MODIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS MODIFICATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of the 1st day of
April, 2003, by and among EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin
corporation, with its chief executive office located at 1806 New Britain Avenue,
Farmington, Connecticut 06032 ("EDAC" or "Borrower"), APEX MACHINE TOOL COMPANY,
INC., a Connecticut corporation, with its chief executive office located at 1806
New Britain Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06032 ("APEX"), GROS-ITE INDUSTRIES,
INC., a Connecticut corporation, with its chief executive office located at 1806
New Britain Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06032 ("GROS-ITE," together with
APEX, collectively, "Guarantors") and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America with an office and place of business located at 777 Main Street, MS: CT
EH 40219G, Hartford, Connecticut 06115 ("Fleet").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Fleet has made certain loans and advances (the "Original
Loans") to Borrower, which loans and advances were guaranteed by the Guarantors;
and
WHEREAS, the Original Loans were in default and as part of the
resolution of those defaults with Fleet, EDAC and Guarantors entered into
certain financing arrangements with General Electric Capital Corporation; and
WHEREAS, in connection with such resolution, Borrower, Guarantors and
Fleet amended the documents evidencing the Original Loans pursuant to the
following documents each dated September 29, 2000: (a) Amended and Restated Term
Note made by EDAC to the order of Fleet in the original principal amount of
$7,000,0000 ("Note"), (b) a Security Agreement by and between EDAC and Fleet
("EDAC Security Agreement") (c) a Security Agreement by and between APEX and
Fleet ("APEX Security Agreement"), (d) a Security Agreement by and between
GROS-ITE and Fleet ("GROS-ITE Security Agreement," together with EDAC Security
Agreement and APEX Security Agreement, collectively, "Security Agreements"), (e)
a Guaranty Agreement executed by APEX in favor of Fleet ("APEX Guaranty"), and
(f) a Guaranty Agreement executed by GROS-ITE in favor of Fleet ("GROS-ITE
Guaranty," together with APEX Guaranty, collectively, "Guarantees"); and
WHEREAS, the Original Loans as modified by the foregoing documents
shall hereinafter be referred to herein as the "Loan";
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested and Fleet has agreed to sell and
assign a portion of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note to Corsair Special
Situations Fund, L.P. ("Corsair") pursuant to an Assignment and Intercreditor
Agreement of even date herewith between Corsair and Fleet (the "Corsair
Assignment") and accept other consideration in the form of future contingent
payments as described hereinafter, in return for Fleet agreeing to forgive the
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remaining portion of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and to further
subordinate in favor of Corsair and other creditors its lien on the assets of
the Borrower and the Guarantors;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree that the Note, the Security Agreements, the
Guarantees and other documents evidencing and/or securing the Loan (the "Other
Documents," together with the Note, the Security Agreements and the Guarantees,
collectively, the "Loan Documents") shall be modified as follows:
1. Acknowledgments. The Borrower and Guarantors represent,
warrant and covenant that:
(a) As of March 15, 2003, the aggregate principal amount
of the indebtedness, of which the Borrower and Guarantors are legally, validly
and enforceably indebted to Fleet under the Loan Documents was $7,000,000.00,
late fees of $411,327.76, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon of
$1,316,243.06.
(b) The Borrower and Guarantors are legally, validly and
enforceably liable for any and all costs and expenses of collection and
attorneys' fees of Fleet related to or in any way arising out of the Loan
Documents and/or the Loan.
2. Modification of Note.
(a) The parties hereto agree that the Borrower's
obligations to Fleet under the Note (including, but not limited to, principal,
interest and late fees) shall be reduced to (i) indebtedness evidenced by a
promissory note in the original principal amount of $1,325,000 plus (ii) the
contingent right to receive an additional payment of either $1,000,000 or
$750,000 payable only upon the closing or consummation of a Trigger Event (as
hereinafter defined), and the Note and all terms, covenants, conditions and
provisions thereof shall be replaced, amended and restated in their entirety by
the terms of (i) a certain promissory note of even date herewith in the original
principal amount of $1,325,000, which note is attached hereto as Exhibit A
("Note A"), and (ii) a certain contingent payment obligation evidenced by a
promissory note of even date herewith in the original principal amount of
$1,000,000, which note is attached hereto as Exhibit B ("Note B" together with
Note A, the "New Notes").
(b) Upon the execution and delivery of the New Notes,
Borrower shall not be obligated to make any further payments under the Note.
