EXHIBIT 10.1
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150 East 58th Street
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ROCKMORE New York, NY 10155
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9-19-07 GS BL
September 19, 2007
VIA FACSIMILE # (360) 892-7927
Western Power & Equipment Corp.
6407-B N.E. 117TH Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98662
Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated
June 8, 2005 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among Western Power & Equipment
Corp. (the "Company") and the parties signatory thereto (collectively, the
"Debenture Purchasers") pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holder its
Series A Variable Rate Secured Convertible Debentures (the "Debentures") with an
aggregate principal amount among all Holders of $30,000,000.
The Company has acknowledged that the following Events of Default have occurred
and exist: (i) failure to pay $4,000,000 in principal pursuant to Section 7(a)
of the Second Amendment and Waiver Agreement dated as of April 16, 2007 by and
between the Company and the Debenture Purchasers (the "Second Amendment"); (ii)
failure to pay other scheduled payments as requited in accordance with Annex D
of the Second Amendment; and (iii) the Existing Defaults, as defined in the
Second Amendment (clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) collectively referred to as the
"September Defaults").
Rockmore Investment MasterFund Ltd. ("Rockmore"); on behalf of itself and the
other Debenture Purchasers, hereby waives the September Defaults until the
earlier to occur of (i) the occurrence of any other default nor Event of Default
under the Debentures, (ii) the occurrence of any other default or Event of
Default under the Second Amendment, (iii) the occurrence of any other default or
Event of Default under this Agreement or (iv) October 15, 2007. consideration of
such waiver and forbearance, the Company hereby agrees to transfer to the
Debenture Purchasers or their respective designees an aggregate five percent
(5%) Class A Membership Interest (the "Equity Interest") in Arizona Pacific
Materials, LLC (the "LLC"). Within three business days of the date hereof, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Debenture Purchasers or their
respective designees, a Membership Interest Transfer Agreement in the form
attached to this letter as Exhibit 1 (the "Transfer Agreements"), except that
such agreement shall reflect the transfer of the Equity Interest as contemplated
by this letter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company
does not deliver the duly executed Transfer Agreement within three business days
of the date hereof, the waiver granted hereby shall be null and void and of no
further force or effect and the September Defaults shall be
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automatically reinstated and the Debenture Purchasers shall be entitled to
exercise any and all remedies available to them at law or in equity. The
transfer of the Equity Interest hereunder is in addition to the 10%, in the
aggregate, transfer of membership interest in the LLC pursuant to the Second
Amendment.
Rockmore, on behalf of itself and the other Debenture Purchasers hereby confirms
that the amounts due under the Debentures to the Debenture Purchasers are as
follows:
Principal balance as of 8/31/07 $16,473,638.31
Accrued and unpaid interest through 8/31/07 $ 787.830.98
Additional interest through 9/21/07 $ 101,585.24
You have advised us that you expect to close in early October 2007, a financing
transaction a portion of the proceeds of which would be used to pay the
foregoing amounts to the Debenture Purchasers. Additional interest shall accrue
each day after September 21, 2007 at the rate of $4,837.39 per day. The amount
due to each Debenture Purchaser is set forth on Schedule A hereto. Rockmore, on
behalf of itself and the other Debenture Purchasers hereby confirms that upon
receipt in full of the foregoing amounts plus any additional interest that May
accrue after September 21, 2007, the Debentures will be fully paid and there
will be no other penalties, fees, or charges due by the Company to the Debenture
Purchasers
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company does not repay the
Debenture Purchasers in full as aforesaid on or before October 15, 2007, the
September Defaults shall be automatically reinstated and the Debenture
Purchasers shall be entitled at such time to exercise any and all remedies
available at law or in equity. The Company understands and acknowledges that
notwithstanding any such exercise of available remedies, the conveyance of the
Equity Interest and the interest conveyed pursuant to the Second Amendment shall
be irrevocable.
The effectiveness of this Letter Agreement shall be expressly conditioned upon
the execution and delivery by the Company and the LLC of the Transfer Agreements
in form and substance described herein.
Rockmore is providing this Letter Agreement on behalf of itself and the other
Debenture Purchasers at the Company's request for sake of convenience as
compared to a separate letter agreement being entered into between each
Debenture Purchaser and the Company. Neither the Company nor any third party
shall be entitled to rely on this Letter Agreement as a release or payoff
letter, by the other Debenture Purchasers and the Company shall seek separate
releases and payoff letters from each Debenture Purchasers in connection with
the financing transaction contemplated herein.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this waiver is limited only to
the payment defaults that have occurred to date, and any other principal or
interest
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payments required pursuant to the Debentures, including pursuant to an Event of
Default not subject to a waiver from the Debenture Purchasers, shall not be
deemed waived hereunder.
Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing by executing a copy of this
letter in the space provided below.
Very truly yours,
ROCKMORE INVESTMENT MASTER FUND LTD.,
for itself and as agent for each of the Debenture Purchasers
By: /s/ Bruce Bernstein
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Bruce Bernstein
President
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
WESTERN POWER & EQUIPMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Dean McLain
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Name: Dean McLain
Title: President