SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.5
THE
SECURITIES SOLD HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, PURSUANT TO
REGULATION S THEREUNDER. THE SECURITIES SOLD HEREUNDER CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED,
OFFERED, OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS (AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED IN REGULATION S) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of _______, 2006 among Bullion River Gold Corp., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”),
and
each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser,
severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities
of
the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I -DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized
terms
that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms
in
the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the
meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
(i)
the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other
class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter have been reclassified
or
changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries (excluding any securities
purchasable or issuable pursuant to this Agreement), which would entitle the
holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other
instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Debentures”
means,
the 12% Unsecured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein
October 1, 2008, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the
form
of Exhibit
A.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Maximum
Rate”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.15.
“Person”
means
an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company
and
the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each
Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Regulation
S”
means
Regulation S promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act,
as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“Securities”
means
the Debentures and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Short
Sales”
shall
include all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the
Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation
of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription
Amount”
means,
as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Debentures purchased
hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this
Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount”, in United States
Dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Company.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: OTC Bulletin Board, the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Debentures, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrants
and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Underlying
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Debentures
and issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on the
Debentures in accordance with the terms of the Debentures.
“Warrants”
means
the Common Stock Purchase Warrants in the form of the attached Exhibit
C.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II - PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser agrees to
purchase in the aggregate, severally and not jointly, up to $2,861,000 in
principal amount of the Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company
via wire transfer or a certified check immediately available funds equal to
their Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser their
respective Debenture as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a) issuable at the
Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections
2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of the Company, or such
other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Purchaser the following:
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(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount,
registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(iv) the
Common Stock Purchase Warrant, in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto.
(b) On
the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company; and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and
warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
at
or prior to the Closing Date, as applicable, shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement; and
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(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
the
date hereof.
ARTICLE
III- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to
each
Purchaser.
(a) Subsidiaries.
The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or
other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and
all
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and
to
carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be,
could not have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse
effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document,
(ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a
“Material
Adverse Effect”)
and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting
or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further
action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders
in
connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.
Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) insofar as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents,
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice
or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation
of
any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement,
credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary
debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary
is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with
or
result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which
the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities
laws
and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a
Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii)
and
(iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals. The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court
or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Form 8-K
promulgated under the Exchange Act and (ii) the filing with the Commission
of
the Registration Statement, (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the
terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of
shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares.
(g) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in its most
recently file periodic reports under the Exchange Act. The Company has not
issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under
the
Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options
under the Company’s stock option plans, exercise of options by consultants, the
issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees under employment agreements
or
pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the
conversion or exercise of outstanding Common Stock Equivalents. All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal
and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in
violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for
the
issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of
the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
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(h) Investment
Company.
The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
(i) Disclosure.
The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any
information that constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic
information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided
to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions
contemplated hereby furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to
the
representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with respect
to
such representations and warranties and do not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(j) General
Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold
any of the Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.
The Company has offered the Shares for sale only to the Purchasers and certain
other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities
Act.
Purchaser
acknowledges that the Company does not make or has not made any representations
or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated other than those
specifically set forth in this Section 3.1.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and
warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar
action on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it
is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by
such
Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and
legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles
and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
laws
of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally,
(ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
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(b) Own
Account.
Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and
have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account
and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or
any
part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
has no arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the
distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting
such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state
securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder
in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not have
any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to
distribute any of the Securities.
(c) Disclosure
of Information.
Purchaser carefully reviewed all filings made by the Company with the Commission
as of the date of this Agreement and has received and carefully reviewed any
information Purchaser has requested from the Company that Purchaser considers
necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Securities,
including, without limitation, all material risk factors relating to the
Company. Purchaser further represents that Purchaser has had ample opportunity
to ask questions and receive answers from the Company concerning the information
and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and to obtain
any
additional information necessary to verify the accuracy of the information
given
to Purchaser. Purchaser is making its investment in the Company after having
reviewed, analyzed, sought professional advice regarding, and fully
understanding the risk, uncertainties, and liabilities associated with the
Company.
(d) Regulation
S.
(i) Purchaser
either has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation or other
legal entity in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation set forth on the signature page to this Agreement or is an
individual who is not a citizen or resident of the United States. Purchaser
is
not organized under the laws of the United States and is not a “U.S. Person” as
that term is defined in Rule 902(o) of Regulation S.
