-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GeMPvCHbMfzqtaKOsgTEgz+JZAEio1q5xK9oPthTbB6+cfh2SGpWXsEsVVoP/PGr fXBeLiDgefytJOjY1gz51A== 0001072613-06-000028.txt : 20060106 0001072613-06-000028.hdr.sgml : 20060106 20060106170506 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001072613-06-000028 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051229 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001021226 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640] IRS NUMBER: 582153309 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-29204 FILM NUMBER: 06517195 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 GROVE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: RIDGEFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06877 BUSINESS PHONE: 203 431 8120 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 GROVE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: RIDGEFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06877 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HOMECOM COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960820 8-K 1 form8-k_14070.htm GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC. FORM 8-K WWW.EXFILE.COM, INC. -- 14070 -- GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC. -- FORM 8-K



UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
_________
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):    December 29, 2005
 
GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
000-29204
58-2153309
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 

90 Grove Street, Suite 201 Ridgefield, Connecticut
06877
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (203) 431-6665 
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))




 
 
ITEM 1.01.    ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
 
On December 29, 2005, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mark J. Allen and True to Form Limited, Inc. pursuant to which we sold 100 shares of common stock of True to Form, representing all of its outstanding capital stock, to Mr. Allen. We refer you to the description of the consideration for this transaction and of Mr. Allen’s relationship with us contained in Item 2.01 of this current report. Included in the Stock Purchase Agreement is a general mutual release between Mr. Allen and True to Form and us, with the exception of any claims arising in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
 
 
ITEM 1.02.    TERMINATION OF A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
 
On December 29, 2005, in connection with our sale of True to Form Limited, Inc. pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement described in Item 1.01 of this current report, we, Mark Allen, and True to Form, agreed that each of the agreements entered into on or about December 31, 2004 relating to our acquisition of True to Form, including the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Share Escrow Agreement, the Employment Agreement between Mr. Allen and the us, and a promissory note issued by us to True to Form for working capital purposes were terminated effective immediately and of no further force or effect.
 
We refer you to the description of Mr. Allen’s relationship with us contained in Item 2.01 of this current report. We also refer you to the discussion of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Share Escrow Agreement contained in our current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2005, which is incorporated by reference herein.
 
 
ITEM 2.01.    COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
 
On December 29, 2005 we completed the transfer of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of True To Form Limited, Inc. to Mr. Allen pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement described in Item 1.01 of this current report. As a result of this sale, we no longer hold any equity interest in True To Form.
 
We acquired True To Form from its sole shareholder, Mark J. Allen, who was, until the consummation of the transactions described in this current report, a member of our board of directors and an Executive Vice President. The transaction contemplated in the Stock Purchase Agreement was the result of arm’s length negotiations and was approved by the disinterested member of our Board of Directors. The consideration was determined on the basis of these negotiations. The consideration for the sale of True to Form consists of:
 
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the issuance by True To Form to us of a promissory note described below;
 
·  
the cancellation of the promissory note issued to him by True to Form in connection with our purchase of True to Form, which was in the initial principal amount of $500,000, and the cancellation of our guaranty of the amounts owed under that promissory note; and
 
·  
the surrender by Mr. Allen of the 10,000,000 shares of our common stock that were issued to him as partial consideration for our purchase of True to Form on December 31, 2004 and the cancellation of all other equity interest in Global Matrechs held by Mr. Allen.
 
In addition, we agreed to the cancellation of amounts owed under a note issued by us to True to Form for working capital purposes. The initial principal amount of the note was $200,000.
 
As partial consideration for the sale of True to Form to Mr. Allen, True to Form has issued to us a promissory note in the initial principal amount of $250,000. The promissory note accrues interest at an annual rate of one percent plus the prime rate as reported by a nationally recognized commercial bank. True to Form is required to make quarterly payments equal to three percent of gross sales in excess of $315,000, if any, for the quarter immediately preceding each such payment. The note matures on January 1, 2011, at which point all principal and interest then outstanding on the note becomes immediately due and payable.
 
