RESCISSION AGREEMENT
This
Rescission Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into
as of the ___ day of February, 2010, by and among Allied Security Innovations,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the
holders listed on the schedules hereto (each, a “Holder” and, collectively,
the “Holders”), with
reference to the following facts:
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Holder are parties to that certain Recapitalization
Agreement (the “Recapitalization Agreement”),
dated May 16, 2008, pursuant to which the Company exchanged the Old Notes (as
defined therein) for New Notes (as defined therein); and
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Holder wish to reinstate the Old Notes and rescind and
cancel the New Notes.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants
hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Rescission. The
Company and the Holders hereby agree that the Recapitalization Agreement is
hereby rescinded and the terms and provisions therein are null and void.
Accordingly, the New Notes set forth on Schedule I, annexed hereto, shall be
void ab initio as if they were never issued by the Company to the Holders and
the Old Notes shall hereby be returned to the Holders, with the respective
outstanding principal amounts set forth on Schedule I, as if they had never been
exchanged for the New Notes pursuant to the Recapitalization
Agreement.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Holder, as of the date hereof, that:
2.1 Organization and
Qualification. The Company is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has the requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement to which it is a party.
2.2 Authorization and Binding
Obligation. The Company has full corporate power to execute
and deliver this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been, and the
execution and delivery by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the Company’s part are
necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the performance
of the Company’s obligations provided for herein and therein. This
Agreement will be binding obligations of each Holder party thereto, this
Agreement constitutesvalid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable
creditors’ rights and remedies.
2.3 No Conflict; Required
Filings and Consents.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, and the performance of
the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, will not (1) conflict with
or violate Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents,
(2) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company, or
by which any of its properties is bound or affected, or (3) result in any breach
of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is
bound or affected, except where, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any of
the foregoing would not, either individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, and the performance of
its obligations hereunder and thereunder, will not require any prior consent,
approval or authorization, or prior filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Authority, except where the failure to obtain such prior consents,
approvals or permits, or to make such prior filings or notifications, would not
have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.4 Material
Disclosure. There has been no change in the business or
financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since
December 31, 2008, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as has been disclosed or contained or reflected in any
report, schedule, form, statement or other document (together with all exhibits,
financial statements, schedules and any amendments thereto) that has been filed
by the Company with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) prior to the
date of this Agreement.
2.5 No
Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as
defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D of the Securities Act (“Regulation D”)) has,
directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy
or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the
Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the New Notes in
a manner that would require registration of the New Notes under the Securities
Act.
2.6 No General
Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates or
any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Holders or their
affiliates or any other person acting on their behalf, as to which no
representation is made) has solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the New
Notes by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within
the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public
offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
2.7 Securities Law
Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Holders contained herein and their compliance with their
agreements set forth herein, it is not necessary, in connection with the
issuance and sale of the New Notes to the Holders, to register the New Notes
under the Securities Act.
2.8 Public
Documents. The Company has filed all reports, registration
statements, proxy statements, and other materials, together with any amendments
required to be made with respect thereto, that were required to be filed with
the SEC under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (all such reports and
statements are collectively referred to herein as the “Commission
Filings”). As of their respective filing dates, the Commission
Filings, including the financial statements contained therein, complied in all
material respects with all of the statutes and published rules and regulations
enforced or promulgated by the regulatory authority with which the Commission
Filings were filed, including, without limitation, that the Commission Filings
did not contain any untrue statement of a 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.
2.9 Common
Stock. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable.
2.10 Shell Company
Status. The Company is not now, and has not, prior to the date
of this Agreement, been a “shell company” as such term is defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
3. Representations and
Warranties of each Holder.
Each Holder
represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof, as
follows:
3.1 Organization’s
Authority. Such Holder is an entity duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the
requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement to which it is a
party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder.
3.2 Ownership of
Securities. Such Holder is reinstating all of the Old Notes
set forth in Column I on such Holder’s Schedule I attached
hereto. Such Holder will own all of such reinstated Old Notes free
and clear of any Liens. Without limiting the foregoing, except for
such Holder’s obligations under this Agreement, such Holder has sole power of
disposition with respect to all such Old Notes, with no restrictions on its
rights of disposition pertaining thereto and no person or entity other than such
Holder has any right to direct or approve the disposition of any such Old
Notes. All of such Holder’s Old Notes will be held for the account of
such Holder by the entity named on its signature page of this
Agreement.
3.3 No Sale or
Distribution. Such Holder is rescinding the New Notes, and
upon conversion of the New Notes will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable
upon conversion of the New Notes, for its own account and not with a view
towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities
Act; provided,
however, that
by making the representations herein, such Holder does not agree to hold any of
the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption (including under Section 4(1) of the
Securities Act or Rule 144) under the Securities Act and pursuant to the
applicable terms of the Transaction Documents. Such Holder is
acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business. Such Holder does not presently have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the
Securities.
