Warrant Holders/Consent for MA
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Aug 16, 2010 01:38PM
I thought I remembered reading where the warrant holders did have to consent to the Master Agreement. found this:
WAIVER, CONSENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
This WAIVER,CONSENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT (this"Agreement") is made
andenteredintoas ofJune1,2005,by andbetweenPATRIOTSCIENTIFIC
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, (the "COMPANY"), and LINCOLN VENTURES, LLC,
an Arizona limited liability company (the "Rights Holder").
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,the Rights Holder holds warrants to purchase shares of the
common stock, $0.0000l par value per share, of the COMPANY (the "Warrants"),as
well as a debentureconvertibleinto shares of the common stock of the COMPANY
(the "Debenture")purchased pursuant to certain Securities Purchase Agreements,
by and between the COMPANY and the RIGHTS HOLDER (collectively,the "Securities
Purchase Agreements").
B.WHEREAS,theCOMPANYdesirestoenterintothetransactions
contemplated by that certain MasterAgreementdated as of the date hereof,by
and amongtheCOMPANY,TechnologyPropertiesLimited,Inc.,aCalifornia
corporation("TPL") and Charles H. Moore (such transactionsreferred to herein
as the "Proposed Transactions").
C. WHEREAS, the Proposed Transactions will result in the creation of an
entity ("NEWCO") which will hold and manage the subject intellectual property of
the COMPANY.As a part of the Proposed
Transactions,the COMPANY will receive
stock of NEWCO (the"NEWCOStock")and will beentitled to receive an income
stream from NEWCO (the "NEWCO Income") as specified in the Master Agreement.
D. WHEREAS,the Securities PurchaseAgreements,the Warrants and the
DebentureincludeprovisionswhichmaybeimplicatedbytheProposed
Transactions,and which may give the Rights Holdercertain rights with respect
to the Proposed Transactions.
E.WHEREAS,the ProposedTransactionsand any and all actions taken
before,as of, or after the date hereof by the COMPANY(and any personacting
for or on behalf of the COMPANY) or NEWCO that arespecificallyauthorizedby
the Master Agreement shall be referred to herein as the "Approved Actions."
F. WHEREAS,the COMPANY and the Rights Holder desire to facilitate the
Proposed Transactions by entering into this Agreement.
NOW,THEREFORE,inconsiderationoftherespectivepromises,
representations,warranties,covenantsandconditionscontainedinthis
Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Consent. Effective upon the receipt by the Rights Holder of the consideration
described in Section 7 of this Agreement,the Rights Holder hereby consents to,
approves and ratifies the ProposedTransactions and the Approved Actions,each
subject to Section 9 below.
2.Conveyance of Warrants.Effectiveupon the receipt by the Rights Holder of
theconsiderationdescribed in Section 7 of this Agreement,the Rights Holder
hereby sells,transfersand conveys to the COMPANY,free and clear of any and
all liens or other adverse claims thereto,Three Million(3,000,000)Warrants
described on Exhibit A hereto. The Rights Holder agrees to execute any documents
and take any otheraction that may be required to effect andmemorializesuch
transfer of the Warrants to the COMPANY pursuant to this Section 2.
3. WarrantPriceReset.Effectiveuponreceipt by the RightsHolder of the
consideration pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement, the exercise price of the
Twenty One Million, Six Hundred Twenty Five Thousand,Eight Hundred Seventy Two
(21,625,872)WarrantsdescribedonExhibitB heretowill be reset to 0.015
dollars per share.
4.Waiverof Right of FirstRefusal,Limitationof Sale orDispositionof
Intellectual Property and Redemption Upon Major Transaction.Effective upon the
receipt by the Rights Holder of the consideration described in Section 7 of this
Agreement,the RightsHolderherebywaives any right of first refusal or any
right to limit the sale or disposition of the COMPANY'sintellectualproperty,
including but not limited to those rights set forth in Sections 4(l) and 4(m) of
the SecuritiesPurchaseAgreements,and waives its right to redemption upon a
MajorTransactionas setforth inSection4(o) of theSecuritiesPurchase
Agreements,ineachcaseto theextentnecessarytoallowtheProposed
Transactionsand the ApprovedActions to occur,or any futuretransaction in
which the Company may engage, all subject to Section 9 below.
