SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.3
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of October 11, 2006, among VendingData Corporation, 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”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”)
and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to
each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to
purchase from the Company, certain securities of the Company as more fully
described in this Agreement.
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
1.2 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section
1.1:
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“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.
“Amendment”
means
the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, in the
form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser’s in their reasonable discretion,
with the Nevada Secretary of State for purposes of increasing the Company’s
authorized Common Stock to an amount sufficient to provide for the Company’s
issuance of all of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal
holiday in the United States.
“Change
of Control Offer”
means
a
written offer to the Company or its stockholders to enter into a transaction
or
a series of related transactions which will result in either (i) a change in
ownership of the Company’s capital stock or voting power in an amount greater
than fifty percent (50%) or (ii) the acquisition of substantially all of the
Company’s assets, in either case whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition
of assets, tender offer or the like.
“Closing”
means
the Closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants 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 applicable Shares and
Warrants have been satisfied or waived.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“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 be reclassified or
changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary 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 instruments that
are
at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company
Counsel”
means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxx LLP.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
means
the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered to the Purchasers prior to
the
date hereof.
“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.
“GAAP”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(q).
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction of any kind.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Melco”
means
Melco International Development Limited, a Hong Kong company.
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“Melco-PBL
Joint Venture”
means
the joint venture established between Melco and Publishing and Broadcasting
Limited.
“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.
“Purchaser
Counsel”
means
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, with offices located at 41st
Floor,
One Exchange Square, 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, to be delivered at the Closing, among the
Company and the Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 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.
“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued to the Purchasers at the Closing.
“Shareholder
Approval”
means
such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of
the
American Stock Exchange (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of
the
Company in accordance with Section 14 of the Exchange Act with respect to
the Company’s issuance of the Shares
and the Warrants.
“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).
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“Subscription
Amount”
means,
as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount specified below such Purchaser’s name
on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription
Amount”, in United States Dollars.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market provided that,
in
the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American
Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or
the
OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Warrants and
any
other documents or agreements
executed
in connection with this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the
Warrants but excluding the agreements identified in Section
2.3(a)(v).
“Warrants”
means
the
Common Stock purchase warrants, substantially in the form of Exhibit B
attached
hereto, issued to the Purchasers at the Closing.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants
issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing the
Company hereby
agrees to
issue
and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser hereby
agrees to
purchase
from the Company, severally and not jointly, the number of Shares and Warrants
set forth on each respective Purchaser’s signature page attached hereto, for the
Subscription Amount set forth thereon. The aggregate Subscription Amount shall
equal $2,650,000 and the Shares and Warrants shall in the aggregate consist
of:
(b) 1,000,000
Shares; and
(c) Warrants
to purchase the following:
(i) 6,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $2.65 per share;
(ii) 4,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $3.00 per share;
(iii) 2,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $3.50 per share;
(iv) 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $4.00 per share;
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(v) 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $4.50 per share;
(vi) 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $5.00 per share; and
(vii) 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock at $5.50 per share.
On
the
Closing Date (the “Closing
Date”),
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 full
legal
and
beneficial ownership of their
respective Shares and Warrants. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, 41st
Floor,
One Exchange Square, 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(b) On
or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
each Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) one
or
more certificates evidencing the number of Shares as set forth opposite such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement, registered in the name
of such Purchaser;
(iii) a
legal
opinion of Company Counsel, in the form and substance satisfactory to the
Purchasers;
(iv) The
Warrants purchased by each Purchaser hereunder registered in the name of each
Purchaser and duly executed by the Company; and
(v) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(c) On
or
prior to 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 or cashier’s check to the
account specified by the Company in writing; and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
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2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(b) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained in the Transaction
Documents and qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct and any
such
representations and warranties not so qualified shall be true and correct in
all
material respects, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement;
(iv) the
Company’s receipt of Shareholder Approval, if required;
(v) the
execution and delivery by the parties thereto of (a) an amendment to the Sales
Representative Agreement dated January 5, 2006 (“Sales
Representative Agreement”)
entered into between the Company and Elixir Group Limited, a Hong Kong company
(“Elixir”),
in
form and substance satisfactory to the parties thereto; and (b) an Alliance
Agreement (“Alliance
Agreement”)
between the Company and Elixir, in form and substance satisfactory to the
parties thereto;
(vi) the
filing of the Amendment by the Company with the Nevada Secretary of State and
the effectiveness of the Amendment;
(vii) on
the
Closing Date, (A) no legal action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or
threatened which seeks to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated
by
the Transaction Documents and (B) there shall exist no actual or potential
regulatory impediment to the legal and beneficial ownership of the Securities
by
the Purchasers; and
(viii) all
consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings with
governmental entities should have been obtained.
(c) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with
the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction
Documents and qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct and any
such
representations and warranties not so qualified shall be true and correct in
all
material respects, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) on
the
Closing Date, (A) no legal action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or
threatened which seeks to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated
by
the Transaction Documents and (B) there shall exist no actual or potential
regulatory impediment to the legal and beneficial ownership of the Securities
by
the Purchasers;
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(iv) the
execution and delivery by the parties thereto of (a) an amendment to the Sales
Representative Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the parties
thereto; and (b) an Alliance Agreement between the Company and Elixir, in form
and substance satisfactory to the parties thereto;
(v) the
Company shall have received Shareholder Approval, if required;
(vi) the
filing of the Amendment by the Company with the Nevada Secretary of State and
the effectiveness of the Amendment;
(vii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(viii) the
Purchasers shall have completed such due diligence as they consider necessary
in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
therein, to their satisfaction, in their sole discretion;
(ix) all
consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings with
governmental entities should have been obtained.
(x) the
Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, duly executed by its Chief Executive Officer to the effect set forth
in
clauses (i) and (ii) above; and
(xi) the
Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying (i)
the
certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in effect on the
Closing Date, (ii) all resolutions of the board of directors (and committees
thereof) of the Company relating to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby (including a resolution concerning the matters
set forth in clause (i) of Section 4.10(b)) and (iii) the incumbency of all
officers of the Company executing the Transaction Documents and any other
agreement or document contemplated thereby.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except
as
set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered
to the Purchasers prior
to
the date hereof (the
“Disclosure
Schedules”)
which
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes
the
representations and warranties set forth below to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries.
All of
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule
3.1(a).
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,
individually or in the aggregate, 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 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 consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or to perform 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 all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document and
to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no
further corporate proceedings by the Company are necessary to authorize this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (other than the Shareholder
Approval, if required, and approval of the Amendment by the shareholders of
the
Company). This Agreement and each other 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 legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company 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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(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company,
the issuance and sale of the Securities 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 (including, without limitation, the Gaming Chip Manufacturing
and
License Agreement between Progressive Gaming International Corporation and
Dolphin Advanced Technologies Pty Limited dated June 22, 2006), 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) assuming
receipt of
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 individually
or in
the aggregate 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 Section
4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the
Registration Statement, (iii) the Company’s receipt of Shareholder
Approval,
if
required; (iv) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time
and
manner required thereby, (v) approval of the Amendment by the shareholders
of
the Company and the filing of the Amendment by the Company with the Nevada
Secretary of State and (vi) the filing of Form D with the Commission and
such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
Upon
the filing of the Amendment by the Company with the Nevada Secretary of State,
and no later than the Closing, the Securities will be 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 caused by the Company (except as resulting from the restrictions
on
transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents) or imposed under any U.S.
law,
rule or regulation. Upon the filing of the Amendment with the Nevada Secretary
of State, and no later than the Closing, the Company will have reserved from
its
duly authorized capital stock, all of the Shares issuable pursuant to this
Agreement and the Warrants.
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(g) Capitalization.
The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g).
No
Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation,
or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities or as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g),
there
are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls
or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving
any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common
Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Shares and the
Warrants will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other
securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in
a
right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized and 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. Other
than
the
Shareholder Approval, if required, and approval of the Amendment by the
shareholders of the Company, no further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or any other person is
required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as set forth on
Schedule
3.1(g),
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.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the period commencing
January 1, 2005 through the date hereof (the foregoing materials, including
the
exhibits and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”)
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(h),
as of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none
of
the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(h),
the
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports complied in
all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time
of
filing. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(h),
such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report,
(i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that
could reasonably be expected to
result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and
accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to
GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, in
each
case that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect,
(iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not
declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to
its
stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of its capital stock, (v) none of the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has (A) sold, assigned, transferred, abandoned, mortgaged,
pledged or subjected to lien any of its material properties, tangible or
intangible, or rights under any material contract, permit, license, franchise
or
other agreement
or
(B) waived or cancelled any material amounts of indebtedness or other
obligations owed to the Company or any such Subsidiary; and (vi) the
Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or
Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans and in amounts
in accordance with past practice. The Company does not have pending before
the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.
