SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the
“Agreement”),
dated
as of March 31, 2008, is by and among Generex Biotechnology Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, with offices located at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X-0X0 (the “Company”),
and
the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually,
a
“Buyer”
and
collectively, the “Buyers”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933
Act”),
and
Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”)
as
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”)
under
the 1933 Act.
B. The
Company has authorized senior secured convertible notes, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
A
(the
“Notes”),
which
Notes shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par
value per share (the “Common
Stock”)
(as
converted, collectively, the “Conversion
Shares”),
in
accordance with the terms of the Notes.
C.
Each
Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and
conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) the aggregate original principal amount
of the Notes set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule
of Buyers, (ii) a warrant to acquire up to that number of additional shares
of
Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule
of Buyers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B
(the
“Series
A Warrants”)
(as
exercised, collectively, the “Series
A Warrant
Shares”),
(iii)
a warrant to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock
set
forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
B-1
(the
“Series
A-1 Warrants”)
(as
exercised, collectively, the “Series
A-1 Warrant
Shares”),
(iv)
a warrant to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock
set
forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the Schedule of Buyers, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
C
(the
“Series
B Warrants”)
(as
exercised, collectively, the “Series
B Warrant
Shares”)
and
(v) a warrant to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock
set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (7) on the Schedule of Buyers, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D
(the
“Series
C Warrants”)
(as
exercised, collectively, the “Series
C Warrant
Shares”).
The
Series A Warrants, the Series A-1 Warrants, the Series B Warrants and the Series
C Warrants are collectively referred to herein as the “Warrants.”
The
Series A Warrant Shares, the Series A-1 Warrant Shares, the Series B Warrant
Shares and the Series C Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein
as
the “Warrant
Shares.”
D. At
the
Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights
Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E
(the
“Registration
Rights Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights
with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
E. The
Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are
collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”
F. The
Notes
will be secured by a first priority perfected security interest in substantially
all of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined herein) as
evidenced by a security agreement as the Buyers shall require in form and
substance acceptable to each Buyer (such security agreement, together with
the
other security documents and agreements entered into in connection with this
Agreement, as each may be amended or modified from time to time, collectively,
the “Security
Documents”),
and
each of the Subsidiaries (as defined below) will execute a guaranty
(collectively, the “Guaranties”)
pursuant to which each of them guarantees the obligations of the Company under
the Notes.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby
agree as follows:
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PURCHASE
AND SALE OF NOTES AND
WARRANTS.
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(a)
Notes
and Warrants.
Subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections
6 and 7
below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally,
but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as
defined
below), a Note in the principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s
name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers along with (i) the Series
A
Warrants to acquire up to that number of Series A Warrant Shares as is
set forth
opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, (ii) the
Series A-1 Warrants to acquire up to that number of Series A-1 Warrant
Shares as
is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers,
(iii) the Series B Warrants to acquire up to that number of Series B Warrant
Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the Schedule
of Buyers and (iv) the Series C Warrants to acquire up to that number of
Series
C Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (7) on the
Schedule of Buyers.
(b) Closing.
The
closing (the “Closing”)
of the
purchase of the Notes and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the offices
of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, 00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing
Date”)
shall
be 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st)
Business Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6
and
7 below are satisfied or waived (or such later date as is mutually agreed to
by
the Company and each Buyer). As used herein “Business
Day”
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
(c) Purchase
Price.
The
aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by
each
Buyer (the “Purchase
Price”)
shall
be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (8) on the Schedule
of Buyers. Each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price for the Note
and
related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
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(d) Form
of Payment.
On the
Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the
Company for the Note and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at
the
Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with
the
Company’s written wire instructions and (ii) the Company shall deliver to
each Buyer (A) a Note (in such amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name
in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers), (B) a Series A Warrant pursuant to
which such Buyer shall have the right to acquire up to such number of Series
A
Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the
Schedule of Buyers, (C) a Series A-1 Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer shall
have the right to acquire up to such number of Series A-1 Warrant Shares as
is
set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers,
(D) a Series B Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer shall have the right to
acquire up to such number of Series B Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite
such Buyer’s name in column (6) of the Schedule of Buyers and (E) a Series C
Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer shall have the right to acquire up to
such
number of Series C Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (7) of the Schedule of Buyers, in all cases, duly executed on behalf
of
the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its
designee.
