Exhibit 10.6
ECO SOIL SYSTEMS, INC.
00000 XXXXXXXXX XXXX
XXX XXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
Dated as of July 28, 2000
TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN
THE ATTACHED ANNEX 1
Amendment No. 6 to
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement
Amendment No. 2 to
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement,
dated as of August 25, 1998, as amended by letter agreements dated March 31,
1999, June 30, 1999, November 12, 1999, December 21, 1999, January 21, 2000 and
April 6, 2000 (as so amended, the "Note Agreement"), among Eco Soil Systems,
Inc., a Nebraska corporation (the "Company"), and Albion Alliance Mezzanine
Fund, L.P. and Paribas Capital Funding LLC (collectively, the "Purchasers"); and
to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 21, 1999, as amended
by a letter agreement dated January 21, 2000 (as so amended, the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), among the Company and each of the Purchasers. The Purchasers
hold 100% of the Notes outstanding under the Note Agreement. Capitalized terms
used herein without definition have the meanings specified therefor in the Note
Agreement.
The Company requests the consent of the Purchasers to certain
transactions and to certain amendments of the Note Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, and the Purchasers are willing to consent to such
transactions and amendments, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
The parties agree as follows:
1. CONDITIONAL CONSENT TO SALE OF ASSETS. (a) The Purchasers
hereby consent to the sale today (the "Asset Sale") by Turf Partners, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Turf"), of
substantially all its assets to J.R. Simplot Company, a Nevada corporation
("Simplot"), pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
contained in that certain the Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement
dated as of April 5, 2000 (as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and
Restated Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of June 9, 2000, the "Purchase
Agreement"), by and among the Company, Turf and Simplot, and the various
supporting documents thereto (collectively, the "Purchase Documents"), in each
case as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and
the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Documents; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such consent shall only be effective if the
proceeds of the Asset Sale are applied to the payment of the Notes in accordance
with section 5.1 hereof.
2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NOTE AGREEMENT. 2.1. ADDITION TO SECTION
9.1. Section 9.1 of the Note Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the
beginning thereof a new section 9.1(a), to read in its entirety as follows:
"(a) REQUIRED PREPAYMENTS. The Company will repay the
principal amount of the Notes remaining outstanding, after giving
effect to Amendment No. 6 to this Agreement, in eighteen equal payments
of principal and interest. Each payment will be $87,486 and will be
payable on the twenty-eighth day of each calendar month commencing on
August 28, 2000. No partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to section
9.1(b) shall relieve the Company from its obligation to make the
required prepayments provided for in this section 9.1(a)."
Existing section 9.1 of the Note Agreement is renumbered to be section 9.1(b),
and all references thereto are renumbered accordingly.
2.2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 10.1. Section 10.1 of the Note
Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
"10.1. DEBT. The Company will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur,
assume, guarantee, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly
liable with respect to, any Debt."
2.3. CERTAIN SECTIONS DELETED. Sections 10.2 and 10.18 of the
Note Agreement are hereby deleted.
2.4. REFERENCES TO "NOTES". From and after the effectiveness
of this Amendment No. 6 and the execution and delivery of the amended Notes as
contemplated by section 5.2, any reference to the "Notes" in the Note Agreement
and the Guaranty
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Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Notes as amended pursuant to this
Amendment No. 6.
2.5. AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE A. Schedule A is hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Schedule A attached to this
Amendment No. 6.
3. AMENDMENTS TO THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. 3.1.
ADDITION OF SECTION 2.1(a). The Registration Rights Agreement is hereby amended
by adding at the beginning of Section 2.1 thereof a new section 2.1(a), to read
in its entirety as follows:
"(a) MAINTENANCE OF EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION. The Company agrees to
prepare and file with the Commission not later than January 28, 2002,
and upon the effectiveness thereof to maintain on a current basis and
until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the terms
thereof, a registration under the Securities Act of the Warrant Shares
so as to permit an offering thereof at other than a fixed price into an
existing trading market on or through the facilities of a national
securities exchange or from time to time through one or more
underwriters, including by means of a shelf registration pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will pay all
Registration Expenses in connection with any registration effected
pursuant to this section 2.1(a). If, in the discretion of the holders
of a majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities, any
offering pursuant to this section 2.1(a) shall constitute an
underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be
selected, after consultation with the Company, by such holders and
shall be acceptable to the Company, which shall not unreasonably
withhold its acceptance of such underwriter or underwriters."
Existing section 2.1 of the Registration Rights Agreement is renumbered to be
section 2.1(b), and section 2.1(b) is renumbered to be section 2.1(c), and all
references to such sections are renumbered accordingly.
3.2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2.8. Section 2.8 of the Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby amended by changing the date "January 21, 2001" in
the first sentence thereof to the date "January 28, 2002".
3.3. WAIVER OF ADJUSTMENT. The Purchasers hereby waive the
adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares that might be caused, pursuant to
section 2.1 of the Warrants, by the reduction, being granted by the Company
today, of the exercise
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price of the Company's warrants issued to certain investors pursuant to the
Convertible Debentures and Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 17,
2000, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and such investors.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company hereby
represents and warrants as follows:
4.1. ORGANIZATION, STANDING, ETC. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted; and the
Company has all requisite power and authority to enter into and carry out the
terms of this Amendment No. 6 and the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment No. 6.
