UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 24, 2013

 

DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

         
New York   001-32146   16-1229730
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

First Federal Plaza, Suite 1525  
28 East Main Street    
Rochester, NY     14614
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 325-3610

____________________________________________________________

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 24, 2013, Document Security Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Promissory Note with Congregation Noam Elimelech, a company controlled by its President, Mayer Laufer (the “Lender”), in the principal sum of $850,000 (the “Note”). The loan proceeds were used to purchase three printing presses, consisting of (i) a Komori Lithrone LS640/C offset printing press, (ii) a HP5500 Indigo printing press, and (iii) a HP 5500 Indigo digital press (collectively, the “Equipment”) that were previously leased by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Secuprint Inc. (“Secuprint”). The Note is secured by all of the assets of Secuprint, including the Equipment.

 

The Note matures on May 24, 2014, and carries an interest rate of 9% per annum. Accrued interest on the Note is payable in cash in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter commencing on June 30, 2013, until the outstanding principal amount is paid in full. If an interest payment is not made within 10 days of the due date, Company shall pay a late charge equal to 2.5% of the delinquent amount. The Company may prepay all or any portion of the Note balance without prepayment penalty or premium.

 

Events of Default under the Note include: (i) Company’s failure to meet its obligations for payment under the Note after notice from Lender, and such failure continues for period of 10 days; (ii) Company fails to observe any of the covenants, conditions or agreements contained in the Note; (iii) any representation or warranty made by Company, or any material financial or other information furnished to Lender, proves to be untrue or incorrect in any material respect when made or furnished; (iv) a proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt, insolvency, readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute filed by or against Company, which is not dismissed within 60 days of such filing, or Company makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (v) Company voluntarily or involuntarily dissolves or is dissolved, terminates or is terminated; or (vi) Company becomes insolvent or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, and said failure continues for a period of 30 days after written notice of same from the Lender to the Company.

 

The Lender is neither an affiliate of, nor a related party to, the Company.

 

The forgoing description is a summary only, does not purport to set forth the complete terms of the Note, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Note filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

On May 24, 2013, the Company entered into Convertible Promissory Note Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) with Mayer Laufer (“Laufer”) for the purpose of amending that certain Convertible Promissory Note (the “Convertible Note”), in the principal amount of $575,000, previously entered into between Company and Laufer on December 30, 2011. The sole purpose of the Amendment was to extend the maturity date of the Convertible Note from December 29, 2013 to December 29, 2015. All other terms and conditions of the Convertible Note shall remain in full force and effect.

 

The foregoing description is a summary only, does not purport to set forth the complete terms of the Amendment, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

On May 24, 2013 (the “Grant Date”), as additional consideration for Laufer’s agreement to loan the Company funds under the Congregation Noam Elimelech Note, and to extend the maturity date of the Convertible Note pursuant to the Amendment, the Company issued Laufer a five-year warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase up to 60,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, subject to customary anti-dilution protection for stock splits, reorganizations and the like. The Warrant vested in full on the Grant Date.

 

The foregoing description is a summary only, does not purport to set forth the complete terms of the Warrant, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Warrant filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The Note, the Warrant, and the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (collectively, the “Securities”) have not been registered under Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. These securities may not be sold by Lender or Laufer in the United States in the absence of an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

 

 
 

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of Registrant.

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits
   
   4.1 Warrant issued to Mayer Laufer, dated May 24, 2013.
10.1 Promissory Note between Document Security Systems, Inc. and Congregation Noam Elimelech, dated May 24, 2013.
10.2 Convertible Promissory Note Amendment No. 1 between Document Security Systems, Inc. and Mayer Laufer, dated May 24, 2013.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
     
Dated: May 28, 2013   By:   /s/ Robert Bzdick
        Robert Bzdick
        Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
  4.1   Warrant issued to Mayer Laufer, dated May 24, 2013.
10.1   Promissory Note between Document Security Systems, Inc. and Congregation Noam Elimelech, dated May 24, 2013.
10.2   Convertible Promissory Note Amendment No. 1 between Document Security Systems, Inc. and Mayer Laufer, dated May 24, 2013.

