-----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, QmlcOoirxIhKoxjgE4GWtxzFUQzdgh+Sh4DpbRnD/iuQUbPlT5crrZqWiynlDy29 8pxGO2kH3EEjQgFC3hq9uQ== 0001104659-07-003886.txt : 20070123 0001104659-07-003886.hdr.sgml : 20070123 20070123130602 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-003886 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070123 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070123 GROUP MEMBERS: TONTINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS GP, L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MISCOR GROUP, LTD. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001295503 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES [7600] IRS NUMBER: 200995245 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-81819 FILM NUMBER: 07545410 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1125 SOUTH WALNUT STREET CITY: SOUTH BEND STATE: IN ZIP: 46619 BUSINESS PHONE: 5742348131 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1125 SOUTH WALNUT STREET CITY: SOUTH BEND STATE: IN ZIP: 46619 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MAGNETECH INTEGRATED SERVICES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040625 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENDELL JEFFREY L ET AL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000948904 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 31 WEST 52ND ST STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE SUITE 3900 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 SC 13D 1 a07-2388_2sc13d.htm SC 13D

 

UNITED STATES

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
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SCHEDULE 13D

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Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.     )*

 

MISCOR Group, Ltd.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

60477P102

(CUSIP Number)

 

Jeffrey L. Gendell

55 Railroad Avenue, 1st Floor

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

January 18, 2007

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).




 

CUSIP No.   60477P102

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Tontine Capital Partners, L.P.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 x

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
-0-

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
50,000,000

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
-0-

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
50,000,000

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
50,000,000

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
27.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

 

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CUSIP No.   60477P102

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 x

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
-0-

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
50,000,000

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
-0-

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
50,000,000

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
50,000,000

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
27.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO

 

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CUSIP No.   60477P102

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 x

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Cayman Islands

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
-0-

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
12,500,000

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
-0-

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
12,500,000

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
12,500,000

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
7.0%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IA, PN

 

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CUSIP No.   60477P102

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C.

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 x

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
-0-

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
12,500,000

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
-0-

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
12,500,000

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
12,500,000

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
7.0%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO

 

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CUSIP No.   60477P102

 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 x

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
-0-

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
62,500,000

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
-0-

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
62,500,000

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
62,500,000

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
34.8%

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN

 

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Item 1.

Security and Issuer

 

This Schedule 13D relates to the common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”), of MISCOR Group, Ltd. (the “Company”).  The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 1125 South Walnut Street, South Bend, Indiana 46619.

 

 

Item 2.

Identity and Background

 

(a)    This Statement is filed by:

(i) Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TCP”), with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by it;

(ii) Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“TCM”), with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by TCP;

(iii) Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“TMF”) with respect to shares of Common Stock directly owned by it;

(iv)  Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“TCO”), with respect to shares of Common Stock owned by TMF; and

(v) Jeffrey L. Gendell with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by each of TCP and TMF.

The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons.”  Any disclosures herein with respect to persons other than the Reporting Persons are made on information and belief after making inquiry to the appropriate party.

(b)    The address of the principal business and principal office of each of TCP, TCO, TMF and TCM is 55 Railroad Avenue, 1st Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.  The business address of Mr. Gendell is 55 Railroad Avenue, 1st Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

(c)    The principal business of each of TMF and TCP is serving as a private investment limited partnership.  The principal business of TCO is serving as the general partner of TMF.  The principal business of TCM is serving as the general partner of TCP.    Mr. Gendell serves as the managing member of TCM and TCO.

(d)    None of the Reporting Persons has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). 

(e)    None of the Reporting Persons has, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was, or is subject to, a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. 

(f)     TCP is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Each of TCO and TCM is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.    TMF is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.    Mr. Gendell is a United States citizen.

 

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below), on January 18, 2007, TCP purchased 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company for a purchase price of $10,000,000 and TMF purchased 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company for a purchase price of $2,500,000, for an aggregate purchase price of $12,500,000 in cash.  Each of TCP and TMF used working capital to purchase the Common Stock sold pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.  Mr. Gendell, TCO and TCM do not directly own any shares of Common Stock.

Shares of Common Stock purchased by the Reporting Persons were purchased with working capital and on margin.  The Reporting Persons’ margin transactions are with UBS Securities LLC, on such firm’s usual terms and conditions.  All or part of the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the Reporting Persons may from time to time be pledged with one or more banking institutions or brokerage firms as collateral for loans made by such bank(s) or brokerage firm(s) to the Reporting Persons.  Such loans bear interest at a rate based upon the broker’s call rate from time to time in effect.  Such indebtedness may be refinanced with other banks or broker dealers.

 

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Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction

 

The Reporting Persons acquired the shares of Common Stock for investment purposes and in the ordinary course of business.  The Reporting Persons may acquire additional securities of the Company or dispose of securities of the Company at any time and from time to time in the open market or otherwise.  Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below), the Company has agreed to use the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock to TCP and TMF to repay in full, all of the Company’s obligations to Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., and then to pay certain outstanding accounts payable and for general corporate purposes.  As described in greater detail in Item 6, so long as the Reporting Persons hold a certain percentage of Common Stock, they have the right to appoint either one or two designees to the Company’s Board of Directors (depending on the size of the Board at that time), along with the right to appoint a representative to observe meetings of the respective Board and committee meetings of the Company and its subsidiaries.  The Company has agreed that it shall limit the number of directors serving on its Board to no more than seven directors for so long as the Reporting Persons have the right to appoint directors to the Company’s Board of Directors.  Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, TCP and TMF have the right to participate in any future offerings, sales or exchanges by the Company of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock so as to maintain their respective percentage ownership on a fully diluted basis.  Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the sale of the Common Stock was subject to certain conditions, including, among others, that the Board of Directors of the Company adopt resolutions approving the acquisition by the Reporting Persons of up to 30% of its outstanding Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis, such that the Reporting Persons were not subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Indiana Business Corporation Law.  The Company has also agreed that it shall not revoke such approval and that it will use its best efforts to ensure that any future acquisitions by TCP and TMF (up to 30% of the outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis) shall not be subject to anti-takeover provisions included in any of the Company’s organizational documents or the laws, regulations of any governmental authority.  TCP and TMF have agreed to obtain written approval from the Company before acquiring in excess of 30% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company on a fully-diluted basis.    The Securities Purchase Agreement was also subject to the Reporting Persons receiving an irrevocable proxy from John A. Martell, the Chairman and CEO of the Company, granting TCP and TMF a right to vote his shares of Common Stock and agreeing in his capacity as a director to vote (i) to ensure that any future acquisitions by the Reporting Persons of up to 30% of the fully-diluted outstanding Common Stock will not be subject to anti-takeover provisions included in any of the Company’s organizational documents or the laws and regulations of any governmental authority; and (ii) for the election of directors for the purpose of enforcing the right of the Reporting Persons to appoint its designees to the Company’s Board of Directors. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to change their plans or intentions and to take any and all actions that they may deem to be in their best interests.

Except as set forth above, the Reporting Persons do not have any current intention, plan or proposal with respect to: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company; (f) any other material change in the Company’s business or corporate structure; (g) changes in the Company’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange, if any, or cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of a registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

 

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Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

A.    Tontine Capital Partners, L.P.

(a)    Aggregate number of shares beneficially owned: 50,000,000.   Percentage: 27.8%.  The percentages used herein and in the rest of Item 5 are calculated based upon the 117,285,272 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of October 31 2006 as reflected in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending October 1, 2006, plus 62,500,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement for a total of 179,785,272.

(b)    1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: -0-

2. Shared power to vote or direct vote:  50,000,000

3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: -0-

4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:  50,000,000

(c)    Pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement.  On January 18, 2007, TCP purchased 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share.

(d)    TCM, the general partner of TCP, has the power to direct the affairs of TCP, including decisions respecting the receipt of dividends from, and the disposition of the proceeds from the sale of, the shares.  Mr. Gendell is the Managing Member of TCM and in that capacity directs its operations.

(e)    Not applicable.

B.     Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C.

(a)    Aggregate number of shares beneficially owned:  50,000,000.   Percentage:  27.8%. 

(b)    1. Sole power to vote or direct vote:  -0-

2. Shared power to vote or direct vote:  50,000,000

3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: -0-

4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:  50,000,000

(c)    TCM did not enter into any transactions in the Common Stock of the Company within the last sixty days.  Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, on January 18, 2007, TCP purchased 50,000,000 of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share and TMF purchased 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share.

(d)    Not applicable.

(e)    Not applicable.

 

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C.     Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P.

(a)    Aggregate number of shares beneficially owned: 12,500,000.   Percentage: 7.0%. 

(b)    1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: -0-

2. Shared power to vote or direct vote:  12,500,000

3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: -0-

4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:  12,500,000

(c)    Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, on January 18, 2007, TMF purchased 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share.

(d)    TCO, the general partner of TMF, has the power to direct the affairs of TMF, including decisions respecting the receipt of dividends from, and the disposition of the proceeds from the sale of, the shares.  Mr. Gendell is the Managing Member of TCO and in that capacity directs its operations.

(e)    Not applicable.

D.     Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C.

(a)    Aggregate number of shares beneficially owned: 12,500,000.   Percentage: 7.0%. 

(b)    1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: -0-

2. Shared power to vote or direct vote:  12,500,000

3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: -0-

4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:  12,500,000

(c)    TCO has not entered into any transactions in the Common Stock of the Company within the last sixty days.  Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, on January 18, 2007, TCP purchased 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share and TMF purchased 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share.

(d)    Not applicable.

(e)    Not applicable.

E.     Jeffrey L. Gendell

(a)    Aggregate number of shares beneficially owned: 62,500,000.   Percentage: 34.8%.

(b)    1. Sole power to vote or direct vote:  -0-

2. Shared power to vote or direct vote:  62,500,000

3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition:  -0-

4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:  62,500,000

(c)    Mr. Gendell did not enter into any transactions in the Common Stock of the Company within the last sixty days. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, on January 18, 2007, TCP purchased 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share and TMF purchased 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $0.20 per share.

(d)    Not applicable.

(e)    Not applicable.

