SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of June __, 2008, among Xxxxxx Holding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”),
and
the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each a “Purchaser”
and
collectively the “Purchasers”);
and
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), and Rule 506 promulgated
thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company,
in
the aggregate up to $4,750,000 of the Company’s Common Stock and certain
Warrants, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A,
as more
fully described in this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
contemporaneous with the sale of the Common Stock and Warrants, the parties
hereto will execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
B
(the
“Registration
Rights Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
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, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section
1.1:
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144. 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 or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are
authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Common Stock and Warrants pursuant
to Section 2.2.
“Closing
Date”
means
the date of a Closing.
“Closing
Price”
means
on any particular date (a) the last reported closing price per share of
Common Stock on such date on the Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
at 4:15 PM (New York time), or (b) if there is no such price on such date,
then
the closing price on the Trading Market on the date nearest preceding such
date
(as reported by Bloomberg L.P. at 4:15 PM (New York time) for the closing price
for regular session trading on such day), or (c) if the Common Stock is
not then listed or quoted on the Trading Market and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported in the “pink sheets” published by the National Quotation
Bureau Incorporated (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) if the shares of Common Stock are not then
publicly traded the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined
by an appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in
interest of the Shares then outstanding.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
“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.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
means
the Disclosure Schedules attached as Annex I
hereto.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Evaluation
Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Initial
Closing”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other
restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
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“Maximum
Offering Amount”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
“Per
Share Purchase Price”
means
$0.50, 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.
“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.
“Purchase
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(g).
“Questionnaire”
means
the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire distributed by the Company to the
Purchaser.
“Registration
Statement”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Rule
144,”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to
this
Agreement other than the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section
4.9.
“Subscription
Amount”
means,
as to each Purchaser and the Closing, the amounts set forth below such
Purchaser’s signature block on the signature page hereto, in United States
dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).
“Trading
Day”
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii)
if
the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, a day on which the Common
Stock is traded on the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin
Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board,
a
day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as
reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar
organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided,
that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth
in
(i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business
Day.
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“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York
Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, or the
OTC
Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Warrants and any other documents or agreements executed
in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Warrants”
means
the Common Stock Purchase Warrants, in the form of Exhibit A,
issuable to the Purchasers at the Closing, exercisable for a term of five years
at an exercise price equal to $0.75 or the market price at the end of the
Trading Day on the Closing Date, whichever is higher, subject to adjustment
therein.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Purchase
and Sale. At
the
Initial Closing (as defined below), the Purchasers shall purchase, severally
and
not jointly, and the Company shall issue and sell, in the aggregate, up to
$4,500,000 (the “Maximum Offering Amount”) of Common Stock, together with the
Warrants. Each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, and the Company shall
issue and sell to each Purchaser, (a) a number of Shares equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price and (b)
the Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.3(a).
2.2 Closing. The
Closing (the “Closing”) shall take place on the date of this Agreement.
(a) Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3, the Closing shall
occur
at the offices of the Company, or such other location as the parties shall
mutually agree.
(b) Purchaser
understands and acknowledges that this Agreement is part of a proposed placement
by the Company of up to the Maximum Offering Amount. No minimum amount of
Securities must be sold before a Closing may take place.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) Conditions
to the Purchasers’ Obligations.
The
obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Shares and the Warrants at the
Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser's satisfaction, on
or
prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be
waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):
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(i) The
representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 3.1 hereof
qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct at all times prior to
and
on the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty
expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or
warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and, the
representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 3 hereof not
qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects
at all times prior to and on the Closing Date, except to the extent any such
representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which
case
such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date. The Company shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed
by it on or prior to the Closing Date.
(ii) The
Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits, approvals,
registrations and necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase
and
sale of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, all of which shall be in full force
and effect.
(iii) The
Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(iv) No
judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge,
justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order
of
or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or
proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining
or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in
the
other Transaction Documents.
(v) The
Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company
by
its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the
Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in
subsections (i), (ii), (iv) and (viii) of this Section 2.3(a).
(vi) The
Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company
by
its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the
Securities, certifying the current versions of the Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority
of
persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of
the
Company.
(vii) The
Purchasers shall have received an opinion from Ellenoff, Xxxxxxxx & Schole
LLP, the Company's counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers and addressing such legal matters as
the
Purchasers may reasonably request.
(viii) No
stop
order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by Nasdaq, the SEC or
any
other governmental or regulatory body with respect to public trading in the
Common Stock.
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(ix)
The
Purchaser shall have received a certificate evidencing the number of Shares
equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase
Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser.
(x)
The
Purchaser shall have received a Warrant, registered in the name of such
Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire
up
to the number of shares of Common Stock equal to 50% of the Shares to be issued
to such Purchaser at the Closing.
