SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.30
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of
November 23, 2018, between Premier Biomedical, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser
identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the
“Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to Section 4(a)(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, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company
and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for
all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Acquiring
Person” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.5.
“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 405 under the
Securities Act.
“BHCA” means the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended.
“Board of Directors” means the
board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except
any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday
in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in
the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action to close.
“Buy-In Price” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(d).
“Closing Date” shall mean the date
that the Purchase Price is paid for the Preferred
Shares.
“Commission” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Common Stock” means the common
stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share, and any other
class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be
reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right,
option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the
holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company Counsel” means
Xxxxx Xxxx & Sessions, PC,
with offices located at 000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000.
“Conversion Shares” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred
Shares.
“Dilutive Issuance” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.19(b).
“Dilution Shares” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.19(b).
“Disclosure Schedules” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Discounted Per Share Purchase
Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section
4.19(b).
“Effective Date” means the earliest
of the date that (a) the Registration Statement registering all of
the Shares has been declared effective by the Commission, (b) all
of the Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be
in compliance with the current public information required under
Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (c)
following the one year anniversary of the Closing Date provided
that a holder of Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company, or (d)
all of the Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from
registration under Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company Counsel has
delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion
that resales may then be made by such holders of the Shares
pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.
“Environmental Laws” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Evaluation Date” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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“Exempt Issuance” means the
issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the
members of a committee of non-employee directors established for
such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities
upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities
issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or
exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement
to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the
exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such
securities (other than in connection with stock splits or
combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c)
securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic
transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors
of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a
Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or
through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an
asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company
and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to
the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in
which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose
of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
investing in securities.
“Federal Reserve” means the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FDA” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“FDCA” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“Fixed Conversion Price” equals
$0.08.
“GAAP” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Hazardous Materials” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Indebtedness” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).
“Intellectual Property Rights”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).
“Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section
4.10.
“Legend Removal Date” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
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“Liens” means a lien, charge
pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Money Laundering Laws” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(pp).
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
“Participation Maximum” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
“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.
“Pharmaceutical Product” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“Preferred Shares” means the shares
of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the
Company.
“Pre-Notice” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).
“Pro Rata Portion” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(e).
“Proceeding” means an action,
claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such
as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Public Information Failure” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).
“Public Information Failure
Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section
4.2(b).
“Purchaser Party” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“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 or interpreted 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.
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“Rule 424” means Rule 424
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted 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.
“SEC Reports” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the Preferred
Shares and the Conversion Shares.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the Conversion
Shares and the Dilution Shares.
“Short Sales” means all
“short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act (but shall not
be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription Amount” means, as to
each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Securities
purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name
on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading
“Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in
immediately available funds.
“Subsequent Financing” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
“Subsequent Financing Notice” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary
of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) and shall,
where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of
the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which
the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the
Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC
Pink (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this
Agreement and all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any
other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
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“Transfer Agent” means Issuer
Direct Corporation, the current transfer agent of the Company, with
a mailing address of 0000 Xxxx 0000 Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000 and a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000, and any
successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Variable Rate Transaction” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13(b).
“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, 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
as reported by Bloomberg 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 OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC Pink is not a Trading Market, the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC Pink as applicable,
(c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on
OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC Pink and if prices for the Common Stock are
then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC
Markets Group, Inc. (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 an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
On the Closing Date,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and
the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase,
Preferred Shares in the aggregate principal amount of One Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000). The Purchaser shall deliver to
the Company, via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately
available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount
as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such
Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its
Preferred Shares, and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver
the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the
Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of Company Counsel in Salt Lake City, UT, such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree or by the electronic
exchange of documents.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to each Purchaser the following, as
applicable:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
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(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C attached
hereto, which opinion shall also opine that, for purposes of Rule
144, the holding period of the Dilution Shares issuable pursuant to
Section 4.19 shall
be deemed to have commenced on the Closing Date;
(iii) a
copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions;
and
(iv) the
Company shall have provided each Purchaser with the Company’s
wire instructions, on Company letterhead and executed by the Chief
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer.
