Document:

Exhibit 10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

LETTER AGREEMENT

November 5, 2009

Digital Angel Corporation

490 Villaume Avenue

South St. Paul, MN 55075

Attention: President

			
	         Re:	 	Pre-payment of Term Loan and Waiver of Interim Payments

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to (a) the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 31, 2007 between
Digital Angel Corporation f/k/a Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) and Kallina
Corporation (“Kallina”) (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to
time, the “Kallina SPA”); (b) the Secured Term Note dated as of August 31, 2007 from the
Company in favor of Kallina in the original principal amount of $7,000,000 (as amended, restated,
modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “2007 Kallina Note”); and (c) the other
Related Agreements as defined in the Kallina SPA (collectively with the Kallina SPA, the 2007
Kallina Note and all instruments, documents and agreements related thereto, the “Existing
Kallina Agreements”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined shall have the
meanings given to them in the Kallina SPA.

Reference is also made to the (a) the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 24,
2006 between the Company and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”) (as amended, restated,
modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Laurus SPA”); (b) the Secured Term
Note dated as of August 24, 2006 from the Company in favor of Laurus in the original principal
amount of $13,500,000 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the
“2006 Laurus Note” and collectively with the 2007 Kallina Note, the “Notes”); and
(c) the other Related Agreements as defined in the Laurus SPA (collectively with the Laurus SPA,
the 2006 Laurus Note and all instruments, documents and agreements related thereto, the
“Existing Laurus Agreements,” and collectively with the Existing Kallina Agreements and the
2008 Letter Agreement and 2008 Note (defined below), the “Existing Agreements”).

Reference is also made to the November 26, 2008 Letter Agreement (the “2008 Letter
Agreement”), entered into between the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties (as defined below),
including (a) the Senior Secured Term Note dated as of October 2, 2008 from the Company in the
original principal amount of $2,000,000 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from
time to time, the “2008 Note”); (b) the amendments to the 2007 Kallina Note and the 2006
Laurus Note as described in the 2008 Letter Agreement, and (c) the Deferral Payment owed by the
Company to the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties in the amount of $800,000 as described in the 2008
Letter Agreement (the “Deferral Payment” and together with the Notes and the 2008 Note, the
“Existing Debt Obligations”).

 

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As you are aware, by way of one or more instruments of partial assignment, Kallina’s and
Laurus’ respective rights in and interests under the Existing Kallina Agreements and the Existing
Laurus Agreements, respectively, were assigned to one or more of the following entities: Valens
Offshore SPV II, Corp. (“Valens Offshore II”), Valens U.S. SPV I, LLC (“Valens
U.S.”), Valens Offshore SPV I, Ltd. (“Valens Offshore I”) and PSource Structured Debt
Limited (“PSource,” and collectively with Kallina, Laurus, Valens Offshore II, Valens U.S.
and Valens Offshore I, each a “Laurus/Kallina Related Party” and collectively, the
“Laurus/Kallina Related Parties”).

On November 2, 2009, the Company (and certain subsidiaries) entered into an Asset Sale and
Purchase Agreement (the “Sale Agreement”) with Orolia SA to sell substantially all of the
assets of the McMurdo business unit for consideration of no less than $10,000,000 in cash (of which
amount no more than $1,500,000 may be subject to holdback for settlement of post closing
obligations under the Sale Agreement) (the “McMurdo Sale Transaction”).

The Company and the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties desire to (a) waive the principal payment
due from the Company under the Notes for the month of November 2009, in exchange for (b) the
payment in full of the Notes upon the Company’s receipt of funds from the McMurdo Sale Transaction,
on the terms and conditions set forth below.

In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

(a) The Company and the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties agree that the Company shall proceed to
close the McMurdo Sale Transaction as provided in the Sale Agreement and, within three (3) business
days of receipt of funds by the Company upon closing of the McMurdo Sale Transaction, the Company
will pay to the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties, and the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties will accept
from the Company, all outstanding amounts in respect of the Existing Debt Obligations which are
then owing by the Company (the total principal amount outstanding thereunder as of the date of this
Letter Agreement is $5,195,689.18, the “Outstanding Principal Amount” and together with all
interest and fees related thereto, the “Prepayment”); provided, however, that the Company’s
obligation to make such Prepayment is expressly contingent upon the closing of the McMurdo Sale
Transaction and receipt of proceeds from the buyer thereunder.