(b) Conditions
to Obligations of the Company.
The
Company's obligation to sell and issue the Shares and the Warrants at the
Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on
or
prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be
waived by the Company:
(i) The
representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in Section 3.2 hereof,
other than the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.2(b)
through (g) (the “Investment Representations”), shall be true and correct in all
material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material
respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had
been
made on and as of said date. The Investment Representations shall be true and
correct in all respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all respects
on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made
on
and as of said date. The Purchasers shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by them
on or prior to the Closing Date.
(ii) The
Purchasers shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(iii) The
Purchasers shall have delivered the Purchase Price to the Company.
(iv) A
completed and executed Questionnaire.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except
as
set forth in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules delivered
concurrently herewith, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to each
Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries.
Other
than Xxxxxx Securities, Inc., and Xxxxxx Technologies, Inc. the Company has
no
direct or indirect subsidiaries. The Company owns, directly or indirectly,
all
of the capital stock of each Subsidiary free and clear of any lien, charge,
security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction
(collectively, “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.
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(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 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, would 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
financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or
(iii) adversely impair 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”).
(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 and no further
action is required by the Company in connection therewith. Each Transaction
Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company
and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, 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 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, 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) 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 would not have
or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(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 (a) the filing with the Commission of the
Registration Statement, the application(s) to each Trading Market for the
listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby, and applicable Blue Sky filings, (b) such as have
already been obtained or such exemptive filings as are required to be made
under
applicable securities laws, (c) such other filings that have been made pursuant
to applicable state securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable
state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within
the applicable time periods. Subject to the accuracy of the representations
and
warranties of each Purchaser set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Company has
taken all action necessary to exempt (i) the issuance and sale of the
Securities, (ii) the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon due exercise of the
Warrants, and (iii) the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents from the provisions of any stockholder rights plan or other “poison
pill” arrangement, any anti-takeover, business combination or control share law
or statute binding on the Company or to which the Company or any of its assets
and properties may be subject and any provision of the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws that is or could reasonably be expected to become
applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the
ownership, disposition or voting of the Securities by the Purchasers or the
exercise of any right granted to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement
or
the other Transaction Documents.
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with
the
Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. The Warrants have been duly and
validly authorized. Upon the due exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable free and clear of all
Liens. 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 Warrants.
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(g) Capitalization.
Schedule
3(g)
sets
forth as of the date hereof (a) the authorized capital stock of the Company;
(b)
the number of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding; (c) the number
of
shares of capital stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s stock plans; and (d)
the number of shares of capital stock issuable and reserved for issuance
pursuant to securities (other than the Shares and the Warrants) exercisable
for,
or convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the
Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable
and free of pre-emptive rights and were issued in full compliance with
applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties.
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 described on Schedule
3(g),
there
are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls
or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any
right
to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock,
or
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock,
other than in connection with the Purchase Agreement and the Company’s stock
option plans. The issue and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company
to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than
the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company
securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under
such securities. Except as described on Schedule
3(g)
and
except for the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no voting agreements,
buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other
agreements of any kind among the Company and any of the securityholders of
the
Company relating to the securities of the Company held by them. Except as
described on Schedule
3(g)
and
except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, no Person has the
right
to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the
1933
Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of
securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of any other
Person.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports and registration statements required to be filed
by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof
(or
such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material)
(the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto, being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”
and,
together with the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, the “Disclosure
Materials”)
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 and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. 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 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.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, (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, and (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
and in connection with the Purchase Agreement. The Company does not have pending
before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information.
(j) Litigation.
Except
as described on Schedule
3(j),
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.
Except
as
set forth on Schedule
3(k),
the
Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreements
or
other agreements with labor organizations. The Company has not violated in
any
material respect any laws, regulations, orders or contract terms, affecting
the
collective bargaining rights of employees, labor organizations or any laws,
regulations or orders affecting employment discrimination, equal opportunity
employment, or employees’ health, safety, welfare, wages and hours. No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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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 order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its
business, except in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) as would not have
or
reasonably be expected to result in 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
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits would 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 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, except for Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the
use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the
Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the
payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company
and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o) Patents
and Trademarks.
To the
knowledge of the Company and each Subsidiary, 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 that are necessary or material for use in connection with
their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the
failure to so have could have or reasonably be expected to result in 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. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to protect the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ rights in their Intellectual Property Rights and confidential
information (the "Confidential Information"). Each employee, consultant and
contractor who has had access to Confidential Information which is necessary
for
the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as
currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted has executed an
agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information
and
has executed appropriate agreements that are substantially consistent with
the
Company’s standard forms thereof. Except under confidentiality obligations,
there has been no material disclosure of any of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ Confidential Information to any third party.