5. Waiver of RedemptionRight.Effective upon the receipt by the Rights Holder
of the consideration pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement,the Rights Holder
waives any right to requireanywarrantredemptionas aconsequenceof the
Proposed Transactions or any future transaction in which the Company may engage,
subject to Section 9 below.
6.Release of Lien.Effectiveupon thereceiptby the RightsHolder of the
consideration pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement,the Rights Holder hereby
releases its liens with regard to the COMPANY's intellectual property portfolio,
includingwithoutlimitationthe MSD Patents,and agrees to take any and all
action necessary to cause all UCC financing statements,USPTO filings and other
filings or documentsevidencingsuch lien to be terminated,provided that the
debts underlying such liens shall remain intact.
7. Payment to Rights Holder.In consideration of the covenants,promises,and
agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Rights Holder shall be paid $993,305
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement upon the closing of the ProposedTransactions.
The Rights Holder hereby acknowledges that such considerationconstitutes good,
valid and sufficient consideration in exchange for the covenants,promises, and
agreements of the Rights Holder set forth in this Agreement..
8. Amendment of Securities PurchaseAgreements.Effective as of the receipt of
considerationpursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement,the Securities Purchase
Agreementsshall be amendedto removeSections4(1),4(m) and 4(o) in their
entirety,and such sections shall be of no further force or effect, all subject
to Section 9 below.The COMPANY and the RightsHolder herebyacknowledgeand
agree that thisAgreementmeets all of therequirementsfor amendment of the
Securities Purchase Agreements provided in Section 8(e) thereof.
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9. Redemption.Notwithstandinganything to the contraryherein,in the event
that any one or more of the following occur (each, a "Redemption Trigger"),the
RightsHolder,at itsoption,mayrequiretheCOMPANY to effect a Warrant
Redemption (as defined below) of any or all (at the RightsHolders'option) of
the Rights Holders' Warrants (as defined below):
A.The COMPANYmerges into or is boughtout by anothercompany,or
becomes a privatecompany that doesnot have publiclytradedcommon
stock,or sells all orsubstantially all of the COMPANY's assets,or
B.Commonstock of the COMPANYis tendered,purchased orexchanged
pursuant to a tender offer, purchase offer or exchange offer, or
C.There is aChange of Control (asdefined below) of theCOMPANY's
board of directors, and one or more of the following occurs:
(1) COMPANY sells, conveys,disposes of, spins off or assigns
any or all of its NEWCO Stock,or any or all of its rights to
receive the NEWCOIncome,to any thirdparty,in each case
without the Right Holder's written consent.
(2) TheCOMPANYissues or sells,or agrees to issue or sell
VariableEquitySecurities (as definedbelow),for cash in
private capital raisingtransactions or any securities of the
Company pursuant to an equity line structure or format without
obtainingthe priorwrittenapproval of the RightsHolder,
with theexception of any suchagreements,transactionsor
equitylinesexisting as of the datehereof.Forpurposes
hereof, the following shall be collectively referred to herein
as,the"VariableEquitySecurities":any debt orequity
securities (or securities pursuant to an equity line structure
or similar structure) which are convertible into,exercisable
or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receiveadditional
shares of Common Stock either (i) at any conversion,exercise
orexchangerate or otherprice that is baseduponand/or
varies with thetradingprices of orquotationsfor Common
Stock at any time after theinitialissuance of such debt or
equity security, or (ii) with a fixed conversion,exercise or
exchangepricethatgreaterthan athirtypercent(30%)
discount to the then prevailingmarket or is subject to being
resetat somefuturedate at anytimeaftertheinitial
issuanceof such debt or equitysecuritydue to a change in
the market price of theCompany'sCommon Stock since date of
initial issuance.