(j) Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by
any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
which
materially adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities. Except
as
previously disclosed in writing to Purchaser
Counsel,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof,
is
or has been the subject of any material Action involving a claim of violation
of
or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of
fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there
is not pending or contemplated, any material investigation by the Commission
involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the
Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending
the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
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(k) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company, and neither the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company
and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees
are
good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now
expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does
not
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect
to
any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating
to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(l) Business
Relationships.
(i) No major customer of the Company or any Subsidiary has, since December
31, 2005, canceled or otherwise terminated or indicated an intent to cancel
or
otherwise terminate its relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary or
to
materially decrease the volume of business it conducts with the Company or
any
Subsidiary. (ii) No major supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary has
stopped or indicated an intent to stop or materially reduce the rate at which
it
supplies materials, products or services to the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(m) Solvency.
Based
on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing the Company’s fair
saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be
paid
on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature.
(n) Compliance.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and
no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is
in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, the
environment, occupational health and safety and gaming matters, except in each
case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(o) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not have
or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”),
and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
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(p) Title
to Assets.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all
real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company
and
the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by
them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
in
each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the
use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the
Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the
payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are in full compliance.
(q) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with
their
respective businesses as currently conducted, and which the failure to so have
could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) or has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights used
by
the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the asserted rights
of
any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality
and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to
do so
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Insurance.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that
it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be
necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in
cost.
(s) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000,
other than (i) for payment of salary, (ii) reimbursement for expenses
properly incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee
benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of
the
Company.
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(t) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls.
The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. Except as disclosed
in the SEC Reports, the Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient
to
provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(u) Certain
Fees.
No
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or
on
behalf of other Persons (save and except for the Purchasers’ own financial
advisor) for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
as a
result of any action taken by the Company or its Affiliates.
(v) Private
Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set
forth in Section 3.2(b)-(e), (g) and (h), no registration under the Securities
Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to
the
Purchasers under the Transaction Documents. Assuming Shareholder
Approval,
if
required pursuant to the AMEX Rules, the issuance and sale of the Securities
hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading
Market.
(w) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, 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.
(x) Certain
Registration Matters. The
Company will be eligible to register the Common Stock for resale by the
Purchasers under Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act no later than
September 29, 2007. Except
as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(x),
no
Person has any mandatory right (including “piggy-back” registration rights) to
cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any
securities of the Company.
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(y) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to
its
knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
the
Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.
The Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof, received notice
from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or
quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing
or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. Subject to the Company’s
receipt of Shareholder Approval, if required, the Company is, and has no reason
to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(z) Application
of Takeover Protections.
The
Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents), the Company’s by-laws (as amended
and in effect) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could
reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of
the
Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result
of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the
Securities.
(aa) No
Integrated Offering.
Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2(b)-(e), neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any
Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any
offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be
integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities
Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market
on
which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(bb) Tax
Status.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(bb),
the
Company has filed all material federal, state and local income and franchise
and
other tax returns required to be filed and has paid all taxes due in accordance
therewith, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company
which has had (nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency
which, if determined adversely to the Company, could have) a Material Adverse
Effect.
(cc) No
General Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold
any of the Shares or Warrants by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Shares and Warrants for sale only
to
the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of
Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
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(dd) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Shares and Warrants.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely
in
the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further
acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of
the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by
any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is
merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Shares and Warrants. The
Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to
enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based
solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby
by
the Company and its representatives.
(ee) Disclosure.
All
disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding
the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, (including
the Company’s representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the
Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement),
are
true and correct 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. The Company has not taken and will not take any action designed
to
or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in an unlawful
manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Securities.
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 all
requisite
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 of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents
by such
Purchaser and
the
consummation by it of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and each
other Transaction Document have been or
upon
delivery will 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 without prejudice, however, to such Purchaser’s right, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all
times
to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities pursuant
to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an
exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal
and
state securities laws. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing
contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Purchaser
to hold the Securities for any period of time. Such Purchaser does not have
any
agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to
distribute any of the Securities. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities
hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(c) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
(a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to
be
registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(d) 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 Shares and Warrants, 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 Shares and Warrants and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete
loss of such investment.
(e) General
Solicitation.
Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares and Warrants as a result of any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Shares
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.
(f) Short
Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
Other
than the transactions 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, engaged in any transaction, including Short
Sales, in the securities of the Company since the earlier to occur of (i) the
time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company regarding an
investment in the Company, or (ii) the 30th
day
prior to the date of this Agreement (such
earlier date, “Discussion
Date”).
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 Shares
and
Warrants covered by this Agreement. Purchaser at all times acted in compliance
with Confidentiality Deed dated April 21, 2006 between the parties.
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(g) Access
to Information.
Such
Purchaser acknowledges that it has received and had the opportunity to review
copies of the SEC Reports. Such Purchaser further acknowledges that it or its
representatives have been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions
as
it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of
the
Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities,
and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to
information about the Company and the Company’s financial condition, results of
operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable
it to evaluate its investment in the Securities; and (iii) the opportunity
to
obtain such additional information which the Company possesses or can acquire
without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to verify the accuracy
and completeness of the information contained in the SEC Reports. Neither such
inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such
Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such
Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the SEC
Reports and the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement and the other Transaction.
(h) Restrictions
on Shares and Warrants.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act and may not be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred
except (a) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act
or pursuant to an effective registration statement in compliance with Section
5
under the Securities Act and (b) in accordance with all applicable securities
laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
(i) Compliance.
Neither
Elixir or any of its subsidiary (i) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (ii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, the
environment, occupational health and safety and gaming regulatory matters,
except in each case in
(i)
and (ii) as
could
not have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse
effect.
(j) Regulatory
Permits.
Elixir
and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued
by the appropriate federal, state, local or gaming and other regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective current businesses as
currently conducted, except where the failure to possess such permits could
not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect
(“Material
Elixir Permits”),
and
Elixir has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or
modification of any Material Elixir Permit.
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(b) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than
(i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) pursuant to
Rule 144; (iii) to the Company or (iv) 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, 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 Shares under the
Securities Act.
(c) 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:
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND ARE
“RESTRICTED SECURITIES” AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER, AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF
COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
4.2 Furnishing
of Information.
As long
as any Purchaser owns any Securities, the Company covenants to timely file
(or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns any Securities,
if
the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it
will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in
accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers
to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it
will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably
request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to
sell
such Shares and Warrant Shares without registration under the Securities Act
within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
4.3 Integration.
The
Company shall not,
and
shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall
not
sell,
offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of
any
security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be
integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would
require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities
to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market
such
that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other
transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such
subsequent transaction.
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4.4 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
The
Company shall, within one Business Day of the Closing Date, issue a press
release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby,
and shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K which shall attach the
Transaction Documents thereto by the fourth Business Day following the Closing
Date. The
press
release and Form 8-K shall be acceptable to the Purchasers in their
reasonable discretion. No Purchaser shall issue any such press release or
otherwise make a public announcement, statement or other disclosure without
the
prior consent of the Company unless such public announcement, statement or
disclosure is required by the laws, rules or regulations applicable to such
Purchaser (including, without limitation, those stipulated by any applicable
stock exchange), in which case such Purchaser shall provide the Company with
prior notice of its requirement to do so. The Company shall not publicly
disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in
any
filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without
the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by
federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, (B) any proxy or
information statement filed in connection with the Company’s receipt of
Shareholder Approval and (C) the filing of final Transaction Documents
(including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the
extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations in
which
case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such
disclosure.
4.5 Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares and Warrants
hereunder as set forth on Schedule 4.5 of the Disclosure Schedule.
4.6 Listing
of Common Stock.
The
Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common
Stock on each Trading Market in which it is traded, and as soon as reasonably
practicable but in no event later than 45 days following the Closing, to
list all of the Shares and not
later
than 15 days following issuance thereof to list any
Warrant
Shares,
on each
such Trading Market). The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to
have
the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such
application all of the Shares and the Warrant Shares, and will take such other
action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be
listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will
take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of
its
Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the
Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of
the Trading Market.
4.7 Short
Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof.
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will engage in any transactions, including any Short
Sales, in the securities of the Company during the period commencing at the
Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are first publicly announced as described
in
Section 4.4. Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will engage in any Short Sales in the securities of the
Company during the period commencing at the Discussion Time and ending on the
Effective Date (“Black-out
Termination Date”).
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will
maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Each
Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any
other
Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of
short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the box” prior to 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 A, of the
Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997,
compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company
after the Black-out Termination Date. 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 covenant 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.
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4.8 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings.
The
Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as
required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Purchaser.
The
Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is
necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities
for,
sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky”
laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such
actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.9 Reduction
in Number of Warrants.
