ITEM 1.01
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ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
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Share Exchange
Agreement
As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Digital Power Corporation, a California corporation (the “
Company
”) on May 3, 2017, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “
Agreement
”) on April 28, 2017, with Microphase Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“
MPC
”); Microphase Holding Company LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Connecticut (“
MHC
”), Ergul Family Limited Partnership, a partnership organized under the laws of Connecticut (“
EFLP
”) RCKJ Trust, a trust organized under the laws of New Jersey (“
RCKJ
” and with MHC and EFLP, the “
Significant Stockholders
”) and those additional persons who executed the Agreement under the heading “Minority Stockholders” (collectively, the “
Minority Stockholders
” and with the Significant Stockholders, the “
Stockholders
.”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Company acquired 1,603,434 shares (the “
Subject Shares
”) of the issued and outstanding common stock of MPC (the “
MPC Common
Stock
”), including such shares underlying the issued and outstanding preferred stock of MPC (the “
MPC Preferred Stock
” and with the MPC Common Stock, the “
MPC
Shares
”) from the Stockholders in exchange (the “
Exchange
”) for the issuance by the Company of: (i) an aggregate of 2,600,000 shares of common stock, no par value (the “
DPW Common Stock
”), of the Company, comprised of 1,842,448 shares of DPW Common Stock and 378,776 shares of DPW Series D Preferred Stock (collectively, the “
Exchange Shares
”), which shares of DPW Series D Preferred Stock are, subject to shareholder approval, convertible into an aggregate of 757,552 shares of DPW Common Stock as further described below and (ii) warrants (the “
Exchange Warrants
”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of DPW Common Stock (the “
Warrant Shares
”). The Exchange Shares and the Exchange Warrants are at times collectively referred to herein as the “
Exchange Securities
.” At the closing of the Agreement (the “
Closing
”), the Subject Shares at that time constituted approximately 56.4% of the issued and outstanding MPC Shares, or 50.7% on a fully diluted basis.
At the Closing, pursuant to the Agreement, the Stockholders delivered a promissory note on behalf of MPC in the principal face amount of $220,000 to the Company (the “
MPC Note
”). The Company delivered a promissory note to be issued by MPC (the “
Creditor
Note
”) in the principal face amount of $450,000 to an unsecured creditor of MPC (the “
Creditor
”).
The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, which is annexed hereto as
Exhibit
2
.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The Agreement has been included to provide investors and stockholders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, MPC or the Stockholders. The Agreement contains representations and warranties that the parties to the Agreement made to and solely for the benefit of each other, and the assertions embodied in such representations and warranties are qualified by information contained in confidential disclosure schedules that the parties exchanged in connection with signing the Agreement. Accordingly, investors and stockholders should not rely on such representations and warranties as characterizations of the actual state of facts or circumstances, since they were only made as of the date of the Agreement (or such other date as specified therein) and are modified in important part by the underlying disclosure schedules.
Common Stock Purchase Warrant
At the Closing,
pursuant to the Agreement, the Company executed and delivered to the Stockholders the Exchange Warrants, which is substantially the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit
4
.
1
, to purchase an aggregate of 1,000,000 Warrant Shares. Commencing at Closing and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, the Exchange Warrants may be exercised at $1.10 per share or by means of a “cashless exercise,” subject to limitations and adjustments set forth in such warrants. A holder of the Exchange Warrants is not entitled to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise thereof. The exercise of the Exchange Warrants are subject to shareholder approval to comply with NYSE Mkt listing rules.
Notes
At the Closing,
pursuant to the Agreement, the Stockholders delivered the MPC Note on behalf of MPC to the Company, annexed hereto as
Exhibit
10
.
1
, in the principal face amount of $220,000. The MPC Note bears interest at 12% per annum with interest payable in full in lawful money of the United States of America by certified bank check or wire transfer upon maturity. MPC may prepay any portion of the principal amount of the MPC Note upon receiving the prior written consent of the Company. Pursuant to the MPC Note, MPC shall irrevocably appoint the Company as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the name, place and stead of MPC, from time to time in the Company’s discretion upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the MPC Note) to take any action and to execute any document which the Company may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of the MPC Note.