 

 

 

 

WARRANT

 

DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

VOID AFTER 5:30 P.M., EASTERN

TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE

 

THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, DONATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.

 

DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. , a New York corporation (the “ Company ”), on even date herewith (the “Issuance Date”) hereby agrees to sell upon the terms and on the conditions hereinafter set forth, but no later than 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined) to MAYER LAUFER, or his registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), sixty thousand (60,000) fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “ Common Stock ” or “ Warrant Stock ”), at the per share purchase prices set forth in Section 2 hereof (the “ Warrant Price ”), pursuant to this warrant (this “ Warrant ”). Holder’s right to purchase under this Warrant shall be subject to and contingent upon the Company receiving prior NYSE MKT additional listing approval for the underlying Warrant Stock. The number of shares of Warrant Stock to be so issued and the Warrant Price are subject to adjustment in certain events as hereinafter set forth. The term “ Common Stock ” or “ Warrant Stock ” shall mean, when used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

1.           Exercise of Warrant .

 

a.            The Holder may exercise this Warrant according to its terms by (i) surrendering this Warrant, properly endorsed, to the Company at the address set forth in Section 10, (ii) executing the subscription form attached hereto (the “ Form of Exercise ”), and (iii) making payment of the purchase price to the Company for the number of shares of the Warrant Stock specified in the Form of Exercise, or as otherwise provided in this Warrant, prior to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 24, 2018 (the “ Expiration Date ”). Such exercise shall be deemed effected by the surrender of the Warrant, together with a duly executed copy of the Form of Exercise, to Company at its principal office along with payment to the Company of an amount equal to the aggregate Warrant Price for the number of shares of Warrant Stock being purchased in cash, check or bank draft.

 

 
 

 

b.            This Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part. If exercised in part, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a new Warrant, identical in form, in the name of the Holder, evidencing the right to purchase the number of shares of Warrant Stock as to which this Warrant has not been exercised. The term Warrant as used herein shall include any subsequent Warrant issued as provided herein.

 

c.            No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. If any fraction of a Warrant Stock would, except for the provisions of this Section 1(c), be issuable on the exercise of a Warrant, the number of Warrant Stock to be issued by the Company shall be rounded to the nearest whole number, with one-half or greater being rounded up.

 

d.            In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, a certificate or certificates for the Warrant Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holder, shall be delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time after such rights shall have been so exercised. The person or entity in whose name any certificate for the Warrant Stock is issued upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which the Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price and any applicable taxes was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the opening of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

 

2.           Vesting and Warrant Prices . This Warrant shall vest immediately upon issuance (the “Issuance Date”), and shall have an exercise price of $3.00 per share (the “Warrant Price”).

 

3.           Disposition of Warrant and Warrant Stock .

 

a.            The Holder hereby acknowledges that this Warrant and any Warrant Stock purchased pursuant hereto are, as of the date hereof, not registered: (i) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), on the ground that the issuance of this Warrant is exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Act and/or Regulation D thereunder as not involving any public offering or (ii) under any applicable state securities law because the issuance of this Warrant does not involve any public offering; and that the Company’s reliance on the Section 4(2) exemption of the Act and/or Regulation D and the other rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and under applicable state securities laws is predicated in part on the representations hereby made to the Company by the Holder that it is acquiring this Warrant and will acquire the Warrant Stock for investment for its own account, with no present intention of dividing its participation with others or reselling or otherwise distributing the same, subject, nevertheless, to any requirement of law that the disposition of its property shall at all times be within its control.

 

The Holder hereby agrees that it will not sell or transfer all or any part of this Warrant and/or Warrant Stock unless and until it shall first have given notice to the Company describing such sale or transfer and furnished to the Company either (i) an opinion, satisfactory to counsel for the Company, to the effect that the proposed sale or transfer may be made without registration under the Act and without registration or qualification under any state law, or (ii) an interpretative letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the effect that no enforcement action will be recommended if the proposed sale or transfer is made without registration under the Act.