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

 

A. Securities Purchase Agreement

On January 18, 2007, TCP, TMF and the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 62,500,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.20 per

 

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share, of which TCP agreed to purchase 50,000,000 shares and TMF agreed to purchase 12,500,000 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $12,500,000.  Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to use the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock to TCP and TMF to repay in full, all of the Company’s obligations to Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., and then to pay certain outstanding accounts payable and for general corporate purposes.  Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, so long as the Reporting Persons hold at least 10% of the Common Stock, they have the right to appoint one member of the Company’s Board of Directors.  If the Reporting Persons hold 20% or more of the Common Stock, they have the right to appoint two members of the Company’s Board of Directors if the Board of Directors consists of six or more directors at that time.  The Company has agreed that it shall limit the number of directors serving on its Board to no more than seven directors for so long as the Reporting Persons have the right to appoint directors to the Company’s Board of Directors.  In addition, so long as the Reporting Persons hold 10% or more of the Common Stock, they shall have the right to appoint a representative to observe all Board meetings of the Company, the Company’s subsidiaries and their respective committees.  Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, TCP and TMF have the right to participate in any future offerings, sales or exchanges by the Company of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock so as to maintain their respective percentage ownership on a fully diluted basis.  Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the sale of the Common Stock was subject to certain conditions, including, among others, that the Board of Directors of the Company adopt resolutions approving the acquisition by the Reporting Persons of up to 30% of its outstanding Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis, such that the Reporting Persons were not subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Indiana Business Corporation Law.  The Company has also agreed that it shall not revoke such approval and that it will use its best efforts to ensure that any future acquisitions by TCP and TMF (up to 30% of the outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis) shall not be subject to anti-takeover provisions included in any of the Company’s organizational documents or the laws, regulations of any governmental authority.  TCP and TMF have agreed to obtain written approval from the Company before acquiring in excess of 30% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company on a fully-diluted basis.    The Securities Purchase Agreement was also subject to the Reporting Persons receiving an irrevocable proxy from John A. Martell, the Chairman and CEO of the Company, which is described in greater detail below.   The Securities Purchase Agreement also contains standard representations and warranties, as well as other customary terms and conditions.

B. Registration Rights Agreement

On January 18, 2007, TCP, TMF and the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”),  pursuant to which the Company is required to file a shelf registration statement and grant to TCP and TMF (and their qualifying transferees), certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights in connection with their shares of Common Stock.  The registration rights granted under the Registration Rights Agreement terminate with respect to TCP and TMF (and any of their qualifying transferees) when such party no longer holds any “registrable securities” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).  With the exception of certain expenses, such as underwriting discounts and commissions, the Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to its performance of or compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel retained by the holders of registrable securities requested to be included in a registration statement.

C. Irrevocable Proxy

As a condition to the Securities Purchase Agreement, John A. Martell, the Chairman and CEO of the Company, entered into an Irrevocable Proxy (the “Irrevocable Proxy”) granting TCP and TMF a right to vote his shares of Common Stock (i) to ensure that any future acquisitions by the Reporting Persons of up to 30% of the fully-diluted outstanding Common Stock will not be subject to anti-takeover provisions included in any of the Company’s organizational documents or the laws and regulations of any governmental authority; and (ii) for the election of directors for the purpose of enforcing the right of the Reporting Persons to appoint its designees to the Company’s Board of Directors.   Pursuant to the Irrevocable Proxy, Mr. Martell also agreed in his capacity as a director of the Company to vote for the Board designees of the Reporting Persons and to enforce the rights of the TMF and TCP in connection with any future acquisitions by them of Common Stock.  

The foregoing summaries of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Irrevocable Proxy do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3, which are incorporated by reference herein.  

Except as described herein, the Reporting Persons do not have any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Company, including but not limited to the transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

 

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Item 7.

Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

 

1.  Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 18, 2007, by and among Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. and MISCOR Group, Ltd.

2.  Registration Rights Agreement dated January 18, 2007, by and among Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. and MISCOR Group, Ltd.

3. Irrevocable Proxy of John A. Martell, dated January 18, 2007.

 

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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

January 23, 2007

 

Date

 


/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

Signature

 

 

 

Jeffrey L. Gendell, individually, as managing member of Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C., general partner of Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., and as managing member of Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C., general partner of Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P.

 

Name/Title

 

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EX-1 2 a07-2388_2ex1.htm EX-1

Exhibit 1

EXECUTION COPY

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.,

TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, L.P.

AND

MISCOR GROUP, LTD.

JANUARY 18, 2007




TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 Definitions

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 Purchase and Sale of Shares

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

 

Purchase of Shares

 

3

2.2

 

Purchase Price and Form of Payment; Delivery

 

3

2.3

 

Closing Date

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 Buyers’ Representations and Warranties

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Organization and Qualification

 

3

3.2

 

Authorization; Enforcement

 

3

3.3

 

Securities Matters

 

4

3.4

 

Information

 

4

3.5

 

Restrictions on Transfer

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Organization and Qualification

 

5

4.2

 

Authorization; Enforcement

 

5

4.3

 

Capitalization; Valid Issuance of Shares

 

6

4.4

 

No Conflicts

 

6

4.5

 

SEC Documents; Financial Statements.

 

7

4.6

 

Absence of Certain Changes

 

8

4.7

 

Absence of Litigation

 

8

4.8

 

Patents, Copyrights

 

8

4.9

 

Tax Status

 

8

4.10

 

Permits; Compliance.

 

9

4.11

 

Environmental Matters

 

10

4.12

 

Title to Property

 

10

4.13

 

No Investment Company or Real Property Holding Company

 

10

4.14

 

No Brokers

 

10

4.15

 

Registration Rights

 

10

4.16

 

Exchange Act Registration

 

11

4.17

 

Labor Relations

 

11

4.18

 

Transactions with Affiliates and Employees

 

11

4.19

 

Insurance

 

11

4.20

 

Approved Acquisitions of Shares; No Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

11

4.21

 

ERISA

 

11

4.22

 

Company Shareholders of Record

 

12

4.23

 

Disclosure

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 Covenants

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Form D; Blue Sky Laws

 

12

5.2

 

Use of Proceeds

 

12

5.3

 

Expenses

 

12

5.4

 

Intentionally Omitted.

 

13

5.5

 

No Integration

 

13

 

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5.6

 

Board Designee(s)

 

13

5.7

 

Observation Rights

 

13

5.8

 

Participation in Future Issuances

 

14

5.9

 

Future Acquisitions

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 Conditions To The Company’s Obligation

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

6.1

 

Delivery of Transaction Documents

 

14

6.2

 

Payment of Purchase Price

 

14

6.3

 

Representations and Warranties

 

15

6.4

 

Litigation

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 Conditions to The Buyers’ Obligation

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

7.1

 

Delivery of Transaction Documents; Issuance of Shares

 

15

7.2

 

Representations and Warranties

 

15

7.3

 

Consents

 

15

7.4

 

Litigation

 

15

7.5

 

Opinion

 

15

7.6

 

No Material Adverse Change

 

16

7.7

 

Board Approval

 

16

7.8

 

Irrevocable Proxy

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 Indemnification

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

8.1

 

Indemnification by the Company

 

16

8.2

 

Notification

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 Governing Law; Miscellaneous

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

9.1

 

Governing Law

 

17

9.2

 

Counterparts; Electronic Signatures

 

17

9.3

 

Headings

 

17

9.4

 

Severability

 

17

9.5

 

Entire Agreement; Amendments

 

17

9.6

 

Notices

 

17

9.7

 

Successors and Assigns

 

18

9.8

 

Third Party Beneficiaries

 

19

9.9

 

Publicity

 

19

9.10

 

Further Assurances

 

19

9.11

 

No Strict Construction

 

19

9.12

 

Rights Cumulative

 

19

9.13

 

Survival

 

19

9.14

 

Knowledge

 

20

 

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 18, 2007, is entered into by and among MISCOR GROUP, LTD., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and the investors identified on the signature page hereto (each a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

RECITALS:

A.            The Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemptions from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act and Rule 506;

B.            The Buyers desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, 62,500,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share of the Company; and

C.            Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to register the resale of the Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

AGREEMENT

NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Buyers hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1933 Actmeans the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

1934 Actmeans the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2006 SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

Actionmeans any action, suit claim, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation against or affecting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), public board, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.

Agreementmeans this Securities Purchase Agreement.

Buyer” and “Buyers” have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Closing has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

Closing Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

Common Stockmeans the Company’s common stock, no par value per share.

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Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 “Environmental Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.

ERISA” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.

Future Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

Hazardous Materials has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.

Intellectual Propertyhas the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.

Investment Companyhas the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.

Laurus” means Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.

Laurus Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

Legal Requirement” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational or other law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, ordinance, policy or directive, including those entered, issued, made, rendered or required by any court, administrative or other governmental body, agency or authority, or any arbitrator.

Material Adverse Effect means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company.

Observation Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

Offering Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

Permits has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.

Purchase Pricemeans a price of $0.20 per share for the Shares to be issued and sold to the Buyers at the Closing.

Registration Rights Agreementmeans the Registration Rights Agreementexecuted and delivered contemporaneously with this Agreementpursuant to which the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to register the resale of the Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

Rule 506 means Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act.

SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC Documentshas the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.

Shares” means the 62,500,000 shares of Common Stock being issued and sold under this Agreement.

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Subsidiaries” means with respect to the Company, Magnetech Industrial Services, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Martell Electric, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, HK Engine Components, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, Magnetech Industrial Services of Alabama, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, and Magnetech Power Services, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company.

Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

Transfer Instructions has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

ARTICLE 2

PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES

2.1           Purchase of Shares.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue and sell the Shares and each Buyer shall purchase from the Company the number of Shares as is set forth below such Buyer’s name on the signature page hereto.

2.2           Purchase Price and Form of Payment; Delivery.  On the Closing Date each Buyer shall pay $0.20 per share for the Shares to be issued and sold to it at the Closing, for a total price of $12,500,000.  The Purchase Price shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written instructions.  At the Closing, upon payment of the Purchase Price therefore by the Buyers, the Company will deliver irrevocable written instructions (“Transfer Instructions”) to the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock to issue certificates representing the Shares registered in the name of each Buyer and to deliver such certificates to or at the direction of each Buyer.  The Company shall not have the power to revoke or amend the Transfer Instructions without the written consent of the Buyers.