3. Payments under Note B. The Borrower shall only be required to
make payments under Note B at such time and under such circumstances as provided
in this Section 3.
A. Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them below:
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"Beneficial Owner" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Change of Control" means:
(a) any acquisition of the Borrower by means of merger,
consolidation or other form of corporate reorganization in which the outstanding
shares of the Borrower are exchanged for securities or other consideration
issued, or caused to be issued, by the acquiring entity or its subsidiary (other
than a mere reincorporation transaction), under circumstances in which the
holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the
Borrower immediately prior to the transaction own less than a majority in voting
power of the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower or the surviving or
resulting corporation, as the case may be, immediately following such
transaction; or
(b) any person or entity not a Beneficial Owner of the
Borrower on March 31, 2003 is or becomes a Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly (including as a stockholder of a parent entity), of more than 50% of
the total voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Borrower.
"Trigger Event" means:
(a) a Change of Control; or
(b) the closing of a public offering of securities of the
Borrower in which securities are to be issued and sold by the Borrower; or
(c) the Borrower sells, leases, transfers, conveys or
otherwise disposes of, in a single transaction or a series of transactions over
any 12-month period, 55% or more in value of its assets (excluding the sale of
inventory in the ordinary course of business and the sale of obsolete equipment
or other equipment no longer useful in the business of Borrower) (an "Asset
Sale"); or
(d) the Borrower ceases or substantially ceases its
operations as in effect on March 31, 2003 or liquidates or dissolves.
B. Notice of Trigger Event. The Borrower shall not enter into nor
agree to enter into any Trigger Event without first notifying Fleet of the
details of such Trigger Event. The Borrower may subject such notification to
Fleet's execution of such confidentiality agreements as Borrower shall
reasonably require.
C. Payment Upon Trigger Event. Subject to the provisions and
conditions set forth below, simultaneously upon the closing or consummation of a
Trigger Event (the "Payment Date"), and after the payment of all indebtedness
and obligations owed to General Electric
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Capital Corporation and Corsair and all ordinary course obligations to unrelated
creditors of the Borrower then required to be paid, the Borrower shall pay to
Fleet an amount (the "Payment") equal to:
(a) if the Borrower (i) commenced bona fide negotiations
with respect to, (ii) entered into an agreement to effect, or (iii) in fact
closed or consummated, the Trigger Event (any of the circumstances described in
(i), (ii) and (iii) hereof shall be deemed a "Trigger Event Initiation") after
March 31, 2003 and on or before March 30, 2004, $1,000,000 in immediately
available funds; and
(b) if subsection 3C(a) above is not applicable and if a
Trigger Event Initiation took place after March 31, 2004 and on or before March
31, 2005, $750,000 in immediately available funds; and
If no Trigger Event Initiation has occurred on or before March 31,
2005, the Borrower shall not be required to make any payment to Fleet under this
Agreement or Note B , and the Borrower and Guarantors shall have no further
obligation to Fleet under Note B or the Loan Documents.
Upon making the Payment required by this Section 3C in full and in
compliance with the terms hereof, the Borrower and Guarantors shall have no
further liability to Fleet under Note B or the Loan Documents.