(ii) Purchaser
was not formed for the purpose of investing in Regulation S securities or for
the purpose of investing in the Securities sold under this Agreement. Purchaser
is not registered as an issuer under the Securities Act and is not required
to
be registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Purchaser is entering into this Agreement and is participating in the offering
of the Shares for its own account, and not on behalf of any U.S. Person as
defined in Rule 902(o) of Regulation S.
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(iii) The
Company has not made an offer to enter into this Agreement to Purchaser in
the
United States other than as permitted in the case of an account managed by
a
professional fiduciary resident in the United States within the meaning of
Section 902(o)(2) of Regulation S. At the times of the offer and execution
of
this Agreement and, to the best knowledge of Purchaser, at the time the offering
originated, Purchaser was located and resident outside the United States, other
than as permitted in the case of an account managed by a professional fiduciary
resident in the United States within the meaning of Section 902(o)(2) of
Regulation S.
(iv) Neither
Purchaser, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its behalf or
on
behalf of any Affiliate has engaged or will engage in any activity undertaken
for the purpose of, or that reasonably could be expected to have the effect
of,
conditioning the markets in the United States for the Shares or for any
securities that are convertible into or exercisable for the common stock of
the
Company, including, but not limited to, effecting any sale or short sale of
the
Company’s securities through Purchaser or any of its Affiliates before the
expiration of any restricted period contained in Regulation S. To the best
knowledge of Purchaser, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by
it
are not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the
Securities Act, and Purchaser is purchasing the Shares for investment purposes.
Purchaser and, to the best knowledge of Purchaser, each distributor, if any,
participating in this offering of the Securities have agreed that they will
neither offer nor sell any Securities before the date hereof and through the
expiration of the any restricted period set forth in Rule 903 of Regulation
S
(as amended from time to time) to U.S. Persons or for the account or benefit
of
U.S. Persons, and they will offer or sell any of the Securities only in
compliance with the provisions of Regulation S and any other applicable
provisions of the Securities Act. Purchaser and its representatives have not
conducted any Directed Selling Effort as that term is used and defined in Rule
902 of Regulation S and will not engage in any Directed Selling Effort within
the United States through the expiration of any restricted period set forth
in
Rule 903 of Regulation S.
(v) Purchaser
acknowledges that following the expiration of any restricted period provided
by
Rule 903 of Regulation S, any interest in this Agreement or in the Securities
sold may be resold within the jurisdiction of the United States or to U.S.
Persons as defined in Rule 902(o) of Regulation S by or for the account of
the
parties only (i) pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities
Act,
or (ii) if applicable, pursuant to an exemption from registration for sales
by a
person other than an issuer, underwriter, or dealer as those terms are used
in
Section 4(1) and related provisions of the Securities Act and regulations or
pursuant to another exemption from registration, only following the expiration
of any restricted period (if applicable) required by Regulation S. Purchaser
acknowledges that this Agreement and the Securities have not been registered
under the Securities Act or qualified under state securities laws of the United
States and that their transferability within the jurisdiction of the United
States is restricted by the Securities Act as well as state laws. Purchaser
acknowledges it has received a copy of Regulation S, is familiar with and
understands its terms, and has had the opportunity to consult with its legal
counsel concerning this Agreement and Regulation S.
(e) Experience
of Such Purchaser.
Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an
investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a
complete loss of such investment.
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(f) General
Solicitation. Purchaser
is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article,
notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(g) Short
Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof. Other
than the transaction contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly
or
indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any
understanding with such Purchaser, executed any disposition, including Short
Sales, in the securities of the Company during the period commencing from
the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet from the Company or
any
other Person setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereunder until the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case
of a
Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio
managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the
portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion
of
assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to
purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to
other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or has not
made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section
3.2.
ARTICLE
IV- OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other
than pursuant to an effective registration statement, Regulation S or Rule
144,
to the Company or to an affiliate of a Purchaser, the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected
by
the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance
of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect
that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities
under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such
transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement
and
shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement.
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(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
THIS
DEBENTURE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS
AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN
THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT
AS
SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS
THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS DEBENTURE IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES THAT
IT
WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS DEBENTURE RESELL
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS DEBENTURE
EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A UNITED STATES
BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED
LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS DEBENTURE
(THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE), (E) OUTSIDE
THE
UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT
TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) AND (3) AGREES THAT
IT WILL
GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
DEBENTURE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER
OF THIS DEBENTURE WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS DEBENTURE,
IF
THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS
AN
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO
THE
TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,
LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE
TO
CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT
TO
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,"
"UNITED
STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON"
HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security
is
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such
Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares
are
eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission).