 

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b.            If, at the time of issuance of the shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, no registration statement is in effect with respect to such shares under applicable provisions of the Act, the Company may at its election require that the Holder provide the Company with written reconfirmation of the Holder’s investment intent and that any stock certificate delivered to the Holder of a surrendered Warrant shall bear legends reading substantially as follows:

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.”

 

In addition, so long as the foregoing legend may remain on any stock certificate delivered to the Holder, the Company may maintain appropriate “stop transfer” orders with respect to such certificates and the shares represented thereby on its books and records and with those to whom it may delegate registrar and transfer functions.

 

4.           Reservation of Shares . The Company hereby agrees that at all times there shall be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of its Common Stock as shall be required for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company further agrees that all shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will be duly authorized and will, upon issuance and against payment of the exercise price, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free from all taxes, liens, charges and preemptive rights with respect to the issuance thereof, other than taxes, if any, in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issuance and other than transfer restrictions imposed by federal and state securities laws.

 

5.           Exchange, Transfer or Assignment of Warrant . This Warrant is exchangeable, without expense, at the option of the Holder, upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, for other Warrants of different denominations, entitling the Holder or Holders thereof to purchase in the aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. Upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, along with a duly executed assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax, the Company shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of the assignee named in such instrument of assignment and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants that carry the same rights upon presentation hereof at the office of the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued and signed by the Holder hereof.

 

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6.           Capital Adjustments . This Warrant is subject to the following provisions:

 

A.       Adjustment for Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, Recapitalizations . The number of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant and the Warrant Price shall each be proportionately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization or the like affecting the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock that occurs after the date hereof.

 

B.       Adjustments for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger . If after the date hereof, the Company (or any other entity, the stock or other securities of which are at the time receivable on the exercise of the Warrants), consolidates with or merges into another entity or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, then, in each such case, Holder, upon any permitted exercise of a Warrant, at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation, merger or conveyance, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the stock or other securities and property receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such consummation, the stock or other securities or property to which such Holder would have been entitled upon the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation, merger or conveyance if such Holder had exercised the Warrant immediately prior thereto. The successor or purchasing entity in any such reorganization, consolidation, merger or conveyance (if other than the Company) shall duly execute and deliver to Holder a written acknowledgment of such entity’s obligations under the Warrants and this Agreement. With respect to the Company’s pending merger transaction with Lexington Technology Group, Inc., the Company will be the surviving legal entity post-merger and, as such, this Warrant will not be affected by said merger.

 

C.       Stock Dividends . If the Company at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired shall issue or pay the holders of its Common Stock, or take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive, a dividend payable in, or other distribution of, Common Stock, then the Warrant Price shall be adjusted as provided herein and the number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would have owned immediately following such action had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto.

 

D.       Purchase Adjustments . Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever the number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, as herein provided, the Warrant Price payable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to that price determined by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately thereafter. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time for purposes of the adjustments set forth in this Section 6 shall exclude any shares then directly or indirectly held in the treasury of the Company.

 

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E.       Exception to Purchase Adjustments . The Company shall not be required to make any adjustment pursuant to this Section 6 if the amount of such adjustment would be less than one percent (1%) of the Warrant Price in effect immediately before the event that would otherwise have given rise to such adjustment. In such case, however, any adjustment that would otherwise have been required to be made shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to not less than one percent (1%) of the Warrant Price in effect immediately before the event giving rise to such next subsequent adjustment. Following each computation or readjustment as provided in this Section 5, the new adjusted Warrant Price and number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall remain in effect until a further computation or readjustment thereof is required.

 

7.           Notice to Holders .

 

a.            In case:

 

(i)           the Company shall take a record of the holders of its common stock (or other stock or securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend payable out of earned surplus of the Company) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other right;

 

(ii)          of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation with or merger of the Company into another corporation, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation; or

 

(iii)         of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;

 

then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder hereof at the time outstanding a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any, is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such stock or securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution or winding-up. Such notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the record date therein specified, or if no record date shall have been specified therein, at least ten (10) days prior to such specified date, provided, however, failure to provide any such notice shall not affect the validity of such transaction.