If a RedemptionTrigger has occurredand the RightsHolderelects a
redemption,then any of the RightsHolders'Warrantsselectedby the Rights
Holder for suchredemptionshall beredeemed("WarrantRedemption")by the
Company as of the record date for suchRedemptionTrigger at a price per share
(that is, per share of common stock represented by the warrants) for each Rights
HolderWarrant equal to the"RedemptionPrice," which shall be defined as the
greater of (A) $0.50 per share,less the Exercise Price per share in effect for
that Rights Holder Warrant on the trading dayimmediately preceding the record
date of theRedemptionTrigger(each subject to adjustment to account for any
forward or reversestocksplits),or (B) theapplicableWarrantRedemption
Market Value (as defined below).For purposes hereof,the "WarrantRedemption
Market Value" shall equal the aggregate of the highest Warrant Market Values (as
definedbelow)forall of theRightHolders'Warrantsbeingsoredeemed
calculatedon any date during the thirty (30) business day period ending on the
record date for the Redemption Trigger.
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For purposes hereof,
"ChangeinControl"shallmeananychangein themakeupof the
COMPANY'sboard of directorssuch that theremainingboard members from the
following group do not constitute a majority of the board: Gloria Felcyn,David
Pohl, Helmet Faulk, Lowell Giffhorn and Carlton Johnson, Jr.
"RightsHolders'Warrants" shall mean all warrants to purchase common
stock that have been issued from the Company to the Rights Holder for any reason
at any time in the past up through the date hereof.
"WarrantMarket Value" shall equal the number of shares that would be
issuable in a "cashlessexercise" on the date inquestion,under the terms of
thewarrant(withoutregardtoanycontractual,legal,orregulatory
restrictionson suchexerciseandissuance,if any,and withoutregard to
whether or not asufficientnumber of shares areauthorizedand reserved to
effect any such exercise andissuance),multiplied by the Closing Price of the
Company's common stock for the preceding trading day.
"ClosingPrice" shall mean the closingprice on the O.T.C.Bulletin
Board, Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the National Market System ("NMS"), the New York
StockExchange,or if no longertraded on the NasdaqSmall CapMarket,the
NationalMarketSystem("NMS"),the New York StockExchange,or the O.T.C.
BulletinBoard,the "ClosingBid Price" shall equal the closingprice on the
principal national securities exchange or theover-the-countersystem on which
the CommonStock is so traded and, if notavailable,the mean of the high and
low prices on theprincipalnationalsecuritiesexchange or othermarket on
which the Common Stock is so traded.
10.Representations and Warranties of Rights Holder. In order to induce the
COMPANY to enter into this Agreement,the Rights Holder represents and warrants
to the COMPANY as follows:
10.1 Full Knowledge.The Rights Holder acknowledges and agrees that it
is fullyaware of all of thetermsandconditionsof theProposed
Transactions,and that its representativeshave had an opportunity to
discuss such terms and conditions with COMPANY representatives,and to
ask any questions the Rights Holder has deemed necessary.
10.2Compliancewith Law. The execution,delivery and performance by
theRightsHolderofthisAgreementand theconsummationof the
transactionscontemplatedhereby, will not cause the Rights Holder to
violateorcontravene(i) anyprovisionof law,(ii)any rule or
regulationof anyagency orgovernment,or (iii) anyorder,writ,
judgment,injunction,decree,determination or award, to which he is
subject.
10.3Authorization.When executed and delivered by the Rights Holder,
this Agreement will constitute a valid and legallybindingobligation
of the Rights Holderenforceable in accordance with its terms,except
as may be limited by (i)judicialprinciplesrespectingelection of
remediesor limitingtheavailabilityofspecificperformance,
injunctivereliefandotherequitableremedies,(ii)judicial
principleswith respect to provisionscontrary to public policy,and
(iii)bankruptcy,insolvency,reorganization,moratoriumorother
similarlaws,now orhereafterineffect,generallyrelatingto
creditors' rights.