(b) On
or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Company, as applicable, the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount for such applicable Closing
by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the
Company.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with each
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent
representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the applicable Closing
Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers
contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which
case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the applicable Closing Date shall have
been performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection
with each Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent
representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the
applicable Closing Date of the representations and warranties of
the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein
in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the applicable Closing Date shall have
been performed;
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(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock
shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the
Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to
the applicable Closing, trading in securities generally as reported
by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or
minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose
trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor
shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United
States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred
any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect
on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which,
in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes
it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
applicable Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure
Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any
representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the
disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure
Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as to
each Closing:
(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 of 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. If the Company has no
subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of
them in the Transaction Documents shall be
disregarded.
(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, 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 nor default of any of the provisions of
its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and
the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a
timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of
(i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking,
limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.
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(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders
in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with
the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will
have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by
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.
(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and
the consummation by it of the 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, (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of
any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise)
or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required
Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to
obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any
notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or
other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other
than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement,
(ii) the filing with the Commission pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each
applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the
time and manner required thereby and (iv) 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. The Securities are duly authorized and,
when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable
Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the
Transaction Documents. The Conversion Shares, when issued in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all
Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer
provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved
from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the
Preferred Shares.
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(g) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which
Schedule 3.1(g)
shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned
beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the
date hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), the Company
has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock
option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees
pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and
pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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 set forth in Schedule 3.1(g) and as a result
of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip 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 the capital stock of
any Subsidiary, 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 or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance
and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any
Subsidiary 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.
There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company
or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar
provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings
or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may
become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such
Subsidiary. The company does not have any stock appreciation rights
or “phantom stock” plans or any similar plan or
agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others
is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are
no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar
agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to
which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company,
between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period
as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto
and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) and, except for
Current Reports on Form 8-K, 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. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
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. The Company has never
been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply 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. 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 filed prior to the date hereof: (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, (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 and (v) the
Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.
Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this
Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to occur or exist,
with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition,
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(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
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any 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 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.
(k) Labor
Relations. No 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 or such
Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor 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. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive
officer of the Company or any Subsidiary 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 in favor of any third party, 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.
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(l) 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 judgment, decree, or order of any court,
arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been
in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(m)
Environmental Laws.
The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all
federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment (including ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively,
“Hazardous
Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands,
or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or
notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued,
entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have
received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them
under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each
clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) 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
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.
(o) Title
to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
and good and marketable title in 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
(i) 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
(ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for
which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance
with GAAP and 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 compliance.
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(p) Intellectual
Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(p), 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 as
described in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in
connection with their respective businesses and which the failure
to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property
Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any
of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or
been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be
abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date
of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge
that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the
rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably or
expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. 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.
(q) 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, including,
but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at
least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. 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.
(r) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the
SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or
any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary 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, providing for the borrowing of money
from or lending of money to 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, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of
$120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees
for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
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(s) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable
requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective
as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and
regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are
effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.
The Company and the 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 GAAP
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.
The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed
such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or
submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying
officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of
the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The Company
presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on
their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control
over financial reporting of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(t) Certain
Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are
or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary 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
for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.1 that may be due in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(u) Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration
under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the
Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading
Market.
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(v) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not
be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become an “investment company” subject to
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(w) Registration
Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any
right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(x) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The 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 12
months 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. 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. The Common Stock is currently eligible
for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or
another established clearing corporation and the Company is current
in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such
other established clearing corporation) in connection with such
electronic transfer.
(y) Application
of Takeover Protections. The Company and the 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) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or
could 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.
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(z) Disclosure.
Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company
confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with
any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute
material, non-public information. The Company understands and
confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing
representation in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the
Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its
Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this
Agreement, is true and correct and does 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
press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months
preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2
hereof.