 

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8.           Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company will execute and deliver in lieu thereof, without expense to the Holder, a new Warrant of like tenor dated the date hereof.

 

9.           Warrant Holder Not a Stockholder . The Holder of this Warrant, as such, shall not be entitled by reason of this Warrant to any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company.

 

10.          Notices . Any notice required or contemplated by this Warrant shall be deemed to have been duly given if transmitted by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or nationally recognized overnight delivery service , to the Company at its principal executive offices located at 28 Main Street East, Suite 1525, Rochester, New York 14614, Attn: Chief Executive Officer, or to the Holder at the name and address set forth in the Warrant Register maintained by the Company.

 

11.          Choice of Law . THIS WARRANT IS ISSUED UNDER AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

12.          Venue . THE HOLDER BY RECEIPT OF THIS WARRANT HEREBY CONSENTS TO AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH HOLDER BY THE APPLICABLE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF MONROE, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY AND PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICALLY CONSENTS THAT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTUATED UPON THE HOLDER BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10 AND WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT .

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly caused this Warrant to be signed on its behalf, in its corporate name and by its duly authorized officer, as of this 24 th day of May, 2013.

 

  DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
     
  By:   /s/ Robert B. Bzdick
    Name: Robert B. Bzdick
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer

  

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FORM OF EXERCISE

 

(to be executed by the registered holder hereof)

 

The undersigned hereby exercises the right to purchase _________ shares of common stock, par value $0.02 per share (“Common Stock”), of Document Security Systems, Inc. evidenced by the within Warrant for a Warrant Price of $______ per share and herewith makes payment of the purchase price in full of $__________ in cash. Kindly issue certificates for shares of Common Stock (and for the unexercised balance of the Warrants evidenced by the within Warrant Certificate, if any) in accordance with the instructions given below.

  

Dated:____________________ , 20___ .

 

______________________________

 

Instructions for registration of stock

 

_____________________________

              Name (Please Print)

 

Social Security or other identifying Number:

 

Address:__________________________________

                           City/State and Zip Code

 

Instructions for registration of certificate representing

the unexercised balance of Warrants (if any)

 

_____________________________

Name (Please Print)

 

Social Security or other identifying Number: ___________

 

Address:____________________________________

                           City, State and Zip Code

 

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THIS PROMISSORY NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (A) THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE, OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR (B) SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$850,000.00 May 24, 2013
  Rochester, New York

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SECUPRINT INC. Document Security Systems, Inc. (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to Congregation Noam Elimelech (the “Lender”), or to its order, the principal sum of $850,000 (the “Principal Amount”), together with interest in arrears on the unpaid principal balance from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until the entire principal amount due hereunder is paid in full at the rate(s) provided below.

 

1.            Maturity . The aggregate outstanding Principal Amount, together with all accrued interest thereon and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection herewith (cumulatively, the “Outstanding Amount”), shall be due and payable in full on the earliest to occur of (the earliest of such events, the “Maturity Date”): (i) May 24, 2014 (the “Scheduled Maturity Date”) and (ii) the acceleration of this Note upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

2.            Interest . Interest shall accrue on the then outstanding principal balance of this Note at a fixed interest rate per annum equal to 9.0%. Accrued interest shall be payable in cash in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter commencing on June 30, 2013, until the outstanding Principal Amount is paid in full. If at any time the Principal Amount of this Note shall be paid in full, then all accrued interest shall be payable at the time of such principal payment.

   

3.            Borrower Prepayment Option . At any time on or before May 24, 2014, the Borrower shall have the right to prepay all or part of the then outstanding principal of this Note for a price equal to the outstanding Principal Amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest.

 

4.            Usury .  All agreements between the Borrower and the Lender are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness evidenced hereby or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the indebtedness evidenced hereby exceed the maximum permissible amount under applicable law. If, from any circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof at the time performance of such provision shall be due shall involve transcending the limit of validity prescribed by law, the obligation to be fulfilled shall automatically be reduced to the limit of such validity, and if from any circumstances the Lender should ever receive as interest an amount which would exceed the highest lawful rate, such amount which would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance evidenced hereby and not to the payment of interest, and, if the principal amount of this Note has been paid in full, shall be refunded to the Borrower.

