Exhibit 10.3

 

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such portions
are marked “[*]” in this document; they have been filed separately with the
Commission.

 

 

March 8, 2012

 

Globalstar Inc

Att: Paul Monte

461 SO Milpitas Blvd

Milpitas, CA 95035

 

 

Subject: Globalstar requested payment delays and “temporary hold”

 

 

Dear Paul,

 

In response to your request to defer outstanding and accumulated payments for
the Globalstar CN Program, your contract number GINC-C-08-0400 (the
“Agreement”), this letter acknowledges the agreement by Ericsson to defer the
payments for achieved and upcoming Payment Milestones as defined in the
Agreement and in the letter agreement PJR0311-002 dated March 7, 2011.
Specifically this deferral consists of:

 

[*]

 

$2,572,658 Total owed Fed 23rd

 

[*]

 

Total additional owed before June 28th: $2,235,305

 

Total deferral: $4,807,963

 

Subject to your consent as indicated below, Ericsson Inc. (“Ericsson”) would
agree as follows:

 

a)Assuming the Payment Milestone is completed and invoiced, Globalstar shall pay
any unpaid milestone payments in Exhibit C and C-1 of the Agreement (referred to
as “Deferred Payments”) upon the earlier of the completion of a third party
source of financing or June 28th, 2012.

 

b)In consideration for agreeing to the Deferred Payments, Globalstar shall pay
six and a half percent (6.5%) per annum interest on the Deferred Payments.
Interest shall begin to accrue after the 31st day of acceptance of the
completion of any Payment Milestone and shall be paid at the same time as the
Deferred Payment is made.

 

 

 

 

c)For any material event, such as change of ownership, bankruptcy filing,
material investment, shareholder or ownership changes affecting control (i.e.
the ownership and/or ability to vote more than 50% of the total shares), breach
of obligations, failure to pay debts, etc. the Deferred Payments become due and
payable immediately.

 

d)Due to delays by Globalstar in delivering necessary Customer Furnished
Equipment for the Core Network Program (both as defined in the Agreement), only
the following work will be done between now and September 30, 2012: 1) delivery,
installation, and integration of the Milpitas lab system; 2) delivery and
Hardware Installation (defined as the physical installation of the electronics
and racks whether the equipment is powered up or not) of the Clifton Site 1. In
addition, should Globalstar require installation (including upgrading the
software on all boxes to the same that is on the Milpitas lab), and integration
of the Clifton Site 1 during the Temporary Hold, Ericsson will initiate such
work within 4 weeks of Globalstar satisfying the following 3 requirements:

 

1.Globalstar notifies Ericsson that the site is ready for integration including
completion of Globalstar’s agreed deliverables such as Power

2.Ericsson’s receipt of a written request for the integration work

3.[*]

 

e)Globalstar understands and agrees that the above “temporary hold” will cause a
delay to the Core Network Program, and that Ericsson cannot guarantee a
day-for-day schedule delay nor can Ericsson commit to re-staffing the project
with the same individuals as have been assigned to-date when the Core Network
Program resumes as these individuals may have been assigned to other long term
Ericsson projects. Ericsson will use commercially reasonable efforts to limit
any such delay caused by such “temporary hold” to a period of time equal to the
length of the temporary hold plus four months. In addition, Globalstar will have
the right to further extend the temporary hold to the Core Network Program such
that any milestone payments previously agreed to be paid prior to December 31,
2012 (exclusive of Paragraph A Payments and the [*]) would be paid as late as
January 31, 2013. Should such further delay be requested by Globalstar, Ericsson
will not be obligated to perform any work until the project is resumed and a new
milestone schedule is agreed. Upon Ericsson’s resumption of work, Globalstar
agrees to pay Ericsson a project re-setup fee of [*].

 

Globalstar and Ericsson agree that the delays in the Core Network Program have
created issues regarding the obsolescence of certain program features [*]. These
issues require further dialogue and negotiation between the parties before an
acceptable technical path forward can be found. Upon the signing of this letter
agreement, Globalstar and Ericsson agree to enter into good faith technical
discussions regarding the potential problems and overall feasibility of
implementing previously agreed program features into the final Core Network
Program deliverable. The parties agree to discuss and explore alternative
solutions and whether it makes more sense in the current technical environment
to implement modified versions of these program features or to eliminate the
features altogether. Globalstar and Ericsson will use good faith efforts to come
to mutual agreement on these outstanding technical issues by June 8, 2012.
Should the parties be unable to agree on a technical compromise to address these
issues by the June 8, 2012 deadline, then either Globalstar or Ericsson may
choose to terminate the Agreement. Upon such termination due to a failure to
agree on the foregoing issues, Globalstar would be required to pay the Deferred
Payments and amounts set forth in paragraph b) above in final settlement of the
Agreement. Thereafter, neither party will have any liability whatsoever under
the Agreement.

 

 

 

 

f)This letter agreement will become effective upon Globalstar’s signature below
and Globalstar’s payment to Ericsson of $650,000, the amount of which, when
paid, will be deducted from the payment due as outlined in a) above.

 

g)Globalstar requests the following payment modifications:

 

1.     If Globalstar has not paid Ericsson the amount due, together with
interest and any other amounts owing under the Agreement as of June 28, 2012,
Globalstar may terminate the Agreement for convenience by delivering such
written notice of the termination and agreeing to make a final payment of
$10,000,000 (“Final Payment”) to Ericsson.

 

2.     If Globalstar cancels the Agreement for convenience on June 28, 2012,
then Globalstar shall make the Final Payment either: (a) in cash not later than
July 15, 2012 or (b) subject to paragraph 4 below, in Globalstar common stock
(NASDAQ: GSAT, the “GSAT Stock”) not later July 15, 2012. Globalstar shall
provide written notice of such its request to pay in cash or GSAT Stock on June
28, 2012.

 

3.     If payment is to be made in GSAT Stock, such GSAT Stock shall be
registered and freely tradable, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances or
other restrictions. The number of shares delivered by Globalstar to Ericsson
shall be equal to the Final Payment plus 5%, divided by the volume weighted
average price of GSAT for the 20 trading days immediately prior to (but not
including) the date of delivery of such shares.

 

4.     If Globalstar requests to make the Final Payment in GSAT Stock, Ericsson
shall have the option (exercisable by written notice delivered on or before July
8, 2012) either to accept such GSAT Stock (including the additional 5% mentioned
in the above paragraph) or to receive the Final Payment in cash from the sale of
such GSAT stock by Globalstar and/or from other sources who will then remit the
full amount of the Final Payment. Under no circumstance would Globalstar remit
less than the total Final Payment amount.

 

h)Except as modified hereby, the terms and conditions of the Agreement will
continue on in full force and effect.

 

If Globalstar concurs with the foregoing, please execute a copy of this letter
and return it to my attention at Ericsson.

 

 

 

 

 

  Sincerely,           /s/ Johan Westerberg   ERICSSON INC.   Johan Westerberg  
Vice President Eastern Region

 

 

Agreed and accepted by Ericsson Inc and Globalstar Inc:

 

 

Ericsson Inc.   Globalstar Inc                   /s/ Craig Stein   /s/ James
Monroe III   Signature   Signature                   Craig Stein   James Monroe
III   Name   Name                   VP & GM, US Regions   CEO   Title   Title  
                3/8/12   3/8/12   Date   Date