Separate Counsel If any Action is asserted or commenced pursuant to which the indemnity provided in Section 9.4 hereof or the right of contribution provided in Section 9.5 hereof may apply, the Manager may take such action in connection therewith as it deems necessary or desirable, including retention of counsel for the Underwriters (“Syndicate Counsel”), and in its discretion separate counsel for any particular Underwriter or group of Underwriters, and the fees and disbursements of any counsel so retained will be allocated among the several Underwriters as determined by the Manager. Any such Syndicate Counsel retained by the Manager will be counsel to the Underwriters as a group and, in the event that: (a) the Manager settles any Action on a basis that results in the settlement of such Action against it and fewer than all the Underwriters, or (b)(i) a conflict develops between the Manager and the other Underwriters, or (ii) differing defenses are available to the other Underwriters and not available to the Manager, and as a result of either (b)(i) or (b)(ii) such Syndicate Counsel concludes that it is unable to continue to represent the Manager and the other Underwriters, then in each such case, after notification to the Manager and the other Underwriters, Syndicate Counsel will remain counsel to the other Underwriters and will withdraw as counsel to the Manager. The Manager hereby consents to such arrangement and undertakes to take steps to: (i) ensure that any engagement letters with Syndicate Counsel are consistent with such arrangement; (ii) issue a notice to all other Underwriters promptly following receipt of any advice (whether oral or written) from Syndicate Counsel regarding its inability to represent the Manager and the other Underwriters jointly; and (iii) facilitate Syndicate Counsel’s continued representation of the other Underwriters. Any Underwriter may elect to retain at its own expense its own counsel and, on advice of such counsel, may settle or consent to the settlement of any such Action, but only in compliance with Section 9.7 hereof, and in each case, only after notification to every other Underwriter. The Manager may settle or consent to the settlement of any such Action, but only in compliance with Section 9.7 hereof.
Opinion of the Company's Counsel The Purchaser shall have received from Krys, Boyle, Freedman & Sawyer, P.C., counsxx xx xxe Cxxxxxx, an opinion dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, to the effect that:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to own it properties and to conduct its business.
(b) The Company is not presently required to be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in any state or jurisdiction of the United States.
(c) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company, duly executed and delivered by an authorized officer of the Company and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and except insofar as the enforceability of the indemnification provisions of Section 8.11 of the Agreement may be limited by applicable laws and except that no opinion need be given as to the availability of equitable remedies.
(d) The capitalization of the Company is as follows:
(i) Preferred Stock. 5,000,000 shares of Stock, of which (A) 500,000 shares have been designated Series A Preferred Stock and are issued and outstanding and (B) 250,000 shares have been designated as Series B Preferred and purchased pursuant to this Agreement. Such shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been duly authorized, issued and delivered, are validly outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been approved by all requisite shareholder action. The respective rights, privileges and preferences of the Preferred Series B are as stated in the Certificate attached as Exhibit A to the Agreement. The Conversion Stock has been duly and validly reserved for issuance and, when issued in accordance with the Certificate, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(ii) Common Stock. 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 3,000,000 shares have been duly authorized, issued and delivered and are validly outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
(iii) Except for (A) the conversion privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, (B) the conversion privileges of the Series B Preferred, (C) the rights of first refusal contained in Section 9 hereof, (D) the rights of first refusal contained in the Sanyo Agreement, (E) 250,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the stock option granted in the Sanyo Agreement, (F) 500,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Class A Warrants, (G) 150,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Underwriter's Warrants and (H) 657,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance to employees and consultants upon exercise of outstanding stock options, there are no preemptive rights or, to the best of counsel's knowledge, options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights (or agreements of any such rights) outstanding to purchase or otherwise obtain any of the Company's securities.
(e) The certificates representing shares of the Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock are in due and proper form and have been duly and validly executed by the officers of the Company named thereon.
(f) The execution, delivery, performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement do not violate any provision of any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation or of any judgment, writ, decree or order binding upon the Company or any provision of the Company's amended Articles or By-Laws.
(g) All consents, approvals, orders or authorizations of, and all qualifications, registrations, designations, declarations or filings with, any federal or state governmental authority on the part of the Company required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been obtained and are effective as of the Closing, and such counsel is not aware of any proceedings, or threat thereof, which question the validity thereof.
(h) Based in part upon the representations of the Purchaser in this Agreement, the offer and sale of the Series B Preferred pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof, and from the qualification requirements of the securities laws of the State of Nevada, or all requisite permits, qualifications and orders have been obtained. 13
(i) Except as set forth on the Schedule of Exceptions attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B, such counsel is not aware of any action, proceeding or investigation pending against the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees, or that any of the foregoing has received any threat thereof, which questions the validity of the Agreement or the right of the Company or its officers, directors and employees to enter into such agreement or which might result, either individually or in the aggregate, in any adverse change in the assets, condition, affairs or prospects of the Company, nor is such counsel aware of any litigation pending, against the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees' or that any of the foregoing has received any threat thereof, by reason of the proposed activities of the Company, the past employment relationships of its officers, directors or employees, or negotiations by the Company or any of its officers or directors with possible investors in the Company.
(j) The Company is not in violation of any provisions of its Articles or Bylaws, and neither of such documents is in violation of any provision of the Corporation Law of the State of Nevada.