(b) Subject to payment as described in paragraph (a) above, the Laurus/Kallina Related Parties
waive the right to receive the Monthly Amounts under the Notes (the Monthly Amounts total
$208,333.34) that are due and payable in November 2009 (the “Deferred Monthly Amount”);
provided that in the event such payment as described in paragraph (a) above is not made, then the
Deferred Monthly Amount shall be paid in full on the Maturity Date under the Notes together with
all other amounts that may be due and owing under the Notes at such time.

(c) Except as provided by this Letter Agreement, the Existing Agreements (and each Related
Agreement as defined therein) shall remain in full force and effect, including the Company’s rights
of payment options under the 2008 Agreement relating to form of the Deferral Payment, and are
hereby ratified and confirmed. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Letter Agreement
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remedy of any Laurus/Kallina Related Party, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of
the Existing Agreements, except as specifically provided herein. This Letter Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.

(d) This Letter Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile transmission shall be
deemed to be an original signature hereto.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD. (In Liquidation)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Laurus Capital Management, LLC, its
	 	 	 	 	investment manager
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	KALLINA CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Laurus Capital Management, LLC, its
	 	 	 	 	investment manager
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	VALENS U.S. SPV I, LLC
	 	 	VALENS OFFSHORE SPV I, LTD.
	 	 	VALENS OFFSHORE SPV II, CORP.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Valens Capital Management, LLC, its
	 	 	 	 	investment manager
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., as Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Authorized Signatory

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

LETTER AGREEMENT

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PSOURCE STRUCTURED DEBT LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	PSource Capital Limited, its investment consultant
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Authorized Signatory

	 	 	 	 	 
	CONSENTED AND AGREED TO:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION
	(f/k/a Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	DESTRON FEARING CORPORATION
	(f/k/a Digital Angel Corporation)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	DIGITAL ANGEL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	DIGITAL ANGEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

LETTER AGREEMENT

 

 

 

FEARING MANUFACTURING CO. INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

FLORIDA DECISION CORPORATION

(f/k/a Pacific Decision Sciences Corporation)

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

LETTER AGREEMENT

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

Wiring Instructions

Capital One Bank NA

404 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

ABA#                                         

LV Administrative Services

Account #                                        

Reference: DIGAexv10w14

Exhibit 10.14

AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (“Bank”) and Paul H. Dimmick (“Employee”) have entered
into this AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (“Agreement”) in consideration of the payments to Employee as
specified in this Agreement, and in consideration of the promises and representations below,
intending to be legally bound, as follows:

	1.	 	Employee’s employment with the Bank will terminate on September 20, 2009.
	 
	2.	 	In return for Employee’s agreeing to the terms of this Agreement, the Bank agrees to pay
Employee the amounts, make the medical insurance contributions and provide outplacement as set
forth below:

	 	a.	 	The Bank shall pay Employee the amount equivalent to twenty-six (26) weeks of
Employee’s current base salary. The total gross amount of salary continuation payments
shall equal and not exceed one hundred thirty five thousand two hundred dollars
($135,200). The salary continuation payments shall be made in semi-monthly
installments with the first payment due on October 15, 2009.
	 
	 	b.	 	Any 2009 accrued and unused vacation days as of September 20, 2009 shall be
paid to Employee by October 15, 2009.
	 
	 	c.	 	During the period from July 27, 2009 through September 20, 2009, Employee shall
work on such projects and assignments as shall be provided for him by the Bank
President and perform such other duties as shall be required.
	 
	 	d.	 	During the period from September 21, 2009 through March 21, 2010, the Bank will
pay the employer’s portion of the premiums for Employee’s continued participation in
the Bank’s group medical insurance program consistent with his elections, to the same
extent that the Bank pays the employer’s portion for its active employees (including
that the Bank will fund the Vested Health health reimbursement account or otherwise
applicable deductible). It is expressly agreed that the period during which the Bank
shall continue making medical insurance premium contributions shall run concurrently
with the 18-month medical insurance continuation period offered by the Bank. The
Employee shall contribute the employee’s portion of the premiums for participation in
the Bank’s medical insurance program and such amounts shall be deducted from the
semi-monthly salary continuation payments referenced above.
	 
	 	e.	 	During the period from September 20, 2009 to September 20, 2010, the Bank will
provide Employee outplacement assistance services with Drake, Beam Morin in an amount
not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000), if Employee desires to avail himself
of such services. No outplacement assistance services will be provided after September
20, 2010.

Employee acknowledges and agrees that the payment amounts set forth above are gross amounts subject
to all tax withholdings required by federal, state and/or local laws (to the extent applicable).