(b) Acceleration/Termination
upon Change in Control.
If at
any time prior to the date any Warrant first becomes exercisable in accordance
with its terms, the Company receives a Change of Control Offer from a person
other the Purchasers or one of their Affiliates and such Change of Control
Offer
is not withdrawn and is accepted by the Company, then, upon consummation of
such
transaction (i) 4,000,000 of the Warrants to purchase Common Stock at $2.65
per
share described in Section 2.1(b)(i) hereof shall automatically become
exercisable for the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which
the holder of the Warrant would have owned immediately after such Change of
Control transaction if the holder had exercised the Warrant immediately before
the effective date of such transaction in the manner and subject to the
provisions set forth in Section 4(f) of the Warrants without further action
required on the part of any party (ii) the balance of the Warrants listed in
Section 2.1(b)(i) hereof shall be automatically cancelled without further action
required on the part of any party.
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(c) Termination
upon Breach.
If
Elixir or the holder of a Warrant breaches (unless such breach is due to fault
on the part of the Company or its Affiliates) any of their material obligations
under this Agreement or the Warrants, and the breaching party does not remedy
such breach within ninety (90) days of receiving written notice of the same
from
the Company, the Company may, at its option, cancel any portion or all of any
Warrant that remains unexercised at the end of such 90 day period. Any such
cancellation shall not affect the agreements of the parties under the
Transaction Documents with respect to any exercised Warrants or the Warrant
Shares.
4.10 Repurchase
of Shares by the Company.
(b) If
at any
time following the Closing Elixir believes, in its sole discretion, that it
is,
or may be, subject to a material regulatory examination, review, process,
investigation, compliance obligation, prohibition or other regulatory
requirement (in each case, a “material regulatory requirement”) arising out of,
or resulting from, its direct ownership of Securities and which may subject
Melco, Elixir or any of their Affiliates, directors or officers to licensing,
gaming or other requirements in the United States of America and it believes,
in
its sole discretion, that it is, or will be, unable to cooperate or comply,
as
the case may be, with such requirements without an unreasonable amount of time,
expense or effort, Elixir may, if advised by counsel in writing that such
transfer would substantially eliminate such time, expense or effort, take all
necessary steps to transfer ownership of the affected Securities to a voting
trust. The parties agree that a “probity” or “suitability” review or process by
United States federal or state gaming regulators with respect to Melco and/or
Elixir or any of their subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors or officers shall
be
deemed to be a “material regulatory requirement”. If Elixir believes, in its
sole discretion, that, taking into account the time, expense and effort that
may
be required to transfer the affected Securities to a voting trust, such a course
of action is not commercially advisable, or if such transfer would not
substantially eliminate such time, expense or effort, and the material
regulatory requirement is continuing, the Company will use its best efforts
to,
as expeditiously as possible, (i) assist Elixir to sell all of the Shares,
Warrant Shares and Warrants to a third party at a price not less than (A) with
respect to such Shares, the Subscription Amount, or ratable portion thereof,
(B)
with respect to such Warrant Shares, the aggregate exercise amount and (C)
with
respect to such Warrants, the relevant portion of the Subscription Amount,
if
any, that was allocated to the Warrants (A, B and C, together the “Targeted
Proceeds”),
or,
in the event such a transaction cannot be consummated within 90 days, (ii)
repurchase all of the Shares, Warrant Shares and Warrants for cash consideration
in an amount not less than the Targeted Proceeds, subject to the Board of
Directors’ determination in good faith, after consultation with outside legal
counsel, that such repurchase would not be inconsistent with its fiduciary
duties to the Company’s shareholders under applicable Law.
(c) Reference
is made to Article IX of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
The parties acknowledge and agree that Article IX permits the Company, following
a determination by the Nevada Gaming Commission or the governing gaming
regulatory agency of a jurisdiction in which the Company holds a privileged
license (collectively the “Gaming Regulatory Authorities”) that a holder of
stock or other security of the Company is unsuitable, to require such holder
to
relinquish ownership of such stock or security and to purchase such stock or
security for cash at “fair market value” to be determined at the sole discretion
of the Company. The parties further agree that (i) if the Company at any time
requires Elixir to relinquish all of its Securities at “fair market value”
pursuant to Article IX or any successor or similar provision, the Targeted
Proceeds shall constitute a reasonable determination of the “fair market value”
of such Securities and (ii) the Company will not raise any objection or defense
(including, without limitation, ultra
xxxxx
or
otherwise) regarding the agreements set forth in this Section
4.10(b).
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4.11 Shareholder
Approval.
If
Shareholder Approval is required to consummate the transactions contemplated
by
the Transaction Documents (a) the Company’s Board of Directors (including
Xxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx) shall take all lawful action to (i) cause a
special meeting of its shareholders (the “Company
Shareholder Meeting”)
to be
duly called and held as soon as practicable after the date hereof for the
purpose of voting on the approval and adoption of the Transaction Documents
and
(ii) solicit proxies from its shareholders to obtain the required vote for
the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and any action necessary or desirable to effectuate the transactions
contemplated herein and therein and (b) each of Xxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx
shall vote
all
shares over which they have voting control in favor of the approval and adoption
of the Transaction Documents and any action necessary or desirable to effectuate
the transactions contemplated herein and therein. The Board of Directors of
the
Company shall (i) recommend that the shareholders of the Company adopt this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and thereby approve the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) take all lawful
action (including the solicitation of proxies) to solicit such adoption;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may, at any time prior to the
time of the Company Shareholder Meeting, withdraw, modify or change any such
recommendation to the extent that the Board of Directors’ determines in good
faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that such repurchase
would
not be consistent
with its
fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders under applicable Law.
4.12 S-3
Eligibility.
The
Company will use its best efforts to become eligible to register the Common
Stock for resale by the Purchasers under Form S-3 promulgated under the
Securities Act as promptly as possible.
4.13 Board
Representation.
From
and after the Closing, Elixir will be entitled to appoint one director to the
Board of Directors of the Company and appoint a replacement director in the
event such board seat becomes vacant. From and after its exercise of any of
the
Warrants, Elixir will be entitled to appoint a number of directors to the Board
of Directors of the Company proportionate to its equity ownership of the Company
on a Fully Diluted Basis (as well as appoint a replacement director in respect
of any of its board seats that become vacant). By way of example, if Elixir’s
equity ownership of the Company is equal to 30%, on a Fully Diluted Basis,
Elixir shall be entitled to appoint a number of directors equal to the product
of 30% and the authorized number of directors set forth in the organizational
documents of the Company (as adjusted upwards, but not downwards, for any
modifications of such maximum number in such organizational documents from
time
to time). Any fraction resulting from such calculation shall be rounded up
if it
is equal to or greater than ½ and down if it is less than ½.
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The
Company (including Xxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx in their capacity as
shareholders) and the Board of Directors of the Company will do and will cause
to be done all things necessary or desirable (including amending the
organizational documents of the Company) as expeditiously as possible to give
effect to this provision (it being agreed that, if incorporated in the
organizational documents of the Company such provision shall not thereafter
be
amended or canceled without the written consent of Elixir). For the purpose
of
this Agreement, the term “Fully Diluted Basis” shall refer, as of any specified
date, to (i) shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a specified date and
(ii)
shares of Common Stock into or for which Common Stock Equivalents are
convertible, exercisable or exchangeable (other than the Warrants).
4.14 Indemnification.
(a) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Section 4.14, the Company (the “Indemnifying
Party”)
agrees
to indemnify, defend and
hold
harmless each of the Purchasers and its Affiliates and their respective
officers, directors, agents, employees, subsidiaries, partners, members and
controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified
Party”)
to the
fullest extent permitted by law from and against any and all losses, actions,
suits, proceedings, claims, complaints, disputes, arbitrations or investigations
(collectively, “Claims”),
or
written threats thereof (including, without limitation, any Claim by a third
party), damages, expenses (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other
charges of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action between
the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party
and any third
party or otherwise) or other liabilities (collectively, “Losses”)
resulting from, arising out of or relating to:
(i) |
any
breach of any representation or warranty in this Agreement any amendment
thereto, the other Transaction Documents or any of the certificates,
schedules or Disclosure Schedules delivered in connection
therewith;
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(ii) |
any
breach, or failure to perform any covenant or agreement by the Company
in
this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents;
and
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an
acquisition by the Company, or any of its Affiliates, of any Securities
from Elixir in breach of the agreements between the parties set forth
in
Section 4.10(b) hereof.
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In
connection with the obligation of the Indemnifying Party to indemnify for
expenses as set forth above, the Indemnifying Party shall, upon presentation
of
appropriate invoices containing reasonable detail, reimburse each Indemnified
Party for all such expenses (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other
charges of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action between
the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party
and any third party) as they are incurred by such Indemnified Party; provided,
however, that if an Indemnified Party is reimbursed under this Section 4.14
for any expenses, such reimbursement of expenses shall be promptly refunded
to
the extent it is finally judicially determined
that the Losses in question resulted primarily from the willful misconduct
or
gross negligence of such Indemnified Party.
