Exhibit 10(WW)
April 1, 1998
SSB Investments, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your predecessor in interest State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State
Street") and Starmet Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation formerly known
as Nuclear Metals, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into a certain Warrant
Agreement dated September 26, 1995 (the "First Agreement") pursuant to which
the Company issued to State Street a Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated
September 26, 1995 for the purchase of up to 25,000 shares of Company Common
Stock (the " First Warrant"), all upon the terms and conditions set forth in
the First Agreement and the First Warrant. State Street assigned the First
Agreement and First Warrant to you by way of an assignment dated March 25,
1996. The Company has also entered into a second Warrant Agreement dated as
of December 29, 1997 (the "Second Agreement" and together with the First
Agreement, the "Agreements"), and issued to you a second Common Stock
Purchase Warrant dated as of December 29, 1997 for the purchase of up to
25,000 shares of Company Common Stock (the "Second Warrant", and together
with the First Warrant, the "Warrants").
This letter agreement shall confirm that, notwithstanding the terms of
the Warrants or the Agreements, the parties hereto agree as to the following
provisions set forth below.
The following terms will have the following meanings:
"Initial Amount" means the initial amount of Company Common Stock
purchasable by a holder upon exercise of the First Warrant.
"Initial Common Outstanding" means the total number of shares of Company
Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis, as such term is defined in
Section 11.11 of the First Warrant, on the date of issue of the First
Warrant, which amount was 2,456,514.
"Net Common Outstanding" means the net amount of Company Common Stock
outstanding on a fully diluted basis, as such term is defined in Section
11.11 of the First Warrant (including any shares of Company Common Stock
issued pursuant to the underwriter's over- allotment option and calculated
after giving effect to the adjustment set forth in Section 1 below), upon the
closing of an Offering, provided, however, that such amount shall not include
(i) any shares of Common Stock the Company has issued or is obligated to
issue to you or any of your affiliates since the date of issue of the First
Warrant, and (ii) any shares of Common Stock the Company has issued or is
obligated to issue pursuant to any Company stock option granted to an
employee or director of the Company on or after December 29, 1997; in each
case through the closing of an Offering.
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"Offering" means any public secondary offering of Company Common Stock
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in which the Company receives not less than $40 million dollars of
gross proceeds.
"Warrant Ratio" means .010177023%, the ratio of the Initial Amount to
Initial Common Outstanding on the date of issue of the First Warrant.
1. Contingent upon payment of the Fee set forth in Section 4, upon the
closing of an Offering, the anti-dilution formula in the first sentence of
Section 7.2 of the First Warrant will be deleted in its entirety, and a one
time adjustment to the Initial Amount will be made (with the defined terms
used herein incorporated therein by reference), and no further adjustment
shall be made to the Initial Amount pursuant to Section 7.2 either prior to
or after the Offering, so that the number of shares purchasable under the
First Warrant immediately following the closing of the Offering shall equal
the Warrant Ratio multiplied by Net Common Outstanding. This amendment to
Section 7.2 of the First Warrant will be void ab initio if no Offering closes
by April 1, 1999.
2. Contingent upon payment of the Fee set forth in Section 4, upon the
closing of an Offering, Section 7.2 of the Second Warrant will be deleted in
its entirety, and no adjustment will be made to the Initial Warrant Number
(as that term is defined in the Second Warrant) pursuant to such Section 7.2
either prior to or after the Offering. This amendment to the Second Warrant
will be void ab initio if no Offering closes by April 1, 1999.
3. The parties hereto agree that you will (i) not exercise any
"piggyback" registration rights contained in the Agreements in connection
with the first Offering which closes following the date of this letter
agreement and on or before April 1, 1999, and (ii) have demand registration
rights for all Company Common Stock issuable to you under the Agreements and
the Warrants, such demand registration rights to become effective no earlier
than 180 days after the closing of an Offering and to be accomplished by way
of an S-3 registration filing, unless the Company is ineligible to use such
form. Except for the demand nature of any such registration, the terms of
such registration shall be as provided in the Agreements. These amendments
to the First Agreement and the Second Agreement will be void ab initio if no
Offering closes by April 1, 1999.
4. The Company shall have the option to pay to you, as holder of the
First and Second Warrant, a fee (the "Fee") in the principal amount of
$235,313, whereupon the adjustments set forth in Sections 1 and 2 shall take
effect. The Fee will accrue and become payable upon the earlier of (i)
three (3) business days after the closing of an Offering, or (ii) the date of
termination of the Company's existing credit facility with State Street.
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5. Except as modified hereby, the terms of the Agreements and the
Warrants are hereby ratified and confirmed.
6. The parties hereto agree to execute such additional documentation
as each party reasonably requires to effectuate the foregoing amendments.
If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please so indicate by
signing below, and returning one copy of this letter to us, retaining one
copy for your files.
Sincerely,
STARMET CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President/Finance
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AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
SSB INVESTMENTS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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Date:
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