(aa) No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2,
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 (i) the Securities Act which would require the
registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or
(ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading
Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
(bb) Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of
the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company
of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the
fair saleable value of the Company’s 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, (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital
to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the
Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and
capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of
the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive,
were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all
amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into
account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in
respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. Schedule
3.1(bb) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding
secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has
commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in
excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements
and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of
others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto),
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
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(cc) Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i)
has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income
and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject,
(ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and
charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due
on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside
on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all
material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes
in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any
Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(dd) No
General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person
acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the
Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only
to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act.
(ee) Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or
other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary,
has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is
in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any
provision of FCPA.
(ff) Accountants.
The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(ff) of the
Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company,
such accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as
required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion
with respect to the financial statements to be included in the
Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2016.
(gg) No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no
disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably
anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the
accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the
Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to
its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s
ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the
Transaction Documents.
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(hh)
Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. 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 Securities. 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.
(ii) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to
the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g)
and 4.14
hereof), it is understood and
acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has
been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed,
to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities
of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on
securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any
specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other
transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without
limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions,
before or after the closing of this or future private placement
transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the
Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser,
and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to
which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may
presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock
and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation
with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may
engage in hedging activities at various times during the period
that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation,
during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares
deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and
(z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the
existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after
the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The
Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do
not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction
Documents.
(jj) Regulation
M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no
one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold,
bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting
purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay
to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s
placement agent in connection with the placement of the
Securities.
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(kk) FDA.
As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder
(“FDCA”) that is
manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or
marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such
product, a “Pharmaceutical
Product”), such Pharmaceutical Product is being
manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or
marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable
requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and regulations
relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance,
licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices,
good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product
listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing
of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or,
to the Company's knowledge, threatened, action (including any
lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory
proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or
other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity,
which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure,
registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the
manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the
labeling and promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii)
withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or
seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or
sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical
Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical
investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv)
enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree
of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws,
rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of
the Company have been and are being conducted in all material
respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations of the FDA. The Company has not been informed by the
FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use
in the United States of any product proposed to be developed,
produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any
concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being
developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.
(ll) Stock
Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under
the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance
with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii)
with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered
granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted
under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The
Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no
Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior
to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options
with, the release or other public announcement of material
information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
financial results or prospects.
(mm)
Office of Foreign Assets
Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the
Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to
any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
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(nn) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and
has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s
request.
(oo) Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the BHCA and to regulation
by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of
the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the
BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(pp) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules
and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no
Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any
Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
threatened.
(qq) No
Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to
be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the
Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any
affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer
of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any
beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding
voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power,
nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the
time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and,
together, “Issuer Covered
Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad
Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to
(viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except
for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3).
The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any
Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The
Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure
obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers
a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(rr) Other
Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person
(other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be
paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of
purchasers in connection with the sale of any
Securities.
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(ss) Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the
Purchasers in writing, prior to the applicable Closing of (i) any
Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and
(ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a
Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered
Person.
(tt) Holding
Period of Dilution Shares. For purposes of Rule 144, the
holding period of the Dilution Shares issued pursuant to
Section 4.19, shall
be deemed to have commenced on the Closing Date.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser,
for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and
warrants as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date to the
Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which
case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an
entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or similar 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 and delivery of the Transaction Documents
and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
similar action, as applicable, 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.
(b) Own
Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and
not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities
or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or
indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law (this representation and warranty not limiting such
Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.
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(c) Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each
date on which it converts any Note, it will be either: (i) an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule
144A(a) under the Securities 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 Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an
investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e) General
Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not, to such
Purchaser’s knowledge, purchasing the Securities as a result
of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or
similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at
any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) Access
to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had
the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all
exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has 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
Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii)
access to information about the Company and its financial
condition, results of operations, business, properties, management
and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment;
and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information
that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable
effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment.