If
all or
any portion of a Debenture is converted or exercised (as applicable) at a time
when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144(k)
or
if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the
Securities Act (including judicial interpretations thereof) then such Underlying
Shares shall be issued free of all legends.
The
Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend
is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three
Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as
applicable, issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered
to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from
all
restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its
records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge
the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.
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(d) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
the
removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities
as
set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the
Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
4.2 Conversion
Procedures.
The form of Notice of Conversion included in the Debentures set forth the
totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to convert the
Debentures. No additional legal opinion or other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their
Debentures. The Company shall honor conversions of the Debentures
and shall deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions
and
time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
4.3 Non-Public
Information.
The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting
on
its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any
information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public
information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written
agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on
the
foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
4.4 Use
of
Proceeds.
The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder
substantially for the development of the French Gulch Mine.
4.5 Reservation
and Listing of Securities.
The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common
Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as
may
be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction
Documents.
4.6 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers.
No consideration shall be offered or paid to any person to amend or consent
to a
waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents
unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any
payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are
disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the
Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this
provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company
and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company
to
treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the
Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase,
disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.7 Delivery
of Securities after Closing. The Company will deliver, or cause to be delivered,
the respective Shares and Warrants purchased by each Purchaser to the Purchaser
within 3 Trading Days of the Closing Date.
4.8 Resale
by
Purchaser. Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not
jointly with any other Purchaser, that the SEC takes the position that the
coverage of short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the box” before
the Effective Date of the Registration Statement with the Shares is a violation
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under
Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated
July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation
Finance. Accordingly, no Purchaser will use any of the Shares to cover any
short
sales made before the Effective Date. Further, each Purchaser will comply with
any obligations it may have under Regulation M with respect to the resale of
the
Securities.
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ARTICLE
V - MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before
___________________;
provided,
however,
that no
such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by
the
other party (or parties).
5.2 Entire
Agreement.
The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto,
contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or
written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been
merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.3 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted
to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth
on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (Nevada time)
on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission,
if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading
Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (Nevada time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by
U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon
actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as
set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.4 Amendments;
Waivers.
No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each
Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of
any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to
any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to
be
a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or
a
waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any
delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner
impair the exercise of any such right.
5.5 Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of
strict construction will be applied against any party.
5.6 Successors
and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of
its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns
or
transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be
bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof
that
apply to the “Purchasers”.
5.7 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of,
nor
may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise
set forth in Section 4.9.
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5.8 Governing
Law. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to
the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all
legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively
in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Reno. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of Reno, State of Nevada for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the
enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives,
and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that
it is
not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit,
action or proceeding is improper or inconvenient venue for such
proceeding.
Each
party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by
jury. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to
enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party
in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its
attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
5.9 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing
and the delivery, exercise and/or conversion of the Securities for one
year.
5.10 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when
taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
5.11
Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in
any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
5.12
Replacement
of Securities.
If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and
substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt
of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or
destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested.
The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances
shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance
of
such replacement Securities.
5.13 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction
Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive
in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that
a
remedy at law would be adequate.
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5.14
Payment
Set Aside.
To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser
pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its
rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such
enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged
by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company,
a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without
limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation
or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.15 Usury.
To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist
upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all
efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim,
action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce
any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is
expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under
the
Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed
the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”),
and,
without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or
default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the
nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the
Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if
the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the
Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official
governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract
rate
of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the
Transaction Documents from the effective date forward, unless such application
is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances
whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to
any
Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents,
such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance
of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling
such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.
5.16
Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.
The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several
and
not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall
be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein
or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation
the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and
negotiation of the Transaction Documents.
5.17
Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed
and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore,
the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
BULLION RIVER GOLD CORP.
INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
President
|
Address for Notice:
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx,
Xxxxxx 00000
(775)
324-4881
|
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With
a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO BULLION RIVER GOLD CORP., INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name
of
Purchaser:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name
of
Authorized
Signatory:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized
Signatory:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Email
Address of
Purchaser:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address
for Notice of
Purchaser:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
____________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Principal
Amount:
$___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Warrant
Shares:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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