Exhibit 4.17
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of
December 10, 2005, among Edentify, Inc., a Nevada corporation with its principal
address at 00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (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(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and
each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company,
securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agrees
as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the
following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
"Action" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(j).
"Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule
144 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment
fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the
same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate
of such Purchaser.
"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which
shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which
banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other government action to close.
"Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities
pursuant to Section 2.1.
"Closing Date" means the Business Day when all of the Transaction
Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties
thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers' obligations to
pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company's obligations to deliver
the Securities have been satisfied or waived.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001
per share and any securities into which such common stock shall hereinafter
have been reclassified into.
"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,
rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time
convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder
thereof to receive, Common Stock.
"Company Counsel" means Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Bacine, PC.
"Debentures" means, the 6% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures, in
the form of Exhibit A, due, subject to the terms therein.
"Disclosure Schedules" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1 hereof.
"Effective Date" means the date that the initial registration
statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"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 by a majority of the non-employee members
of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a
committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b)
securities upon the exercise of or conversion of any securities issued
hereunder, convertible securities, options or warrants 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 and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions, provided any such issuance shall
only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an
operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the
Company and in which the Company receives 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.
"FW" means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx LLP with offices at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
"GAAP" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h)
hereof.
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"Intellectual Property Rights" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(o).
"Legend Removal Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.1(c).
"Liens" means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of
first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 3.1(b) hereof.
"Material Permits" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(m).
"Maximum Rate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
5.17.
"Participation Maximum" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.13.
"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.
"Pre-Notice" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.13.
"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding,
such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Purchaser Party" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.11.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration rights
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in
the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement meeting the
requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering
the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Purchaser.
"Required Minimum" means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares
issuable upon exercise of all Debentures and Warrants, ignoring any
exercise limits set forth therein.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or
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regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.
"Securities" means the Debentures, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants
and the Underlying Shares.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security Agreement" means the Security Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit E
attached hereto.
"Security Documents" shall mean the Security Agreement and any other
documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a
first priority security interest in all of the assets of the Company,
including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
"Subscription Amount" means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate
amount to be paid for Debentures and Warrants 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 4.13.
"Subsequent Financing Notice" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.13.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(a).
"Trading Market" means, as applicable, the following markets or
exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the
date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange,
the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Debentures, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Warrants and any
other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
"Underlying Shares" means the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares
and the shares issuable pursuant to the Debentures in lieu of cash payments
for interest.
"Warrants" means collectively the Common Stock purchase warrants, in
the form of Exhibit C delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in
accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable
immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years.
"Warrant Exercise Price" shall mean $0.50 per Warrant Share.
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"Warrant Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser
agrees to purchase in the aggregate, severally and not jointly, $1,050,000
principal amount of the Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company
via wire transfer or a certified check immediately available funds equal to
their Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser their
respective Debenture and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and
the other items set forth in Section 2.2 issuable at the Closing. Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.2, the Closing shall occur
at the offices of Company Counsel, or such other location as the parties shall
mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries. a)On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such
Purchaser's Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iii) a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to such Purchaser's pro-rata share of 2,100,000
shares of Common Stock on a fully diluted basis exercisable at
the Warrant Exercise Price; and
(iv) the Security Agreement along with all Security
Documents.
b) On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such Purchaser's Subscription Amount by wire transfer
to the account as specified in writing by the Company;
(iii) the Registration rights Agreement, duly executed by
such Purchaser; and
(iv) the Security Agreement, duly executed by such
Purchaser.
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2.3 Closing Conditions.
a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with
the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on
the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Purchasers required to be performed at or prior to the Closing
Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the Registration rights Agreement, duly executed by
such Purchaser; and
(iv) the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth
in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in
connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions
being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing
Date of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date
shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in
Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement; and
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company since the date hereof.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in
any reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities Exchange
Commission, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth below to each Purchaser.
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the
Company are set forth in the most recent annual or quarterly report filed
by the Company with the Commission. The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe
for or
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purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then references in
the Transaction Documents to the Subsidiaries will be disregarded.