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(b) Each
Indemnified Party under this Section 4.14 shall, promptly after the receipt
of
notice of the commencement of any Claim against such Indemnified Party in
respect of which indemnity may be sought from the Indemnifying Party under
this
Section 4.14, notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement
thereof. The omission of any Indemnified Party to so notify the Indemnifying
Party of any such action shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any
liability which it may have to such Indemnified Party (a) other than
pursuant to this Section 4.14 or (b) under this Section 4.14 unless, and
only to the extent that, such omission results in the Indemnifying Party's
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses. In case any such Claim shall
be
brought against any Indemnified Party, and it shall notify the Indemnifying
Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled
to
assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with counsel satisfactory to
such
Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment; provided,
however,
that
any Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to
participate in such defense at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in any Claim in which both the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and an
Indemnified Party, on the other hand, are, or are reasonably likely to become,
a
party, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
and to control its own defense of such Claim if, in the reasonable opinion
of
counsel to such Indemnified Party, either (x) one or more defenses are available
to the Indemnified Party that are not available to the Indemnifying Party or
(y)
a conflict or potential conflict exists between the Indemnifying Party, on
the
one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, that would make such
separate representation advisable; provided,
however,
that
the Indemnifying Party (i) shall not be liable
for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel to all Indemnified Parties
and (ii) shall reimburse the Indemnified Parties for all of such fees and
expenses of such counsel incurred in any action between the Indemnifying Party
and the Indemnified Parties or between the Indemnified Parties and any third
party, as such expenses are incurred. The Indemnifying Party agrees that it
will
not, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers, settle, compromise
or
consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened Claim relating
to the matters contemplated hereby (if any Indemnified
Party is a party thereto or has been actually threatened to be made a party
thereto) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
release of each Indemnified Party from all liability arising or that may arise
out of such Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement
of any Claim effected against an Indemnified Party without the Indemnifying
Party’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
rights accorded to an Indemnified Party hereunder shall be in addition to any
rights that any Indemnified Party may have at common law, by separate agreement
or otherwise; provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, nothing in this Section 4.14 shall restrict or limit any rights
that
any Indemnified Party may have to seek equitable relief.
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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, or the Company by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before January 31, 2007,
or prior to this date, if Shareholder Approval has not been obtained at the
Company Shareholder Meeting, 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 Fees
and Expenses.
Except
as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes
and
duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchasers and the sale of such Securities.
5.3 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 and replace in their entirety all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, discussions, negotiations and understandings, oral or written,
with
respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into
such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 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 3:00 p.m. (Las Vegas time) on a Business Day,
(b)
the next Business 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 Business Day or
later
than 3:00 p.m. (Las Vegas time) on any Business Day, (c) the 2nd
Business
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.
5.5 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 the
Purchasers holding not more than 50% of the Shares then outstanding or, in
the
case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived
provision 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 any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair
the
exercise of any such right.
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5.6 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.
5.7 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. Neither the Company nor any Purchaser
may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of each other party (other than by merger)
except
that each Purchaser may assigns its rights and obligations hereunder
to
Melco,
the Melco-PBL Joint Venture or any subsidiary of the foregoing.
5.8 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.
5.9 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 New York, 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 State of New York. 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 reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses
incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action
or
proceeding.
5.10 Survival.
The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and
the delivery of the Shares and the Warrants and continue in full force and
effect until the second anniversary of the Closing. The representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnity obligations contained herein shall in no
way
be affected by any investigation of the subject matter thereof made by or on
behalf of the Purchasers or the Company.
The
Company expressly agrees that it may not invoke knowledge of the Purchasers
(actual, constructive or imputed) of a fact or circumstance that might make
a
statement untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading as a defense to a claim
for breach of the Company’s representations and warranties.
5.11 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 or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, 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 or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
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5.12 Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction.
5.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any
Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within
the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw,
in
its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any
relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to
its
future actions and rights.
5.14 Replacement
of Shares.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall promptly issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation),
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. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs
(including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement
Shares.
5.15 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 or non-performance of the obligations
of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein
or in any other 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. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same
terms
and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because
it
was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
5.16 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.
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(Signature
Pages Follow)
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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.
VENDINGDATA
CORPORATION
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Address
for Notice:
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By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx,
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Xxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
000.000.0000
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As
to
Sections 4.11 and 4.13 only
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
XXXX
XXXXXXX, an individual
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
XXXXX
XXXXXX, an individual
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OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO 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:
Elixir
Group
Limited
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
/s/
LeongVan
Tak
Name
of
Authorized
Signatory: Xxxxx
Van
Tak
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________
Email
Address of
Purchaser:________________________________________________
Fax
Number of Purchaser:
________________________________________________
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Shares for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription
Amount: US$2,650,000
Shares:
____One Million _______________________
Warrants:
16
Million
shares at $________ per share
EIN
Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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EXHIBIT
A
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of _________, 2006, among VendingData Corporation,
a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and
the other parties identified on the signature pages hereto (collectively the
“Selling
Shareholders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Company will sell up to 1,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (“Common
Stock”),
and
warrants to purchase up to 16,000,000 shares of Common Stock (“Warrants”)
to
certain Selling Shareholders pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement (“Securities
Purchase Agreement”)
dated
as of October 11, 2006 by and among the Company and the parties thereto.
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 the Selling Shareholders agree as
follows:
Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
given such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Adverse
Disclosure” means public disclosure of material non-public information, which
disclosure in the good faith judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors
of
the Company after consultation with counsel to the Company would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate a material
acquisition, disposition or other comparable extraordinary
transaction.
“Advice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Effectiveness
Date”
means,
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, the 60h
calendar
day following the Closing
(the
75h
calendar
day in the case of a “full review” by the Commission.
“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Filing
Date”
means,
with respect to the initial “Shelf”
Registration Statement
required
hereunder, the 30th
calendar
day following the Closing.
“Holder”
or
“Holders”
means
the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
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“Losses”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Prospectus”
means
the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from
a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon
Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented
by
any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement,
and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities”
means
all of (i) any Warrants Shares, (ii) the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (iii) any shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to the foregoing; provided,
however, a security shall no longer be a Registrable Security once it has been
sold, or may be sold, without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 or
pursuant to a Registration Statement that has been declared effective under
the
Securities Act.
“Registration
Statement”
means
the registration statements required to be filed hereunder, including (in each
case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement
or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits
thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.
“Rule
415”
means
Rule 415 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 purpose and
effect as such Rule.
“Rule
424”
means
Rule 424 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 purpose and
effect as such Rule.
“Selling
Shareholder Questionnaire”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
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Shelf and
Demand
Registration.
5.17 Demand
Registration.
If, on
or at any time after the Effectiveness Date there is no currently effective
“Shelf” Registration Statement, then at any time thereafter, upon written notice
(a “Demand”)
from a
Holder or Holders holding at least 50% of the Registrable Securities requesting
that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of any or
all
of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder or Holders, which notice
shall
specify the intended method or methods of disposition of such Registrable
Securities, the Company shall, within five (5)
days
after receiving the Holder’s or Holders’ Demand, give written notice (the
“Request
Notice”)
of
such registration request to all other Holders, except if all the Registrable
Securities are held by a single Holder, no Request Notice shall be
required.
The
Request Notice shall offer to each such Holder the opportunity to include in
such Registration Statement such number of Registrable Securities as such Holder
may request within ten (10) days after the date of the Request Notice, subject
to the limitations of this Section 2(a) and to compliance with the other
provisions of this Agreement. As promptly as possible after such ten (10) day
period, but no later than the 30th day following receipt of the Demand, the
Company shall file a Registration Statement with the Commission for purposes
of
effecting, in the manner set forth in this Section 2 and Section 3 hereof,
the
registration under the Securities Act of all such Registrable Securities for
disposition in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition
stated in the Holder’s or Holders’ request
and
shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing
thereof,
provided that:
if
the
filing of a Registration Statement in respect of a Demand would require the
Company (A) to make an Adverse Disclosure or (B) if the Company has already
commenced a bona fide
financing plan through a formal “all hands” meeting or comparable
action,
and, in
the good-
faith
business judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors, a
Demand
registration at the time and on the terms requested would have
a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to obtain such financing,
the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the
Holders, delay the filing of such Registration Statement for the shortest period
of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such
purpose; provided, however that
the
Company shall not be permitted
to do so (A) more than three times during any twenty-four month period, (B)
for
a period not exceeding 40 days on any one occasion or (C) for a period exceeding
60 days in any 12 month period. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders
of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under
this
Section 2(a)(i);
the
Company shall not be obligated to file a Registration Statement relating to
a
registration request pursuant to this Section 2(a): (A) on more than
three
occasions (it being understood and agreed that the Company shall only be
responsible for Registration Expenses for the first two occasions), (B) within
a
period of one
(1)
month
after the effective date of any other Registration Statement of the Company
demanded pursuant to this Section 2(a); or (C) if such registration request
is
for a number of Registrable Securities that represent in the aggregate (on
an as
converted basis) less than one
third
of the
number of Shares originally
acquired by the Holders;
the
Company shall be deemed to have effected a Demand registration if (i) the
applicable Registration Statement is withdrawn at the request of the Purchasers
after having been filed with the Commission or (ii) the applicable Registration
Statement is declared effective by the Commission and remains effective for
not less
than
180 days, or, if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten
offering, such longer period as, in the opinion of counsel for the underwriter
or underwriters is required by law for the delivery of a Prospectus in
connection with the sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or
dealer; a
Holder
may elect to withdraw its Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration
at
any time. If all such Holders do so, the Company shall cease its efforts to
secure registration; and Registrations
pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is
not
then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3,
in
which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form, reasonably
acceptable to the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, and
as
shall permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with
the intended method of distribution or methods of distribution specified in
the
applicable Holder’s or Holders’ requests for such registration.
