AMENDMENT AND WAIVER OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND 6% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE NOTES
Exhibit 99.1
AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER OF
AND
6%
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE NOTES
This
Amendment and Waiver, dated as of November 30, 2007 (this “Amendment”), is
entered into by and among nCOAT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
Enable Growth Partners LP, Enable Opportunity Partners LP, Xxxxxx Diversified
Strategy Master Fund LLC, Ena and the other investors listed on the signature
pages hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the
“Investors”). Capitalized terms that are used herein without
definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Transaction Documents
(as defined below).
A. The
Company and the Investors are parties to (i) that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement dated as of May 31, 2007 (the “SPA”) and (ii) that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 31, 2007 (the “RRA”).
B. Pursuant
to the terms of the SPA, the Company issued to the Investors (i) 6% Series
A
Convertible Notes due May 31, 2010 (the “Notes”), and (ii) Warrants to Purchase
Common Stock (the “Warrants” and together with the SPA, RRA and Notes, the
“Transaction Documents”).
C. The
Investors hold at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes outstanding as of the date of this Amendment.
D. Section
2(b)(iii) of the RRA requires the Company to respond to comments made by
the
Commission within 15 Trading Days following receipt thereof. The
Company and the Investors acknowledge and agree that the Company failed to
timely respond to comments made by the Commission and the Company is therefore
in breach of such Section 2(b)(iii) of the RRA. The breach of Section
2(b)(iii) of the RRA is an “Event” and the date of such breach is an “Event
Date.”
E. Section
2(b)(iv) of the RRA requires the Company to have the registration of the
shares
underlying the Notes and Warrants declared effective by the Effectiveness
Date. The Company and the Investors acknowledge and agree that the
Company failed to have the registration declared effective by such Effectiveness
Date and the Company is therefore in breach of such Section 2(b)(iv) of the
RRA. The breach of Section 2(b)(iv) of the RRA is an “Event” and the
date of such breach is an “Event Date.”
F. Section
2(b) of the RRA requires the Company to pay, on each Event Date and on each
monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall
not
have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, to each
Investor an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Investor pursuant
to
the SPA for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Investor
(the “Liquidated Damages”). The Company and the Investors
acknowledge and agree that the Company failed to pay Liquidated Damages for
the
Events set forth in Items D and E above and, therefore, the Company is required
to pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum, accruing daily from the
date
such Liquidated Damages were due until such amounts, plus all interest thereon,
are paid in full.
G. Section
13(b) of the Notes requires the
Company to get the prior written consent of the Holders of 75% of the then
outstanding Notes prior to incurring additional indebtedness, other than
Permitted Indebtedness. The Company and the Investors acknowledge and
agree that the Company incurred additional indebtedness of $940,000, which
was
not Permitted Indebtedness, without the prior approval of the Holders of 75%
of
the then outstanding Notes and the Company is therefore in breach of such
Section 13(b) of the Notes.
H. Each
of Items D, E, F, and G above
constitutes a “Trigger Event” as that term is defined in the
Notes.
I. The
Investors desire to waive the
Trigger Events set forth in Items D, E, F, and G above.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, by their execution
below, each Investor and the Company hereby agrees as follows:
1. Pursuant
to Section 6(f) of the RRA, the RRA shall be amended by adding the following
to
the end of Section 2(b) of the RRA:
“Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2(b), the Company shall only be
obligated to pay partial liquidated damages to the Holders for Events occurring
after the earlier to occur of (i) the effective date of the Registration
Statement and (ii) February 29, 2008. Further, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2(b), in the event that the Company
is
not permitted to include all of the Registrable Securities in the Registration
Statement due solely to SEC Guidance, the Company shall not be liable for
liquidated damages as to any such Registrable Securities which are not permitted
to be so included if, as of February 29, 2008, such Registrable Securities
may
be transferred by the Holders pursuant to Rule 144.”
2. Pursuant
to Section 15 of the Notes, the Notes shall be amended by:
a. changing
the Conversion Price set forth in Section 3(c)(ii) of the Notes from $0.40
to
$0.25, subject to further adjustment as set forth therein; and
b. adding
the following Section 4(a)(xv) in the Notes:
“(xv) any
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB filed by the Company with the
Commission for the three months ending on the following dates which disclose
“Net Cash Used in Operating Activities” in excess of the numbers set forth next
to each:
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March
31, 2008:
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$850,000.00
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June
30, 2008:
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$700,000.00
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September
30, 2008 – March 31, 2010:
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$450,000.00”
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3. The
Company and the Investors
acknowledge and agree that the change in the Conversion Price of the
Notes set forth in Section 2(a) above, and the resulting increase in the number
of shares issuable upon conversion thereof, shall not cause an adjustment of
the
Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants as provided for in Section 2 of the Warrants. Additionally,
the Company and the Investors acknowledge and agree that any Trigger Event
occurring prior to the execution of this Amendment shall not cause an adjustment
of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
of
the Warrants as provided for in Section 2 of the Warrants.
4. The
Company and the Investors
acknowledge and agree that the waivers set forth in this Amendment relate
only to the Trigger Events set
forth in Items D, E, F, and G above and that no Investor is waiving any
subsequent breaches of the SPA, RRA, Notes and/or Warrants by the Company
occurring on or after the date of this Amendment.
5. The
Company and the Investors
acknowledge and agree that, except as specifically waived or modified by
the terms of this Amendment, the SPA, RRA, Notes, and Warrants shall remain
unmodified and in full force and effect, and shall not in any way be changed,
modified or superseded by the terms set forth in this Amendment.
6. The
Company hereby agrees that it will disclose its entry into this Amendment by
filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission within the time prescribed by applicable securities laws and
rules.
[Signature
Pages Follow]
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Please
indicate your agreement to the foregoing Amendment and Waiver by signing a
copy
of this Amendment and Waiver where indicated below.
By:
_________________________
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Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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Xxxx Xxxxx
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X.X.
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Xxxxxxxx,
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Acknowledged
and Agreed:
Enable
Growth Partners LP
By:
___________________________
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Principal
Enable
Opportunity Partners LP
By:
___________________________
Name: Xxxx
XxxxxxxTitle:
Principal
Xxxxxx
Diversified Strategy Master Fund LLC, Ena
By:
___________________________
Name: Xxxx
XxxxxxxTitle:
Principal
All
c/o
Enable Capital Management, LLC
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Acknowledged
and Agreed:
Name
of
Investor: _________________________________________
By:
___________________________
Name:Title:
Address:
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