(g) Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating 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, executed any purchases or
sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company
during the period commencing as of the time that such
Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the
Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth
the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and
ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed
investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the
portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment
decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of
such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above
shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by
the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase
the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other
Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s
representatives, including, without limitation, its officers,
directors, partners, legal and other advisors, agents and
Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of
all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction
(including the existence and terms of this transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing
contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or
preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares
in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the
future.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained
in this Section 3.2
shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to
rely on the Company’s representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties
contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document
or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt,
nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or
warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or
borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar
transactions in the future.
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ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and
federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of
Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration
statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a
Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in
Section 4.1(b), the
Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of
which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to
the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such
transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of
transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement
and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this
Section 4.1, of a
legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY
MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A
REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE
501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or
all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under
the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured
Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or
transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no
legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or
pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no
notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate
Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver
such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of
Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or
transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are
subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus
supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other
applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend
the list of Selling Stockholders (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) thereunder.
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(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof), (i)
while a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under
the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant
to Rule 144, (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule
144, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date or
at such time as such legend is no longer under this Section 4.1(c), if required by
the Transfer Agent or requested by a Purchaser, to effect the
removal of the legend hereunder, including but not limited to an
opinion that the Dilution Shares issuable pursuant to Section 4.19 tack back to the
Closing Date, provided that all conditions for such an opinion have
been met. If all or any portion of a Note is converted at a time
when there is an effective registration statement to cover the
resale of the Conversion Shares, or if such Shares may be sold
under Rule 144 and the Company is then in compliance with the
current public information required under Rule 144, or if the
Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the
Company to be in compliance with the current public information
required under Rule 144 as to such Shares or if such legend is not
otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities
Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued
by the staff of the Commission) then such Conversion Shares shall
be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following
the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer
required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no
later than the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the
number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period
(as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the
Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares,
as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such third
Trading Day, the “Legend
Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to
such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free
from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make
any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer
Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section 4.
Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder
shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by
crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with
the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.
As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the
standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days,
on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the
Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate
representing Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive
legend.
(d) In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the
Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of
Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the
date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered
for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading
Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after
such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the
Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a
legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or
cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a
certificate representing the Securities so delivered to the Company
by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other
legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser
of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a
sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any
portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser
anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive
legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such
Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the
“Buy-In Price”)
over the product of (A) such number of Underlying Shares that the
Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend
Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the
Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the
date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the
applicable Underlying Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the
date of such delivery and payment under this clause
(ii).
(e) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers,
agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any
Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in
compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and
acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from
certificates representing Securities as set forth in this
Section 4.1 is
predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this
understanding.
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4.2 Furnishing
of Information; Public Information.
(a) Until
the time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants
to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section
12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and 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 even if the Company is not
then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act.
(b) At
any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month
anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of
the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company
to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i)
shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information
requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer
described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future,
and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in
Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public
Information Failure”) then, in addition to such
Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a
penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability
to sell the Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent
(2.0%) of the aggregate Subscription Amount of such
Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information
Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro-rated for
periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the
earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured
and (b) such time that such public information is no longer
required for the Purchasers to transfer the Shares pursuant to Rule
144. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant
to this Section 4.2(b) are referred to herein as
“Public Information Failure
Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the
earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such
Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the
third (3rd) Business Day after
the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information
Failure Payments is
cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information
Failure Payments in a
timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at
the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid
in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to
pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such
Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to
it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.3 Integration.
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
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 file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission
within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the
filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company represents
to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all
material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In
addition, effective upon the filing of the Current Report on Form
8-K, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all
confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether
written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of
their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company
and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any
press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement
without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press
release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each
Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which
consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if
such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing
party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of
such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, 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: (a) as
required by federal securities law in connection with (i) any
registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents with
the Commission and (b) 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
permitted under this clause (b).
4.5 Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be
made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the
Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
“Acquiring
Person” under any control
share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover
plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company,
or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of
any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities
under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement
between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. Except with
respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed
pursuant to Section
4.4, the Company covenants and
agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf
will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any
information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes
constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto
such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such
information and agreed with the Company to keep such information
confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each
Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the
Company delivers any material, non-public information to a
Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company
hereby covenants and agrees that such purchaser shall not have any
duty of confidentiality to Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any
of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, and of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public
information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to
applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to
any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material,
non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries,
the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the
Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company
understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on
the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of
the Company.