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5.18 Shelf
Registration.
On
or
prior to the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission
a “Shelf” Registration Statement covering the resale of the Registrable
Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the
methods of distribution elected by such Holders, to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form
S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be
on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith,
reasonably acceptable to Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities),
as
modified by the Company as necessary to conform to comments from the Commission.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts
to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any
event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts
to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
have
been sold, or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k),
as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter
to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the
affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”).
Within two Trading Days after the Registration Statement is declared effective,
the Company shall (i) file a final Prospectus with the Commission pursuant
to
Rule 424 and (ii) notify the Holders via facsimile of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement.
5.19 If,
in
connection with a registration statement pursuant to either Section 2(a) or
2(b),
the
Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities by means of an
underwriting, they shall so advise the Company
(and the
Company shall, if necessary amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement
for such purpose).
The
underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest (as determined by the
number of Registrable Securities held) of the Holders after
consultation with the Company.
Incidental
Registrations.
Participation.
(A) If the Company at any time proposes to file a Registration Statement with
respect to any offering of its securities for its own account or for the account
of any holders of its securities (other than (1) a registration under Section
2(a) or 2(b) hereof, (2) a registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor
form
to such forms, (3) a registration of securities solely relating to an offering
and sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee
stock
plan or other employee benefit plan arrangement or (4) a registration of
securities for the benefit of the holders pursuant to Section 6(e) of that
certain registration rights agreement (the “Bric Registration Rights Agreement”)
dated as of May 1, 2006 among the Company, Bricoleur Partners, L.P., Bricoleur
Enhanced, L.P., BRIC 6, L.P. and Bricoleur Offshore Ltd. (the “Bricoleur
Parties”) but only for so long as there is not an effective registration
statement covering the registrable securities of the Bricoleur Parties, then,
as
soon as practicable (but in no event less than 20 days prior to the proposed
date of filing such Registration Statement), the Company shall give written
notice of such proposed filing to all Holders of Registrable Securities and
(unless all such Registrable Securities are then registered pursuant to Section
2(a) or a Shelf Registration Statement under Section 2(b) is in effect) such
notice shall offer the Holders of such Registrable Securities the opportunity
to
register such number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request
in writing (an “Incidental Registration”). Subject to Section 2(d)(ii), the
Company shall include in such Registration Statement all such Registrable
Securities which are requested to be included therein within 10 days after
the
receipt by such Holder of any such notice. If at any time after giving written
notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective
date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration,
the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay
registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written
notice of such determination to each Holder of Registrable Securities and,
(x)
in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its
obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such
registration, and (y) in the case of a determination to delay registering,
shall
be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities for the same period
as the delay in registering such other securities.
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(B) If
the
offering pursuant to an Incidental Registraton is to be an underwritten
offering, then each Holder making a request for its Registrable Securities
to be
included therein must, and the Company shall make such arrangements with the
underwriters so that each such Holder may, participate in such underwritten
offering on the same terms as the Company and other Persons selling securities
in such underwritten offering. If the offering pursuant to such registration
is
to be on any other basis, then each Holder making a request for an Incidental
Registration pursuant to this Section 2(d) must participate in such offering
on
such basis.
(C) Each
Holder shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities from an Incidental Registration at any time prior to effectiveness
of
the Registration Statement.
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Priority
of Incidental Registration. If the managing underwriter or underwriters of
any
proposed underwritten offering of a class of securities included in an
Incidental Registration (or in the case of an Incidental Registration not being
underwritten, the Company) informs the Holders of Registrable Securities sought
to be included in such registration in writing that, in its or their opinion,
the total amount or kind of securities which such Holders and any other Persons
intend to include in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold in
such
offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price,
timing or distribution of the class or classes of the securities offered or
the
market for the class or classes of securities offered, then the securities
of
each class to be included in such registration shall be allocated as
follows:
(A) first,
100% of the securities that the Company or the Bricoleur Parties (with respect
to the Bricoleur Parties, subject to the conditions in Section
2(d)(i)(4));
(B) second,
and only if all the securities referenced in clause (i) have been included,
the
number of Registrable Securities of such class that, in the opinion of such
underwriter or underwriters (or in the case of an Incidental Registration not
being underwritten, the Company), can be sold without having such adverse effect
shall be included therein, with such number to be allocated pro rata among
the
Holders which have requested participation in the Incidental Registration
(based, for each such Holder, on the percentage derived by dividing (x) the
number of Registrable Securities of such class which such Holder has requested
to include in such Incidental Registration by (y) the aggregate number of
Registrable Securities of such class which all such Holders have requested
to
include); and
(C) third,
and only if all of the Registrable Securities referenced in clauses (i) and
(ii)
have been included, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such
registration shall be included therein.
Registration
Procedures
In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations under Sections 2(a),
2(b) and 2(d), the Company shall:
5.20 Not
less
than
five
Trading
Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than two
Trading Days prior to the filing of any related amendment or supplement thereto,
the Company shall, (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all documents to be
filed, and (ii) cause its officers, directors and counsel to respond to all
reasonable inquiries from the Holders. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the
Company a completed Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as
Annex B (a “Selling
Shareholder Questionnaire”)
by the
end of the fourth Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives
the Selling Shareholder Questionnaire and draft materials in accordance with
this Section.
5.21 (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by
any
required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and
as
so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond
as
promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten Business Days,
to
any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible
provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and
to
the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the
Holders as selling shareholders but not any comments that would result in the
disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning
the
Company; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to a Registration Statement
and
the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by each Registration
Statement.
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5.22 Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant
to clauses (ii) through (iv) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend
the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as
promptly as reasonably possible (i) with respect to a Registration Statement
or
any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of the
issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement
covering any or all of the Registrable Securities; (iii) of the receipt by
the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale
in
any jurisdiction; or (iv) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time
that
makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible
for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to
a
Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case
of a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Any
and all of such information contemplated by subparagraphs (i) through (iv)
shall
remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes
public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law.
5.23 Use
its
best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of
(i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or
(ii)
any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any
of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest
practicable moment.
5.24 Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, such
number
of each
such final Prospectus and each final amendment or supplement thereto
as each
such Holder may reasonably request,
promptly
after the filing of such documents with the Commission, for Holder’s delivery in
connection with a sale of the Registrable Securities.
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5.25 Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of each
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, provided by the Company
pursuant to subpart (e) above, by each of the selling Holders in connection
with
the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice
pursuant to Section 3(d).
5.26 If
NASDR
Rule 2710 requires any broker-dealer to make a filing prior to executing a
sale
by a Holder, the Company shall (i) make an Issuer Filing with the NASDR, Inc.
Corporate Financing Department pursuant to proposed NASDR Rule
2710(b)(10)(A)(i), (ii) respond within five Trading Days to any comments
received from NASDR in connection therewith, and (iii) pay the filing fee
required in connection therewith.
5.27 promptly
incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the
applicable Registration Statement such information as the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities agree should be included therein relating to
the
plan of distribution with respect to such Registrable Securities.
5.28 cooperate
with each seller of Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in
connection with any filings required to be made with the NASD.
5.29 provide
and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable
Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement from and after
a
date not later than the effective date of such Registration
Statement.
5.30 cause
all
Registrable Securities of a class covered by the applicable Registration
Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which any of the Company’s
securities of such class are then listed or quoted and on each inter-dealer
quotation system on which any of the Company’s securities of such class are then
quoted.