3.4 Accredited Investor
Status. Such Holder is an “accredited investor” as that term
is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
3.5 No Governmental
Review. Such Holder understands that no United States federal
or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or
suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed
upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
3.6 Transfer or
Resale. Such Holder understands that (1) the Securities may
not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (a) the Securities
have been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, (b)
the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable
form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may
be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, or (c) such Holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance
that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144
or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended (or a successor
rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (2) any
sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not
applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller
(or the Person) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an
underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require
compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (3)neither the Company nor any other
Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the Securities
Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of
any exemption thereunder. The Securities may be pledged in connection
with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured
by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a
transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Holder
effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with
any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to
this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 3.8.
3.7 Validity;
Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Holder and shall constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Holder enforceable against such
Holder in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’
rights and remedies.
3.8 No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such
Holder of this Agreement, will not (1) result in a violation of the
organizational documents of such Holder or (2) conflict with, or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
such Holder is a party, or (3) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities
laws) applicable to such Holder, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the ability of such Holder to perform its obligations
hereunder.
4. Covenants.
4.1 Confidentiality. Each
Holder shall keep the existence and terms of the transaction confidential until
the issuer publicly announces the transaction, if required by law.
4.2 No
Integration. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates
(as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent,
sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect
of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be
integrated with the reinstatement of the New Notes in a manner that would
require registration of the New Notes under the Securities Act.
4.3 Cancellation; No
Distribution of New Notes. Upon receipt of the rescinded New
Notes by the Company, such New Notes will be cancelled and void and will cease
to be outstanding. The Company shall not resell or reissue the New
Notes in any manner that would cause the Holder to be engaged in a distribution
of the New Notes under the Securities Act.
4.4 Tax
Treatment. The parties agree to treat the rescission of the
New Notes in exchange for the reinstatement of the Old Notes as a taxable
exchange for United States federal income tax purposes, unless otherwise
required by law, and acknowledge that, depending upon the circumstances, the Old
Notes may bear original issue discount.
4.5 Tacking
of Holding Period. It
is the intention of the parties that the holding period of the Old Notes will be
reinstated to the time the Old Notes were issued to the Holders. The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that it will promptly honor all requests for
conversion of the Old Notes and will deliver to the Holders certificates for
common stock free of any restrictive legend provided that such shares are issued
upon conversion of Old Notes which have been held for the requisite period under
Rule 144.
5. Miscellaneous.
5.1 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the
internal laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts
of law or choice of law.
5.2 Further Assurances;
Additional Documents. The parties shall take any actions and
execute any other documents that may be necessary or desirable to the
implementation and consummation of this Agreement upon the reasonable request of
the other party.
5.3 Severability. If
any term or provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule
of law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal
substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. Upon determination that any term or
other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to attempt to agree
on a modification of this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the
parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by law in an
acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are
fulfilled to the greatest extent possible.
5.4 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement represent the entire agreement and
understanding among the parties concerning the rescission and the other matters
described herein and therein and supersedes and replaces any and all prior
agreements and understandings.
5.5 No Oral
Modification. This Agreement may only be amended in writing
signed by the Company and by each Holder.
5.6 Notices. All
notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time of receipt if delivered by
hand, by reputable overnight courier or by facsimile transmission (with receipt
of successful and full transmission) to the applicable parties hereto at the
address stated on the signature pages hereto or if any party shall have
designated a different address or facsimile number by notice to the other party
given as provided above, then to the last address or facsimile number so
designated.
5.7 Submission to
Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) consents to
submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any federal court located in the
state of New York or any New York state court in the event any dispute arises
out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii)
agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by
motion or other request for leave from any such court and (iii) agrees that it
will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby in any court other than a federal or state court sitting in
the state of New York.
5.8 Jury Trial
Waiver. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
5.9 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall constitute original
signatures.
6. Certain
Definitions.
6.1 Definitions. For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Old Notes):
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“Governmental
Authority” means the United States of America, any state, commonwealth,
territory or possession of the United States of America, any foreign state and
any political subdivision or quasi governmental authority of any of the same,
including any court, tribunal, department, commission, board, bureau, agency,
county, municipality, province, parish or other instrumentality of any of the
foregoing.
“Legal Requirement”
means applicable common law and any statute, ordinance, code or other law, rule,
regulation, order, technical or other written standard, requirement, policy or
procedure enacted, adopted, promulgated, applied or followed by any Governmental
Authority, including any judgment or order and all judicial decisions applying
common law or interpreting any other Legal Requirement, in each case, as
amended.