(b) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and the
Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing,
as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability
of any Transaction Documents, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business, prospects or financial condition 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 Documents (any of (i),
(ii) or (iii), a "Material Adverse Effect") and no Proceeding has been
instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or
seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and
delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company. Each
Transaction Documents has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability
of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of
the other transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not: (i)
conflict with or violate any provision of the Company's or any Subsidiary's
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default)
under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any
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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) 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.
(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized
and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions
on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying
Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from
its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for
issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on
the date hereof.
(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as described
in the most recent annual or quarterly report filed by the Company with the
Commission. 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. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all
federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe
for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required
for the issuance and sale of the Securities.
(h) Financial Statements. The audited financial statements of the
Company are as attached to the most recent annual or quarterly report filed
by the Company with the Commission. 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
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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.
(i) Material Changes. Since the date of the most recent annual or
quarterly report filed by the Company with the Commission, (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 required to be 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.
(j) Litigation. Since the date of the most recent annual or quarterly
report filed by the Company with the Commission, 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.
(k) Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees
of the Company that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(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 order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation
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of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including
without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to
its business except in each case as could not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) 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 Company's most recent annual or
quarterly report filed by the Company with the Commission, except where the
failure to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect ("Material Permits"), and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to all mineral rights, interests that, individually or in
the aggregate, are material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in fee simple to all real
property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title 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. Any real property
and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or
have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other
similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their
respective businesses as described in the most recent annual or quarterly
report filed by the Company with the Commission and which the failure to so
have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the "Intellectual
Property Rights"). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a
written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or
any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any
of the Intellectual Property Rights of others.
(p) 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 principal amount of the Debentures. To the best of Company's
knowledge, such insurance contracts and policies are accurate and complete.
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.
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(q) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in
the most recent annual or quarterly report filed by the Company with the
Commission, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company are
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing
of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to
or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director
or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of
$60,000 other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for
services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of
the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option
agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(r) Internal Accounting Controls. 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.
(s) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder's fees or commissions are or
will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or
consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 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 that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(t) 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.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate
of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not
be or be an Affiliate of, an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its
business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment
Company Act.
(v) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any
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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.
(w) Disclosure. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All written statements
provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to
this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to
the representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with
respect to such representations and warranties and do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 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.
(x) 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 the Securities Act or any
applicable shareholder approval provisions.
(y) Solvency. Based on the 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 Company's fair
saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be
paid on or in respect of the Company's existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company's
assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its
business for the current fiscal year 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, 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 debt 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).
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(z) 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 each Subsidiary has filed all necessary
federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or
accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of
a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company
or any Subsidiary.
(aa) 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.
(bb) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the
knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the
Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any corrupt 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
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 the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended
(cc) Accountants. The Company's accountants are set forth on Schedule
3.1(cc) of the Disclosure Schedule. To the Company's knowledge, such
accountants, who the Company expects will express their opinion with
respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company's
upcoming financial statements, are a registered public accounting firm as
required by the Securities Act.
(dd) Indebtedness. As of the Closing Date, the Company has no
indebtedness.
(ee) 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 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.
(ff) 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 hereby. 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 this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by
any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is
merely incidental to the
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Purchasers' purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to
each Purchaser that the Company's decision to enter into this Agreement has
been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser
hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) Authority. Such Purchaser has full right and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. Each
Transaction Documents 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) Purchaser Representation. 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, has no
present intention of distributing any of such Securities and has no
arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the
distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not
limiting such Purchaser's right to sell the Securities pursuant to a
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. Such Purchaser does not
have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any
Person to distribute any of the Securities.
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which
it exercises any Warrants it will be an "accredited investor" as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.
Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under
Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or
together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and
experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the
Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of
such investment.
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(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the
Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine
or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any
seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or
has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state
and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities
other than pursuant to an effective registration statement 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 shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this
Agreement.
(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by
this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following
form:
[NEITHER] THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES
ARE EXERCISABLE] HAVE 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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF
COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
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A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT 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 who agrees to be bound by the
provisions of this Agreement 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.