5.31 The
Company covenants that it will file,
on a
timely basis,
the
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act
and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company
is not required to file such reports, it will upon the request of any Holder
of
Registrable Securities after the Closing,
make
publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales
pursuant to Rule 144 or 144A under the Securities Act, and it will take such
further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request,
all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within
the
limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 or 144A or Regulation
S
under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or
(ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission.
5.32 Prior
to
any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its reasonable best
efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the
registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale
by
the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within
the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that
the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file
a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
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5.33 If
requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities
to
be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Securities Act,
of
all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such
denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.
Upon
the
occurrence of any event contemplated by clauses
(ii) through (iv) of Section
3(c) hereof, as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking
into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to
the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event,
prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to
a
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any
other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered, neither the
Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in
accordance with clauses (ii) through (iv) of Section 3(c) above to suspend
the
use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been
made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will
use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed
as
promptly as is practicable.
Use
its
best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission.
The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by
such Holder, (ii) the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive
control over the shares of Common Stock, and (iii) any affiliation between
the
Holder and either the Company’s independent accountants or any member of the
NASD.
The
Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any
registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information
regarding the distribution of such Registrable Securities and such other
information as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. Each Holder
agrees to furnish such information to the Company and to cooperate with the
Company as necessary to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of
this
Agreement. The
Company shall have the right to exclude any Holder that does not comply with
the
preceding sentence from the applicable registration.
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Registration
Expenses.
All
fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this
Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any
Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees
and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without
limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation,
fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings or listings or
quotations required
to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
for
trading, (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws
reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) and (C) if not
previously paid by the Company in connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect
to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a
Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with NASD Regulation,
Inc. pursuant to the NASD Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no
more
than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii)
printing expenses incurred by the Company (including, without limitation,
expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities, (iii) messenger,
telephone and delivery expenses incurred by the Company, (iv) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company
and of
all independent certified public accountants of the Company,
(v)
Securities Act liability insurance incurred by the Company, if the Company
so
desires such insurance,
and
(vi)
fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In
addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses
incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of
its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense
of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or
similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in
the
Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the
Holders.
Indemnification
5.34 Indemnification
by the Company.
The
Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify
and
hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, advisors,
agents and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Person
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, partners,
advisors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions or proceedings thereof, whether or not such
indemnified party is a party thereto, costs (including, without limitation,
reasonable costs of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses
(collectively, “Losses”),
as
incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement under
which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities
Act (including
any final, preliminary or summary Prospectus contained therein) or any amendment
or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in
the case of any Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or supplement thereto,
in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except
to
the extent, but only to the extent that any such Loss is based solely upon
an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in any such Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity
with
written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
in
the preparation thereof. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability
the Company may otherwise have. This indemnity shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigations made by or on behalf of such Holder
or
any indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of such securities by
such
Holder.
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5.35 Indemnification
by Holders.
Each
Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, officers, agents, attorneys and employees, each Person
who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents,
attorneys or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the
extent arising out of or based solely upon any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which they were made to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such Loss
is
based solely upon an untrue
statement or omission made
in
such Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written
information furnished to
the
Company by such Holder to the Company expressly for use in the preparation
thereof and was not corrected in a subsequent writing prior to or concurrently
with the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the
Loss.
This
indemnity shall be in addition to any liability such Holder may otherwise have.
In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater
in
amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon
the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification
obligation.
5.36 Conduct
of Indemnification Proceedings.
If any
Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity
hereunder (an “Indemnified
Party”),
such
Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought
(the “Indemnifying
Party”)
in
writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense
thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to
the
extent that such failure shall have materially prejudiced the Indemnifying
Party.
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An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties
unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and
expenses; (2) the Indemnifying
Party shall have failed to assume the defense of such Proceeding within a
reasonable time after having received notice of such claim from the person
entitled to indemnification hereunder and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding;
(3)
in
the reasonable judgment of the
Indemnified Party,
based
upon advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest may exist between such
Person
and the
Indemnifying Party
with
respect to such claims or (4) the Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded,
based on the advice of counsel, that there are legal defenses available to
it
that are different from or in addition to those available to
the
Indemnifying Party, in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the
Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the
expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of
no
more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense
of the
Indemnifying Party. If such defense is not assumed by the Indemnifying Party,
the Indemnifying Party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement
made without its consent, but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld;
provided,
however,
that an
Indemnifying Party shall not be required to consent to any settlement involving
the imposition of equitable remedies or involving the imposition of any material
obligations on such Indemnifying Party other than financial obligations for
which such Indemnified Party will be indemnified hereunder. If the Indemnifying
Party assumes the defense, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to settle
such action without the consent of the Indemnified Party, provided,
however,
that
the Indemnifying Party shall be required to obtain such consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld) if the settlement includes any admission
of
wrongdoing on the part of the Indemnified Party or any restriction on the
Indemnified Party or its officers or directors. No
Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving
by
the claimant or plaintiff to each Indemnified party of an unconditional release
from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.
Subject
to and without limiting the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and
expenses of the Indemnified Party under this Section 5 (including reasonable
fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to
defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall
be
paid to the Indemnified Party as incurred by such Indemnified Party.
5.37 Contribution.
If the
indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses,
then
each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred
by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would
have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided
for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its
terms.
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The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by
any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which
the
proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that
such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled
to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition
to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.
Miscellaneous
5.38 Remedies.
It is
hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure in money
the damages that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of
the
obligations herein imposed on them and that in the event of any such failure
an
aggrieved Person will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate
remedy at law. Any such person shall therefore be entitled (in addition to
any
other remedy to which it may be entitled in law or in equity) to injunctive
relief, including, without limitation, specific performance, to enforce such
obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of
the
provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense
that there is an adequate remedy at law.
5.39 No
Piggyback on Registrations.
Except
for
the
Bricoleur Parties exercising registration rights previously granted to them
under the Bric Registration Rights Agreement (and only for so long as there
is
not an effective registration statement covering the registrable securities
of
the Bricoleur Parties) neither
the Company nor any of its present or future security holders (other than the
Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company
in the initial “Shelf”
Registration
Statement other than the Registrable Securities.
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5.40 Compliance.
Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
5.41 Discontinued
Disposition.
Each
Holder agrees by its acquisition of Registrable Securities that, upon receipt
of
a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described
in Section 3(c)(ii) through (iv), such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until
it is advised in writing (the “Advice”)
by the
Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts
to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as it
practicable.
Amendments
and Waivers.
The
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may
not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from
the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing
and
signed by the Company and the Holders of at least a majority the then
outstanding Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver
or
consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that
relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or
indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all
of
the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided,
however,
that
the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented
except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding
sentence.
Notices.
Any
and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors
and
permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of
each
Holder. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger) or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of at least a majority of the
Holders of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign
their respective rights hereunder only to a permitted transferee of the
Registrable Securities who agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions
of
this Agreement and where notice of such assignment shall have been provided
to
the Company.
No
Inconsistent Agreements.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof,
nor
shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would
be inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Execution
and Counterparts.
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 or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, 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 or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
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Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, 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 (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 State of New York. 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 this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such
action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
Cumulative
Remedies.
The
remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies
provided by law.
Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction.
Headings.
The
headings in this Agreement 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.
Independent
Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible
in
any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder.
Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at
any
closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall
be
deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders
are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled
to
protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising
out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to
be
joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement
as
of the date first written above.
VENDINGDATA CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx,
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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[NAME]
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By:
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1
Annex
B
VendingData
Corporation
Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Common
Stock”),
of
VendingData Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
(the
“Registrable
Securities”)
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
a
registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration
Statement”)
for
the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities
Act”),
of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of __________, 2006 (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”),
among
the Company and the Holders named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights
Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth
below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and
beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own
securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being
named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling
Securityholder”)
of
Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities
owned
by it and listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under such Item
3)
in the Registration Statement.
2
The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. |
Name.
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(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling
Securityholder
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are
held:
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(c)
|
Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person
who
directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or
dispose
of the securities covered by the
questionnaire):
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2. |
Address
for Notices to Selling
Securityholder:
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Telephone:
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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Fax:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Contact
Person:
____________________________________________________________________________________
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3. |
Beneficial
Ownership of Registrable
Securities:
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(a)
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Type
and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially
owned:
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3
4. |
Broker-Dealer
Status:
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(a)
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Are
you a broker-dealer?
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Yes
o No
o
(b)
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If
“yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company.
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Yes
o No
o
Note:
|
If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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(c)
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Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes
o No
o
(d)
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If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you
bought
the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and
at the
time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold,
you had
no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any
person
to distribute the Registrable
Securities?
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Yes
o No
o
Note:
|
If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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5.
Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Securityholder.
Except
as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable
Securities listed above in Item 3.