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4.7 Use
of Proceeds. Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.7
attached hereto, the Company shall use
the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for
working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for
the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other
than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the
redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for
the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of
FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.8 Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the
provisions of this Section
4.8, the Company will indemnify
and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders,
members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with
a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each
Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and
the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or
employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each a
“Purchaser
Party”) harmless from any
and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid
in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer
or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the
Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or
(b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any
capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any
stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such
Purchaser Parties, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is
based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s
representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser
Parties may have with any such stockholder or any violations by
such Purchaser Parties of state or federal securities laws or any
conduct by such Purchaser Parties which constitutes fraud, gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall
be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser
Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company
shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of
its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in
any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing,
(ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to
assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action
there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict
on any material issue between the position of the Company and the
position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall
be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than
one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any
Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a
Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or
(z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim,
damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s
breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the
other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this
Section
4.8 shall be made by periodic
payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are
incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in
addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser
Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company
may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.9 Reservation
of Common Stock. At all times
during which a Note is convertible, the Company will reserve from
its authorized and unissued Common Stock to provide for the
issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of all
outstanding Preferred Shares at least (i) three (3) times the
quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding balance by the
Conversion Price (as defined in the Note) but in any event not less
than 225 million shares of Common Stock shall be reserved at all
times for such purpose (the “Share
Reserve”). Company
further agrees that it will cause the Transfer Agent to immediately
add shares of Common Stock to the Share Reserve as and when
reasonably requested by Holder in writing from time to time. In
furtherance thereof, from and after the date hereof and until such
time that the Note has been paid in full Company shall require the
Transfer Agent to reserve for the purpose of issuance of Conversion
Shares under the Note a number of shares of Common Stock equal to
the Share Reserve. Company shall further require the Transfer Agent
to hold such shares of Common Stock exclusively for the benefit of
Holder and to issue such shares to Holder promptly upon
Holder’s delivery of a conversion notice under the Note. If
the Company does not have sufficient authorized and unissued shares
of Common Stock available to increase the Share Reserve, the
Company shall use its best efforts to cause stockholders holding a
sufficient number of shares of common stock to effectuate such
action by signing a majority written consent of stockholders or
call a special meeting of the stockholders as soon as practicable
after such occurrence, but in no event later than thirty (30)
calendar days after such occurrence, and hold such meeting as soon
as practicable thereafter, but in no event later than sixty (60)
calendar days after such occurrence, for the sole purpose of
increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In the
case of a meeting of stockholders, the Company’s management
shall recommend to the Company’s stockholders to vote in
favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
and management shall also vote all of its shares in favor of
increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. The
Company shall use its best efforts to cause such additional shares
of Common Stock to be authorized so as to comply with the
requirements of this subsection. All calculations with respect to
determining the Share Reserve shall be made without regard to any
limitations on conversion of the Note.
