- Call Option.
(a)Grant of Call Option. If a Redemption Event shall occur and be continuing, then the Purchasers shall have the right and option (the "Call Option"), subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to require the Lenders to assign to the Purchasers (on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Purchasers' respective holdings of shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock) all or any portion of the Assigned Interests in exchange for the simultaneous assignment by the Purchasers to the Lenders (on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Lenders' respective holdings of the aggregate unpaid principal amounts of the Advances) of shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock at the Exchange Rate (the "Assigned Shares").
(b)Call Option Exercise. To exercise the Call Option, the Required Purchasers shall given written notice to the Lenders during the existence of a Redemption Event, specifying the date (the "Call Option Purchase Date") on which closing of the Call Option is to occur. The Call Option Purchase Date shall be not less than three (3) Business Days after the date of the Lenders' receipt of such notice.
(c)Prepayments of Advances. Prior to the Call Option Purchase Date, the Company shall not prepay any Advance to any Lender. In the event that any Lender shall receive any prepayment in violation of this Section 3(c), then such prepayment shall be held in trust as property of the Purchasers until the earlier to occur of (i) the Call Option Purchase Date or (ii) termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(t) below. Upon the Call Option Purchase Date, all such prepayments shall be paid over in cash to the Purchasers (on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Purchasers' respective holdings of shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock) and the Assigned Interests shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis. Upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(t) below, all such prepayments shall be released to the Lenders.
(d)Closing. On the Call Option Purchase Date:
(i) each Purchaser shall deliver to each Lender certificates representing the Assigned Shares to be assigned by such Purchaser to such Lender, accompanied by stock powers executed in blank; and
(ii) each Lender shall deliver to each Purchaser (i) the amount of cash required to be delivered to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 3(c) above, if any, and (ii) an Assignment Agreement, in the form attached hereto asExhibit A, with respect to the Assigned Interest to be assigned by such Lender to such Purchaser (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 3(c) above), and shall take such other action as the Purchasers shall reasonably request to effect the assignment of the Assigned Interests to the Purchasers.
(e)Payments.
(i) From and after the Call Option Purchase Date, the Company shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Shares (including payments of dividends and other amounts) to the Purchasers for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Call Option Purchase Date and to the Lenders for amounts which have accrued from and after the Call Option Purchase Date.
(ii) From and after the Effective Date, the Company shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Lenders for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Call Option Purchase Date and to the Purchasers for amounts which have accrued from and after the Call Option Purchase Date.
(f)Company's Consent and Agreement. The Company consents to the terms of this Agreement and agrees not to challenge the rights and obligations of the Purchasers and the Lenders hereunder. In connection therewith, the Company hereby specifically consents to any assignment of the Assigned Interest by the Lenders to the Purchaser upon exercise of the Call Option. The Company will cooperate with the Purchasers and Lenders in effecting any transaction as contemplated by this Agreement.
- Subordination.
(a)In General. From and after the Call Option Purchase Date and after giving effect to the assignment of the Assigned Interests pursuant to Section 3 above, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 4, the Obligations of the Company to the Lenders under the Loan Documents (the "Subordinated Obligations") are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Assigned Interests (the "Senior Obligations"). The Lenders hereby confirm that, regardless of the relative times of attachment or perfection thereof or the order of filing of financing statements, mortgages or other security documents by the Lenders, or anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the Liens granted or to be granted from time to time in the Collateral pursuant to the Loan Documents in favor of the Purchasers shall in all respects be first and senior Liens, superior to any Liens granted or to be granted in the Collateral to th e Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents or otherwise.
(b)No Payment Prior to Payment of Senior Obligations. Until such time as all Senior Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, no payment or distribution of cash or property shall be made by or on behalf of the Company on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
(c)Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
(i) In the event of:
(A) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company, or to its assets;
(B) any proceeding for liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(C) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company;
then and in any such event specified in clauses (A), (B) or (C) above (each such event, a "Proceeding"), the holders of Senior Obligations shall be entitled to receive indefeasible payment in full in cash of all amounts due in respect of all Senior Obligations before the holders of the Subordinated Obligations are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of cash or property on account of the Subordinated Obligations, and to that end the holders of Senior Obligations shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment of the Senior Obligations, any payment or distribution of any kind or character which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Obligations in any such Proceeding, to the extent necessary to pay or provide for the payment of all Senior Obligations in full.
(ii) In the event that any holder of the Subordinated Obligations shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character in violation of this Section 4, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to holders of the Senior Obligations, or to the extent required by applicable law, to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent, representative or other person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Obligations remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay or provide for the payment of all Senior Obligations in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Obligations.