(a)
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Type
and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Securityholder:
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6. |
Relationships
with the Company:
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Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
State
any
exceptions here:
7. |
Relationships
with the Company’s Independent
Accountant:
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Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any
other material relationship with the Company’s independent accountants, Xxxxxx
Bowler Taylor & Xxxx, of Las Vegas , Nevada (or its predecessors or
affiliates) during the past three years.
State
any
exceptions here:
The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof
at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 7 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such
information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the
preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly
authorized agent.
Beneficial
Owner:
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Dated:
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By: | |
Name:
Title:
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Fax:
000-000-0000
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SCHEDULE
6(B)
PIGGYBACK
REGISTRATIONS
The
Company intends to include on the initial Registration
Statement:
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EXHIBIT
B
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND ARE “RESTRICTED
SECURITIES” AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION THEREUNDER, AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE
TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To
Purchase ________ Shares of Common Stock of
VENDINGDATA
CORPORATION
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”)
certifies that, for value received, _____________ (together with its successors
or assigns the “Holder”),
is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after March 31, 2007 (the
“Initial
Exercise Date”)
and on
or prior to the close of business on December 31, 2009 (the “Termination
Date”)
but
not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from VendingData Corporation,
a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
up to
_________ shares (the “Warrant
Shares”)
of
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”),
subject to adjustment as set forth herein. The purchase price of one share
of
Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined
in Section 3(b). The Initial Exercise Date and the Termination Date may be
extended as described in this Warrant.
Section
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”)
dated
October 11, 2006 between the Company and the Holder.
Section
2. Modification
of Initial Exercise Date and Termination Date.
a) Extension.
On or
before January 25, 2007, the Holder may send a written notice to the Company
requesting that the Initial Exercise Date be delayed until December 31, 2007,
and that the Termination Date be extended to a date no later than December
31,
2010. At any time after January 25, 2007, the Initial Exercise Date and/or
Termination Date may be delayed or extended only by written agreement between
the Holder and the Company.
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b) Acceleration.
If at
any time after the date hereof [whether
prior to or following the Initial Exercise Date],
the
Company acquires any securities of the Holder this Warrant shall be immediately
exercisable in full subject to the ability of the Holder to delay such Holder’s
ability to exercise this Warrant for up to 90 days, on a rolling basis, for
multiple occasions, by notice to the Company.
c) [Acceleration/Termination]
upon Change in Control.
If at
any time prior to the date this Warrant first becomes exercisable in accordance
with its terms, the Company receives a Change of Control Offer from a person
other than Elixir or one if its Affiliates and such Change of Control Offer
is
not withdrawn and is accepted by the Company, then, upon consummation of such
transaction this Warrant shall automatically [be
cancelled][become
exercisable for the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which
the Holder of the Warrant would have owned immediately after such Change of
Control transaction if the Holder had exercised the Warrant immediately before
the effective date of such transaction in the manner and subject to the
provisions set forth in Section 4(f)]
without
further action required on the part of any party.
d) Termination
upon Breach
If
Elixir, Melco or Holder breach (unless such breach is due to fault on the part
of the Company or its Affiliates) any of their material obligations under this
Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, and the breaching party does not remedy
such
breach within ninety (90) days of receiving written notice of the same from
the
Company, the Company may, at its option, cancel any portion or all of this
Warrant that remains unexercised at the end of such 90 day period. Any such
cancellation of this Warrant shall not affect the agreements of the parties
under the Transaction Documents with respect to other Warrants, any exercised
Warrants or the Warrant Shares.
Section
3. Exercise.
a) Exercise
of Warrant.
Subject
to Section 2(b), exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
may
be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial
Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company
of a duly executed Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the
Company) and, in the case of an exercise that is not a Cashless Exercise
pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, along with payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s
check drawn on a United States bank (such exercise a “Cash
Exercise”).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be
required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder
has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant
has
been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant
to the Company for cancellation within 3 Trading Days of the date the final
Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this
Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant
Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding
number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the
applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased or reduced, as the case may be.
The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and
agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the
purchase or reduction of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number
of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be
less
than the amount stated on the face hereof.
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b) Exercise
Price.
The
exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be
$___,
subject
to adjustment herein (the “Exercise
Price”).
c) Cashless
Exercise.
This
Warrant may also be exercised by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the
Holder shall be entitled to tender Warrants for cancellation and in return
receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A)
= the
VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
(B)
= the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
(X)
= the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants tendered for
cancellation in accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash
exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market
other than the OTC Bulletin Board, the daily volume weighted average price
of
the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading
Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as
reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
(New
York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if the OTC Bulletin
Board is the Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common
Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board;
(c) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin
Board
and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding
to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of
the
Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value
of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company in good faith.
d) Mechanics
of Exercise.
i. Authorization
of Warrant Shares.
The
Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise
of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all Liens caused
by
the Company (except as resulting from the restrictions on transfer set forth
in
the Transaction Documents) but not including the restrictions on resale of
restricted securities set forth in the Securities Act or any Lien imposed under
any other U.S. law, rule or regulation.
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ii. Delivery
of Certificates Upon Exercise.
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be promptly transmitted by
the
transfer agent of the Company to the Holder subject to the Holder’s delivery to
the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant (if
required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above, in
the
event of a Cash Exercise.
iii. Delivery
of New Warrants Upon Exercise.
If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request
of
a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the
certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder
a
new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased
Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with this Warrant.
iv. No
Fractional Shares or Scrip.
No
fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder
would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall
at
its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction
in
an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the VWAP of one Warrant Share
or
round up to the next whole share.
v. Charges,
Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without
charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer
agent fees or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of
such
certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company,
and
such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name
or
names as may be directed by the Holder; provided,
however,
that in
the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other
than
the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder;
and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum equal
to the transfer tax incurred by it as a result of such assignment.
vi. Closing
of Books.
The
Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which
prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
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Section
4. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock
Dividends and Splits.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock
dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its
Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant),
(B)
subdivides or reclassifies outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, (C) combines or reclassifies (including by way of reverse
stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
(D) makes a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its capital stock
other than Common Stock, or (E) issues by reclassification of shares of the
Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case
the
Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any)
outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall
be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the Holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised
shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of capital stock of the
Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following such action
had
such Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto. If, after an adjustment,
a Holder of a Warrant upon exercise of it may receive shares of two or more
classes of capital stock of the Company, the Company shall determine the
allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between the classes of capital stock.
The adjustment referenced herein shall be made successively whenever any event
listed above shall occur. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (A) of this
Section 4(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution
and any adjustment pursuant to clause (B), (C), (D) or (E) shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent
Rights Offerings.
If the
Company, at any time while the Warrant is outstanding, shall issue rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe
for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the VWAP
at the record date mentioned below, then the Exercise Price shall be multiplied
by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants
plus
the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or
purchase, and of which the numerator shall be (A) the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants
plus
(B) the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number
of shares so offered (assuming receipt by the Company in full of all
consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would
purchase at such VWAP. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever
such
rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after
the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
rights, options or warrants.
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c) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time prior to the Termination Date, shall distribute to all
holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries, (ii) assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(including cash and cash dividends) or (iii) rights, options or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any of the foregoing or any other security of the
Company, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date
fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution
by
a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the
record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP
on
such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date
of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed
applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the
Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be
described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or
evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable
to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made successively
whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately
after the record date mentioned above.
d) Adjustment
for Common Stock Issue.
If the
Company issues shares of Common Stock or on or after the date hereof for a
consideration per share less than the VWAP on the date the Company fixes the
offering price of such additional shares, the Warrant Shares shall be adjusted
in accordance with the formula:
W’
=
W
x
A
O
+
P
M
where:
W’
=
|
the
adjusted Warrant Shares
|
W
=
|
the
Warrant Shares immediately prior to any such
issuance.
|
O
=
|
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, on a Fully Diluted
Basis,
immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares of Common
Stock.
|
P
=
|
the
aggregate consideration received for the issuance of such additional
shares of Common Stock.
|
M
=
|
the
VWAP per share of Common Stock on the date of issuance of such additional
shares.
|
A
=
|
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, on a fully diluted
basis,
immediately after the issuance of such additional shares of Common
Stock.
|
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The
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such issuance is made, and
shall become effective immediately after such issuance.
This
subsection (d) does not apply to any of the transactions described in subsection
(a) of this Section 4.
e) Adjustment
for Convertible Securities Issue.