2.3           Closing Date.  Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions set forth in Article 6 and Article 7 below, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be held on January 18, 2007, or such other time as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement (the “Closing Date”), at the offices of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2700, Chicago, Illinois 60606or at such other location or by such other method (including exchange of signed documents) as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement (“Closing”).

ARTICLE 3

BUYERS’ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Buyer represents and warrants to the Company that:

3.1           Organization and Qualification.  Each of the Buyers is an entity of the type identified on the signature page hereto, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power and authority to purchase the Shares and otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

3.2           Authorization; Enforcement.  This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by, and duly executed and delivered on behalf of, such Buyer.  This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by:  (i) applicable

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bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in effect that limit creditors’ rights generally; (ii) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies; and (iii) principles of equity.

3.3           Securities Matters.  In connection with the Company’s compliance with applicable securities laws:

a.             Such Buyer understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemption and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Shares.

b.             Such Buyer is purchasing the Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, for investment purposes and not with a present view towards resale, except pursuant to sales exempted from registration under the 1933 Act, or registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.

c.             Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares.  Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Shares involves a significant degree of risk.  Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares.

d.             Such Buyer is not acting as an underwriter for the sale of the Shares to the public or to others.  Such Buyer is not a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) and for a period of 12 months prior to the date of this Agreement, has not been affiliated or associated with any company, firm, or other entity that is a member of the NASD.

e.             Such Buyer is not executing this Agreement and purchasing the Shares as a result of (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

3.4           Information.  Such Buyer has conducted its own due diligence examination of the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.  In connection with such investigation, such Buyer and its representatives (i) have reviewed the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three most recently concluded interim periods, the Company’s Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form S-1/A filed on November 1, 2005, May 4, 2006, October 11, 2006 and November 2, 2006 and the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A filed in 2006 (and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the the “2006 SEC Documents”), and (ii) have been given an opportunity to ask questions, to the extent such Buyer considered necessary, and have received answers from, officers of the Company concerning the business, finances and operations of the Company and information relating to the offer and sale of the Shares, and (iii) have received or had an opportunity to obtain such additional information as they deem necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the purchase of the Shares.

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3.5           Restrictions on Transfer.  Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance of the Shares has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws. Such Buyer may be required to hold the Shares indefinitely and the Shares may not be transferred unless (i) the Shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, or (ii) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. Such Buyer understands that until such time as the resale of the Shares has been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration, certificates evidencing the Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates evidencing such Shares):

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE.  THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE UNLESS THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN SO REGISTERED OR UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES A WRITTEN OPINION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the Company’s Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, and subject to any information contained in the 2006 SEC Documents, the Company represents and warrants to the Buyers that:

4.1           Organization and Qualification.  The Company has no subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation or limited liability company,  as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, with corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now operated and conducted.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any provision of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, partnership agreement, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, as the same may have been amended.

4.2           Authorization; Enforcement.  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Shares, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Shares) have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is required.  This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.  This Agreement and each of the

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other Transaction Documents will constitute upon execution and delivery by the Company, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by:  (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in effect that limit creditors’ rights generally; (ii) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies; (iii) principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in law or in equity); and (iv) to the extent rights to indemnification and contribution may be limited by federal securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws.

4.3           Capitalization; Valid Issuance of Shares.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 117,285,272 shares are issued and outstanding, and no shares are held by the Company as treasury shares, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.  All of such outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  The Shares have been duly authorized and when issued pursuant to the terms hereof will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be subject to any encumbrances, preemptive rights or any other similar contractual rights of the shareholders of the Company or any other person.  No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.  As of the date hereof, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase 13,761,269 shares of Common Stock, options to purchase 1,185,000shares of Common Stock issued under its 2005 Stock Option Plan, as well as 300,000 shares of restricted Common Stock issued under its 2005 Restricted Stock Plan.  As of the date of this Agreement, except to the extent described in the preceding sentence and Schedule 4.3 attached hereto, (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares.  Except as may be described in any documents which have been publicly filed by any of the Company’s shareholders, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no agreements between the Company’s shareholders with respect to the voting or transfer of the Company’s capital stock or with respect to any other aspect of the Company’s affairs.

4.4           No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company or the Amended and Restated Code of By-Laws, as amended, of the Company, (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any Legal Requirement (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its

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Certificate or Articles of Incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would result in a default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except with respect to any filings or notices related to the issuance of the Shares to be filed with the OTC Bulletin Board, if any, and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents.  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations that the Company is required to effect or obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof.

4.5           SEC Documents; Financial Statements.

a.          Since December 31, 2004, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”), or has timely filed for a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such extension.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

b.          As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes, year end adjustments or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to September 30, 2006, and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or taken in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

c.          The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 1934 Act).  Such disclosure controls and procedures:

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(A) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and its chief financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the Company’s reports and filings under the 1934 Act are being prepared, (B) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the most recent annual period reported to the SEC, and (C) are effective to perform the functions for which they were established.  Neither the auditors of the Company nor the Board of Directors of the Company has been advised of: (x) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of the internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 1934 Act) of the Company that have materially affected the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; or (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company

4.6           Absence of Certain Changes.  Except that on May 31, 2006, Magnetech Industrial Services of Alabama, LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets of E. T. Smith Services of Alabama, Inc., and except with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by each of the other Transaction Documents, since December 31, 2005, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and since that date, no changes have occurred which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected on the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC.

4.7           Absence of Litigation.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty.  There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as such).  The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the 1934 Act or the 1933 Act.

4.8           Patents, Copyrights.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights (“Intellectual Property”) necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, to the Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); there is no claim or Action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated and to the Company’s knowledge, the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ current products and processes do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person, except where any such infringement would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.9           Tax Status.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other material tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and

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has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.  The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.

4.10         Permits; Compliance.

a.          The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, “Permits”), and there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Permits.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

b.          Since December 31, 2005, no event has occurred or, to the knowledge of the Company, circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time): (a) would reasonably be expected to constitute or result in a violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or a failure on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries to comply with, any Legal Requirement; or (b) would reasonably be expected to give rise to any obligation on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature in connection with a failure to comply with any Legal Requirement, except in either case that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or other communication from any regulatory authority or any other person, nor does the Company have any knowledge regarding: (x) any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement, or (y) any actual, alleged, possible or potential obligation on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature in connection with a failure to comply with any Legal Requirement, except in either case that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

c.          The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder that are applicable to it and has taken reasonable steps such that the Company expects to be in a position to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder at such time as Section 404 becomes applicable to the Company.

d.          The Company is, and has reason to believe that for the foreseeable future it will continue to be, in compliance with all applicable rules of the OTC Bulletin Board.  The Company has not received notice from the OTC Bulletin Board that the Company is not in compliance with the rules or requirements thereof.  The issuance and sale of the Shares under this Agreement does not contravene the rules and regulations of the OTC Bulletin Board, and no approval of the shareholders of the Company is required for the Company to issue the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.

4.11         Environmental Matters.  “Environmental Laws” shall mean, collectively, all Legal Requirements, including any federal, state, local or foreign statute, laws, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any

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judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.  Except for such matters as could not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth on Schedule 4.11: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied and are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries have obtained, have complied, and are in compliance with all Permits that are required pursuant to Environmental Laws for the occupation of their respective facilities and the operation of their respective businesses; (iii) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, report or other information regarding any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or any liabilities or potential liabilities (including fines, penalties, costs and expenses), including any investigatory, remedial or corrective obligations, relating to any of them or their respective facilities arising under Environmental Laws, nor, to the knowledge of the Company is there any factual basis therefore; (iv) there are no underground storage tanks, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde or other hazardous substances (other than small quantities of hazardous substances for use in the ordinary course of the operation of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses, which are stored and maintained in accordance and in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws), in, on, over, under or at any real property owned or operated by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no conditions existing at any real property or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that require remedial or corrective action, removal, monitoring or closure pursuant to the Environmental Laws and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has contractually, by operation of law, or otherwise amended or succeeded to any liabilities arising under any Environmental Laws of any predecessors or any other Person.

4.12         Title to Property.  Except for any lien for current taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property and all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  Any leases of real property and facilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries are valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.13         No Investment Company or Real Property Holding Company.  The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement will not be, an “investment company” as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company”).  The Company is not controlled by an Investment Company.  The Company is not a United States real property holding company, as defined under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

4.14         No Brokers.  The Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

4.15         Registration Rights.  Except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and as otherwise set forth in Schedule 4.15 effective upon the Closing, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is currently subject to any agreement providing any person or entity any rights (including piggyback registration rights) to have any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary registered with the SEC or registered or qualified with any other governmental authority.

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4.16         Exchange Act Registration.  The Common Stock is registered pursuant the 1934 Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which, to the knowledge of the Company, is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock.

4.17         Labor Relations.  No labor or employment dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent or threatened, with respect to any of the employees of the Company that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

4.18         Transactions with Affiliates and Employees.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, and Schedule 4.18, none of the officers or directors of the Company, and to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company, is presently a party to any transaction or agreement with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) exceeding $60,000, including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

4.19         Insurance.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have insurance policies in full force and effect of a type, covering such risks and in such amounts, and having such deductibles and exclusions as are customary for conducting businesses and owning assets similar in nature and scope to those of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  The amounts of all such insurance policies and the risks covered thereby are in accordance in all material respects with all material contracts and agreements to which the Company and/or its Subsidiaries is a party and with all applicable Legal Requirements.  With respect to each such insurance policy:  (i) the policy is valid, outstanding and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws in effect that limit creditors’ rights generally, equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies and principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in law or in equity); (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default with respect to its obligations thereunder in any material respect; and (iii) no party to the policy has repudiated, or given notice of an intent to repudiate, any provision thereof.

4.20         Approved Acquisitions of Shares; No Anti-Takeover Provisions.  The Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously approved this Agreement and taken all other requisite action such that the provisions of any anti-takeover laws and regulations of any governmental authority, including without limitation, the applicable provisions of the IBCL, and that any provisions of an anti-takeover nature adopted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or contained in the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Code of Bylaws or the organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries, will not apply to the Buyers, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.