The discussion contained in Items 1.01, 1.02 and 2.01 of this current report is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the stock purchase agreement and the promissory note, which are included as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this current report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
 
ITEM 5.02.
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
 
Effective December 29, 2005, Mark J. Allen resigned from his positions as Executive Vice President and Director of Global Matrechs, Inc. This action was not, to the knowledge of any executive officer of the Company, because of a disagreement on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(c) Exhibits
 
Number
 
Title
 
10.1
 
Stock Purchase Agreement
 
10.2
 
Promissory Note
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
     
  GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: January 6, 2006 By:   /s/ Michael Sheppard
 
Michael Sheppard
  President, Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Operating Officer and Acting
Chief Financial Officer
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Number
 
Title
 
10.1
 
Stock Purchase Agreement
 
10.2
 
Promissory Note
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EX-10.1 2 exh10-1_14070.htm STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT WWW.EXFILE.COM, INC. -- 14070 -- GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC. -- EXHIBIT 10.1 TO FORM 8-K
 
EXHIBIT 10.1
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


This Agreement, made this 29th day of December, 2005, by and among Global Matrechs, Inc. a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 90 Grove Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut (the “Seller”), Mark J. Allen (the “Buyer”), and True to Form Limited, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with its principal place of business at 91 French Avenue, Braintree, MA 02184 (“TTF”).
 
W I T N E S S E T H
 
WHEREAS, Seller is the record and beneficial owner of 100 shares of the common stock, $.001 par value (the “TTF Shares”), of TTF, such shares constituting all of the issued and outstanding share capital of TTF; and
 
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell, and each Buyer desires to purchase from Seller, the TTF Shares, on the terms and conditions hereinafter appearing,
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCK.
 
1.1.  Sale of Shares. At the Closing (as hereinafter defined), Seller shall sell, assign and convey to Buyer, and Buyer, severally and not jointly, shall purchase the TTF Shares.
 
1.2.  Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Shares (the “Purchase Price”) shall consist of:
 
(a)  10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Seller, $.0001 par value, of which the Buyer is currently the registered holder (the “Seller Shares”);
 
 
 

 
 
(b)  A promissory note (the “Note”) issued by TTF to the Seller in the original principal amount of $250,000 in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
 
1.3.  Closing. The consummation of the purchase and sale of the TTF Shares (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts, at 10:00 a.m. on December 29, 2005, or at such other place, date and time as may be agreed upon in writing by Buyers and Seller. At the Closing, Seller will deliver to the Buyer, against delivery to Seller of the Purchase Price (including, for such purposes, the certificate evidencing the Seller Shares accompanied by a duly executed stock power relating thereto), a certificate representing the TTF Shares, accompanied by a duly executed stock power relating thereto.
 
2.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
 
2.1.  The parties hereto agree that, effective upon the Closing, each those certain agreements entered into on or about December 31, 2004 relating to the acquisition by Seller of TTF, including the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Share Escrow Agreement, the Employment Agreement between the Buyer and the Seller, the Working Capital Note issued by TTF to the Seller and the Promissory Note issued by the Seller to the Buyer shall be terminated and of no further force or effect.
 
2.2.  Buyer and Seller hereby agree to the cancellation, effective upon the Closing, of any and all equity interests in the Seller beneficially owned by Buyer, including but not limited to all options, warrants and shares of capital stock of the Seller.
 
2.3.  The Parties do hereby release and forever discharge each other and each other’s affiliates, officers, directors, employees, servants, agents, representatives, attorneys,
 
 
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successors and assigns, past and present, from any and all claims, suits, actions, causes of action, demands, damages or liabilities whatsoever of every kind, name and nature, whether at Law or in Equity, whether in contract or tort, by statute, or on any other basis, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected (“Claims”), which they now have, ever had, or may hereafter have, with the exception of those arising out of, in connection with, or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
3.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
 
3.1.  The obligations of the parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
 
(a)  The delivery by the Buyer to the Seller of a signed letter of providing for Buyer’s resignation from the Seller’s board of directors, effective upon the Closing;
 
(b)  The delivery by the Seller to the Buyer of a letter, signed by Michael Sheppard, President of Seller, confirming Mr. Sheppard’s resignation as a director and officer of TTF; and
 
(c)  The surrender and cancellation by the Buyer of any and all instruments evidencing equity interests in the Seller, including but not limited to all options, warrants and shares of capital stock of the Seller.
 