At the Closing,
pursuant to the Agreement, the Company delivered the Creditor Note to the Creditor, annexed hereto as
Exhibit
10
.
2
, in the principal face amount of $450,000.00. The Creditor Note bears interest at 8% per annum with interest payable in full in lawful money of the United States of America by certified bank check or wire transfer upon maturity. MPC may prepay any portion of the principal amount of the MPC Note upon receiving the prior written consent of the Company.
Certificate
s
of
Determination
of
Series D
Convertible
Preferred Stock
and
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock
At the Closing, the Company issued and delivered to the Stockholders 378,776 shares designated as Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “
Series D Preferred Stock
”), no par value per share, none of which has been previously issued. In the event the Company shall liquidate, dissolve or wind up, the holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Company to the holders of the Common Stock, the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, or to the holders of any other junior series of preferred stock, by reason of their ownership thereof and subject to the rights of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Company stock subsequently issued that ranks senior to the Series D Preferred Stock, an amount per share in cash or equivalent value in securities or other consideration equal to its Stated Value of $0.01 per share. The holders of Series D Preferred Stock are not entitled to receive dividends and have no voting rights except as otherwise required by law. Upon the shareholders of DPW Common Stock approving the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock into shares of DPW Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of MPC Common Stock and for purposes of compliance with Rule 712 of the NYSE MKT, then each share of Series D Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into two shares of DPW Common Stock, for an aggregate of 757,552 shares of DPW Common Stock. The Series D Preferred Stock contains the respective rights, privileges and designations as are set forth in the Form of Certificate of Determination for such Series D Preferred Stock, annexed hereto as
Exhibit
3.1
.
At the Closing, the Company issued and delivered to the Creditor, 10,000 shares designated as Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “
Series
E
Preferred Stock
”), no par value per share, none of which has been previously issued. Each share of Series E Preferred Stock has a stated value equal to forty-five dollars ($45.00) per share and be deemed Series E Parity Stock. In the event the Company shall liquidate, dissolve or wind up, the holders of Series E Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Company to the holders of the DPW Common Stock, the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, or to the holders of any other junior series of preferred stock, by reason of their ownership thereof and subject to the rights of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Company stock subsequently issued that ranks senior to the Series E Preferred Stock an amount per share in cash or equivalent value in securities or other consideration equal to $0.01 per share. The holders of Series E Preferred Stock are not entitled to receive dividends and have no voting rights except as otherwise required by law. Subject to the shareholders of DPW Common Stock of the Company approving the conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of MPC Common Stock and for purposes of compliance with Rule 712 of the NYSE MKT, then each share of Series E Preferred Stock may be converted into sixty (60) shares of DPW Common Stock, for an aggregate of 600,000 shares of DPW Common Stock. The Series E Preferred Stock contains the respective rights, privileges and designations as are set forth in the Form of Certificate of Determination for such Series E Preferred Stock, annexed hereto as
Exhibit
3
.
2
.
The foregoing does not purport to be a complete description of the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series E Preferred Stock, Exchange Warrants or the Notes, each of which is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Determination, the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Determination, the Common Stock Purchase Warrant, the MPC Note and the Creditor Note, which the Company has filed as
Exhibit
s
3
.
1,
3
.
2, 4.1, 10.1 and 10.2
hereto, respectively.
The Company intends to hold a shareholder meeting to seek, among other proposals, the approval of the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock into shares of DPW Common Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Determination for the DPW Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock.
Where You Can Find Additional Information
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain documents filed by the Company with the Commission free of charge at the Commission’s website,
www.sec.gov
. Investors and security holders may also read and copy any reports, statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission, at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 or visit the Commission’s website for further information on its public reference room.