4.21         ERISA.  Based upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder: (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any Prohibited Transactions (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code); (ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has met all applicable minimum funding requirements under Section 302 of ERISA in respect to its plans; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any event or occurrence which would cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any employee benefit plan(s); neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any fiduciary responsibility for investments with respect to any plan existing for the benefit of persons other than its or such Subsidiary’s employees; and (v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has withdrawn, completely or partially, from any

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multi-employer pension plan so as to incur liability under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980.

4.22         Company Shareholders of Record.  As of December 31, 2006, the Company had 62 “shareholders” as defined in Section 4 of Chapter 42 of the IBCL, and is not considered an “Issuing Public Corporation” for purposes of Chapter 42 of the IBCL.

4.23         Disclosure.  The Company understands and confirms that the Buyers will rely on the representations and covenants contained herein in effecting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  All representations and warranties provided to the Buyers including the disclosures in the Company’s disclosure schedules attached hereto furnished by or on behalf of the Company, taken as a whole are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or its or their businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.

ARTICLE 5

COVENANTS

5.1           Form D; Blue Sky Laws.  Upon completion of the Closing, the Company shall file with the SEC a Form D with respect to the Shares as required under Regulation D and each applicable state securities commission and will provide a copy thereof to the Buyers promptly after such filing.

5.2           Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Shares (i) first to repay in full, all the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries to Laurus, including all obligations pursuant to the Secured Revolving Note for the benefit of Laurus, dated August 24, 2005; the Secured Convertible Minimum Borrowing Note for the benefit of Laurus, dated August 24, 2005; the Secured Convertible Term Note for the benefit of Laurus, dated August 24, 2005; the Secured Non-Convertible Revolving Note for the benefit of Laurus, dated May 31, 2006; and the Secured Term Note for the benefit of Laurus, dated May 31, 2006 (the “Laurus Obligations”), and then use any remaining proceeds (ii) to pay $1,500,000 of outstanding accounts payable within sixty (60) days after the date of this Agreement, provided that if Laurus shall exercise its option to convert a portion of the Laurus Obligations to shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay an additional $400,000 of outstanding accounts payable, for payment in total of $1,900,000 of accounts payable; and (iv) for general corporate purposes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if necessary during the renegotiation of the Company’s general credit facility, the Company may use the portion of the proceeds designated for the payment of outstanding accounts payable for general corporate purposes prior to paying any outstanding accounts payable, provided that the accounts payable are paid within sixty (60) days after the date of this Agreement as provided in this Section 5.2.

5.3           Expenses.  At the Closing, the Company shall reimburse the Buyers for all reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its due diligence review of the Company, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, and out-of-pocket travel costs and expenses.

5.4           Intentionally Omitted.

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5.5           No Integration.  The Company shall not make any offers or sales of any security (other than the Shares) under circumstances that would require registration of the Shares being offered or sold hereunder under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Shares to be integrated with any other offering of securities by the Company in such a manner as would require the Company to seek the approval of its stockholders for the issuance of the Shares under any stockholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.

5.6           Board Designee(s).  For as long as the Buyers or their affiliates hold (i) at least 10% of the then issued and outstanding Common Stock, the Buyers shall have the right to appoint one member of the Company’s Board of Directors; and (ii) at least 20% of the then issued and outstanding Common Stock, the Buyers shall have the right to appoint (a) one member of the Company’s Board of Directors if the Company’s Board of Directors consists of five or fewer directors; and (b) two members of the Company’s Board of Directors if the Company’s Board of Directors consists of six or more directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company, or the Amended and Restated Code of By-Laws of the Company, as amended, for as long as the Buyers have the right to appoint directors pursuant to this Section 5.6, the Company’s Board of Directors shall be comprised of no more than seven directors.

5.7           Observation Rights.  In addition to the rights to nominate one or more directors provided in Section 5.6, for such time as the Buyers or their affiliates continue to hold at least 10% of the total issued and outstanding Common Stock, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall extend Observation Rights (as defined below) to Buyers or their affiliates.  For purposes of this Section, the term “Observation Rights” shall mean the right of Buyers or their affiliates to have a representative (an “Observer”) attend as an observer all meetings (including telephonic meetings) of the Boards of Directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective committees.  The Observer shall receive prior written notice of all meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective committees at the same time that notice of such meetings is given to the directors and shall receive all materials and information provided from time to time to the members of the Boards of Directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective committees.  Subject to ordinary and reasonable procedural rules, the Observer may participate in a meaningful manner in discussions of matters brought to the Board of Directors, and shall be permitted to pose questions and the Board of Directors shall provide complete responses to the questions posed.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Observer shall not be deemed to be a member of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  The Company shall reimburse the Observer for the out-of-pocket expenses of the Observer in attending such meetings on the same basis that the directors are reimbursed for their out-of-pocket expenses.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Observation Rights shall be conditioned on the Observer maintaining the confidentiality of all material non-public material and information provided to the Observer and the Boards of Directors and committees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with procedures and policies established from time to time in writing by the Company and its Subsidiaries and provided to the Observer; however, notwithstanding any such procedures, the Observer shall be permitted to (A) provide, on a confidential basis, such material and information to the Buyers and their affiliates and their respective managers, partners, directors, officers, representatives, advisers, auditors, examiners and counsel who have agreed in writing to observe the confidentiality provisions of this Section 5.7, and (B) provided the Observer gives prior written notice to the Company, disclose such material and information in accordance with applicable laws or legal process, in any litigation or other proceedings under this Agreement or in accordance with regulatory requirements.

5.8           Participation in Future Issuances.  The Buyers shall have the right to participate in any future offerings, sales or exchanges by the Company of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock (each, a “Future Offering”) so as to maintain each Buyer’s percentage

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ownership, on a fully diluted basis, of the Common Stock immediately prior to such offerings.  For purposes of this Section 5.8, however, a Future Offering shall not include the issuance of options, restricted stock or similar securities by the Company in accordance with the terms of any employee benefit or compensation plan adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors.  Each Buyer shall be entitled to receive written notice of any Future Offering (an “Offering Notice”) at least 15 days prior to the proposed closing date of such Future Offering, which Offering Notice must include a description of the securities to be offered, sold or exchanged, including the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, the parties to whom such securities are being offered, sold or exchanged and the number or amount of the offered securities to be issued, sold or exchanged.  If either or both of the Buyers elect to participate in a Future Offering, such Buyer or Buyers must give written notice of such election to the Company within 7 days following the receipt by such Buyer or Buyers of the Offering Notice.  Such participation by such Buyer or Buyers in any Future Offering shall be at the same price and otherwise on the same terms as those described in the Offering Notice.

5.9           Future Acquisitions.  The Company shall not revoke its approval of the acquisition of up to 30% of the Common Stock on a fully diluted basis by the Buyers.  The Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that any future acquisitions of the Common Stock  by the Buyers (up to 30% of the of the  outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis) shall not be made subject to the provisions of any anti-takeover laws and regulations of any governmental authority, including without limitation, the applicable provisions of the IBCL, and any provisions of an anti-takeover nature adopted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or contained in the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Code of Bylaws or the organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries.  The Buyers acknowledge and agree that they will obtain written approval from the Company’s Board of Directors before the Buyer and their affiliates acquire in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the Common Stock computed on a fully-diluted basis, provided, however that this covenant shall not apply to (a) any increase in the percentage ownership of Common Stock of the Buyers and their affiliates due to a redemption or repurchase by the Company of any of its Common Stock, or (b) any instances where the Buyers and their affiliates inadvertently acquires in excess of 30% of the Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis, provided that in such case the Buyers shall notify the Company in writing promptly upon discovery of such inadvertent acquisition, and the Buyers and their affiliates shall promptly take all such actions as are necessary to cure such circumstance within thirty (30) days of providing such notice unless the Company’s Board of Directors approves such inadvertent acquisition.

ARTICLE 6

CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Shares to the Buyers at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

6.1           Delivery of Transaction Documents.  The Buyers shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.2           Payment of Purchase Price.  The Buyers shall have delivered the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.2 above.

6.3           Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Buyers shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided, however, that such qualification shall only apply to

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representations or warranties not otherwise qualified by materiality) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the applicable Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the applicable Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

6.4           Litigation.  No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

CONDITIONS TO THE BUYERS’ OBLIGATION

The obligation of the Buyers hereunder to purchase the Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyers’ sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyers at any time in its sole discretion:

7.1           Delivery of Transaction Documents; Issuance of Shares.  The Company shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Buyers, and shall deliver the Transfer Instructions to the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock to issue certificates in the name of each Buyer representing the Shares being purchased by such Buyer.  The Company shall deliver a copy of the Transfer Instructions to the Buyers at the Closing.

7.2           Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided, however, that such qualification shall only apply to representations or warranties not otherwise qualified by materiality) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.

7.3           Consents.  Any consents or approvals required to be secured by the Company for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall have been obtained and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers.

7.4           Litigation.  No Action shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

7.5           Opinion.  The Buyers shall have received an opinion of the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers with respect to the matters set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.

7.6           No Material Adverse Change.  There shall have been no material adverse change in the assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), affairs, business, operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company prior to the Closing Date.

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7.7           Board Approval.  The Board of Directors of the Company shall have adopted irrevocable resolutions approving on or prior to the Closing Date the acquisition by the Buyers and their affiliates of up to 30% of the Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis, including the acquisition of the Shares so that the Buyers and their affiliates are not subject to the restrictions to Section 18 or Section 19 of Chapter 43 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as the same may be amended.

7.8           Irrevocable Proxy.  The Buyers shall receive an irrevocable proxy from John A. Martell in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

ARTICLE 8

INDEMNIFICATION

8.1           Indemnification by the Company.   The Company agrees to indemnify each Buyer and its affiliates and hold each Buyer and its affiliates harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses of any kind (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of such Buyer’s counsel in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding), which may be incurred by such Buyer or such affiliates as a result of any claims made against such Buyer or such affiliates by any person that relate to or arise out of (i) any breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement or in the Transaction Documents (other than the Registration Rights Agreement, which contains separate indemnification provisions), or (ii) any litigation, investigation or proceeding instituted by any person with respect to this Agreement or the Shares (excluding, however, any such litigation, investigation or proceeding which arises solely from the acts or omissions of such Buyer or its affiliates).