4.10 Transfer
Agent Instructions. The Company
shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent to issue
certificates, registered in the name of the Purchaser or its
nominee, for the Conversion Shares in such amounts as specified
from time to time by the Purchaser to the Company upon conversion
of the Note in accordance with the terms thereof (the
“Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions”). In the
event that the Borrower proposes to replace its transfer agent, the
Borrower shall provide, prior to the effective date of such
replacement, a fully executed Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions in a form as initially delivered pursuant to this
Agreement (including but not limited to the provision to
irrevocably reserve shares of Common Stock in the amount of the
Share Reserve) signed by the successor transfer agent to Borrower
and the Borrower. Prior to registration of the Conversion Shares
under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares may
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the
number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, all such certificates shall bear the restrictive
legend specified in Section 4.1(b)
of this Agreement. The Company
warrants that: (i) no instruction other than the Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section
4.10, and stop transfer
instructions to give effect to Section 4.1
hereof (in the case of the Conversion
Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the
1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of
Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately
sold), will be given by the Company to its transfer agent and that
the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books
and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this
Agreement and the Note; (ii) it will not direct its transfer agent
not to transfer or delay, impair, and/or hinder its transfer agent
in transferring (or issuing)(electronically or in certificated
form) any certificate for Conversion Shares to be issued to the
Purchaser upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Note as
and when required by the Note and this Agreement; and (iii) it will
not fail to remove (or directs its transfer agent not to remove or
impairs, delays, and/or hinders its transfer agent from removing)
any restrictive legend (or to withdraw any stop transfer
instructions in respect thereof) on any certificate for any
Conversion Shares issued to the Purchaser upon conversion of or
otherwise pursuant to the Note as and when required by the Note and
this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 4.10
shall affect in any way the
Purchaser’s obligations and agreement set forth in Section
hereof to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, if any, upon re-sale of the Securities. If a
Purchaser provides the Company, at the cost of the Purchaser, with
(i) an opinion of counsel in form, substance and scope customary
for opinions in comparable transactions, to the effect that a
public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made without
registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is
effected or (ii) the Purchaser provides reasonable assurances that
the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall
permit the transfer, and, in the case of the Conversion Shares,
promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more
certificates, free from restrictive legend, in such name and in
such denominations as specified by the Purchaser. The Company
acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will
cause irreparable harm to the Purchaser, by vitiating the intent
and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly,
the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its
obligations under this Section 4.10
may be inadequate and agrees, in the
event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the
provisions of this Section
4.10, that the Purchaser shall
be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an
injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer,
without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond
or other security being required.
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4.11 Listing
of Common Stock. The Company
hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or
quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is
currently listed or quoted, and concurrently with the Closing, the
Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares on such
Trading Market and promptly secure the listing or quotation of all
of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees,
if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other
Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the
Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause
all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading
Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all
action reasonably necessary to continue the listing or quotation
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.
The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock
for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or
another established clearing corporation, including, without
limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust
Company or such other established clearing corporation in
connection with such electronic transfer.
4.12 Participation
in Future Financing.
(a) From
the date hereof until the date that is the 12-month anniversary of
the Effective Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents for cash
consideration, Indebtedness or a combination of units hereof (a
“Subsequent
Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to
participate in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to
100% of the Subsequent Financing (the “Participation Maximum”) on the
same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent
Financing.
(b) At
least five (5) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent
Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written
notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing
(“Pre-Notice”),
which Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the
details of such financing (such additional notice, a
“Subsequent Financing
Notice”). Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only
upon a request by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing
Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1)
Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing
Notice to such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall
describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent
Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder
and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent
Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet
or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.
(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must
provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that such
Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing,
the amount of such Purchaser’s participation, and
representing and warranting that such Purchaser has such funds
ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth
in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no such
notice from a Purchaser as of such fifth (5th) Trading Day, such
Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does
not elect to participate.
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(d) If
by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications
by the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the
Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate)
is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent
Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of
such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set
forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e) If
by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company
receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers
seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the
Participation Maximum, each such Purchaser shall have the right to
purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the
Participation Maximum. “Pro
Rata Portion” means the ratio of (x) the Subscription
Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by a Purchaser
participating under this Section 4.12 and (y) the sum of
the aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the
Closing Date by all Purchasers participating under this
Section
4.12.
(f) The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent
Financing Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of
participation set forth above in this Section 4.12, if the Subsequent
Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not
consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such
Subsequent Financing Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after
the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) The
Company and each Purchaser agree that if any Purchaser elects to
participate in the Subsequent Financing, the transaction documents
related to the Subsequent Financing shall not include any term or
provision whereby such Purchaser shall be required to agree to any
restrictions on trading as to any of the Securities purchased
hereunder or be required to consent to any amendment to or
termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or
in connection with, this Agreement, without the prior written
consent of such Purchaser.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4.12 and unless
otherwise agreed to by such Purchaser, the Company shall either
confirm in writing to such Purchaser that the transaction with
respect to the Subsequent Financing has been abandoned or shall
publicly disclose its intention to issue the securities in the
Subsequent Financing, in either case in such a manner such that
such Purchaser will not be in possession of any material,
non-public information, by the tenth (10th) Business Day
following delivery of the Subsequent Financing Notice. If by such
tenth (10th) Business Day, no
public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the
Subsequent Financing has been made, and no notice regarding the
abandonment of such transaction has been received by such
Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned
and such Purchaser shall not be deemed to be in possession of any
material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries.