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11.Representations and Warranties of COMPANY. In order to induce the Rights
Holder to enter into thisAgreement,COMPANYrepresentsandwarrants to the
Rights Holder as follows:
11.1Compliancewith Law. The execution,delivery and performance by
COMPANY of thisAgreementand theconsummationof thetransactions
contemplatedhereby,will not causeCOMPANY to violate or contravene
(i) anyprovision of law, (ii) any rule or regulation of any agency or
government,or (iii) any order, writ,judgment,injunction,decree,
determination or award, to which it is subject.
11.2Authorization.Whenexecutedanddeliveredby COMPANY,this
Agreementwillconstitute a valid and legallybindingobligation of
COMPANYenforceableinaccordancewith its terms,except as may be
limited by (i) judicialprinciplesrespecting election of remedies or
limiting the availability of specificperformance,injunctiverelief
and other equitable remedies,(ii) judicial principles with respect to
provisions contrary to public policy, and (iii) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization,moratorium or other similar laws,now or hereafter in
effect, generally relating to creditors' rights.
12.Taxes.Each party shall beresponsiblefor all taxesincurred by it
as a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
13.Cooperation.COMPANYand RightsHolderacknowledgethat it maybe
necessary to execute documents other than those specificallyreferred to herein
in order to consummate the transactionscontemplated herein. COMPANY and Rights
Holder agree to cooperate with each other by executing such otherdocuments and
takingsuchotheractionas may bereasonablynecessarytocompletethe
transactionsin accordancewith the intent of the parties as evidenced in this
Agreement.
14.General Provisions.
14.1 Survival of Representationsand Warranties.Allrepresentations
andwarrantiesof the parties made in,pursuant to or inconnection
with thisAgreementshallsurvive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
14.2 EntireAgreement.Withreference to the subjectmatter hereof,
this Agreement is the complete and exclusivestatement of all terms of
the agreementbetween the parties and supersedes and cancels all prior
and contemporaneous negotiations,agreements and representations, and
constitutesthe entireagreementbetween theparties.There are no
representations,inducements,promisesoragreements,oralor
otherwise,with reference to the subject matter hereof,other than as
expressly set forth herein. No modification,alteration,amendment or
waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless in writing and
signed by both parties.
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14.3SuccessorsBound;LimitedAssignment.This Agreement shall be
bindingupon and inure to the benefit of the partieshereto and their
respectivesuccessorsandpermissibleassigns,except that neither
party shall,withoutpriorwrittenconsent of the other,delegate,
assign,transfer,encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its rights,
duties or interests under this Agreement or any part thereof.
14.4Headings.The headings of the sectionsandparagraphsof this
Agreementhave been inserted forconvenience of reference only and do
not constitute a part of this Agreement.
14.5 Governing Law. It is the intention of the parties that the laws of
California, includingsuchjurisdiction'sprinciples of conflict of
law, shall govern the validity of this Agreement,theconstruction of
itstermsand theinterpretationof therightsandduties of the
parties,as such laws areapplied toagreementsbetweenCalifornia
residents entered into and to be performed entirely within California.
14.6 Forum; Expenses. In the event that any cause of action, lawsuit or
otherproceeding is brought by any party of this Agreementbecause of
an alleged dispute,breach ormisrepresentation in connection with or
arising under thisAgreement,any court of competentjurisdiction in
San Diego County shall be the sole andexclusiveforum for such cause
of action, lawsuit or proceeding,and the prevailing party in any such
action, lawsuit or proceeding shall be entitled to recover, in addition
to any remedy at law or equityavailable to any prevailingparty, all
reasonable costs and expensesincurred or sustained by such prevailing
party in connection with such action, lawsuit or proceeding, including,
without limitation, attorneys' fees and court costs.
14.7Counterparts.ThisAgreementmay beexecutedin two ormore
counterpartsandbythedifferentpartiesheretoinseparate
counterparts with the same effect as if all parties had signed the same
document.All such counterparts shall be deemed an original,shall be
construed together and shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESSWHEREOF,thepartieshave causedthisAgreementto be
executed on the day and year first written above.
PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORPORATIONLINCOLN VENTURES, LLC
By:/s/ DAVID H. POHLBy:/s/ ROY A. ADAMS
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Roy A. Adams, Manager
Name:David H. Pohl
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Title:Director
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