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Exhibit 10.8
I-STORM, INC.
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
I-Storm, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Lock-up Agreement shall apply to an additional 24,000 shares of
non-redeemable Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of
I-Storm, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") (collectively, the
"Shares"), that have been issued to the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxxxxx Securities Corp. ("Xxxxxxxxx"
or the "Placement Agent") has entered into an Agreement with the Company
providing for the private offering ("Private Offering") of up to 735,000 shares
of Cumulative Convertible Series B Preferred Stock by the Company. The
undersigned further acknowledges that the Common Stock has been issued pursuant
to the April 16, 1998 Order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Northern District of California confirming a Plan of Reorganization ("Order and
Plan of Reorganization") for LVL Communications Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and is subject to restrictions and requirements set
forth therein. Pursuant to this Order and Plan of Reorganization, 216,000 shares
of Common Stock were issued to the undersigned pursuant to an eighteen (18)
month lock-up agreement ("Initial Lock-up Agreement) between Fordham Financial
Management, Inc., the Company's former placement agent and the Company; and this
Initial Lock-up Agreement has been accepted by Xxxxxxxxx and is presently in
force.
In consideration of the agreement by the Placement Agent, or its
designees, to publicly offer and sell the Company's shares of Preferred Stock,
and as an inducement for Xxxxxxxxx to enter into the Agreement, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, and further, to effectuate compliance with the Order and Plan of
Reorganization, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent
of each of Xxxxxxxxx, or its designee, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, or any successor to
Xx. Xxxxxxx as appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company, and as
approved by the Class A Creditors, which are set forth in the Order and Plan of
Reorganization ("Successor"), the undersigned will not, for a period beginning
on August 1, 1998 and continuing for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly
or indirectly: offer, sell, contract to sell, transfer, assign, contract to
assign, gift, grant any option, warrant to purchase, or right to acquire;
announce the intention to sell, pledge, exchange, contract to exchange, or
otherwise dispose or contract to dispose of any of the Shares, except that
during such eighteen (18) month period the undersigned may make (1) transfers in
private non-public transactions; and (2) gifts to the undersigned's children, or
trusts established for children, provided that any such person or organization
agrees to be bound by the foregoing restrictions on the disposition of such
securities.
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The undersigned further understands and agrees that the Company will
place stop transfer instructions against the Shares in accordance with the
restrictions set forth in this Lock-up Agreement. The granting of any consent
under this Lock-up Agreement is within the mutual and absolute discretion of
both Xxxxxxxxx, or its designee, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, or his Successor, and may
be withheld for any reason; and both Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx must agree to
grant such consent.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Placement Agent will
proceed with the proposed Private Offering in reliance upon this executed
Lock-up Agreement, and further, that the Company has relied on the
representations made herein in its issuance of shares of Common Stock to the
undersigned and in its compliance efforts with the Order and Plan of
Reorganization.
Very truly yours,
SOMA 2000, L.L.C.
Date: December , 1998 By:
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