8.2           Notification.  Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder (“Indemnified Party”) will (i) give prompt notice to the Company, of any third party claim, action or suit with respect to which it seeks indemnification (the “Claim”) (but omission of such notice shall not relieve the Company from liability hereunder except to the extent it is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice), specifying in reasonable detail the factual basis for the Claim, the amount thereof, estimated in good faith, and the method of computation of the Claim, all with reasonable particularity and containing a reference to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of which such indemnification is sought with respect to the Claim, and (ii) unless in such Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist between such Indemnified Party and the Company with respect to such claim, permit the Company to assume the defense of the Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party.  The Indemnified Party shall cooperate fully with the Company with respect to the defense of the Claim and, if the Company elects to assume control of the defense of the Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense of the Claim at its own expense.  If the Company does not elect to assume control or otherwise participate in the defense of the Claim, then the Indemnified Party may defend through counsel of its own choosing.  If such defense is not assumed by the Company, the Company will not be subject to any liability under this Agreement or otherwise for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the Company elects not to or is not entitled to assume the defense of a Claim, it will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all Indemnified Parties with respect to the Claim, unless an actual conflict of interest exists between such Indemnified Party and any other of such Indemnified Parties with respect to the Claim, in which event the Company will be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels.

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ARTICLE 9

Governing Law; Miscellaneous

9.1           Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.  The parties hereto hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Federal Courts located in the Northern District of Indiana with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement, the agreements entered into in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  All parties irrevocably waive the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding.  All parties further agree that service of process upon a party mailed by first class mail shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the party in any such suit or proceeding.  Nothing herein shall affect any party’s right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. All parties agree that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner.  The party which does not prevail in any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be responsible for all reasonable fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such dispute.

9.2           Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by electronic transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

9.3           Headings.  The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

9.4           Severability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform to such statute or rule of law.  Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

9.5           Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and supersede all previous understandings or agreements between the parties with respect to such matters.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.  The provisions of this Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Buyers.

9.6           Notices.  Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

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If to the Company:

MISCOR Group, Ltd.

 

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1125 South Walnut Street

 

 

 

South Bend, Indiana 46619

 

 

 

Attention: John A. Martell and

 

 

 

 

James M. Lewis, Esq.

 

 

 

Telephone: (574) 234-8131

 

 

 

Facsimile: (574) 232-7648

 

 

 

With copy to:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

 

100 N. Michigan, Suite 600

 

South Bend, Indiana 46601

 

Attention: Richard L. Mintz, Esq.

 

Telephone: (574) 234-1171

 

Facsimile: (574) 237-1125

 

If to the Buyers:

Tontine Capital Partners, L.P.

 

55 Railroad Avenue, 1st Floor

 

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

 

Attention: Mr. Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

Telephone: (203) 769-2000

 

Facsimile: (203) 769-2010

 

With copy to:

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until June 30, 2007:

 

 

 

333 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 2700

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After June 30, 2007:

 

 

 

200 W. Madison Street, Suite 3900

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention: John E. Freechack, Esq.

 

 

 

Telephone:

(312) 984-3100

 

 

 

Facsimile:

(312) 984-3150

 

 

 

 

Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.

9.7           Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns.  Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall assign this

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Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

9.8           Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

9.9           Publicity.  The Company and the Buyers shall have the right to review a reasonable period of time before issuing any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Buyers, to make any press release with respect to such transactions as is required by applicable law and regulations (although the Buyers shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release prior to its release and shall be provided with a copy thereof and be given an opportunity to comment thereon).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall file with the SEC a Form 8-K disclosing the transactions herein within four (4) business days of the Closing Date and attach the relevant agreements and instruments to either such Form 8-K or the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the Buyers may make such filings as may be required under Section 13 and Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

9.10         Further Assurances.  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

9.11         No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

9.12         Rights Cumulative.  Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the parties shall be considered cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers and remedies which such parties may have at law or in equity in the event of the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement.  The exercise or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available to such party.

9.13         Survival.  Any covenant or agreement in this Agreement required to be performed following the Closing Date, shall survive the Closing Date. Without limitation of the foregoing, the respective representations and warranties given by the parties hereto shall survive the Closing Date and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, but only for a period of the earlier of (i) eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date and (ii) the applicable statute of limitations with respect to each representation and warranty, and thereafter shall expire and have no further force and effect; provided, however, that (a) the representations and warranties of the Company made in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.9 shall survive the Closing Date and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein for a period of the earlier of (x) five (5) years following the Closing Date and (y) the applicable statute of limitations with respect to each such representation and warranty and (b) the representations and warranties of the Company made in Sections 4.5, 4.6 and 4.23 shall survive the Closing Date and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein for a period of the earlier of (x) four (4) years following the Closing Date and (y) the applicable statute of limitations with respect to each such representation and warranty.

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9.14         Knowledge.  The term “knowledge of the Company” or any similar formulation of knowledge shall mean, the actual knowledge of any of John A. Martell, Richard J. Mullin and James M. Lewis after reasonable inquiry made by them of the appropriate personnel or representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

 

 

MISCOR GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John A. Martell

 

 

 

Name:

 

John A. Martell

 

 

 

Title:

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUYERS:

 

 

 

 

 

TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Tontine Capital Management, LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey L. Gendell, as managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Number of Shares: 50,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Purchase Price: $10,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

Form of Entity and Jurisdiction of Organization:

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware Limited Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey L. Gendell, as managing member

 

 

 

 

 

Total Number of Shares: 12,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Purchase Price: 2,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

Form of Entity and Jurisdiction of Organization:

 

 

 

 

 

Cayman Islands Limited Partnership

 



EX-2 3 a07-2388_2ex2.htm EX-2

Exhibit 2

EXECUTION COPY

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

MISCOR GROUP, LTD.,

TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

AND

TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, L.P.

JANUARY 18, 2007




TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 Definitions

 

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ARTICLE 2 Registration Rights

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

 

Current Public Information

 

3

2.2

 

Registration

 

4

2.3

 

Demand Registration

 

4

2.4

 

Piggyback Registration

 

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2.5

 

Underwriting; Holdback Agreements

 

8

2.6

 

Registration Procedures

 

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2.7

 

Conditions Precedent to Company’s Obligations Pursuant to this Agreement

 

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2.8

 

Fees and Expenses

 

11

2.9

 

Indemnification

 

11

2.10

 

Participation in Registrations

 

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2.11

 

Compliance

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 Transfers of Certain Rights

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Transfer

 

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3.2

 

Transferees

 

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3.3

 

Subsequent Transferees

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 Miscellaneous

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Recapitalizations, Exchanges, etc

 

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4.2

 

No Inconsistent Agreements

 

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4.3

 

Amendments and Waivers

 

15

4.4

 

Severability

 

16

4.5

 

Counterparts

 

16

4.6

 

Notices

 

16

4.7

 

Governing Law

 

17

4.8

 

Forum; Service of Process

 

17

4.9

 

Captions

 

17

4.10

 

No Prejudice

 

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4.11

 

Words in Singular and Plural Form

 

17

4.12

 

Remedy for Breach

 

17

4.13

 

Successors and Assigns, Third Party Beneficiaries

 

17

4.14

 

Entire Agreement

 

18

4.15

 

Attorneys’ Fees

 

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4.16

 

Termination of Rights

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 18, 2007, is entered into by and between MISCOR GROUP, LTD., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TCP” or a “Purchaser”) and TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (aPurchaserand together with TCP, thePurchasers”).

RECITALS:

A.                                   The Company desires to issue and sell 62,500,000 shares of its Common Stock to the Purchasers as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 18, 2007, entered into by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”);

B.                                     It is a condition precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement that the Company provide for the rights set forth in this Agreement; and

C.                                     Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Article 1 hereof.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

Affiliate means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is under control with, or is controlled by such Person.  As used in this definition, “control” (including with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).

Business Day means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of Indiana or is a day on which banking institutions therein located are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 “Closing Date has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Common Stock means the common stock, no par value per share, of the Company.

Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Demand Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

Designated Holders means the Purchasers and any qualifying transferees of the Purchasers under Section 3.1 hereof who hold Registrable Securities.




Effectiveness Date” means (a) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed under Section 2.2(a), the earlier of:  (i) the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and (ii) the fifth trading day following the date on which the Company is notified by the SEC that the initial Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 2.2(b), the earlier of (i) the 120th day following (x) if such Registration Statement is required because the SEC shall have notified the Company in writing that certain Registrable Securities were not eligible for inclusion on a previously filed Registration Statement, the date or time on which the SEC shall indicate as being the first date or time that such Registrable Securities may then be included in a Registration Statement, or (y) if such Registration Statement is required for a reason other than as described in (x) above, the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration Statement(s) is required, and (ii) the fifth trading day following the date on which the Company is notified by the SEC that such additional Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comment.

Effectiveness Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Filing Date” means (a) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed under Section 2.2(a), the date which is six months following the Closing Date, and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 2.2(b), the 45th day following (x) if such Registration Statement is required because the SEC shall have notified the Company in writing that certain Registrable Securities were not eligible for inclusion on a previously filed Registration Statement, the date or time on which the SEC shall indicate as being the first date or time that such Registrable Securities may then be included in a Registration Statement, or (y) if such Registration Statement is required for a reason other than as described in (x) above, the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration Statement(s) is required.

Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

Losses has the meaning set forth in Section  2.9.

Majority Holders means those Designated Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities.

Person means any individual, company, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental body or other entity.

Piggyback Registrationhas the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

Purchasers has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Registrable Securities means, subject to the immediately following sentences, (i) shares of Common Stock acquired by the Purchasers from the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement or, so long as this Agreement is still in effect, any other shares of Common Stock acquired by the Purchasers after the Closing Date, and (ii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable, directly or indirectly, with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) by way of stock dividend or stock split or

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in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.  In addition, any particular shares of Common Stock constituting Registrable Securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when they (x) have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Registration Statement covering them, (y) have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or by similar provision under the Securities Act), or (z) are eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) (or by similar provision under the Securities Act) without any limitation on the amount of securities that may be sold under paragraph (e) thereof.

