FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES
Exhibit 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIVBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES (Amendment) is made as of this 10th day of January 2007, by and between Noble International, Ltd. (the Company) and Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. (WCAP), Whitebox Diversified Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. (WDCAP), Guggenheim Portfolio Company XXXI, LLC (Guggenheim) and HFR RVA Combined Master Trust (HFR, and, together with WCAP, WCAP and Guggenheim, the Investors and each, an Investor).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2006, Company and each Investor executed a certain Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Note due October 11, 2011 (individually a Note and collectively the Notes); and
WHEREAS, Investors and Company desire to amend the Notes to change certain of the terms contained therein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, Investors and Company agree as follows:
1. The introductory paragraph of each Note (which begins, FOR VALUE RECEIVED) is hereby amended by replacing the reference to 6% per annum with 8% per annum.
2. The definition of Conversion Price in Section 3 of each Note is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Conversion Price means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, $19.50 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction).
3. The definition and concept of Reset Date in Section 27 of each Note is hereby deleted in its entirety.
4. Section 8 of each Note is hereby amended by replacing the reference to 140% with 120% in the second line thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment to Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes is hereby executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.
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Whitebox Diversified Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. | ||||||
By: | Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member | |||||
By: | Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member | |||||
By: | /s/ Andrew Redleaf | |||||
Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. | ||||||
By: | Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member | |||||
By: | Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member | |||||
By: | /s/ Andrew Redleaf | |||||
Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer |
Guggenheim Portfolio Company XXXI, LLC | ||||||
By: | Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member | |||||
By: | /s/ Andrew Redleaf | |||||
Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
HFR RVA Combined Master Fund | ||||||
By: | Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member | |||||
By: | /s/ Andrew Redleaf | |||||
Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
Noble International, Ltd. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Michael C. Azar | |||||
Michael C. Azar, its Vice President and Secretary |