 

5.            Late Charge .  If an interest payment is not received within ten days of its due date, Borrower shall pay a late charge equal to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the delinquent amount; any excess collected by mistake shall be refunded on request, and each such late charge shall be separately charged and collected by the Lender.  Payments may be applied in any order in the sole discretion of the Lender but prior to demand, shall be applied first to past due interest, expenses and late charges, then to scheduled principal payments, if any, which are past due, then to current interest, expenses and late charges, and last to remaining principal.

 

 
 

 

6 .            Collateral . This Note is secured by all of the assets of Secuprint Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower, including but not limited to 1) a Komori Lithone LS640/C offset printing press; 2) a HP5500 Indigo digital printing press; and 3) a HP5000 Indigo digital press.

 

7.            Replacement of Note . If this Note is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Borrower shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Note, a new Note, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable bond or indemnity, if requested.

 

8.            Events of Default .  The following constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”):

 

a.           Borrower fails to pay any of its material liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness to Lender of any and every kind and nature, whether heretofore, now or hereafter owing, arising, due or payable and howsoever evidenced, created, incurred, acquired, or owing, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise whether arising under or in accordance with this Note or otherwise when due and said failure continues for a period of ten (10) days;

 

b.           Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the covenants, conditions or agreements contained in this Note;

 

c.           Any warranty or representation now or hereafter made by the Borrower in connection with this Note is untrue or incorrect in any material respect, or any schedule, certificate, statement, report, financial data, notice, or writing furnished at any time by the Borrower to the Lender is untrue or incorrect in any material respect, on the date as of which the facts set forth therein are stated or certified;

 

d.           A proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt, insolvency, readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute is filed against Borrower which is not dismissed within sixty (60) days of its filing, or a proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt, insolvency, readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute is filed by Borrower or the Borrower makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or Borrower takes any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing;

 

e.           Borrower voluntarily or involuntarily dissolves or is dissolved, terminates or is terminated;

 

f.           Borrower becomes insolvent or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, and said failure continues for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice of same from the Lender to the Borrower.

 

9.            Purpose .  The loan proceeds shall be used for the business purpose of payment in full of the Borrower’s subsidiary, Secuprint, Inc.’s Equipment Lease (Komori) dated March 17, 2009 with Baum Capital Investments, and the Equipment Lease (HP) dated March 24, 2009 with Baum Capital Investments.

 

10.            Miscellaneous .

 

a.            Authority and Enforceability; Etc . The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lender that:

 

i.           it has full power and authority and has taken or shall take all required corporate and other action necessary to permit it to execute, deliver, and perform all of its obligations contained in this Note, the Security Agreement, and any other documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith, and to borrow hereunder, and such actions to the best of its knowledge will not violate any provision of law applicable to, or the organizational documents of, the Borrower, or result in the breach of or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which it is bound, which default has not been waived in writing on or prior to the date hereof;

 

 
 

 

ii.           this Note has been duly authorized and validly executed by and is the valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

iii.           neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Note, nor the performance by the Borrower of its obligations hereunder, requires the consent, approval or authorization of any person or governmental authority, which consent, approval, or authorization has not been obtained; and

 

b.            Notices . All notices to any party required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent to the address or facsimile number set forth for such party as follows:

 

i.            If to Lender:

 

Congregation Noam Elimelech

Mayer Laufer, President

1402 59 th St

Brooklyn, NY 11219

 

ii.           If to Document Security Systems, Inc.:

 

Document Security Systems, Inc.

28 East Main Street, Suite 1525

Rochester, NY 14614

Attention:   Chief Financial Officer  

 

iii          If to Secuprint Inc.:

 

Secuprint Inc.

c/o Document Security Systems, Inc.

28 East Main Street, Suite 1525

Rochester, NY 14614

Attention:   Vice President of Finance  

 

Any such notice shall be deemed effectively given (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent by confirmed facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day; (iii) three days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one day after deposit with a recognized national overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, or two days after deposit with a recognized international overnight courier, specifying two day delivery, in each case with written verification of receipt.

