Exhibit “17-B”
Capital
Commitment AGREEMENT WITH PEFC
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Parties to Agreement |
Golden Technology
Management, LLC (“Golden”) and a not-for-profit entity to be formed
(“PEFC”) |
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Obligation of PEFC |
$10 million capital
commitment, subject to terms and conditions |
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Legal and Administrative Costs |
Golden will use the law
firm of Hiscock & Barclay (or another similarly qualified firm) to form |
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Obligation of Golden |
Golden will expend its time and resources to seek
out new energy, environmental and other technologies for the purposes of
creating new companies that are based on selling products and/or services
related to the new technologies. Golden will use commercially
reasonable efforts to create investable start-up companies in St. Lawrence
County (to include relocating such a companies to St. Lawrence County), and
to secure private co-investors for the same. Golden will maintain a team of
qualified advisors and management staff to co-found new companies with
inventors and/or other interested parties. Golden and other co-founders will
own shares of stock as negotiated with other founders. Golden will actively
participate in the management of such companies. |
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Term of Agreement |
12 years subject to
earlier termination for failure of Golden to perform, which shall include
Golden’s ability to call $1 million of PEFC capital in 2 years and $8 million
of PEFC capital in 8 years. |
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Co-Investment Requirement |
PEFC shall commit (via a
Capital Commitment Contract) no less than $9.75 million to invest in
companies created and managed by Golden so long as such companies are
headquartered in and principally operated from locations in St. Lawrence
County, New York and so long as each dollar that PEFC invests in a company
managed by Golden is matched with two dollars of Golden and/or third- party
funds. PEFC will pay no management fees or carried interest points on its
investments. |
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Other Requirements of PEFC |
Other requirements for
PEFC’s capital commitment will be specified in an Agreement between PEFC and
Golden. |
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Incentive for Third-Party Investors to Invest |
PEFC’s investment in each
company will be junior in right of dividends and repayment to the private
investment. The private investment may
be referred to as “Series A or B or C-1 Preferred Stock” and PEFC’s
investment may be referred to as “Series A or B or C-2 Preferred Stock,”
which will in all respects (except allowing a priority on dividends and
repayment) be protected by the same rights as other Series A or B or C Stock. |
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Form of Investment |
PEFC will receive Series
A or B or C Preferred Convertible Stock, which allows a priority return to
other Series A or B or C Preferred Convertible Stock. |
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Repayment Upon Liquidity Event |
If and when a liquidity
event occurs, such as sale of a company for cash, PEFC will be entitled to
repayment of the principal amount of its investment, with accrued and unpaid
dividends as well as its pro rata share of any gain as defined by the
agreed-upon priority return calculation. |
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Management Contracts |
Golden will enter into,
or maintain existing, management contracts with each company being invested
in, as long as the contracts provide that Golden is paid fair and reasonable
fees for services actually performed. |
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Investment by Golden |
Golden may have
investments in some or all of the companies in the form of common stock,
options on common stock, preferred stock or options on preferred stock. |
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Closings |
The investment and other
contracts that dictate the investment terms and conditions and other
arrangements for such Series A [WORDS
MISSING HERE] will be based on the National Venture Capital Association
recommended contracts (Draft Term Sheet and Draft Series A Investment Agreement
attached) as amended to reflect the terms described herein |
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Reports |
Golden will send all
investors within 90 days after the end of each of its fiscal years an audit
report, including a balance sheet, statements of income and changes in cash
flows, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
plus a schedule and summary description of the investments owned by the
investors at year-end and a statement for each investor of its capital
account and tax information necessary
for completion of its tax returns.
Golden will also send unaudited financial statements and other
information on a quarterly basis. |
This Term Sheet does
not constitute a binding agreement or commitment of Golden or any other
entity. Any agreement or commitment will
only be contained in definitive agreements containing terms and conditions to
be negotiated, executed and delivered, if at all, by authorized officers of
Golden and PEFC.