Registration Statement means a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3, such other appropriate registration form of the SEC pursuant to which the Company is eligible to register the resale of Registrable Securities) filed by the Company under the Securities Act which covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement, which shall permit the Purchasers to offer and sell, on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Registrable Securities.

register,” “registered” and “registration” each shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or statements or similar documents in compliance with the Securities Act and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement(s) or documents by the SEC.

Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Securities Purchase Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

ARTICLE 2

Registration Rights

2.1                                 Current Public Information.  The Company covenants that it will use its best efforts to file all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, and will use its reasonable best efforts to take such further action as the Designated Holders may reasonably request, all to the extent required to enable the Designated Holders to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A adopted by the SEC under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.  The Company shall, upon the request of a Designated Holder, deliver to such Designated Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements during the twelve month period immediately preceding the date of such request.

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2.2                                 Registration.

(a)                                  On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415.  The Registration Statement shall provide for the resale from time to time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available by the Designated Holders of any and all Registrable Securities.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that is available for the resale of all Registrable Securities by the Designated Holders and that it conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act during the entire period beginning on the Effectiveness Date and ending on the date on which all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.  (the “Effectiveness Period).

(b)                                 If for any reason the SEC does not permit all of the Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or for any other reason all Registrable Securities then outstanding are not then included in such an effective Registration Statement, then the Company shall prepare and file as soon as reasonably possible after the date on which the SEC shall indicate as being the first date or time that such filing may be made, but in any event by the Filing Date therefore, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415.  Each such Registration Statement shall provide for the resale from time to time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available by the Designated Holders of any and all Registrable Securities.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act during the entire Effectiveness Period.

(c)                                  The Company may, at any time it is eligible to do so, file a post-effective amendment on Form S-3 to any Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the resale of any then existing Registrable Securities or in any such other manner as is preferred or permitted by the SEC to convert such Registration Statement to a Form S-3 Registration Statement.  Upon the effectiveness of such Form S-3 Registration Statement, all references to a Registration Statement in this Agreement shall then automatically be deemed to be a reference to the Form S-3 Registration Statement. 

2.3                                 Demand Registration.  In addition to the registration obligations of the Company set forth in Section 2.2 herein, the following provisions shall apply:

(a)                                  Subject to Section 2.3(i), upon the written request of the Majority Holders, requesting that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of such Designated Holders’ Registrable Securities and specifying the intended method of disposition thereof (the “Demand Notice”), the Company will promptly give written notice of such requested registration to all Designated Holders, and thereupon the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable following the Demand Notice (but in no event later than the date that is 90 days after the Demand Notice) a Registration Statement.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 days after the initial filing of the Registration Statement.  The Company shall include in such Registration Statement:

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(i)                                     the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to be registered by such Designated Holders for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such request;

(ii)                                  all other Registrable Securities the holders of which shall have made a written request to the Company for registration thereof within 30 days after the giving of such written notice by the Company (which request shall specify the intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities); and

(iii)                               all shares of Common Stock which the Company or Persons entitled to exercise “piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company may elect to register in connection with the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.3;

all to the extent requisite to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities and the additional shares of Common Stock, if any, so to be registered; provided, that, the provisions of this Section 2.3 shall not require the Company to effect more than two registrations of Registrable Securities.

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 within 180 days following the effective date of a registration statement filed by the Company in accordance with Sections 2.2, 2.3 or 2.4 for the account of another Designated Holder of Registrable Securities if the Designated Holders were afforded the opportunity to include the Registrable Securities in such registration.

(c)                                  The registrations under this Section 2.3 shall be on an appropriate Registration Statement that permits the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution specified by the Majority Holders in their request for registration.  The Company agrees to include in any such Registration Statement all information which Designated Holders of Registrable Securities being registered shall reasonably request to effect the registration.

(d)                                 A registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to have been effected (i) unless a Registration Statement with respect thereto has become effective; provided, that a Registration Statement which does not become effective after the Company has filed a Registration Statement with respect thereto solely by reason of the refusal to proceed of the Majority Holders (other than a refusal to proceed based upon the advice of counsel relating to a matter with respect to the Company) or because of a breach of this Agreement by any Designated Holder shall be deemed to have been effected by the Company at the request of the Majority Holders unless the Designated Holders electing to have Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement shall have elected to pay all fees and expenses otherwise payable by the Company in connection with such registration pursuant to Section 2.8, (ii) if, after it has become effective, such registration is withdrawn by the Company (other than at the request of the Majority Holders) or interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court for any reason prior to the expiration of a 180 day period following such Registration Statement’s effectiveness, or (iii) if the conditions to closing specified in any purchase agreement or underwriting agreement entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied, other than due solely to some act or omission by the Designated Holders electing to have Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement.

(e)                                  Intentionally Omitted.

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(f)                                    If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 involves an underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter shall advise the Company in writing (with a copy to each Designated Holder of Registrable Securities requesting registration) that, in its opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such registration (including securities of the Company which are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering within a price range reasonably acceptable to the Company and to the holders of a majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement, the Company will include in such registration, to the extent of the number which the Company is so advised can be sold in such offering, (i) first, the Registrable Securities which have been requested to be included in such registration by the Designated Holders pursuant to this Agreement (pro rata based on the amount of Registrable Securities sought to be registered by such Persons), (ii) second, provided that no securities sought to be included by the Designated Holders have been excluded from such registration, the securities of other Persons entitled to exercise “piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company (pro rata based on the amount of securities sought to be registered by such Persons) and (iii) third, securities the Company proposes to register.

(g)                                 The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.3 continuously effective (i) for a period of two years after the Registration Statement first becomes effective, plus the number of days during which such Registration Statement was not effective or usable pursuant to Sections 2.6(e) or 2.6(i); or (ii) if such Registration Statement related to an underwritten offering, for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer.  In the event the Company shall give any notice pursuant to Sections 2.6(e) or (i), the additional time period mentioned in Section 2.3(f)(i) during which the Registration Statement is to remain effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Sections 2.6(e) or (i) to and including the date when each seller of a Registrable Security covered by the Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Sections 2.6(e) or (i).

(h)                                 The Company shall have the right at any time, to suspend the filing of a Registration Statement under this Section 2.3 or require that the Designated Holders of Registrable Securities suspend further open market offers and sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed hereunder for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 30 days in any six month period or an aggregate of 60 days in any twelve-month period for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of their obligations hereunder) (i) to avoid premature public disclosure of a pending corporate transaction, including pending acquisitions or divestitures of assets, mergers and combinations and similar events; (ii) upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.6(e), until the time that the Designated Holders receive copies of a supplement or amendment to the prospectus included in the applicable Registration Statement as contemplated in Section 2.6(e); and (iii) upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.6(i), until the time the Company notifies the Designated Holders in writing that such suspension is no longer effective.

(i)                                     The right of Designated Holders to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.3 is only exercisable if, prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, the Company becomes ineligible to register the Registrable Securities on the Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2.2 or such Registration Statement otherwise becomes unusable (other than due solely to some act or omission by the Designated Holders electing to have Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement) or ineffective and the Company is not able to correct the misstatements, have the applicable stop order rescinded or otherwise restore the effectiveness of the Registration Statement as contemplated by this Agreement.

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2.4                                 Piggyback Registration.

(a)                                  Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to a registration pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 or a registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor or similar forms) and the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities, whether or not for sale for its own account, the Company will give prompt written notice (but in no event less than 30 days before the anticipated filing date) to all Designated Holders (other than Designated Holders all of whose Registrable Securities are then covered by an effective Registration Statement), and such notice shall describe the proposed registration and distribution and offer to all such Designated Holders the opportunity to register the number of Registrable Securities as each such Designated Holder may request.  The Company will include in such registration statement all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days after the Designated Holders’ receipt of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”).

(b)                                 The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering involving a Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggyback Registration to be included on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company or any other security holder included therein and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof.

(c)                                  Any Designated Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.4 by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw; provided, that in the event of such withdrawal (other than pursuant to Section 2.4(e) hereof, the Company shall not be required to reimburse such Designated Holder for the fees and expenses referred to in Section 2.8 hereof incurred by such Designated Holder prior to such withdrawal, unless such withdrawal was due to a material adverse change to the Company.  The Company may withdraw a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the time it becomes effective.

(d)                                 If (i) a Piggyback Registration involves an underwritten offering of the securities being registered, whether or not for sale for the account of the Company, to be distributed (on a firm commitment basis) by or through one or more underwriters of recognized standing under underwriting terms appropriate for such a transaction, and (ii) the managing underwriter of such underwritten offering shall inform the Company and Designated Holders requesting such registration by letter of its belief that the distribution of all or a specified number of such Registrable Securities concurrently with the securities being distributed by such underwriters would interfere with the successful marketing of the securities being distributed by such underwriters (such writing to state the basis of such belief and the approximate number of such Registrable Securities which may be distributed without such effect), then the Company will be required to include in such registration only the amount of securities which it is so advised should be included in such registration.  In such event: (x) in cases initially involving the registration for sale of securities for the Company’s own account, securities shall be registered in such offering in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities which the Company proposes to register, and (ii) second, Registrable Securities and securities which have been requested to be included in such registration by Persons entitled to exercise “piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company (pro rata based on the amount of securities sought to be registered by Designated Holders and such other Persons); and (y) in cases not initially involving the registration for sale of securities for the Company’s own account, securities shall be registered in such offering in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities of any Person whose exercise of a “demand” registration right pursuant to a contractual commitment of the Company is the basis for the registration, (ii) second, Registrable Securities and securities which have been requested to be included in such registration by Persons entitled

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to exercise “piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company (pro rata based on the amount of securities sought to be registered by Designated Holders and such other Persons), and (iii) third, the securities which the Company proposes to register.

(e)                                  If, as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 2.4, any Designated Holders shall not be entitled to include all Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration that such Designated Holders has requested to be included, such holder may elect to withdraw his request to include Registrable Securities in such registration.

