AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Voting and Support Agreement (the "Amendment") dated
as of April 6, 2000 is entered into between Amherst Computer Products Southwest,
LP, a Texas limited partnership ("Amherst Southwest"), and Xxxxx X. Xxxx
("Long").
BACKGROUND
A. Amherst Southwest and Allstar Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Allstar"), have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of March 16,
2000, as amended (the "Asset Purchase Agreement"), and Amherst Southwest and
Long have previously entered into a Voting and Support Agreement dated as of
March 16, 2000 (the "Voting Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
B. Amherst and Long desire to make certain amendments to the Voting
Agreement to provide for Long, in addition to voting all of the Majority Shares
in favor of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby, to (i) vote all of his Majority Shares against any other Acquisition
Proposal or any other sale or exchange of assets, lease transaction, merger,
consolidation, other business combination, or corporate reorganization, other
than that contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, and to (ii) execute an
irrevocable proxy whereby he appoints Amherst Southwest's designees as attorneys
and proxies, with full power of substitution, to vote on behalf of Long, the
Majority Shares of which Long may be entitled to vote in favor of the
transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and to vote on behalf
of Long, the Majority Shares of which Long may be entitled to vote, against any
other Acquisition Proposal, whether solicited or unsolicited.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises herein made, Amherst Southwest and Long agree as follows.
AGREEMENTS
1. Status of the Voting Agreement. Except as specifically set forth
herein, the Voting Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not
be waived, modified, superseded or otherwise affected by this Amendment. This
Amendment is not to be construed as a release, waiver or modification of the
terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants, rights or remedies
set forth in the Voting Agreement, except as specifically set forth herein.
2. Amendment to the Voting Agreement.
(a) Section 2(a) of the Voting Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety and replaced by the following:
"(a) Majority Approval. Long agrees to vote all of the
Majority Shares in favor of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, and agrees to vote all of the
Majority Shares against any other Acquisition Proposal, whether
solicited or unsolicited. In addition, immediately upon execution
of this Agreement, Long further agrees to execute an irrevocable
proxy in the form attached as Exhibit A."
(b) Section 3 of the Voting Agreement is hereby renumbered to
become Section 4, and all terms previously stated therein shall remain in full
force and effect, and a new Section 3 of the Voting Agreement is hereby
inserted, which shall read as follows:
"3. Indemnification. Amherst Southwest agrees to
indemnify Long for one-half of any costs incurred in defense of
any lawsuit filed against Long complaining of Long's execution of
the proxy provided for under Section 2(a) of the Voting
Agreement, but in no event shall Amherst Southwest be required to
pay more than $100,000 in the aggregate pursuant to this
indemnification provision."
(c) The prior Section 4 of the Voting Agreement is hereby
renumbered to become Section 5, and all terms previously stated therein shall
remain in full force and effect unless amended hereby.
(d) Exhibit A attached to this Amendment shall be attached as
Exhibit A to the Voting Agreement.
3. Effectiveness of this Amendment. The effectiveness of this
Amendment is contingent upon the execution of Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase
Agreement dated as of April 6, 2000 by and among Amherst Southwest, Amherst
Technologies, L.L.C., a Nevada limited liability company ("AmTech"), and
Allstar. This Amendment shall automatically terminate if the escrow payment or
the expense reimbursement therein required is not timely made by Amherst
Southwest.
4. Representations and Warranties of Entities. Each of Amherst
Southwest and Long represents and warrants that its execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment is duly authorized and that this Amendment is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such party in accordance with its terms.
Long further represents and warrants that sufficient approval of the board of
directors of Allstar had been obtained for the Voting and Support Agreement
dated as of March 16, 2000 between Amherst Southwest, and Xxxxx X. Xxxx, and
this Amendment, in a manner sufficient to make the restrictions contained in
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law inapplicable to the
transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, as amended.
5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
6. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Delaware without giving
effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State
of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
7. Further Assurances. Long agrees to take all action and execute
any documents in his capacity as a stockholder of Allstar consistent with a
request by the Company to its stockholders generally to approve the Asset
Purchase Agreement, including execution of a ballot card.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of
the date first above written.
AMHERST COMPUTER PRODUCTS SOUTHWEST, LP
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