4.2. NO DEFAULTS. As of the date hereof, no condition or event
exists which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default.
5. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. The effectiveness of the
waivers, amendments and other agreements contemplated hereby is subject to the
fulfillment, to the satisfaction of the Purchasers, of the following conditions:
5.1. PARTIAL PREPAYMENT OF NOTES. Concurrently with the
closing of the Asset Sale, the Company shall have caused a portion of the
proceeds thereof equal to $14,000,000 to be applied to the partial prepayment of
the Notes, at the principal amount so prepaid. Interest on such $14,000,000
principal amount accrued and unpaid to the date of such prepayment shall not be
required to be paid but shall have been added to the remaining unpaid principal
amount of the Notes, to be paid and to accrue interest in accordance with the
terms of the Notes as amended pursuant to section 5.2.
5.2. AMENDED NOTES. The Company shall have executed and
delivered to each of the Purchasers an amended Note, substantially in the form
set out in Exhibit A, in the principal amount specified opposite each such
Purchaser's name in Schedule A (in each case against surrender by such Purchaser
of the original Note being replaced by such amended Note), and in each case
having attached thereto an amended endorsement of Guaranty executed by the
Subsidiaries of the Company.
5.3. EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES. The Company shall have executed
and delivered to each of the Purchasers (I) a new Warrant, substantially in the
form set out in Exhibit B, for the
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purchase of the number of Shares specified opposite such Purchaser's name in
Schedule A and (II) a new share certificate representing the number of Shares
issued to it pursuant to section 5.1 of Amendment No. 5, as set forth opposite
such Purchaser's name in Schedule A (in each case against surrender by such
Purchaser of the original Amended and Restated Warrant and the original share
certificate or certificates being replaced by the Warrant and share certificate
to be issued hereunder).
5.4. CONSENTS, AGREEMENTS. The Company shall have obtained all
consents and waivers necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, and such consents and waivers shall be in full force and effect on the
date hereof.
5.5. PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS. All corporate and other
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment
No. 6 and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be
satisfactory to the Purchasers and their special counsel, and the Purchasers and
their special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or
certified or other copies of such documents as it or they may reasonably
request.
5.6. LEGAL FEES. The Company shall have paid the fees and
disbursements of the Purchasers' special counsel incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Amendment No. 6 and set forth in a statement
delivered to the Company on or prior to the date hereof.
6. RATIFICATION. Except as amended hereby, all of the
provisions of the Note Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
7. MISCELLANEOUS. This Amendment No. 6 shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto, whether so expressed or not. THIS AMENDMENT NO. 6
SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The headings in this Amendment No. 6 are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. This
Amendment No. 6 may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
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If the Purchasers are in agreement with the foregoing, please
sign the form of agreement on the accompanying counterparts of this Amendment
No. 6 and return one of the same to the Company, whereupon this Amendment No. 6
shall become a binding agreement between the Purchasers and the Company.
Very truly yours,
ECO SOIL SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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CFO
The foregoing Amendment is
hereby agreed to as of the
date hereof.
ALBION ALLIANCE MEZZANINE FUND, L.P.
By: Albion Alliance LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
PARIBAS CAPITAL FUNDING LLC
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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ANNEX 1
SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
Principal Amount of Notes; Number of
Warrants and
Name and Address Shares of
Of Purchaser Common Stock
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ALBION ALLIANCE MEZZANINE FUND, L.P.
Principal Amount of Notes:
(1) All payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds
(other than in respect of transaction fees) to: $753,596
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. Number of Replacement Warrants
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx Issued in Connection with Amendment
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 No. 6:
ABA No. 000-000-000
353,313
A/C Albion Alliance Mezzanine Fund,
L.P. Number of Shares of Common Stock
Account No. 000-0-000000 Issued in Connection with Amendment
Tax ID No. 00-0000000 No. 4:
Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, the 214,511
private placement number, the due date of the payment being made and
if such payment is a final payment. Number of Shares of Common Stock
Issued in Connection with Amendment
Payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds in respect of No. 5:
transaction fees to:
106,667
IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank & Trust Co.
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ABA No. 000-000-000
A/C Albion Alliance LLC
Account No. 00000000
Tax ID No. 00-0000000
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(2) All notices of payment and written confirmation of such wire transfers to:
Albion Alliance Mezzanine Fund, L.P.
x/x Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Cash Operations
(3) All other communications to be sent to:
Albion Alliance Mezzanine Fund, L.P.
c/o Albion Alliance LLC
1345 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx
(4) Private securities to be delivered to:
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United States
1290 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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PARIBAS CAPITAL FUNDING LLC Principal amount of Notes:
(1) All payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: $659,396
State Street Bank & Trust Co. Number of Replacement Warrants
Corporate Trust Department Issued in Connection with Amendment
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx No. 6:
ABA No. 011-00-0028
309,148
A/C Paribas Capital Funding LLC
Account No. 00000000 Number of Shares of Common Stock
Issued in Connection with Amendment
(2) All notices of payment and written confirmation of such wire No. 4:
transfers to:
187,697
Paribas Capital Funding LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Number of Shares of Common Stock
32nd Floor Issued in Connection with Amendment
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 No. 5:
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 93,333
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
(3) All notices relating to financial or legal information to:
Paribas Capital Funding LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
(4) All other communications to be sent to:
Paribas Capital Funding LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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With a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx Trust Department
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
-5467
-5468
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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