4.
GENERAL.
 
This Agreement (i) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written communications, agreements and
 
 
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understandings between them with respect to such subject matter, (ii) is entered into in, and shall be governed by the substantive laws of, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and (iii) shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, legal representative, successors and permitted assigns. No party may assign any rights or delegate any obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other party hereto. This Agreement may not be amended or modified or any provision hereof waived except by an agreement in writing executed by each party hereto.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement under seal as of the date first set forth above.  
 
GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC.
 
By:  /s/ Michael Sheppard
 
Name: Michael Sheppard
 
 
Its:  President
 
 
 

TRUE TO FORM LIMITED, INC.

 
By:  /s/ Mark J. Allen
 
Name: Mark J. Allen
 
 
Its:  President
 
 
 




 
 
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Exhibit A

Promissory Note
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EX-10.2 3 exh10-2_14070.htm PROMISSORY NOTE WWW.EXFILE.COM, INC. -- 14070 -- GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC. -- EXHIBIT 10.2 TO FORM 8-K
 
EXHIBIT 10.2
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.


U.S. $250,000 
Original Issue Date: December 29, 2005 
Holder: Global Matrechs, Inc.
 
 
 
NOTE DUE JANUARY 1, 2011

THIS NOTE is made by TRUE TO FORM LIMITED, INC., a Massachusetts corporation, having a principal place of business at 91 French Avenue, Braintree, Massachusetts 02184(the “Company”) and issued to GLOBAL MATRECHS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Holder”), having a principal place of business at 90 Grove Street, Suite 201, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, as partial consideration for the sale of 100 shares of common stock of the Company by the Holder to Mark Allen in connection with that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof by and among the Holder, the Company and Mark Allen.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to the Holder or registered assigns, the principal sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($250,000.00), with interest, which interest shall begin accruing on April 1, 2006, at an initial rate equal to the Prime Rate (as defined below) plus one percent (1%) per annum initially calculated on the March 31, 2006, such interest rate to be subsequently adjusted on the last day of each subsequent Measurement Period (as defined below) based on the Prime Rate (as defined below) plus one percent (1%) per annum on such Calculation Date. Interest shall be calculated daily on the basis of a 365-day year. This Note shall become payable, as follows:

(i) Commencing on April 1, 2006, beginning on the 45th day following the last day of each Measurement Period (as defined below) (each such 45th day a “Payment Date”), the Company shall be required to make the Base Payment (as defined below) to the Holder. For avoidance of doubt, on any particular Payment Date, no Base Payment shall be payable unless, during the applicable Measurement Period, the Company’s gross sales shall have been greater than the Sales Target (as defined below).

(ii) On the Maturity Date, all principal and interest then outstanding shall become immediately due and payable.

On each Payment Date, the Company shall provide to the Holder a written statement, together with such supporting documentation as the Holder may reasonably require, setting forth the calculation determining whether, for such Payment Date, a Base Payment is payable and, if so, the calculation of such Base Payment. The payments described in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall, in each case, be applied first to accrued interest and then to outstanding principal. All principal and interest remaining outstanding on the Maturity Date (as defined below) shall be immediately payable on such date.

The Company shall permit any authorized representatives of the Holder free and full access at all
 
 
 

 
 
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice to all of the books and records, including financial records, and properties of the Company and any of its subsidiaries for any reasonable purpose whatsoever. If the Holder shall reasonably believe that there has been any inaccuracy in the Company’s calculation of the Base Payment for any Measurement Period, or is unable to form a reasonable belief due to the inadequacy of the Company’s books and records for such purpose, the Holder may require the Company to retain an independent auditor of regional reputation mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Holder to audit the Company’s financial records. If, in the course of such audit, it is determined that the Holder’s calculations of the Base Payments due for all Payment Dates preceding the completion of such audit have resulted in understating amounts properly due under the Note by five percent or more in the aggregate (such understatement “Material Underpayments”), any such Material Underpayments shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall bear the full expense of such audit and shall reimburse the Holder for any costs incurred by it in connection with such audit (including, but not limited to, costs associated with allocation of Company personnel for the purposes of overseeing such audit). If the audit does not reveal any Material Underpayments, all direct third-party costs of such audit shall be borne by the Holder. In any event, any underpayments, whether or not they constitute Material Underpayments, shall be immediately remitted to the Holder upon their discovery.