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(p) Environmental
Matters.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation,
decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic
or
foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment
or
human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that
is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or
contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim
relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability
or
claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
individually or in the aggregate; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a
claim.
(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. 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.
None of
the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company,
none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of
real
or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from
any
officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess
of $60,000 other than (a) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services
rendered, (b) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company
and
(c) for other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any
stock option plan of the Company.
(s) Internal
Accounting Controls.
The
Company is
in
material compliance with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
currently applicable to the Company. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains 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 has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such
disclosures controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating
to the Company, including its subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying
officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which the Company's Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared.
The Company's certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company's controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
filing date of the Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 (such
date, the "Evaluation
Date").
The
Company presented in its most recently filed Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB 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 significant changes in the
Company's internal controls or, to the Company's knowledge, in other factors
that could significantly affect the Company's internal controls.
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(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) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
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.
(v) No
Integrated Offering.
Other
than in connection with the Purchase Agreement, 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, including,
without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated
quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
(w) Brokers
and Finders.
No
Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the
Company, any Subsidiary or an Purchaser for any commission, fee or other
compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered
into by or on behalf of the Company.
(x) No
Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general
solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation
D) in
connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.
(y) Questionable
Payments.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of
their respective current or former stockholders, directors, officers, employees,
agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary,
has
on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with their
respective businesses: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity;
(b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials
or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful
or
unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; (d) made any false or
fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company or any Subsidiary;
or
(e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or
other unlawful payment of any nature.
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(z) Disclosures.
Neither
the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchasers
or
their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might
constitute material, non-public information, other than the terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby. The written materials delivered to the
Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each
Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by
such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Purchaser.
Each
Transaction Document to which it is party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with terms hereof,
will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
(b) Investment
Intent.
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 for
investment purposes only 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
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. 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 an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under
Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
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(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 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 reviewed the Disclosure Materials 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 Securities and the
merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information
about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective 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. Neither such inquiries nor any other
investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives
or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the
truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents.
(g) Registration
Required.
Such
Purchaser hereby covenants with the Company not to make any sale of the Shares
and the Warrant Shares without complying with the provisions hereof, and such
Purchaser acknowledges that the certificates evidencing the Shares will be
imprinted with a legend that prohibits their transfer except in accordance
therewith.
(h) No
Tax
or Legal Advice.
Such
Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement, any other Transaction
Document or any other materials presented to such Purchaser in connection with
the purchase and sale of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment
advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors
as
it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection
with its purchase of Securities.
(i) Placement
Fee. Such
Purchaser represents and warrants that no finder, broker, agent, financial
advisor or other intermediary, nor any purchaser representative or any
broker-dealer acting as a broker, is entitled to any compensation in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
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.
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions. 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, to the Company, 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, 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.
(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:
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE 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 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 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.
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 the preparation and filing of any required
prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other
applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list
of
Selling Stockholders thereunder.
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(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including
the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security
is
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares
or
Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares or Warrant Shares
are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without limitation, or (iv) if such legend
is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including
judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff of the
Commission). If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when
there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant
Shares, such Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company
agrees that at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section
4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by
a
Purchaser to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate
representing Shares or Warrant Shares, as the case may be, issued with a
restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such Securities 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. In addition, in connection with any
sale
or disposition of the Securities by a Purchaser pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant
to any other exemption under the Securities Act such that the purchaser acquires
freely tradable shares and upon compliance by the Purchaser with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Company shall or, in the case of Common
Stock, shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer
Agent”) to issue replacement certificates representing the Securities sold or
disposed of without restrictive legends. The Purchaser shall be required to
provide the Company with an undertaking that when required it will deliver
a
prospectus to the purchaser of the Shares or Warrant Shares. When the Company
is
required to cause an unlegended certificate to replace a previously issued
legended certificate or issue new certificates, if: (1) the unlegended
certificate is not delivered to a Purchaser within three (3) Business Days
of
submission by that Purchaser of a legended certificate and supporting
documentation to the Transfer Agent as provided above and (2) prior to the
time
such unlegended certificate is received by the Purchaser the Purchaser, or
any
third party on behalf of such Purchaser or for the Purchaser’s account,
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock
to
deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Purchaser of shares represented by
such
certificate (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall pay in cash to the Purchaser (for costs incurred either
directly by such Purchaser or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which
the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In
(including brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by
such
Purchaser as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Purchaser
shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to
the
Purchaser in respect of the Buy-In.
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4.2 Furnishing
of Information.