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(i) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.12 shall not apply in
respect of an Exempt Issuance or a
firm commitment underwritten public offering of shares of Common
Stock (and any other securities of the Company that may be sold
along with shares of Common Stock in any such underwritten firm
commitment public offering including, but not limited to, any
Common Stock Equivalents)
4.13 Subsequent
Equity Sales.
(a) From
the date hereof until thirty (30) days after the Effective Date,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any
agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of
any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents.
(b) From
the date hereof until the 8 month anniversary of the Closing Date,
the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an
agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or a
combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate
Transaction. “Variable Rate
Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company
(i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are
convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the
right to receive, additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a
conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price
that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or
quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the
initial issuance of such debt or equity securities or (B) with a
conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being
reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt
or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or
contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of
the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into,
or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not
limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue
securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall be
entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to
preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to
any right to collect damages.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in
respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate
Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance.
4.14 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No
consideration (including any modification of any Transaction
Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the
Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered
to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For
clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right
granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately
by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the
Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the
Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the
purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or
otherwise.
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4.15 Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. 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
execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of
the Company’s securities during the period commencing with
the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced pursuant to the Current Report on Form 8-K as described
in Section
4.4. 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 pursuant to the initial
Current Report on Form 8-K as described in Section
4.4, such Purchaser will
maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this
transaction and the information included in the Transaction
Documents and the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that
(i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any
securities of the Company after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial Current Report on Form 8-K as described
in Section
4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be
restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any
securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities
laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial
Current Report on Form 8-K as described in Section 4.4
and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any
duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of
the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the filing of
the initial Current Report on Form 8-K as described in
Section
4.4. 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.
4.16 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, promptly upon request of any 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.
4.17 Capital
Changes. Until the one year
anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall not undertake
a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common
Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a
majority in interest of the Shares.
4.18 Acknowledgment
of Dilution. The Company
acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in
dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution
may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company
further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue
the Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional
and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim,
delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution
or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and
regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on
the ownership of the other stockholders of the
Company.
4.19 Dilution
Rights. Upon any Subsequent
Financing, each Purchaser shall have the following rights with
respect to such Subsequent Financing (and the election by any other
Purchaser shall have no bearing on such Purchaser’s
election):
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(a) Most
Favored Nation Provision. As long as any Preferred Shares
remain outstanding, to the extent a Purchaser still holds Shares,
such Purchaser may elect, in its sole discretion, to exchange all
or some of the Shares then held by such Purchaser for additional
securities (including any additional securities issued as part of a
unit with such security) of the same type issued in such Subsequent
Financing (such exchange to be made at the same time as the closing
of such Subsequent Financing), on the same terms and conditions as
the Subsequent Financing, based on the Per Share Purchase Price (or
if Dilution Shares, the per share price used in determining such
Shares) multiplied by the number of Shares being exchanged. By way
of example, if the Company undertakes a Subsequent Financing of
convertible debentures and warrants, each Purchaser shall have the
right to participate in such Subsequent Financing and use the
exchange of its Shares as consideration, on a $1 for $1 basis, in
lieu of cash consideration. The Company shall provide prior written
notice of any such Subsequent Financing in the manner set forth in
Section
4.12.
If
in any Subsequent Financing there are any contractual provisions or
side letters that provide terms more favorable to the investors
than the terms provided for pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
then the Company shall specifically notify the Buyer of such
additional or more favorable terms and such terms, at Buyer’s
option, shall become a part of the transaction documents with the
Buyer. The types of terms contained in another security that may be
more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not
limited to, terms addressing stock sale price, private placement
price per share, and warrant coverage.