(f)                                    The right of the Designated Holders to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.4 is only exercisable with respect to Registrable Securities not then covered by an effective Registration Statement.

2.5                                 Underwriting; Holdback Agreements.

(a)                                  In the event that one or more Designated Holders elect to dispose of Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement pursuant to an underwritten offering or a requested registration pursuant to Section 2.3 involves an underwritten offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters shall be selected by the holders of a majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities to be sold in the underwritten offering or requested to be included in such Registration Statement and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.  In connection with any such underwritten offering, the Company shall take all such reasonable actions as are required by the managing underwriters in order to expedite and facilitate the registration and disposition of the Registrable Securities, including the Company causing appropriate officers of the company or its Affiliates to participate in a “road show” or similar marketing effort being conducted by such managing underwriters with respect to such underwritten offering.

(b)                                 All Designated Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an underwritten offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriters selected for such underwritten offering.

(c)                                  To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, in connection with a public offering of securities of the Company, upon the request of the Company or, in the case of an underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, the managing underwriters, each Designated Holder who beneficially owns (as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act) at least 5% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company will not effect any sale or distribution (other than those included in the registration statement being filed with respect to such public offering) of, or any short sale of, or any grant of option to purchase, or any hedging or similar transaction with respect to, any securities of the Company, or any securities, options or rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities during the 14 days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the effective date of such public offering, unless the Company, or in the case of an underwritten public offering, the managing underwriters otherwise agree to a shorter period of time.  At the request of the Company or the managing underwriters, each such Designated Holder shall execute a customary “lock-up” agreement consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.5; provided, however, that no Designated Holder shall be required to enter into any such “lock up” agreement unless and until all of the Company’s executive officers and directors execute substantially similar “lock up” agreements and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to cause each holder of more than 5% of its outstanding capital stock to execute substantially similar “lock up” agreements.  Neither the Company nor the underwriter shall terminate, materially amend or waive the enforcement of any material provision under a “lock up” agreement unless each “lock up” agreement with a Designated Holder is also amended or waived in a similar manner or terminated, as the case may be.  The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions to enforce the restrictions imposed by this Section 2.5.

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2.6                                 Registration Procedures.  The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible:

(a)                                  before filing the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to any counsel selected by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities a copy of such Registration Statement, and will provided such counsel with all written correspondence with the SEC regarding the Registration Statement;

(b)                                 prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the periods provided for in Section 2.2 and Section 2.3, or the periods contemplated by the Company or the Persons requesting any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.4;

(c)                                  furnish to each Designated Holder selling such Registrable Securities such number of copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Designated Holder;

(d)                                 use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other state securities or blue sky laws as the selling Designated Holders selling such Registrable Securities reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such Designated Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Designated Holder and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period which the Registration Statement is required to be kept effective (provided, that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(e)                                  notify each Designated Holder selling such Registrable Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in the Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and, at the request of any such Designated Holder, the Company will as soon as possible prepare and furnish to such Designated a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;

(f)                                    cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed or quoted on each securities exchange or quotation service on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or quoted and, if not so listed, to be approved for trading on any automated quotation system of a national securities association on which similar securities of the Company are quoted;

(g)                                 provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

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(h)                                 enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements containing customary representations and warranties) and take all other customary and appropriate actions as the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold or the managing underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(i)                                     notify each Designated Holder of any stop order issued or threatened by the SEC;

(j)                                     otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

(k)                                  in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(l)                                     with respect to an underwritten offering pursuant to any Registration Statement filed under Section 2.2 or Section 2.3, obtain one or more comfort letters, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement and, if required by the managing underwriters, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, signed by the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matter of the type customarily covered by comfort letters in similar transactions;

(m)                               with respect to an underwritten offering pursuant to any Registration Statement filed under Section 2.2 or Section 2.3, obtain a legal opinion of the Company’s outside counsel, dated the effective date of such Registration Statement and, if required by the managing underwriters, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, with respect to the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included therein (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions in similar transactions;

(n)                                 subject to execution and delivery of mutually satisfactory confidentiality agreements, make available at reasonable times for inspection by each Designated Holder selling such Registrable Securities, any managing underwriter participating in any disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Designated Holder or any such managing underwriter, during normal business hours of the Company at the Company’s corporate office in South Bend, Indiana and without unreasonable disruption of the Company’s business or unreasonable expense to Company and solely for the purpose of due diligence with respect to the Registration Statement, legally disclosable, financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries reasonable requested by such Persons, and cause the Company’s employees to, and request its independent accountants to, supply all similar information reasonably requested by any such Person, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility;

(o)                                 cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the OTC Bulletin Board or the National Association of Securities Dealers; and

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(p)                                 take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the registration of the. Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.

2.7                                 Conditions Precedent to Company’s Obligations Pursuant to this Agreement.  It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Article 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any Designated Holder that such Designated Holder shall timely furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of distribution of such securities as shall reasonably be required to effect the registration of such Designated Holder’s Registrable Securities.

2.8                                 Fees and Expenses.  All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees payable by the Company, fees and expenses of compliance by the Company with securities or blue sky laws, printing expenses of the Company, messenger and delivery expenses of the Company, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants of the Company, and other Persons retained by the Company will be borne by the Company, and the Company will pay its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of the Company’s employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expense of any liability insurance of the Company and the expenses and fees for listing or approval for trading of the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or on any automated quotation system of a national securities association on which similar securities of the Company are quoted.  In connection with any Registration Statement filed hereunder, the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of a single counsel retained by the Designated Holders of a majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement.  The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities and any of the expenses incurred by any Designated Holder which are not payable by the Company, such costs to be borne by such Designated Holder or Holders, including, without limitation, underwriting fees, discounts and expenses, if any, applicable to any Designated Holder’s Registrable Securities; fees and disbursements of counsel or other professionals that any Designated Holder may choose to retain in connection with a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement (except as otherwise provided herein); selling commissions or stock transfer taxes applicable to the Registrable Securities registered on behalf of any Designated Holder; any other expenses incurred by or on behalf of such Designated Holder in connection with the offer and sale of such Designated Holder’s Registrable Securities other than expenses which the Company is expressly obligated to pay pursuant to this Agreement.

2.9                                 Indemnification.

(a)                                  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Designated Holder and its general or limited partners, officers, directors, members, managers, employees, advisors, representatives, agents and Affiliates (collectively, the “Representatives”), and each underwriter, if any, and any Person who controls such underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability, reasonable attorney’s fees, cost or expense and costs and expenses of investigating and defending any such claim (collectively, the “Losses”), joint or several, and any action in respect thereof to which such Designated Holder or its Representatives may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon (i) any breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement, (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary or summary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact

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required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Company shall reimburse each such Designated Holder and its Representatives for any reasonable legal or any other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such Loss, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any such Designated Holder or other indemnitee in any such case to the extent that any such Loss (or action or proceeding, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon (x) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary or summary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to the Company by any Designated Holder or its Representatives expressly for use therein and, with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to the Registration Statement, to the extent that a prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities was required to be delivered by such Designated Holder under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase, there was not sent or given to such Person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities to such Person, a copy of the final prospectus that corrects such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Designated Holder or (y) use of a Registration Statement or the related prospectus during a period when a stop order has been issued in respect of such Registration Statement or any proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or use of a prospectus when use of such prospectus has been suspended pursuant to Sections 2.6(e) or (i); provided that in each case, that such Holder received prior written notice of such stop order, initiation of proceedings or suspension from the Company.  In no event, however, shall the Company be liable for indirect, incidental or consequential or special damages of any kind.

(b)                                 In connection with the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Designated Holders will furnish to the Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with such Registration Statement and the related prospectus and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each such Designated Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its Representatives, and each underwriter, if any, and any Person who controls such underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), from and against any Losses, severally but not jointly, and any action in respect thereof to which the Company and its Representatives may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) the purchase or sale of Registrable Securities during a suspension as set forth in Section 2.6(e) or Section 2.6(i) in each case after receipt of written notice of such suspension, (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary or summary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (iii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above, only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary or summary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information prepared and furnished to the Company by such Designated Holder expressly for use therein or by failure of such Designated Holder to deliver a copy of the Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, and such Designated Holder will reimburse the Company and each Representative for any reasonable legal or any other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such Loss, action or proceeding; provided, however, that such Designated Holder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that prior to the filing of any such Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, such Designated Holder has furnished in writing to the Company information expressly for use in such Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading information previously furnished to the Company.  The obligation of each Designated Holder to indemnify the

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Company and its Representatives shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such Designated Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities under such Registration Statement.  In no event, however, shall any Designated Holder be liable for indirect, incidental or consequential or special damages of any kind.

(c)                                  Promptly after receipt by any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 2.9(a) or 2.9(b) (an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (an “Indemnifying Party”), promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the claim or the commencement of such action; provided, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which it may have to an Indemnified Party under Section 2.9(a) or 2.9(b) except to the extent of any actual prejudice resulting therefrom.  If any such claim or action shall be brought against an Indemnified Party, and it shall notify the Indemnifying Party thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified Indemnifying Party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel to represent the Indemnified Party and its Representatives who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be for the account of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in the written opinion of counsel to such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicts of interest between them, it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one such claim or action or separate but substantially similar or related claims or actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all Indemnified Parties.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding other than the payment of monetary damages by the Indemnifying Party on behalf of the Indemnified Party.  Whether or not the defense of any claim or action is assumed by the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnifying Party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

(d)                                 If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.9 is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties in respect of any Losses referred to herein notwithstanding that this Section 2.9 by its terms provides for indemnification in such case, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Designated Holders on the other from the offering of the Registrable Securities, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Designated Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of each Designated Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action taken, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or

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the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Designated Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the Losses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.9, no Designated Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable Securities of such Designated Holder were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any Losses which such Designated Holder has otherwise paid by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  Each Designated Holder’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 2.9 is several in the proportion that the proceeds of the offering received by such Designated Holder bears to the total proceeds of the offering received by all the Designated Holders.  The indemnification provided by this Section 2.9 shall be a continuing right to indemnification with respect to sales of Registrable Securities and shall survive the registration and sale of any Registrable Securities by any Designated Holder and the expiration or termination of this Agreement.  The indemnity and contribution agreements contained herein are in addition to any liability that any Indemnifying Party might have to any Indemnified Party.