If the
Company issues any options, warrants or other securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock (other than securities issued
in
transactions described in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section 4 and other
than the Warrant) on or after the date hereof for a consideration per share
of
Common Stock initially deliverable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of
such
securities less than the VWAP on the date of issuance of such securities, the
Warrant Shares shall be adjusted in accordance with this formula:
W’
=
W
x O
+
D
O + P
M
where:
W’
=
|
the
adjusted Warrant Shares.
|
W
=
|
the
Warrant Shares immediately prior to any such
issuance.
|
O
=
|
the
number of outstanding immediately, on a fully diluted basis, prior
to the
issuance of such securities.
|
P
=
|
the
aggregate consideration received for the issuance of such
securities.
|
M
=
|
the
VWAP per share of Common Stock on the date of issuance of such
securities.
|
D
=
|
the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion or in
exchange for or upon exercise of such securities at the initial
conversion, exchange or exercise
rate.
|
The
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such issuance is made, and
shall become effective immediately after such issuance.
f) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger
or consolidation or other business combination with and into another Person,
(B)
the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one
or
a series of related transactions (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether
by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of
Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification
of
the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common
Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash
or
property (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”),
and
such Fundamental Transaction constitutes a Change of Control then, upon
consummation of such transaction the Warrant shall automatically [be
cancelled, without further action required on the part of any party] [become
exercisable for the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which
the Holder of a Warrant would have owned immediately after the Fundamental
Transaction if the Holder had exercised the Warrant immediately before the
effective date of such transaction, without further action required on the
part
of any party (the “Alternate
Consideration”).
If
holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or
property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall
be
given the same choice as to the consideration it receives upon any exercise
of
this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary
to
effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving
entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant
consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to
exercise such warrant into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement
pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms
requiring any such successor or surviving entity to expressly assume, by a
supplemental warrant agreement or other acknowledgement executed and delivered
to the Holder, the obligation to deliver to such Holder the Alternate
Consideration as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder
may
be entitled to purchase, and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Company under this Agreement.]
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g) Calculations.
All
calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section
4,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as
of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
h) Voluntary
Adjustment by Company.
The
Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current
Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate
by
the Board of Directors of the Company. A reduction of the Exercise Price shall
not change or adjust the Exercise Price otherwise in effect for purposes of
subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e).
i) Notice
to Holders.
i. Adjustment
to Exercise Price.
Upon
any adjustment pursuant to Section 4 hereof, the Company shall promptly
thereafter cause to be mailed to the Holder a notice setting forth the number
of
underlying shares of Common Stock with respect to the Warrant and the Exercise
Price after such adjustment, and setting forth in reasonable detail the method
of calculation and the facts upon which such calculations are based.
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ii. Notice
to Allow Exercise by Holder.
If (A)
the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever
form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring
cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants
to
subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any
rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required
in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation,
merger or other business combination to which the Company is a party or any
sale
or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, whereby
the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E)
a
tender offer or exchange offer will be commenced (whether by the Company or
another person) pursuant to which holders of the Common Stock will be permitted
to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property;
(F)
the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company; or (G) the Company
proposes to take any other action that would require an adjustment of Exercise
Price pursuant to Section 4; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to
be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant
Register of the Company, at least 30 calendar days prior to the applicable
record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date
on
which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution,
redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date
as
of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined,
(y)
the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, other business
combination, sale, transfer dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected
to become effective or close or (z) the initial expiration date set forth in
any
tender offer or exchange offer for Common Stock, and the date as of which it
is
expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, other business
combination, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to
mail
such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect
the
validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
j) In
the
event of any issuance, sale, grant or distribution by the Company of any capital
stock of the Company, or any other voting or other security of the Company
whose
participation varies with the income or value of the Company (collectively,
an
“Equity Security”) or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any such
Equity Security of the Company, or any contract right measured or otherwise
valued by reference thereto, (i) the Company shall provide written notice
thereof to the Holder at least 30 days prior to such issuance, sale, grant
or
distribution and (ii) the Company shall issue to the Holder, in conjunction
with
the proposed transaction, such number of additional Warrants (the “Additional
Warrants”), if any, to purchase additional shares of Common Stock so that
following such issuance (and taking into account any adjustments pursuant to
Section 4 hereof), the Holder will have the same percentage of the equity
ownership of the Company (on a fully diluted basis) as such Holder had (on
a
fully diluted basis) prior to such issuance, sale, grant, or distribution.
The
exercise price of the Additional Warrants shall be $3.37.
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k) The
Holder will not be entitled to any Additional Warrants pursuant to subsections
(d), (e) or (j) of this Section 4 in the event of the issuance of Common Stock
(i) upon the exercise of any employee stock options outstanding on the date
hereof or upon the exercise of any employee stock options issued after the
date
hereof, (ii) upon the exercise of any common stock purchase warrants outstanding
on the date hereof or (iii) upon the exercise any of the equity put rights,
outstanding and unexercised as of the date here, pursuant to the terms of that
certain agreement between the Company and Bricoleur Capital Management dated
May
1, 2006.
Section
5. Transfer
of Warrant.
a) Transferability.
Subject
to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth
in Section 5(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including,
without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or
in
part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company
or
its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant
substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its
agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon
the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment,
the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name
of
the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified
in
such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant
evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall
promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by
a
new Holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant may be transferred only
to
Melco International Development Limited, a Hong Kong company (“Melco”), the
joint venture established between Melco and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited,
an Australian company (“the Melco-PBL Joint Venture”) or to any subsidiary of
Melco or any member of the Melco-PBL Joint Venture.
b) New
Warrants.
This
Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof
at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with
Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants
in
exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance
with such notice.
c) Warrant
Register.
The
Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant
Register”),
in
the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem
and
treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for
the
purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all
other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
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d) Transfer
Restrictions.
The
Company may require, as a condition of allowing the transfer of this Warrant
(i)
the opinion of counsel to the Holder reasonably satisfactory in the form and
substance to the Company that such transfer may be made without registration
under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky
laws
and (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an
investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii)
that
the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2),
(a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8) promulgated under the Securities Act or a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
e) Legend
Removal.
The
Warrant Shares shall bear a restrictive legend substantially in the form of
the
legend appearing on the first page of this Warrant until such time as the
Warrant Shares (A) have been sold pursuant to an effective Registration
Statement, (B) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar rule or
regulation), or (C) may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) in the opinion of
counsel to Holder reasonably satisfactory in the form and substance to the
Company.
Section
6. Miscellaneous.
a) No
Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise.
This
Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as
a
shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth herein.
b) Loss,
Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.
The
Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant
or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it
(which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond),
and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate
of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or
stock certificate.
c) Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.
If the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
d) Authorized
Shares.
The
Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will
reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of
shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise
of
any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that
its
issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who
are
charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue
the
necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase
rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action
as
may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided
herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any
requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
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Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall
not
by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of
incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of
this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all
such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder as set forth in this Warrant
against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase
in
par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant at the Exercise Price as so
adjusted, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such
authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having
jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its
obligations under this Warrant.
e) Jurisdiction.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Purchase Agreement. Where used in this Agreement, the singular includes the
plural and vice versa.
f) Restrictions.
The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this
Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state
and federal securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver
and Expenses.
No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on
the
part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice
Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights
hereunder terminate on the Termination Date.
h) Notices.
Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered
to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
i) Limitation
of Liability.
No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise
this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights
or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the
purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether
such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
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j) Remedies.
Holder,
in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including
recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights
under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of
the
provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the
defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
k) Successors
and Assigns.
Subject
to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations
evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder.
The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders
from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder
or
holder of Warrant Shares and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing
it is acknowledged and agreed that the term “Holder” shall include the
successors and permitted assigns of the initial Holder.
l) Amendment.
This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
m) Severability.
Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining
provisions of this Warrant.
n) Registration
Rights.
This
Warrant and the Warrant Shares are entitled to the benefits of that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of even date herewith between the
Company, Holder and the other signatories thereto (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
The
Company shall keep a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, and any
amendments thereto, at its principal office, and shall furnish copies thereof
to
the Holder upon request. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that a holder
of Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in
part,
shall continue to be entitled with respect to such shares to all rights to
which
it would have been entitled as a “Holder” under the Registration Rights
Agreement.
o) Headings.
The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized.
VENDINGDATA
CORPORATION
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|
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Dated:
______________, 2006
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By: | |
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx,
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit
10.3
NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: VENDINGDATA
CORPORATION
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full),
and
tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full [if
this Notice of Exercise concerns a Cash Exercise] [transfer taxes for account
of
Company per Section 3(d)(v), if applicable.]
(2) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the
name
of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by
physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(3)
Accredited
Investor.
The
undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name
of
Investing Entity:
________________________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
__________________________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________________________
Date:________________________________________________________________________________________
Exhibit
10.3
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To
assign the foregoing Warrant, execute
this
form
and supply required information.
Do
not
use this form to exercise the Warrant.)
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all
rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated:
______________, _______
Holder’s
Signature: _____________________________
Holder’s
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
Signature
Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE:
The
signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears
on
the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of
corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.