CANDIE'S, INC.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
September 30, 1996
Redwood Shoe Corp.
8F. 000 Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xx.
XXX. 0, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxx, President
Re: Payment of Outstanding Indebtedness
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain letter agreement dated as of April 3,
1996 (the "Original Agreement") between you (the "Vendor") and Candie's, Inc.
(the "Company") relating to the payment and satisfaction of the Indebtedness by
the Company.
This will confirm that on or about March 7, 1996 the parties hereto
originally reached an agreement in principal to issue to the Vendor the Shares
and the Option in full satisfaction of the Indebtedness.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned Vendor and Company hereby agree as
follows:
1. The Original Agreement is hereby amended to delete in its entirety the
last sentence of Paragraph 7 of the Original Agreement that provided that the
release by the Vendor of Releasees would not become effective until the earlier
of (i) the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC,
(ii) the date the Vendor has disposed of all of the Shares, or (iii) the date
the Vendor receives an opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable to it, that the
Shares may be publicly sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Act.
2. The Company will issue to the Vendor an additional 200,000 shares of
Common Stock (the "Additional Shares") if the Registration Statement is not
declared effective by the SEC within the later of the following dates (the later
such date being sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Measurement Date") (i)
thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement or (ii) forty-five (45) days
after the date of this Agreement if (a) the SEC gives the Company any additional
comments as a result of its review of the Company's Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended
July 31, 1996 or any amendment to the Registration Statement or any Form 10-QSB
or 10-KSB of the Company, or amendment thereto, incorporated by reference into
the Registration Statement and filed after the date of this Agreement and (b)
the SEC's additional comments are not resolved to the satisfaction of the SEC
within the thirty (30) day period set forth above.
3. The certificate representing the Additional Shares, if any, issued
pursuant to this Agreement, shall be issued the name of the Vendor and delivered
to the Vendor at the Vendor's address set forth above or such other address as
the Vendor shall designate, within 20 days of the Measurement Date provided that
promptly after the Measurement Date the Vendor provides the Company with an
executed certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
4. The Company will file a registration statement covering any Additional
Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement (the "Additional Registration
Statement") with the SEC under the Act within 90 days from the date of issuance
of the Additional Shares and shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such
Additional Registration Statement to become effective under the Act as soon as
practicable thereafter and shall maintain the effectiveness of the Additional
Registration Statement until the earlier of (i) the date that all of the
Additional Shares have been sold by the Vendor (ii) eighteen (18) months from
the date the Additional Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC,
or (iii) the date that all of the holders of Additional Shares receive an
opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Vendor or its
counsel that the Additional Shares may be sold under the provisions of Rule
144(k) promulgated under the Act (or any successor provision), so as to permit
the public offer and sale of the Additional Shares.
In connection with the filing of the Additional Registration Statement the
Company shall:
a. furnish to the holders of Additional Shares such number of copies
of a final prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act as
such holders may reasonably request;
b. use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Additional
Shares covered by such Additional Registration Statement under such other
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States
as the holders of Additional Shares shall reasonably request (provided,
however, the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign
corporation to do business under the laws of any
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jurisdiction in which it is not then qualified or to file any general
consent to service of process): and
c. promptly notify in writing the holders of Additional Shares of the
happening of any event, during the period of distribution, as a result of
which the Additional Registration Statement includes an untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light
of the circumstances then existing (in which case, the holders shall
promptly take action to cease any offers of the Additional Shares until
receipt and distribution of such revised or supplemental prospectuses).
d. all expenses incurred in complying with Section 4 of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees,
printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) of complying with the securities or
blue sky laws of any jurisdictions pursuant to Section 4(b), except to the
extent required to be paid by participating selling security holders by
state securities or blue sky laws, shall be paid by the Company, except
that the Company shall not be liable for any fees, discounts or commissions
to any underwriter or broker or any fees or disbursements of counsel or any
advisor for the holders of Additional Shares in respect of the Additional
Shares sold by the holders. The Company shall not be required to undergo
any special audit in connection with any registration hereunder.
5. The Company's obligations under Section 4 of this Agreement are
expressly conditioned upon the holders of Additional Shares furnishing to the
Company in writing such information concerning the holders and the holders'
controlling persons and the terms of the holders' proposed offering of
Additional Shares as the Company shall reasonably request for inclusion in the
Additional Registration Statement.
6. In the event that the SEC or any stockholder of the Company or any
creditor of the Company (other than the Vendor), brings a claim or commences an
action or arbitration against the Vendor or its current partners (i.e. Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx and Xxxx Xxx (collectively, the "Partners") based
upon the execution of this Agreement by the Vendor or arising from or based upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a "Claim"), the
Company and Xxxx Xxxx, shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless
the Vendor and the Partners against any and all losses, claims, damages,
expenses (including reasonable counsel fees), liabilities or actions arising out
of or based upon a Claim. The Company and Xxxx Xxxx shall be
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jointly and severally responsible for all costs of the defense of a Claim but
shall be entitled to assume such defense (including the employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Original Agreement. Except as set forth herein all other
provisions of the Original Agreement remain unchanged.
If you agree to the foregoing modification of the Original Agreement please
sign a copy of this letter, which may be executed in counterpart, whereupon it
will become a binding agreement between the parties.
Very truly yours,
CANDIE'S, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Title: CEO
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:
REDWOOD SHOE CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title :President
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED AS TO THE
INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS
CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF THIS
AGREEMENT:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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Xxxx Xxxx, individually
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