(e)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control for parties to that agreement.

2.10                           Participation in Registrations.

(a)                                  No Person may participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and this Agreement.

(b)                                 Each Person that is participating in any registration under this Agreement agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.6(e) or Section 2.6(i) above, such Person will forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and all use of the Registration Statement or any prospectus or related document until such Person’s receipt of the copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by such Section 2.6(e) or Section 2.6(i) and, if so directed by the Company, will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Designated Holder’s possession of such documents at the time of receipt of such notice.  Furthermore, each Designated Holder agrees that if such Designated Holder uses a prospectus in connection with the offering and sale of any of the Registrable Securities, the Designated Holder will use only the latest version of such prospectus provided by Company.

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2.11                           Compliance.  With respect to any registration under this Agreement, each Designated Holder shall comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to all rules and regulations of the SEC, the National Association of Securities Dealers and any securities exchange or quotation service on which the Company’s securities are listed or quoted.

ARTICLE 3

Transfers of Certain Rights

3.1                                 Transfer.  The rights granted to the Purchasers under this Agreement may be transferred, subject to the provisions of Sections 3.2 and 3.3; provided that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to permit an assignment, transfer or disposition of the Registrable Securities in violation of the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement or applicable law.

3.2                                 Transferees.  Any transferee to whom rights under this Agreement are transferred shall, before and as a condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written instrument (i) stating the name and address of the transferor and the transferee and the number of Registrable Securities with respect to which the rights are intended to be transferred, and (ii) by which such transferee agrees to be bound by the obligations imposed upon the Purchasers under this Agreement to the same extent as if such transferee were a Purchaser hereunder.

3.3                                 Subsequent Transferees.  A transferee to whom rights are transferred pursuant to this Section 3 may not again transfer such rights to any other Person, other than as provided in Sections 3.1 or 3.2 above.

ARTICLE 4

Miscellaneous

4.1                                 Recapitalizations, Exchanges, etc.  The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to (i) the Registrable Securities, (ii) any and all shares of Common Stock into which the Registrable Securities are converted, exchanged or substituted in any recapitalization or other capital reorganization by the Company and (iii) any and all equity securities of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in conversion of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Registrable Securities and shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the date hereof. The Company shall cause any successor or assign (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) to enter into a new registration rights agreement with the Designated Holders on terms substantially the same as this Agreement as a condition of any such transaction.

4.2                                 No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company has not and shall not enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Purchasers in this Agreement.  The parties acknowledge and agree that the Company may grant registration rights hereafter, which shall be pari passu with the registration rights of the Purchasers, and shall not be deemed to conflict with this covenant.

4.3                                 Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the Company may take action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if, but only if, the Company has obtained the written consent of Designated Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then in existence.

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4.4                                 Severability.  Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

4.5                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

4.6                                 Notices.  Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

MISCOR Group, Ltd.

 

 

 

1125 South Walnut Street

 

 

 

South Bend, Indiana 46619

 

 

 

Attention:

John A. Martel

 

 

 

 

James M. Lewis, Esq.

 

 

 

Telephone: (574) 234-8131

 

 

 

Facsimile: (574) 232-7648

 

 

 

With copy to:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

 

 

 

600 1st Source Center

 

 

 

100 North Michigan Avenue

 

 

 

South Bend, Indiana 46601

 

 

 

Attention: Richard L. Mintz, Esq.

 

 

 

Telephone: (574) 237-1166

 

 

 

Facsimile: (574) 237-1125

 

 

 

If to the Buyer:

Tontine Capital Partners, L.P.

 

 

 

55 Railroad Avenue, 1st Floor

 

 

 

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

 

 

 

Attention: Mr. Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

 

 

Telephone: (203) 769-2000

 

 

 

Facsimile: (203) 769-2010

 

 

 

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With copy to:

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until June 30, 2007 to:

 

 

 

333 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 2700

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

 

 

 

 

 

After June 30, 2007:

 

 

 

200 West Madison Street, Suite 3900

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention: John E. Freechack, Esq.

 

 

 

Telephone:

(312) 984-3100

 

 

 

Facsimile:

(312) 984-3150

 

 

 

Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.

4.7                                 Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to the conflicts of laws rules or provisions.

4.8                                 Forum; Service of Process.  Any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by the Company, Purchasers, any other Designated Holders, any Person entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder, or any of their respective Affiliates arising out of or based upon this Agreement shall be instituted exclusively in any federal or state court in the State of Indiana, and each such Person irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue or any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.

4.9                                 Captions.  The captions, headings and arrangements used in this Agreement are for convenience only and do not in any way limit or amplify the terms and provisions hereof.

4.10                           No Prejudice.  The terms of this Agreement shall not be construed in favor of or against any party on account of its participation in the preparation hereof.

4.11                           Words in Singular and Plural Form.  Words used in the singular form in this Agreement shall be deemed to import the plural, and vice versa, as the sense may require.

4.12                           Remedy for Breach.  The Company hereby acknowledges that in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the Company of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Designated Holders would have no adequate remedy at law and could suffer substantial and irreparable damage.  Accordingly, the Company hereby agrees that, in such event, the Designated Holders shall be entitled, and notwithstanding any election by any Designated Holder to claim damages, to obtain a temporary and/or permanent injunction to restrain any such breach or threatened breach or to obtain specific performance of any such provisions, all without prejudice to any and all other remedies which any Designated Holders may have at law or in equity.

4.13                           Successors and Assigns, Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, each assignee of the Designated Holders pursuant to Article 3 and their respective successors and assigns and executors,

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administrators and heirs.  Designated Holders are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Designated Holders.

4.14                           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements and understandings of any and every nature among them.

4.15                           Attorneys’ Fees.  In the event of any action or suit based upon or arising out of any actual or alleged breach by any party of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses of such action or suit from the other party in addition to any other relief ordered by any court.

4.16                           Termination of Rights.  All rights under this Agreement will terminate as to a Designated Holder when that Designated Holders no longer holds any Registrable Securities.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date and year first written above.

COMPANY:

 

 

 

MISCOR GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John A. Martell

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURCHASER:

 

 

 

TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Tontine Capital Management, LLC, its general

 

 

partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

 

 

Jeffrey L. Gendell, as managing member

 

 

 

 

TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS MASTER FUND,

 

L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Tontine Capital Overseas GP, LLC, its general

 

 

partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell

 

 

 

Jeffrey L. Gendell, as managing member

 



EX-3 4 a07-2388_2ex3.htm EX-3

Exhibit 3

IRREVOCABLE PROXY

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Irrevocable Proxy shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among MISCOR Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. (“Tontine”), and Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. (“TCOMF” and together with Tontine, “Purchasers”).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, John A. Martell, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (“Martell”), does hereby irrevocably appoint Tontine and TCOMF and each of them (and any manager or officer of Tontine or TCOMF and any other Person appointed by Tontine or TCOMF), as the attorney-in-fact, agent, and proxy of Martell (collectively, the “Proxy Holders”), with full power of substitution, with full authority to act and vote in person or by revocable proxy, written consent, or otherwise, as fully and effectively as Martell could do so in person (or by proxy, written consent, or otherwise), with respect to any and all shares of Common Stock in the Company that Martell now or hereafter owns legally, beneficially, or of record, or over which Martell has voting control (the “Subject Common Stock”), in such manner as the Proxy Holders shall, in their sole discretion, deem proper, and as may be allowable under applicable law, with respect to the following matters:  (i) the election to the Company’s Board of Directors of one or two individuals nominated by the Purchasers for such appointment pursuant to and in accordance with the Purchaser’s rights under Section 5.6 of the Purchase Agreement to appoint members to the Company’s Board of Directors, and (ii) solely for the purpose of enforcing the Purchaser’s rights under Section 5.9 of the Purchase Agreement, any matter coming before the stockholders of the Company that would have the effect of ensuring that future acquisitions by the Purchasers from third parties of up to 30% of the outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis will not be subject to the provisions of any anti-takeover laws and regulations of any governmental authority, including without limitation, the applicable provisions of the IBCL, and any provisions of an anti-takeover nature adopted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or contained in the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Code of Bylaws or the organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries.  In addition, Martell hereby agrees, in his capacity as a director of the Company, to vote for the nomination and appointment of the Purchaser’s director representatives as set forth and as provided in Section 5.6 of the Purchase Agreement and to vote in such a manner as to enforce the Purchaser’s rights with respect to Section 5.9 of the Purchase Agreement.

Martell hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof: (1) Martell is the legal, beneficial, or record holder of the Subject Common Stock; and (2)Martell has full right, power, and capacity to grant and transfer to the Proxy Holders the voting and other rights represented hereby.

Martell shall not to grant to any Person any proxy or enter into any voting agreement that is inconsistent with the rights and privileges granted to the Proxy Holders in this Irrevocable Proxy.

This Irrevocable Proxy is issued as a condition precedent to the execution and delivery by the Proxy Holders of the Purchase Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.  Martell will obtain substantial and material benefits as a result of the




consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.  This Irrevocable Proxy is a material inducement to the Proxy Holders to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.  This Irrevocable Proxy is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable by Martell.  This Irrevocable Proxy is effective as of the date hereof and shall terminate automatically and be of no further force and effect at such time as the Proxy Holders and their affiliates no longer have any rights under Sections 5.6 and 5.9 of the Purchase Agreement.

If any provision of this Irrevocable Proxy is adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be deemed deleted and the remainder of this Irrevocable Proxy, nevertheless, shall remain unaffected and fully enforceable.  Further, to the extent any provision herein is deemed unenforceable by virtue of its scope, but may be made enforceable by limitation thereof, the parties hereto agree the same shall, nevertheless, be enforceable to the full extent permissible.  This Irrevocable Proxy shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, executors, and assigns of Martell.

This Irrevocable Proxy shall be enforced, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

 

Dated:                    January 18, 2007

 

By:

/s/ John A. Martell

 

 

 John A. Martell

 



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