(b) Anti-Dilution.
If, at any time while the Preferred Shares are outstanding, the
Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any
option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or
otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or
any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right,
option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the
holder thereof to receive, Common Stock (“Common Stock
Equivalents”) entitling any Person to acquire shares of
Common Stock at or with a conversion formula that creates an
effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion
Price, including but not limited to conversions pursuant to
issuances or grants made prior to the First Closing Date (such
lower price or conversion formula, the “Base Conversion
Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of
purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion,
exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants,
options or rights per share which are issued in connection with
such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an
effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price,
such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the
Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the
Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion
Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no adjustment will be made under this Section 4.19 (b) in respect
of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holders in
writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of
any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this
Section 4.19 (b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price,
or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price,
conversion formula and other pricing terms (such notice, the
“Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of
clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive
Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 4.19 (b), upon the
occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holders will be entitled
to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base
Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance,
regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base
Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such
Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect
whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other
Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing
has not been consummated on or before November 30, 2018;
provided,
however,
that such termination will not affect the right of any party to xxx
for any breach by any 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 (including, without
limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any
instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice
delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties
levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchasers.
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 thereof and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to
such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into
such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 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 or email attachment as set forth
on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day
after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment
as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that
is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd)
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S.
nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
The address for such notices and communications shall be as set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that
any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document
constitutes, or contains material, non-public information regarding
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall
simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a
Current Report on Form 8-K.
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5.5 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this
Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except
in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company and Purchasers holding at least 50.1% in interest 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,
provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver
disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of
Purchasers), the consent of such disproportionately impacted
Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. 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. Any
proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially
and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser
relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other
Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such
adversely affected Purchaser, Any amendment effected in accordance
with accordance with this Section 5.5
shall be binding upon each Purchaser
and holder of Securities and the Company.
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. The Company may not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any
Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement
to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any
Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be
bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
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, except as otherwise set forth in Section
4.8.
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, partners, members,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state
and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough
of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any
of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient
venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. If any party hereto shall commence an Action or Proceeding to
enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in
addition to the obligations of the Company under
Section
4.8, the prevailing party in
such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and
expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and
prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.
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5.10 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
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 each other party, it being
understood that the 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.
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. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
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;
provided,
however,
that in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Note, the
applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of
Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion notice and
the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such
shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Note (including, issuance
of a replacement Note evidencing such restored
right).
5.14 Replacement
of Securities. If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated,
lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof (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 Securities.
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5.15 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific
performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert
in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that
the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant
to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises
its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the
extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17 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 hereof or
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 its
review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective
counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS.
EGS does not represent all of the Purchasers and only represents
Chardan. 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
any of the Purchasers.
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5.18 Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s
obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of
the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial
liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding
the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such
partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable
shall have been canceled.
5.19 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.
5.20
Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have 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 thereto. In addition, each
and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in
any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and
other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the
date of this Agreement.
5.21 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN
ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY
PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND
INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY
WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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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.
PREMIER BIOMEDICAL, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
President
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Address
for Notice:
Premier
Biomedical, Inc.
XX Xxx
00
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Email:
x.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Xxxxx
Xxxx & Sessions, PC
000 X.
Xxxx Xx., Xxx. 0000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGE TO BIEI 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: RedDiamond Partners LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser: _________________________________
Name of Authorized
Signatory:
Title of Authorized
Signatory:
Email Address of
Authorized Signatory:
Facsimile Number
of Authorized Signatory:
Address
for Notice to Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription
Amount: $75,000
EIN
Number:
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGE TO BIEI 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:
SEG-RedaShex, LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser:
Name of Authorized
Signatory:
Title of Authorized
Signatory:
Email Address of
Authorized Signatory:
Address
for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription
Amount: $75,000
EIN
Number:
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EXHIBIT A
Certificate of Designation
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
{01437021-3 }
EXHIBIT B
Legal Opinion
{01437021-3 }