 

	3.	 	Under the Temporary Incentive Plan (“TIP”), Employee shall be eligible to receive payment of
a pro-rated 2009 base incentive award (for the period from January 1, 2009 through August 31,
2009) in the event that the: a) Board determines to declare 2009 TIP awards for the Bank’s
then active executive officers following the completion of the 2009 TIP performance period on
December 31, 2009 and b) the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“Finance Agency”) does not object
to the payment of such TIP awards. With respect to the additional incentive award
opportunity under the TIP based on the Bank’s financial performance, in the event that: a) the
Board determines to make such additional incentive award payments based on the Bank meeting
the financial performance goal during the goal period of January 1, 2009 through December 31,
2011 and b) the Finance Agency does not object to the payment of such additional TIP incentive
award to the Bank’s then active executive officers, then, in such case, Employee will be paid
a pro-rated additional incentive award at the same time that the Bank makes such award
payments to its active executive officers. Any pro-rated TIP award amount, whether a base
award or an additional award, shall not be included in the calculation of Employee’s
retirement benefit under the nonqualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”).
	 
	4.	 	The parties recognize that the payments and benefits under this Agreement exceed any payments
to which Employee might otherwise be entitled under existing Bank policies in the absence of
execution of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not affect Employee’s rights to any
qualified or non-qualified retirement or thrift plan benefits vested through the date of
employment termination, September 20, 2009. The terms of such qualified and non-qualified
retirement and thrift plans and the elections made thereunder shall govern payments under
those plans. Except as set forth herein, no other payments or benefits shall be provided by
the Bank to Employee following Employee’s termination of employment.
	 
	5.	 	Employee hereby confirms that as of his last day of employment he has returned to the Bank
all credit cards, keys, computers, computer software, files, manuals and any other property of
the Bank.
	 
	6.	 	In return for the payments described above, Employee, on behalf of Employee, Employee’s
heirs, representatives, estates, successors and assigns, does hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally remise, release and forever discharge the Bank, its predecessors, benefits
plans, and any successors thereto, and their past, present and future officers, directors,
trustees, administrators, agents, attorneys, insurance carriers, consultants or employees, as
well as the heirs, successors and assigns of any such persons or such entities (severally and
collectively called “Releasees”), jointly and individually, from any and all claims, known and
unknown, that Employee has or may have against any of the Releasees for any acts, practices or
events up to and including the effective date of this Agreement and the continuing effects
thereof, it being the intention of Employee to effect a general release of all such claims.
This release includes any and all claims under any possible legal, equitable, tort, contract,
common law or statutory theory, including, but not limited to, any claims under Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, the federal
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, the Older Workers Benefit Protection
Act, the federal Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans With
Disabilities Act as amended, the City of Pittsburgh Human Relations Ordinance, and

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	 	 	other applicable federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, executive orders,
regulations and other laws prohibiting discrimination in employment or benefits, the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and state or local law claims
of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in any way related to Employee’s employment with
the Bank or separation from employment with the Bank.
	 
	7.	 	Employee also specifically releases all Releasees from any and all claims for the fees, costs
and expenses of any and all attorneys who have at any time or are now representing Employee in
connection with this Agreement or in connection with any matter released in this Agreement.
	 
	8.	 	Notwithstanding any other language in this Agreement, the parties understand that this
Agreement does not prohibit Employee from filing an administrative charge of alleged
employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 or the
Equal Pay Act of 1963. Employee, however, waives his right to monetary or other recovery
should any federal, state or local administrative agency pursue any claims on his behalf
arising out of or relating to his employment with and/or separation from employment with the
Bank or any of the other Releasees. This means that by signing this Agreement, Employee will
have waived any right he had to obtain a recovery if an administrative agency pursues a claim
against the Bank or any of the Releasees based on any actions taken by any of the Releasees up
to the date of the signing of this Agreement, and that Employee will have released the
Releasees of any and all claims of any nature arising up to the date of the signing of this
Agreement.
	 
