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1.
On September 29, 2003, Eos International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), announced that pursuant to the terms of an
employment agreement between the Company and Jose Ferreira, Jr. dated as of
September 24, 2003 (the “Employment Agreement”), Jose Ferreira, Jr. became President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, effective September 29, 2003 (the “Commencement Date”). Mr. Ferreira was also elected to serve as a director of the
Company.
Mr. Ferreira succeeds James M. Cascino,
who will remain with the Company and continue as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary I.F.S. of
New Jersey, Inc. as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Cascino has also been named to the newly created position of Corporate
Executive Vice President of the Company.
In connection with the
Employment Agreement, the Company granted to Mr. Ferreira 10 million shares of Company common stock
(the “Grant”), two million shares of which vested upon grant
and the remaining eight million shares of which are to vest in equal portions on
each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant, respectively,
provided that Mr. Ferreira is Chief Executive Officer of the Company on such
dates (subject to earlier vesting upon a change of control of the Company or the termination of Mr. Ferreira’s
employment for certain reasons, all as set forth in the Employment Agreement). Mr. Ferreira elected to defer the two
million shares vesting on the Commencement Date and, prior to the respective vesting dates,
Mr. Ferreira may elect to defer receipt of the remaining eight million shares. Pending vesting or expiration of the
deferral of the shares, the shares will be held in trust, during which time voting rights with respect to the shares will be exercised
by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Ferreira may not dispose of any unvested or deferred
shares for so long as they are unvested or deferred.
2.
On September 23, 2003, the Company and each of Weichert Enterprise LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Weichert”), and DL
Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DL
Holdings,” and together with Weichert, the “Former Bridge
Lenders”), respectively, entered into First Amendments to the Amended
and Restated Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued by the Company on January 14,
2003 (the “Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000
shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share
(together, the “Amendments”). The Amendments amend the Warrants
to provide that the Grant constitutes an “Excluded Transaction” and
will not constitute an “Anti-dilution Adjustment” pursuant to the
terms of Section 5 of each of the Warrants.
3.
On September 23, 2003, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Eos
International, Inc. 2003 Deferred Compensation Plan, pursuant to which to the Company will provide
eligible employees of the Company with the opportunity to elect to defer receipt
of specified portions of compensation and to have such deferred amounts treated
as if invested in specified investment options.
4.
On September 15, 2003, the Company and the Former Bridge Lenders entered into an
agreement, dated September 15, 2003 (the “September 15
Agreement”). Pursuant to the September 15 Agreement, the parties agreed
that certain expenses of the Company constitute “Qualified Expenses”
under the agreement among the parties dated as of January 14, 2003 (the
“January 14 Agreement”) for which the Company could utilize
$225,000 of the $1.2 million segregated into an account selected with the
approval of the Former Bridge Lenders pursuant to the January 14 Agreement.
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