(c) Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain
any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i)
while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such
Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares
are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including
judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion
to the Company's transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if
required by the Company's transfer agent to effect the removal of the
legend hereunder. If all or any portion of a Debenture is converted or a
Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration
statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such
Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144(k) or if such legend is not
otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations thereof) then such Underlying Shares
shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the
Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under
this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Business Days following
the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company's transfer agent
of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with
a restrictive legend (such third Business 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 any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.
(d) 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, for each $500 of Underlying Shares (based on the
closing bid price of the Common Stock on the then principal Trading Market
on the date such Securities are submitted to the Company's transfer agent)
delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to this Section
4.1(c), $5 per Business Day (increasing to $10 per Business Day 5 Business
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Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Business Day after
the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a
legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser's right to pursue actual
damages for the Company's failure to deliver certificates representing any
Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, 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.
(e) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from
certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is
predicated upon the Company's reliance that the Purchaser will sell any
Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements,
or an exemption therefrom.
(f) Until the date that each Purchaser holds less than 20% of the
Debentures initially purchased hereunder by such Purchaser, 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 principal amount outstanding of the Debentures.
4.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance
of the Warrant Shares 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 Underlying
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.
4.3 Furnishing of Information. If after the date hereof the Company becomes
subject to the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act and as long as any
Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to
the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is
not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and
furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule
144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities
under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144.
4.4 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
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registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the
Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities
for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.
4.5 Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the
Warrants sets forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in
order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion or other information
or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants.
The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver Underlying
Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in
the Transaction Documents.
4.6 Shareholders Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the
Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person that any Purchaser
is an "Acquiring Person" under any shareholders rights plan or similar 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. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the
Investment Company Act.
4.7 Non-Public Information. If at any time the Company becomes subject to
the reporting provisions of the Exchange Act, the Company covenants and agrees
that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any
Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company
believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality
and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each
Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company.
4.8 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale
of Securities hereunder as set forth on Schedule 4.8 attached hereto.
4.9 Reimbursement. If any Purchaser becomes involved in any capacity in any
Proceeding by or against any Person who is a stockholder of the Company (except
as a result of sales, pledges, margin sales and similar transactions by such
Purchaser to or with any current stockholder), solely as a result of such
Purchaser's acquisition of the Securities under this Agreement, the Company will
reimburse such Purchaser for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including
the cost of any investigation preparation and travel in connection therewith)
incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred. The
reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend
upon the same terms and conditions to any Affiliates of the Purchasers who are
actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners,
directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (if any), as the case may
be, of the Purchasers and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal
representatives of the Company, the Purchasers and any such Affiliate and any
such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the Purchasers nor any such
Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall
have any
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liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right
of the Company solely as a result of acquiring the Securities under this
Agreement.
4.10 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this
Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchasers and their
directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees and agents (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 a
Purchaser, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of
the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action
is based upon a breach of such Purchaser's representation, warranties or
covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings
such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the
Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser
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. 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 such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material
issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser
Party. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this
Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the
Company's prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; or (ii) 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 the Purchasers
in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.
4.11 Reservation and Listing of Securities.
(a) The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized
shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents
in such amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under
the Transaction Documents.
(b) If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and
otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required
Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company's certificate or
articles of incorporation to increase the number of
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authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required
Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than
the 75th day after such date.
(c) The Company shall, if then applicable: (i) in the time and manner
required by the Trading Market or if the Common Stock is listed on another
Trading Market, promptly prepare and file with such Trading Market an
additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common
Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such
application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common
Stock to be approved for listing on the Trading Market as soon as possible
thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing, and
(iv) maintain the listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal
to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another
Trading Market.
4.12 Participation in Future Financing. From the date hereof until the one
year anniversary of the Effective Date, upon any financing by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a "Subsequent
Financing"), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to 50% of
the Subsequent Financing (the "Participation Maximum"). At least 5 Business 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 1 Business 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, the Person with whom
such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which
shall be a term sheet or similar document relating thereto. If by 5:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on the 5th Business 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 to the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such 5th
Business Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that
it does not elect to participate. 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
15 Business Days after the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice. In
the event the Company receives responses to Subsequent Financing Notices from
Purchasers seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Subsequent
Financing, each such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase their Pro Rata
Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum. "Pro Rata Portion" is
the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased by a
participating Purchaser and (y) the sum of the aggregate Subscription Amount of
all participating Purchasers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.12
shall not apply in
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respect of an Exempt Issuance (not including subsection (c) within the
definition of Exempt Issuance).