	9.	 	It is expressly understood and agreed that by entering into this Agreement, the Bank in no
way admits that it has treated Employee unlawfully or wrongfully in any way. To the contrary,
the Bank expressly denies that it has violated any of Employee’s rights or that it harmed
Employee in any way. Neither this Agreement nor the implementation thereof shall be construed
to be, or shall be admissible in any proceeding as, evidence of an admission by the Bank of
any violation of or failure to comply with any applicable federal, state, or local law,
ordinance, agreement, rule, regulation or order; except that this sentence does not preclude
introduction of this Agreement to establish that Employee’s claims were released and
discharged according to the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	10.	 	Employee agrees that, except as required by law (including, without limitation the Bank’s
disclosure obligations as a registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission), the terms
and conditions of this Agreement have been and will be kept completely confidential and have
not been and will not be discussed, disclosed, or revealed, directly or indirectly, to any
person, corporation, or other entity, other than to Employee’s spouse, attorney, financial
advisor, accountant for use on tax matters or to government taxing agencies or taxing
officials. Employee agrees not to make any comment or take any action (including, without
limitation, comments to Bank customers, the media or professional colleagues) which
disparages, defames, or places in a negative public light the Bank.

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	11.	 	Employee acknowledges that Employee has been given the opportunity to consider this Agreement
for at least 45 calendar days, which is a reasonable period of time, and that Employee has
been advised to consult with an attorney about this Agreement prior to executing it. Employee
further acknowledges that Employee has had a full and fair opportunity to consult with an
attorney if Employee desired to do so, that Employee has carefully read and fully understands
all of the provisions of this Agreement, and that Employee is voluntarily executing and
entering into it, intending to be legally bound hereby. If Employee executes this Agreement
in less than 45 days, he acknowledges that he has thereby waived his right to the full 45-day
period.
	 
	12.	 	For a period of seven calendar days following the execution of this Agreement, Employee may
revoke it by delivery of a written notice of revocation to the office of the Bank’s General
Counsel, Dana A. Yealy, 601 Grant Street, 16th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 no later
than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day following the date Employee signs this Agreement. This
Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable before the seven-day revocation period has
expired. A revocation would automatically terminate this Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	The parties hereto further understand and agree that the terms and conditions of this
Agreement constitute the full and complete understandings and arrangements of the parties and
that there are no agreements, covenants, promises or arrangements other than those set forth
herein.
	 
	14.	 	This Agreement and Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
	 
	15.	 	If any of the provisions of this Agreement are declared or determined by any court to be
invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions and portions of this
Agreement — at the Bank’s sole option — shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full
force to the fullest extent permitted by law.
	 
	16.	 	Employee agrees that he will fully cooperate with the Bank in connection with any litigation
related to activities in Employee’s department, including without limitation the Bank’s
litigation with any Lehman entities related to the Bank’s derivatives activities and any
litigation related to the Bank’s private label mortgage-backed securities portfolio.

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	17.	 	This Agreement is a legal document in which Employee releases all claims against the Bank and
the other Releasees described in the Agreement, as of the date Employee signs it. By law, the
Bank is required to notify Employee of the information contained on Exhibit A attached hereto.
	 
	18.	 	This Agreement is presented for consideration on July 27, 2009.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the aforesaid parties, having read this Agreement And Release and intending to
be legally bound hereby, have read, signed and delivered it, voluntarily, without coercion and with
knowledge of the nature and consequences thereof.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A RELEASE OF CLAIMS.

PAUL H. DIMMICK

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Paul H. Dimmick

	 	 	 	Witness:	 	 	 	 
	 

[Signature]

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: September 10, 2009

	 	 	 	Date:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF PITTSBURGH

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Dale N. D’Alessandro
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Managing Director, Human Resources	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date:

	 	September 10, 2009	 	 

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Exhibit A

	I.	 	The following employees, by age and job title, are in the limited group of full-time
employees of the Bank’s Management Committee whose employment will be involuntarily terminated
on September 20, 2009 due to changing business needs of the Bank and skills and abilities of
the employees:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Age as of	 	 	 	 
	September 20, 2009	 	Job Title	 	No.
	60
	 	Managing Director, Capital Markets	 	 	1	 

	II.	 	The following is the distribution by age and job title of the
full-time employees of the Bank’s Management Committee who are not
included in the limited group of involuntary terminations on
September 20, 2009 due to changing business needs of the Bank and
skills and abilities of the employees:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Age as of	 	 	 	 
	September 20, 2009	 	Job Title	 	No.
	70
	 	President & CEO	 	1
	45
	 	Chief Information Officer	 	1
	55
	 	Managing Director, Human Resources	 	1
	54
	 	Acting Chief Risk Officer	 	1
	47
	 	Group Director Member Services	 	1
	45
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	1
	50
	 	General Counsel & Corp. Secretary	 	1
	44
	 	Director, Community Investment	 	1

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