Exhibit 10.19

 

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June 2, 2009

 

Mr. Kevin Herrmann

Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc.
4350 McKinley St.

Omaha, NE 68112

 

Dear Mr. Herrmann,

 

Re: Offer to Purchase and Release Letter

 

Please accept this letter as a follow up to discussions held concerning your
holdings of the variable rate preferred securities listed on the Exhibit to this
letter (the “Securities”). ** offers to purchase for cash, upon your acceptance
of the following terms and conditions (the “Offer”), the Securities at a price
equal to the par amount of such Securities (as set forth on the attached
Exhibit) plus accrued interest to the date of purchase (the “Purchase Date”).

 

We may revoke this Offer at any time on 30 days written notice to you. Unless
extended or revoked sooner, this Offer will expire at the close of business on
December 31, 2009.

 

Prior to accepting our Offer, you must read the following letter carefully. If
you decide to sell the Securities on the terms and conditions set forth herein,
please sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me.

 

By signing this letter and accepting payment for the Securities, you acknowledge
and agree to all of the following terms:

 

1.              This Offer is made to you personally and may not be assigned or
transferred to any other person or entity. No other person or entity may take
advantage of this Offer.

 

2.              You are not aware of any program or offer by the issuer or the
managing underwriter of the Securities to repurchase such Securities at par,
plus accrued interest. If a reasonably acceptable repurchase program or offer
(which will close within 30 days) is announced before we purchase the Securities
on the Purchase Date, you agree to notify us of such program or offer and to
sell your Securities pursuant to such program or offer rather than our Offer.

 

3.              You agree to sell all of your right, title and interest in and
to the Securities to us, and you represent that no other person or party has any
interest in or claim against the Securities of any kind. You will sign any other
document which we deem necessary to complete this transaction, whether prior to,
on or after the Purchase Date.

 

4.              You will not disclose the existence of our Offer or the terms
thereof, including this letter, other than to your attorneys and accountants,
except as required by law. You will provide

 

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prompt notice of such potential disclosure to ** so that an appropriate
protective order may be sought and/or a waiver of compliance with the provisions
of this Agreement may be granted. We suggest you consult with a professional
adviser about this Offer including your attorneys or accountants. Your adviser
must agree not to disclose any of the terms of this Offer.

 

5.              At the time you purchased the Securities, you had such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters that you were capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective purchase of the Securities.
To the extent you deemed necessary, you obtained your own personal professional
advice with respect to the risks inherent in the investment in the Securities
and the suitability of the investment in the Securities in light of your
financial condition and investment needs. You believed that the investment in
the Securities was suitable for you based upon your investment objectives and
financial needs, and you had adequate means of providing for your current
financial needs and personal contingencies and had no need for liquidity of
investment with respect to the Securities.

 

6.              Both at the time you purchased the Securities and at present,
you were and continue to be a bank, registered investment company, insurance
company or other “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. You were and continue to
be duly and validly organized under the Jaws of your jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization, or you were and continue to be a natural person,
and you could and continue to be able to bear the economic risk of the purchase
and sale of the Securities.

 

7.              You continue to have such knowledge and experience in business
and financial matters, including the analysis of a participation in the sale of
investments similar to the Securities, as to be capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of a sale of the Securities.

 

8.              ** was neither the issuer nor managing underwriter of the
Securities and had no involvement in or responsibility for the original offering
of the Securities, including but not limited to the preparation of any offering
materials relating to the issuance and sale of the Securities.

 

9.              Effective upon the closing of the sale of the Securities to **,
you release ** and ** their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their
respective officers, directors and employees (the “Released Parties”) of and
from any and all manner of claims, obligations, liabilities, whether foreseen or
unforeseen, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, past,
present or future, which you may have against the Released Parties directly or
indirectly arising out of or related to your purchase, ownership and/or sale of
the Securities (“Claims”). You represent that you have not transferred or
assigned your Claims to any third party.

 

10.        This Offer, including this letter and any other communication from
us, does not constitute an admission of liability on our part of any kind with
respect to your purchase and/or sale of the Securities. We specifically deny and
disclaim any liability arising out of or related to the Securities.

 

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11.        You may sell only a portion of the Securities you own. If you choose
to sell only a part of your Securities, this Offer shall remain open for your
remaining Securities, unless we withdraw the Offer as described above. The
release of your rights in paragraph 9, however, will apply to all of the
Securities you own, even if you only sell a portion of the Securities.

 

In order to accept this Offer, you must sign this letter, unchanged and
unaltered and returning it to me at this address:

 

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Once we receive the signed copy of this letter, we will notify you if we need
you to sign any additional documents. After we receive all of the necessary
documents, we will notify you that we are prepared to purchase your Securities
on the Purchase Date set forth in such notice, which will be a date not later
than three business days following the date of such notice. Said notice to be
issued upon receipt of all of the necessary documents not later than June 2,
2009. On the Purchase Date, we will deposit monies in your designated account in
exchange for your tender of the Securities.

 

We look forward to the return of the signed copy by you. Should you have any
questions please feel free to contact me.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

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Senior Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

Signature:

/s/ John P. Wilmers

 

 

Name:

John P. Wilmers

 

 

Title:

President & CEO

 

 

Company Name:

Ballantyne of OMAHA

 

 

Date:

June 2, 2009

 

 

Exhibit:

Client Holdings Report

 

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