In addition to those circumstances described in Section 3C(a)(i), (ii)
and (iii) of this Agreement, each of the following shall constitute a Trigger
Event Initiation:
(i) the Borrower enters into any agreement with any third
party, including any preliminary agreement to effect a Trigger Event, even if
the closing thereof was conditioned on future actions or events, and such
closing occurs after the applicable date referenced in section 3C(a) or (b),
above, with the amount due under the Trigger Event determined as of the earliest
possible date relative to such Trigger Event;
(ii) the Borrower executes an agreement with any
investment banking firm relating to the public offering of securities of the
Borrower, and consummation of such agreement occurs after the applicable date
referenced in section 3C(a) or (b), above, with the amount due under the Trigger
Event determined as of the earliest possible date relative to such Trigger
Event;
(iii) the Borrower files a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the public offering of
securities of the Borrower in which securities are to be issued and sold by the
Borrower, and such public offering occurs after the applicable date referenced
in section 3C(a) or (b), above, with the amount due under the Trigger Event
determined as of the earliest possible date relative to such Trigger Event;
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(iv) the Borrower commences the selling, leasing,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition of its assets that ultimately
resulted, in a single transaction or a series of transactions over any 12-month
period, the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or otherwise disposition of 55% or
more in value of its assets, (excluding the sale of inventory in the ordinary
course of business and the sale of obsolete equipment or other equipment no
longer useful in the business of Borrower), and such disposition occurs after
the applicable date referenced in section 3C(a) or (b), above, with the amount
due under the Trigger Event determined as of the earliest possible date relative
to such Trigger Event; or
(v) the Borrower's Board of Directors authorizes by
resolution or consent (x) the ceasing or substantial ceasing of the Borrower's
operations as in effect on March 31, 2003, (y) the liquidation or dissolution of
the Borrower or (z) the taking of any action which, if taken, would be expected
to cause the Borrower to cease or substantially cease its operations as in
effect on March 31, 2003 or to liquidate or dissolve, and such cessation,
liquidation or dissolution occurs after the applicable date referenced in
section 3C(a) or (b), above, with the amount due under the Trigger Event
determined as of the earliest possible date relative to such Trigger Event.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or Note B to the contrary,
no Trigger Event Initiation shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a
Change of Control or Asset Sale if the parties to such Trigger Event have ceased
bona fide negotiations with respect to the same and do not resume bona fide
negotiations with respect to the same at any time within the twelve (12) month
period following cessation of such negotiations and such resumption of
negotiations does not occur until after March 31, 2005.
If the Payment is not paid on the Payment Date, then interest on the
Payment shall accrue from the Payment Date at the rate of 10% per annum,
compounded monthly, until paid in full.
Subject to Fleet's execution of such confidentiality agreements as
Borrower shall reasonably request, the Borrower shall promptly notify Fleet of
the execution of any agreement, including any preliminary agreement, of the
Borrower with any third party with respect to a Trigger Event.
D. Other Payments. Notwithstanding the limitation of principal
and interest payments, the Borrower and Guarantors shall at all times be
obligated to make all other payments due under this Agreement, Note B and the
Loan Documents (other than the Note), including without limitation, costs,
expenses, attorneys fees and indemnifications provided for in this Agreement,
Note B and the Loan Documents (other than the Note).
4. Subordination of Note B Obligations. Notwithstanding anything
contained in the Security Agreements to the contrary, Fleet agrees that upon the
due execution of this Agreement by all parties and the full payment of the
Purchase Price by Corsair under and as defined in the Corsair Assignment, all
obligations of the Borrower under Note B , this Agreement, any of the Loan
Documents and/or Fleet's lien securing any of said obligations shall be
subordinate to (x) all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and the
Guarantors of whatever kind or nature
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owing to Corsair, and (y) all other current and future obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower and the Guarantors of whatever kind or nature
provided (a) such obligation or liability is owed or becomes owed to a third
party which is not an affiliate, subsidiary or parent of Borrower or any
Guarantor, nor a principal, shareholder, officer or director of the Borrower or
any Guarantor or any affiliate, subsidiary or parent of Borrower or any
Guarantor (other than obligations of a subsidiary to its parent incurred in the
ordinary course of business); (b) such obligation or liability was incurred or
is incurred in the ordinary course of Borrower's or Guarantors' business and (c)
such obligation or liability was incurred or is incurred in an arms length
transaction and is a bona fide obligation or liability and was not incurred for
the purpose of defeating the payments due to Fleet after a Trigger Event. In no
event shall the subordination set forth in this Section 4 subordinate the
obligations due Fleet under Note B and its lien securing the same to the
repayment of any obligations of the Borrower or Guarantors to its affiliates,
subsidiaries or parents nor to principals, shareholders, officers or directors
of Borrower or any Guarantor or any affiliate, subsidiary or parent of Borrower
or any Guarantor (other than obligations of a subsidiary to its parent incurred
in the ordinary course of business).
5. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower and Guarantors
severally, and not jointly, represent, warrant, and covenant to Fleet that:
(a) Subject to the consent of General Electric Capital
Corporation, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the New Notes is not prevented or limited by, or does not conflict with or
result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any evidence of
indebtedness, agreement or instrument of whatever nature to which the Borrower
or Guarantors are a party or by which Borrower or Guarantors, as applicable, are
bound, does not constitute a default under any of the foregoing, and does not to
the best of the knowledge of the Borrower or Guarantors, as applicable, after
diligent investigation and with no notice to the contrary violate any federal,
state or local law, regulation or order or any order of any court or agency
which is binding upon the Borrower and Guarantors;
(b) Borrower and Guarantors have all requisite power to
execute and deliver this Agreement, the New Notes and all other documents
contemplated hereby, and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the New Notes have been duly authorized, when appropriate, by
Borrower and Guarantors, respectively; and
(c) This Agreement and the New Notes have been duly
executed and delivered by Borrower and Guarantors, respectively, and each of the
documents executed in connection therewith when executed and delivered by
Borrower and Guarantors will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of Borrower and Guarantors enforceable against Borrower and Guarantors in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to
or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, and except that the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable
remedy may be subject to the discretion of the court before which any
proceedings for such remedy may be brought.
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(d) There are no pending legal proceedings to which
Borrower or the Guarantors are a party which would prevent the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the New Notes.
(e) All written data, reports and information which
Borrower has supplied Fleet and/or Corsair or caused to be supplied by a third
party on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the Corsair Assignment, are complete
and accurate and contain no material omission or misstatement except such as
have been corrected in a writing delivered to Fleet and Corsair.
6. Ratification.
(a) Each of the Loan Documents are hereby modified to the
extent that all references therein to and descriptions therein of the Loan shall
be deemed to refer to and describe the Loan, the Note and the other Loan
Documents, as modified by this Agreement and the New Notes.
(b) Borrower and Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree
that, except as provided in this Agreement and the New Notes, none of the Loan
Documents have been modified, amended, cancelled, terminated, superseded, or
otherwise rendered of no force and effect.
(c) Borrower and Guarantors do hereby expressly reconfirm
the conveyance and grant of the security interests to Fleet in the collateral to
secure the obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents. Every other term,
condition, and provision contained in the Note and the Loan Documents shall
continue in full force and effect, except as modified herein and in the New
Notes, and as so modified are hereby ratified and confirmed by the Borrower and
the Guarantors.
(d) The Guarantors hereby reaffirm that they are legally
and validly indebted to Fleet pursuant to and in accordance with the Guarantees.
The undersigned further acknowledge and consent to the modification of the Loan
and the Loan Documents in accordance with this Agreement and the New Notes, and
acknowledge and affirm that each Guaranty remains in full force and effect and
applies to the Loan and the Loan Documents as modified by this Agreement and the
New Notes.
7. Further Assurance. The Borrower and Guarantors shall perform,
at the request of Fleet, such acts as may be necessary or advisable to carry out
the intent of this Agreement and the New Notes.
8. Agreement of Borrower and Guarantors.
(a) Borrower and Guarantors hereby knowingly and, after
receiving advice of counsel, acknowledge and agree that they do not now have or
know of any basis for any claim in
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tort, contract or otherwise against Fleet, any of its affiliate companies or
subsidiaries, its officers, directors, agents or employees (collectively, "Fleet
Affiliates") for breach of the Note, the Loan Documents, this Agreement or the
New Notes or which may arise out of the relationship between them and Fleet or
any of the Fleet Affiliates pursuant to the Note, the Loan Documents, this
Agreement or the New Notes.
(b) Borrower and Guarantors do hereby absolutely and
unconditionally release and discharge the Fleet Affiliates from any and all
claims, causes of action, losses, damages or expenses related to the Note, the
Loan Documents, this Agreement, the New Notes or any of the documents or
instruments executed and delivered in connection with the same or otherwise
arising out of the debtor-creditor relationship between Borrower and Guarantors
and Fleet or any of the Fleet Affiliates which Borrower and Guarantors may have
against the Fleet Affiliates under the Note, the Loan Documents, this Agreement
or the New Notes as of the date hereof, which period includes the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the documents and instruments to be executed and
delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
9. Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
bind the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut.
11. Assignment to Corsair. By their execution of this Agreement,
Borrower and Guarantors consent to the terms of the Corsair Assignment and
recognize the rights of Corsair under Note A and those documents assigned to
Corsair pursuant to the Corsair Assignment. Borrower and each Guarantor also
hereby acknowledge that all payments, notices and other correspondence required
to be delivered to Corsair shall be sent to Corsair as set forth on Schedule A
hereto.
12. Conditions to Obligation of Fleet. Fleet shall have no
obligation under this Agreement until it is satisfied, in its sole and absolute
discretion, that all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied prior
to or on the date hereof:
(a) Representations and Warranties True. The
representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of this Agreement and
Section 4 of the New Notes are true and correct, and Borrower shall have so
certified to Fleet.