(d)No Remedies Prior to Payment of Senior Obligations. In addition to the limitations set forth in Section 5 below, without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers, until such time as all Senior Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, no holder of Subordinated Obligations shall take any of the following actions (collectively, the "Enforcement Actions"): (i) accelerate or otherwise make due and payable prior to the original stated maturity thereof any Obligations or bring suit or institute any other actions or proceedings to enforce its rights or interests under or in respect of any Loan Document; (ii) exercise any right of set-off, counterclaim or other claim it may have against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any other Person with respect to the Obligations; (iii) exercise any rights under or with respect to (A) guaranties of the Obligations, or (B) any Collateral, including causing or compelling the pledge or delivery of any Collateral, a ny attachment of, levy upon, execution against, foreclosure upon or the taking of other action against or institution of other proceedings with respect to any Collateral, notifying any account debtors of the Company and/or its subsidiaries or asserting any claim or interest in any insurance with respect to any Collateral; or (iv) commence, or cause to be commenced, or join with any creditor in commencing, any Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, nothing in this paragraph (d) shall limit the rights of holders of Subordinated Obligations to file lawsuits or any proof of claim in any Proceeding solely to prevent the running of any applicable statute of limitations or other similar restriction on claims, but in each case only to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent such running, or from joining in any judicial proceeding or action (including a Proceeding) after it has commenced.
(e)Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Obligations. After all Senior Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and until all the Subordinated Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash, the holders of the Subordinated Obligations shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Senior Obligations to receive payments and distributions applicable to the Senior Obligations.
(f)Obligations of the Company Unconditional. The provisions of this Section 4 are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Subordinated Obligations on the one hand and the holders of Senior Obligations on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Section 4 is intended to or shall (i) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Obligations and the holders of the Subordinated Obligations, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Subordinated Obligations to the holders thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms and the terms of the Loan Documents; or (ii) affect the relative rights against Company of the holders of the Subordinated Obligations and the creditors of Company other than the holders of Senior Obligations.
- No Effect on Conversion In the Second Closing. Nothing in this Section 4 shall affect any Lenders' obligation to convert the Advances into shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants in the Second Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).
- Certain Agreements of the Lenders.
- Limitations on Exercise of Remedies. No Lender shall take any Enforcement Action except upon at least fifteen (15) days' prior written notice thereof to each of the Purchasers.
- Notices. Each Lender shall promptly furnish to each Purchaser copies of any material notices, demands or other communications to or from the Company under any Loan Document to which such Lender is a party.
- No Amendments or Waivers. No Lender shall, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers: (i) make or consent to any material amendments in the terms and conditions of the Advances, or in the terms of the note or notes evidencing the Advances, or in any security agreement or instrument securing the Advances; (ii) waive or release any claim against the Company, or any guarantor of the Advances; or (iii) make or consent to any release, substitution or exchange of Collateral.
- Indemnification.
The Company shall, unconditionally upon demand, pay or reimburse the Purchasers for, and indemnify and save the Purchasers, and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, shareholders, partners and consultants (collectively, "Indemnitees") harmless against, any and all liabilities, losses, costs, expenses, claims and/or charges (including without limitation fees and disbursements of legal counsel) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitees (whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state, or local laws and regulations, under common law or at equity, or on contract, tort or otherwise) and arising out of, relating to or connected with:
- The Loan Documents, or any act, event or transaction or alleged act, event or transaction relating or attendant thereto; and
- Any use made or proposed to be made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of all or any portion of the Advances.
- Miscellaneous.
- Amendments to this Agreement. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure therefrom by any Purchaser shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Purchasers, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;provided,however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall adversely affect the rights and obligations of any Purchaser hereunder without such Purchaser's prior written consent unless all of the Purchasers are similarly adversely affected by such amendment, waiver or consent.
- Assignment. The Lenders' rights in the Collateral and in respect of their Obligations may be assigned by them at their sole discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Any transferee or assignee, as a condition to acquiring such rights in the Collateral or interest in the Obligations, shall agree to be bound hereby.
- Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including by facsimile transmission) and shall be mailed, sent or delivered at or to the address or facsimile number of the respective party or parties set forth on the signature pages hereof, or at or to such other address or facsimile number as such party or parties shall have designated by ten days' advance written notice to the other party or parties. All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if delivered by hand, when delivered; (ii) if sent by mail, upon the earlier of the date of receipt or five Business Days after deposit in the mail, first class (or air mail, with respect to communications to be sent to or from the United States), postage prepaid; and (iii) if sent by facsimile, when sent.
- No Waiver. No failure on the part of any Purchaser to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
- Costs and Expenses. Except as expressly provided herein, each of the parties shall absorb its own costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement.
- Obligations Several. The obligations of the Lenders and Purchasers hereunder are several. No Lender or Purchaser shall be responsible for the obligations of, or any action taken or omitted by, any other Person hereunder.
- Benefits of Agreement. This Agreement is entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect beneficiary of, or shall have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement.
- Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which each of the parties hereto shall have signed a copy hereof, and thereafter shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns.
- Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware.
- Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein and supersedes any prior agreements, commitments, discussions and understandings, oral or written, with respect thereto.
- Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under all applicable laws and regulations. If, however, any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under any such law or regulation in any jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed modified to conform to the minimum requirements of such law or regulation, or, if for any reason it is not deemed so modified, it shall be ineffective and invalid only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without affecting the remaining provisions of this Agreement, or the validity or effectiveness of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
- Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
- Interpretation. This Agreement is the result of negotiations among and has been reviewed by counsel to the parties, and is the product of all parties hereto. Accordingly, this Agreement shall not be construed against any party merely because of such party's involvement in the preparation hereof.
- Termination. Upon conversion of the Advances into shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants in the Second Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), this Agreement shall automatically terminate and shall be of no further force or effect, except for Section 6 above, which shall survive any termination of this Agreement.