 

c.            Waiver . No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Lender, any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power, or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

d.            Amendments . Any term, covenant, or condition of this Note may be amended or waived only by written consent of the Borrower and the Lender.

 

 
 

 

e.            Expenses . Any reasonable expense incurred by the Lender (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) in connection with the administration, or enforcement of this Note and any other document executed by the Borrower in connection with the obligations of Borrower hereunder or any amendment hereto or thereto, or the exercise of any right or remedy upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, including, without limitation, the recording and filing fees to perfect the liens granted hereunder and the costs of collection and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, shall be paid by the Borrower within 15 days of receiving written notice thereof from the Lender. Any such expense incurred by the Lender and not timely paid by the Borrower shall be added to the other obligations hereunder and shall earn interest at the same rate per annum as the principal hereunder.

 

f.            Governing Law . This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflict or choice of laws principles.

 

g.            Transfer; Successors and Assigns . The terms and conditions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. This Note shall not be assignable by any Lender without the prior written consent of the Borrower, provided that the Lender may assign or transfer any of its rights, privileges, or obligations set forth in, arising under, or created by this Note to any entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Lender. The Borrower may not assign this Note without prior written consent of the Lender, provided that the Borrower may assign this Note to any successor of all or substantially all of its assets or business, or any entity surviving the merger, combination or consolidation with the Borrower.

 

h.            Entire Agreement . This Note and any other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith contains the entire agreement of the Borrower and the Lender with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

i.            Confidentiality . In addition to a separate confidentiality agreement, if any, the Lender will at all times keep confidential and not divulge, use or make accessible to anyone the terms and conditions of this Note and the transactions described herein, and any non-public material information concerning or relating to the business or financial affairs of the Borrower to which such party has been or will become privy relating to this Note, except to its employees and advisors in such capacity, as required to perform its obligations hereunder, if required by law or rules of a stock exchange on which its or its parent’s securities are listed, or with the prior written consent of the Borrower.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and Lender have caused this Note to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.

  

  DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
(BORROWER)
     
  By:   /s/ Robert Bzdick
   

Name: Robert Bzdick

Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

  CONGREGATION NOAM ELIMELECH
(LENDER)
     
  By:   /s/ Mayer Laufer
   

Name: Mayer Laufer

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

This CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (“ Amendment ”) is made as of May 24, 2013 (the “ Amendment Date ”) by and between DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. (“ Borrower ”), a corporation formed under the laws of the State of New York, with offices at 28 East Main Street, Suite 1525, Rochester, New York 14614 and MAYER LAUFER (“ Lender ”).

 

This Amendment amends the Convertible Promissory Note (“ Note ”), dated December 30, 2011, made among Borrower and Lender, to extend the Note’s Maturity Date from December 29, 2013 to December 29, 2015. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note.

 

The parties agree as follows:

 

1.          Section 1 of the Note shall be, and hereby is, amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“1.     Maturity . The aggregate outstanding Principal Amount, together with all accrued interest thereon and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection herewith (cumulatively, the “Outstanding Amount”), shall be due and payable in full on the earliest to occur of (the earliest of such events being the “Maturity Date”): (i) December 29, 2015 (the “Scheduled Maturity Date”) and (ii) the acceleration of this Note upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.”

 

2.           Note Ratified. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Note is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and all of the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect, and this Amendment and all of its terms, provisions and conditions shall be deemed to be a part of the Note.

 

3.           No Events of Default. The Borrower confirms that, as of the date hereof, there exists no condition or event that constitutes (or that would after expiration of applicable grace or cure periods constitute) an Event of Default.

 

4.           Costs and Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs incurred in connection with preparation for closing, the closing, and post-closing items relating to this Amendment.

 

5.           Governing Law. This Amendment, together with all of the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives by their signatures below.

 

  /s/ Mayer Laufer  
  Name: Mayer Laufer (Lender)  
     
DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. (Borrower)  
     
By: /s/ Robert B. Bzdick  
  Name: Robert B. Bzdick  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

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