4.13 Future Priced Securities. From the date hereof until such time as no
Purchaser holds any of the Securities, the Company shall be prohibited from
effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Financing
involving a "Variable Rate Transaction" or an "MFN Transaction" (each as defined
below). The term "Variable Rate Transaction" shall mean a transaction in which
the Company issues or sells (i) 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, exercise
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. The term "MFN
Transaction" shall mean a transaction in which the Company issues or sells any
securities in a capital raising transaction or series of related transactions
which grants to an investor the right to receive additional shares based upon
future transactions of the Company on terms more favorable than those granted to
such investor in such offering 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. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Section 4.14 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance
(not including subsection (c) within the definition of Exempt Issuance), except
that no Variable Rate Transaction or MFN Transaction shall be an Exempt
Issuance.
4.14 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration shall be offered or
paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any
provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is
also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further, the
Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in
amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts
outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification
purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser
by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended to
treat for the Company the Debenture holders 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.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, by
written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on
or before December 15, 2005; provided that no such termination will affect the
right of any party to xxx for any breach by the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse
Purchaser for its actual, reasonable, out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses. The
Company shall deliver,
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prior to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement,
attached hereto as Annex A. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction
Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its
advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all transfer
agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
issuance of any Securities.
5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits
and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede 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
set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York
City time) on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that
is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any
Business Day, (c) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent
by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address
for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages
attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or
amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by
the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against
whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with
respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor
shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in
any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
5.6 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed
to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no
rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
5.7 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. Any Purchaser may assign
any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees
in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions hereof that apply to the "Purchasers".
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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 4.10.
5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each
party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations,
enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its
respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents)
shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the
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 suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper
or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such
suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified
mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the
address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such
service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all
rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an action or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the
prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery and/or exercise of the Securities, as
applicable for the applicable statue of limitations.
5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and
delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not
sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid
or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and the parties
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will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the
Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election,
demand or option under a Transaction Documents and the Company does not timely
perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such
Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon
written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole
or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
5.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing
any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue
or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or
instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable
indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs
associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15 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 described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Documents 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 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees
not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist
any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury
laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with
any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to
enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Documents. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Documents, it is
expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the
Transaction
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Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum
lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the "Maximum Rate"), and, without
limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default
interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of
interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction
Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract
rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is
increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent
to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law
will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the
effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law.
If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is
paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by
the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the
unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company,
the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser's election.
5.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Documents are several and
not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Documents. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Documents, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel
in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsel have
chosen to communicate with the Company through FW. FW does not represent all of
the Purchasers but only Bushido. The Company has elected to provide all
Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of
the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the
Purchasers.
5.19 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.
5.20 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their
respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed
in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
EDENTIFY, INC. Address for Notice:
By: 00 XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx XXXXXXXXX, XX 00000
Title: Chief Executive Officer
With a copy to (which shall not
constitute notice):
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO EDENTIFY 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 Investing Entity:
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Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
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Name of Authorized Signatory:
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Title of Authorized Signatory:
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Email Address of Authorized Entity:
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Address for Notice of Investing Entity:
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Address for Delivery of Securities for Investing Entity (if not same as above):
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Subscription Amount:
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[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
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ANNEX A
CLOSING STATEMENT
Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date
hereto, the purchasers shall purchase up to $1,050,000 of Debentures and
Warrants from Edentify, Inc., (the "Company"). All funds will be wired into the
account listed below. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this
Closing Statement.
DISBURSEMENT DATE: December ___, 2005
I. PURCHASE PRICE
GROSS PROCEEDS TO BE RECEIVED IN TRUST $
II. DISBURSEMENTS
$
$
$
$
$
TOTAL AMOUNT DISBURSED: $
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:
Edentify, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
000 000 0000
Bank of America
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
000 000 0000
ABA #: 000000000
Account Number: 95059 26256
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