As used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Base Payment” shall, with respect to any Payment Date, be equal to three percent of gross sales in excess of the Sales Target for the most recently completed Measurement Period preceding such Payment Date.

Maturity Date” shall mean January 1, 2011.

Measurement Period” shall mean any of the three-month periods immediately preceding each of April 1, 2006 and the 1st of each April, July, October and January thereafter until, and not including, the Maturity Date.

Prime Rate” shall mean that annual rate of interest announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. called its “prime rate”.

Sales Target” shall mean $315,000.

This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1. Default.

Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(i) any default by the Company in the payment of principal or interest payable in respect of this Note, which default continues for a period of twenty (20) calendar days after the receipt of notice from the Holder of such default;

(ii) any failure to observe or perform any other material covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any material breach of, this Note;

(iii) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto (the
 
 
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Bankruptcy Code); or an involuntary case is commenced against the Company under the Bankruptcy Code and the petition is not controverted within thirty (30) days, or is not dismissed within sixty (60) days, after commencement of such involuntary case; or a "custodian" (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of the Company or the Company commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or there is commenced against the Company any such proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days; or the Company is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Company suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay its debts generally as they become due; the Company shall call a meeting of all of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; or the Company shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by the Company for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(iv) the Company shall default in any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture, agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness of the Company or an amount exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable; or

(vi) the Company has entered against it by any court or other adjudicatory body of competent jurisdiction any judgment in an amount equal to at least Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

Section 2. Interest Rate Limitation. The parties intend to conform strictly to the applicable usury laws in effect from time to time during the term hereof. Accordingly, if any transaction contemplated hereby would be usurious under such laws, then notwithstanding any other provision hereof: (i) the aggregate of all interest that is contracted for, charged, or received under this Note shall not exceed the maximum amount of interest allowed by applicable law (the “Highest Lawful Rate”), and any excess shall be promptly credited to the Company by the Holder (or, to the extent that such consideration shall have been paid, such excess shall be promptly refunded to the Company by the Holder); (ii) neither the Company nor any other Person now or hereafter liable hereunder shall be obligated to pay the amount of such interest to the extent that it is in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate; and (iii) the effective rate of interest shall be reduced to the Highest Lawful Rate. All sums paid, or agreed to be paid, to the Holder for the use, forbearance, and detention of the debt of the Company to the Holder shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be allocated throughout the full term of the Note until payment is made in full so that the actual rate of interest does not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate in effect at any particular time during the full term thereof. If at any time the rate of interest under the Note exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the rate of interest to accrue pursuant to this Note shall be limited, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, to the Highest Lawful Rate, but any subsequent reductions in the Base Rate shall not reduce the interest to accrue pursuant to this Note below the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest accrued equals the amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rate per annum equal to the interest rate under the Note had at all times been in effect. If the total amount of interest paid or accrued pursuant to this Note under the foregoing provisions is less than the total amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rate per annum equal to the interest rate under the Note had been in effect, then
 
 
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the Company agrees to pay to the Holder an amount equal to the difference between (x) the lesser of (A) the amount of interest that would have accrued if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect, or (B) the amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rate per annum equal to the interest rate under the Note had at all times been in effect, and (y) the amount of interest accrued in accordance with the other provisions of this Note.

Section 3. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and liquidated damages (if any) on, this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct obligation of the Company.

Section 4. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

Section 5. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts or the state courts of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts in connection with any dispute arising under this Note and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non coveniens, to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions. To the extent determined by such court, the Company shall reimburse the Holder for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Holder in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under this Note. THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE.

Section 6. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note. Any waiver must be in writing.

Section 7. Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.

Section 8. Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (or, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the preceding Business Day in the appropriate calendar month). As used herein, “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

Section 9. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party shall be contained in a written instrument addressed to such party at the address set forth in the preamble hereto or such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by the addressee to the
 
 
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addressor listing all parties and shall be deemed given (a) when delivered in person or duly sent by fax showing confirmation of receipt, (b) two days after being duly sent by first-class mail postage prepaid, or (c) one day after being duly sent by DHL, Federal Express or other recognized express courier service.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by an officer duly authorized for such purpose, as of the date first above indicated.
 
     
 
TRUE TO FORM LIMITED, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark J. Allen
 
Mark J. Allen
   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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