(b) Delivery of Documents. Borrower shall have duly
executed and delivered to Fleet, in form and substance satisfactory to Fleet and
its legal counsel, this Agreement, the New Notes and all further documents as
Fleet may request to evidence the obligations or to create, perfect or continue
any security interest or lien contemplated by this this Agreement, the New Notes
and the Other Documents.
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(c) Validity of Liens. All Encumbrances (as defined in
the New Notes) in any collateral to be provided by Borrower shall have been
created in favor of Fleet, which Encumbrances shall constitute legal, valid and
enforceable and, unless otherwise consented to by Fleet, second security
interests in and liens upon such collateral (except for liens disclosed to Fleet
and approved prior to the date hereof). All filings, recordings, deliveries of
instruments and other actions necessary or desirable in the sole and absolute
discretion of Fleet and its legal counsel to create said Encumbrances shall have
been made, taken and/or effected.
(d) Payment of Fees. Borrower shall have paid all fees
and expenses due to Fleet in connection with this Agreement, including the fees
and expenses of Fleet's legal counsel.
(e) Legal Matters. All legal matters incident to the
transactions hereby contemplated shall be satisfactory to Fleet and its legal
counsel.
13. Waiver of Events of Default. Subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 12 hereof, Fleet hereby waives the
Events of Default arising out of Borrower's failure to make the required
payments under the Note.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original. Such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
Signed and delivered in
the presence of:
BORROWER:
EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
/s/Carol S. Foley By: /s/Dominick A. Pagano
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Name: Dominick A. Pagano
Title: President
/s/Glenn L. Purple
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GUARANTORS:
APEX MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, INC.
/s/Carol S. Foley By: /s/Dominick A. Pagano
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Name: Dominick A. Pagano
Title: President
/s/Glenn L. Purple
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GROS-ITE INDUSTRIES, INC.
/s/Carol S. Foley By: /s/Dominick A. Pagano
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Name: Dominick A. Pagano
Title: President
/s/Glenn L. Purple
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FLEET:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
/s/Michael P. Botelho By: /s/Steven R. Angeletti
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Name: Steven R. Angeletti
Title: Vice President
Duly Authorized
/s/Susan B. Kelleher
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT)
) ss. Farmington
COUNTY OF HARTFORD)
On this the 1st day of April, 2003, before me, the undersigned,
personally appeared Dominick Pagano_______, known to me to be the President of
EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation, known to me to be the
signer of the foregoing instrument, and as such signer, acknowledged the
execution of same to be his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of
said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
/s/Carol S. Foley
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Commissioner of the Superior Court
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 3/31/04
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT)
) ss. Farmington
COUNTY OF HARTFORD)
On this the 1st day of April, 2003, before me, the undersigned,
personally appeared Dominick Pagano________, known to me to be the
President_______of APEX MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, INC., a Connecticut corporation,
known to me to be the signer of the foregoing instrument, and as such signer,
acknowledged the execution of same to be his/her free act and deed and the free
act and deed of said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
/s/Carol S. Foley
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Commissioner of the Superior Court
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 3/31/04
STATE OF CONNECTICUT)
) ss. Farmington
COUNTY OF HARTFORD)
On this the 1st day of April, 2003, before me, the undersigned,
personally appeared Dominick Pagano_________, known to me to be the
President_______of GROS-ITE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Connecticut corporation, known
to me to be the signer of the foregoing instrument, and as such signer,
acknowledged the execution of same to be his/her free act and deed and the free
act and deed of said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
/s/Carol S. Foley
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Commissioner of the Superior Court
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 3/31/04
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT)
) at Hartford
COUNTY OF HARTFORD)
On this the 2nd day of April, 2003, before me, the undersigned officer,
personally appeared Steven R. Angeletti, who acknowledged himself to be the Vice
President of FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association, and that he,
as such Vice President, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein contained as his free act and deed and the
free act and deed of the bank, by signing the name of the bank by himself as
such officer.
In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand.
/s/Michael P. Botelho
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Notary Public/My Commission Expires:
Commissioner of the Superior Court
EXHIBIT A
[Note A]
EXHIBIT B
[Note B]
SCHEDULE A
Address for Notices to Corsair:
Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P.
c/o Corsair Partners, LLC
747 Third Avenue, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Ron Buck