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. Upon the request of any such holder of Securities,
the Company shall deliver to such holder a written certification of a duly
authorized officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence.
As
long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file
reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers
and
make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c)(2) 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.
4.3 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 to the Purchasers.
4.4 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days
of the Closing Date, issue a press release or file a Current Report on Form
8-K,
in each case reasonably acceptable to the attorney for Purchaser disclosing
the
transactions contemplated hereby and make such other filings and notices in
the
manner and time required by the Commission. The Company and each Purchaser
shall
consult with the attorney for 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 or otherwise make any such public
statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press
release of any Purchaser, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld,
except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing
party
shall promptly provide the attorney for 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
(i)
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 subclause (i). The determination that such disclosure
is necessary will be made by the Company’s attorneys.
4.5 Non-Public
Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other
Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel
with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public
information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written
agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company
understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing
representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
4.6 Use
of
Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities hereunder for working capital purposes including to use it for growth
capital for the Company to recruit and retain key employees and not 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),
to redeem any Company equity or equity-equivalent securities or to settle any
outstanding litigation.
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4.7 Reservation
of Common Stock. As
of the
date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve
and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number
of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue
Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise
of
the Warrants.
4.8 Listing
of Common Stock. The
Company agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any
Trading Market, it will include in such application the Shares and the Warrant
Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or desirable in the
opinion of the Purchasers to cause the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed
on
such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will take all
action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common
Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s
reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading
Market.
4.9 No
Short Sales. Prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this
Agreement or (ii) the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), each Purchaser and its Affiliates shall not engage in short sales
of
the Common Stock (as defined in applicable SEC and NASD rules). In addition,
each Purchaser confirms that it has not held a short position in the Company’s
Common Stock for at least 30 days prior to the date of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Fees
and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, 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, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company
shall pay up to $15,000 for the legal fees and expenses of the Purchasers and
all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale of
the
Securities and will pay the other costs associated with the closing and
documenting this transaction.
5.2 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and
schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.3 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted
to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified
in
this Section prior to 6:30 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 specified in this Section
on
a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on
any Trading Day, (c) the 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.
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5.3 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.
5.4 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.
5.5 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights
under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers
any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with
respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply
to
the “Purchasers”.
5.6 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not
for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
5.7 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 hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, New York 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 the 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. Each party hereto 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. Each party
hereto (including its affiliates, agents, officers, directors and employees)
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of a
Transaction Document, 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.
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5.8 Survival.
The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein
shall
survive for two (2) years after the Closing of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement.
5.9 Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and its
Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
(including without limitation reasonable attorney fees and disbursements and
other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending
any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of
enforcement thereof) (collectively, “Losses”) to which such Person may become
subject as a result of any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement made by or to be performed on the part of the Company under the
Transaction Documents, and will reimburse any such Person for all such amounts
as they are incurred by such Person.
(b) Promptly
after receipt by any Person (the “Indemnified
Person”)
of
notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which would or might give rise
to a
claim or the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 5.9, such Indemnified
Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company shall assume
the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to such Indemnified Person, and shall assume the payment of all fees and
expenses; provided, however, that
the
failure of any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve
the
Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company
is
materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person
unless: (i) the Company and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed
to
the retention of such counsel; or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel
to
such Indemnified Person representation of both parties by the same counsel
would
be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.
The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Person
from and against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by reason
of
such settlement or judgment. Without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the
Company shall not effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding
in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person
from all liability arising out of such proceeding.
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5.10 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when
taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of
the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original
thereof.
5.11 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in
any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
5.12 Replacement
of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in
lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only
upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested.
The
applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall
also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such
replacement Securities.
5.13 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The
parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance
of
any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
5.14 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any
Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or
exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of
such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged
by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company,
a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without
limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation
or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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5.15 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association,
a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out
of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel
in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has
elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents
for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested
to do so by the Purchasers.
5.15 Irrevocable
Offer. Purchaser
agrees that this Agreement constitutes an irrevocable offer to purchase the
Securities of the Company and that Purchaser cannot cancel, terminate or revoke
this Agreement or any agreement of Purchaser made hereunder. This Agreement
shall survive the death or legal disability of Purchaser and shall be binding
upon Purchaser’s heirs, executors, administrators and successors.
(Signature
Page Follows)
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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.
XXXXXX
HOLDING CORPORATION
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Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date indicated below.
SEAPORT XXXXXX
LLC
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Address
for Notice:
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The
Seaport Group LLC
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx
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By:
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Name:
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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Title:
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Attn:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Social
Security Number or Taxpayer
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Identification
Number
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Subscription
Amount: $
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Number
of Shares of Common Stock:
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Number
of Warrants:
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