Global of any of its
rights and remedies. The Company further agrees that it shall not
seek to restrain or otherwise hinder, delay, or impair YA Global’s efforts
to realize upon any collateral granted to YA Global, or otherwise to
enforce its rights and remedies pursuant to the Transaction
Documents. The provisions of this Paragraph shall be specifically
enforceable by YA Global.
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g.
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Cross
Default. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that any
default or Event of Default under this Agreement or under any Transaction
Document shall constitute an Event of Default under each other Transaction
Document.
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6.
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RELEASE. In
exchange for the accommodations made by YA Global herein, the Company does
hereby, on behalf of itself and its agents, representatives, attorneys,
assigns, heirs, subsidiaries, executors and administrators (collectively,
“Company
Parties”) RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE YA Global and its
subsidiaries and its respective affiliates, parents, joint ventures,
officers, directors, shareholders, interest holders, members, managers,
employees, consultants, representatives, successors and assigns, heirs,
executors and administrators (collectively, “Buyer Parties”)
from all causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever
known or unknown, at law, in equity or otherwise, which the Company
Parties ever had, now has, or hereafter may have on or prior to the date
hereof, and any claims for reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, and
including, without limitation, any claims relating to fees, penalties,
liquidated damages, and indemnification for losses, liabilities and
expenses. The release contained in this Section is effective
without regard to the legal nature of the claims raised and without regard
to whether any such claims are based upon tort, equity, or implied or
express contract. It is expressly understood and agreed that
this release shall operate as a clear and unequivocal waiver by the
Company Parties of any such claim
whatsoever.
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7.
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PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
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a.
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Effect of this
Agreement. Except as modified pursuant hereto, no other
changes or modifications to the Transaction Documents are intended or
implied and in all other respects the Transaction Documents are hereby
specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of
the effective date hereof. To the extent of conflict between
the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the terms
of this Agreement shall control. The Transaction Documents and
this Agreement shall be read and construed as one
agreement.
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b.
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Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted according to
the laws of the State of New Jersey and shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Any notices, demands, consents, other writings or
communications permitted or required by this Agreement shall be given in
the manner and to the address as set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
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c.
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Mutual Waiver of Jury
Trial. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED
BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE
AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES
DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE
LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE
BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO
WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE BETWEEN FACTOR AND CLIENT ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FACTORING DOCUMENTS OR
THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO.
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this
Agreement is executed and delivered as of the day and year first above
written.
TXP
Corporation
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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YA
Global Investments, L.P.
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By: Yorkville
Advisors, LLC
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Its: Investment
Manager
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By:
/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
Senior Managing Director
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SCHEDULE
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TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS
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