“Lien” means any
security interest, any interest retained by the transferor under a conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, mortgage, lien, pledge, option,
encumbrance, adverse interest, constructive exception to, defect in or other
condition affecting title or other ownership interest of any kind, which
constitutes an interest in or claim against property, whether or not arising
pursuant to any Legal Requirement.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (1) the business or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (2) the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or (3) the ability of the Company to issue the
New Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Person” means an
individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any
department or agency thereof, including in the United States of
America.
“Securities” means the
Old Notes and the Conversion Shares.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
[Signatures
on the following pages]
THE
COMPANY’S SIGNATURE PAGE TO RESCISSION AGREEMENT
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on the date set forth
below.
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Notice
Address:
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With
a copy to:
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0000
Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention:
President and Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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HOLDER’S
SIGNATURE PAGE TO RESCISSION AGREEMENT
AJW
PARTNERS, LLC.
By: SMS
Group, LLC
_____________________________
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Manager
AJW
MASTER FUND, LTD.
By: First
Street Manager II, LLC
_____________________________
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Manager
NEW
MILLENNIUM CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LLC
By: First
Street Manager II, LLC
_____________________________
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Manager
AJW
OFFSHORE, LTD.
By: First
Street Manager II, LLC
______________________________
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Manager
AJW
QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LLC
By: AJW
Manager, LLC
______________________________
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Manager
Notice
Address:
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With
a copy to:
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0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
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SCHEDULE
I
AJW
PARTNERS, LLC
Date(s)
of Old Notes to be Exchanged and of New Notes to be
received
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Column
I – Current Principal Amount of Old Notes owned by
Holder
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Column
II -- New Notes to be cancelled
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December
31, 2001
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$63,215.40
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June
13, 2002
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$37,500.00
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January
14, 2003
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$75,000.00
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February
28, 2003
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$37,500.00
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March
31, 2003
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$37,500.00
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November
30, 2004
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$560,000.00
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December
31, 2006
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$144,488.10
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December
31, 2007
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$75,986.37
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May
16, 2008
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$102,000.00
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May
16, 2008
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$1,395,098.37
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May
16, 2008
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$136,357.00
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May
16, 2008
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$205,325.00
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SCHEDULE
I
NEW
MILLENNIUM CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LLC
Date(s)
of Old Notes to be Exchanged and of New Notes to be
received
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Column
I – Current Principal Amount of Old Notes owned by
Holder
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Column
II -- New Notes to be cancelled
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December
31, 2001
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$86,439.90
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June
13, 2002
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$33,822.96
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November
30, 2004
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$70,000.00
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October
27, 2005
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$157,833.41
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December
31, 2006
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$64,518.73
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December
31, 2007
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$19,198.96
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May
16, 2008
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$306,000.00
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May
16, 2008
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$263,936.18
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May
16, 2008
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$34,452.00
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May
16, 2008
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$91,685.00
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SCHEDULE
I
AJW
OFFSHORE, LTD.
Date(s)
of Old Notes to be Exchanged and of New Notes to be
received
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Column
I – Current Principal Amount of Old Notes owned by
Holder
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Column
II -- New Notes to be cancelled
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September
30, 2002
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$26,301.39
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January
14, 2003
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$33,762.85
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February
28, 2003
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$50,000.00
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March
31, 2003
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$50,000.00
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October
1, 2003
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$25,000.00
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December
8, 2003
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$22,500.00
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November
30, 2004
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$1,435,000.00
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October
27, 2005
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$381,733.54
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December
31, 2006
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$135,094.88
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May
16, 2008
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$5,220,911.98
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May
16, 2008
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$706,207.05
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May
16, 2008
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$191,980.00
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SCHEDULE
I
AJW
Master Fund, LTD.
Date(s)
of Old Notes to be Exchanged and of New Notes to be
received
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Column
I – Current Principal Amount of Old Notes owned by
Holder
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Column
II -- New Notes to be cancelled
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December
31, 2007
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$473,544.78
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May
16, 2008
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$102,000.00
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May
16, 2008
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$849,775.00
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SCHEDULE
I
AJW
QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LLC
Date(s)
of Old Notes to be Exchanged and of New Notes to be
received
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Column
I – Current Principal Amount of Old Notes owned by
Holder
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Column
II -- New Notes to be cancelled
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September
30, 2002
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$32,225.58
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January
14, 2003
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$27,083.19
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February
28, 2003
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$37,500.00
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March
31, 2003
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$37,500.00
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October
1, 2003
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$25,000.00
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December
8, 2003
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$22,500.00
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November
30, 2004
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$1,435,000.00
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October
27, 2005
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$103,774.40
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December
31, 2006
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$192,444.55
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May
16, 2008
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$3,776,694.44
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May
16, 2008
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$273,475.00
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