Execution of Debentures The Debentures shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, President, one of its Managing Directors or one of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents. Only such Debentures as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form herein before recited, executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of an authorized signer, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any Debenture executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Debentures shall cease to be such officer before the Debentures so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Debentures nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debentures had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debenture may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debenture, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer. Every Debenture shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Redemption of Debentures 17 Section 3.1 Redemption................................................17 Section 3.2 Special Event Redemption..................................17 Section 3.3 Optional Redemption by Company............................17 Section 3.4
Conversion of Debentures Section 16.01.
Purchase and Sale of Convertible Debentures 6 2.2 Purchase and Sale; Purchase Price....................................6 2.2 Execution and Delivery of Documents; the Closing.....................6 2.3 The Post-Closing.....................................................7
Purchase and Sale of Debentures and Warrants Upon the ----------------------------------------------- following terms and conditions, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers shall purchase from the Company, secured convertible debentures in the aggregate principal amount of up to Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) bearing interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), in substantially the form attached hereto as ------------- Exhibit B (the "Debentures"), and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, ---------- ---------- in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Warrants"), set --------- -------- forth with respect to such Purchaser on Exhibit A hereto. The aggregate ---------- purchase price may be funded in one or more tranches as agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers. The Company and the Purchasers are executing and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Act"), including Regulation D ("Regulation D"), and/or upon such --------------- ------------ other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the investments to be made hereunder.
Subordination of Debentures 49 13.1 Agreement to Subordinate......................................49 13.2 Default on Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Obligations..............................49 13.3
Purchase of Convertible Debentures Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Buyer agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at Closing (as defined herein below) and the Company agrees to sell and issue to each Buyer, severally and not jointly, at Closing, Convertible Debentures in amounts corresponding with the Subscription Amount set forth opposite each Buyer's name on Schedule I hereto. Upon execution hereof by a Buyer, the Buyer shall wire transfer the Subscription Amount set forth opposite his name on Schedule I in same-day funds or a check payable to "First Union National Bank, as Escrow Agent for Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. / Cornell Capital Partners, LP", which Subscription Amount shall be held in escrow pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and disbursed in accordance therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Buyer may withdraw his Subscription Amount and terminate this Agreement as to such Buyer at any time after the execution hereof and prior to Closing (as hereinafter defined).
The Debentures SECTION 2.01.
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of up to $__________ may, upon execution of this Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Debentures to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President, or any Vice President and its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company.
Purchase and Resale of the Securities (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and consummation of the Merger, Merger Corp. agrees to cause the Company to, and upon becoming a party to this Agreement on the 14 14 Closing Date, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchaser and the Initial Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, $110,000,000 principal amount of Securities at a purchase price equal to 97.00% of the principal amount thereof. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all of the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) The Initial Purchaser has advised Merger Corp. that it proposes to offer the Securities for resale upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Offering Memorandum. The Initial Purchaser represents, warrants to, and agrees with, Merger Corp. and the Company that (i) it is purchasing the Securities pursuant to a private sale exempt from registration under the Securities Act, (ii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act ("Regulation D") or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and (iii) has solicited and will solicit offers for the Securities only from, and has offered or sold and will offer, sell or deliver the Securities, as part of its offering, only (A) within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be qualified institutional buyers ("Qualified Institutional Buyers"), as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), or if any such person is buying for one or more institutional accounts for which such person is acting as fiduciary or agent, only when such person has represented to it that each such account is a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice has been given that such sale or delivery is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and in each case, in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A and (B) outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act ("Regulation S").
(c) In connection with the offer and sale of Securities in reliance on Regulation S, the Initial Purchaser represents, warrants and agrees that:
(i) The Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(ii) The Initial Purchaser has offered and sold the Securities, and will offer and sell the Securities, (A) as part of its distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the Closing Date, only in accordance 15 15 with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
(iii) None of the Initial Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities, and all such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(iv) At or prior to the confirmation of sale of any Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S, it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchase Securities from it during the restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect: "The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the date of original issuance of the Securities, except in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S."
(v) it has not and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with any distributor with respect to the distribution of the Securities, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company. Terms used in this Section 2(c) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
(d) The Initial Purchaser represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has not offered or sold and prior to the date six months after the Closing Date will not offer or sell any Securities to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995; (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act 0000 xxx the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the 16 16 Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii) it has only issued or passed on and will only issue or pass on in the United Kingdom any document received by it in connection with the issue of the Securities to a person who is a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act 0000 (Xxvestment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1996 or is a person to whom such document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
(e) The Initial Purchaser agrees that, prior to or simultaneously with the confirmation of sale by the Initial Purchaser to any purchaser of any of the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchaser from the Company pursuant hereto, the Initial Purchaser shall furnish to that purchaser a copy of the Offering Memorandum (and any amendment or supplement thereto that the Company shall have furnished to such Initial Purchaser prior to the date of such confirmation of sale). In addition to the foregoing, the Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchaser pursuant to Sections 5(d) and (e), counsel for the Company and for the Initial Purchaser, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchaser and its compliance with its agreements contained in this Section 2, and the Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.