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BUYER’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.
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Each
Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with
respect to only itself that:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the
Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise
to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) No
Public Sale or Distribution.
Such
Buyer is (i) acquiring its Note and Warrants, (ii) upon conversion of its Note
will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof, and
(iii) upon exercise of its Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise thereof, in each case, for its own account and not with
a
view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act;
provided,
however,
that by
making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree, or make any
representation or warranty, to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or
other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at
any
time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption
under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the
ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any
agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to
distribute any of the Securities.
(c) Accredited
Investor Status.
Such
Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D.
(d) Reliance
on Exemptions.
Such
Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in
reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in
part
upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings
of
such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the
Securities.
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(e) Information.
Such
Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating
to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating
to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by such Buyer.
Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to
ask
questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its
representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the
Company’s representations and warranties contained herein or any representations
and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document
or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or
the
consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby. Such Buyer understands
that
its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer
has
sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary
to
make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the
Securities.
(f) No
Governmental Review.
Such
Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment
in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits
of the offering of the Securities.
(g) Transfer
or Resale.
Such
Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement
and Section 4(h) hereof: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being
registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be
offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently
registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company (if
requested by the Company) an opinion of counsel to such Buyer, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to
be
sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant
to
an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company
with
reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred
pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor
rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule
144”);
(ii)
any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not
applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller
(or the Person (as defined in Section 3(s)) through whom the sale is made)
may
be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 0000 Xxx) may
require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules
and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company
nor
any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the
1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions
of any exemption thereunder.
(h) Validity;
Enforcement.
This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf
of such Buyer and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such
Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
or
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation
and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement
of
applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
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(i) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation
of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which 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 of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of
any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state
securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii)
and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations
hereunder.
(j) Residency.
Such
Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the
Schedule of Buyers.
(k) Certain
Trading Activities. Such Buyer has not directly or indirectly, nor has any
Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer,
engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities) since the time
that such Buyer was first contacted by the Company regarding the investment
in
the Company contemplated herein. “Short
Sales”
include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200
promulgated under Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act (“Regulation
SHO”)
and
all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options,
puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis),
and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign
regulated brokers (but
shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable
shares of Common Stock).
Such
Buyer does not as of the date hereof, and will not immediately following the
Closing, own 10% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock (calculated based on the assumption that all Equivalents (as
defined below) owned by such Buyer, whether or not presently exercisable or
convertible, have been fully exercised or converted (as the case may be) but
taking into account any limitations on exercise or conversion (including
“blockers”) contained therein).
(l) General
Solicitation.
Such
Buyer 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.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY.
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The
Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:
(a) Organization
and Qualification.
Each of
the Company and each of the Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they
are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their
properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in
good
standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except
to
the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would
not
have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets,
liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, individually
or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other
Transaction Documents or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any
of
the Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under the Transaction
Documents (as defined below). Other than the Subsidiaries, there is no Person
in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity
or similar interest. For purposes of this Agreement, Generex Pharmaceuticals
Inc., an Ontario corporation, Generex (Bermuda), Inc., a corporation existing
pursuant to the Bermuda Companies Act, Antigen Express, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Generex Pharmaceuticals (USA) LLC, a North Carolina limited
liability company, Generex Marketing & Distribution Inc., an Ontario
corporation, and 1097346 Ontario Inc., an Ontario corporation, are collectively
referred to herein as the “Subsidiaries”
and
each individually as a “Subsidiary.”
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Material
Subsidiaries”
means,
collectively, Generex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Antigen Express, Inc. and any
other
Subsidiary which has at least $250,000 in revenues, $250,000 in assets or owns,
leases or licenses any assets or rights of any kind or nature, or provides
any services of any kind or nature, that are material to the business,
operations (including results thereof), properties, condition (including
financial condition) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
either individually or in the aggregate, and each of the foregoing,
individually, a “Material Subsidiary.”
No
Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary other than Generex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
and
Antigen Express, Inc. No Subsidiary, other than Generex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
and Antigen Express, Inc., has any material business, activities, operations,
assets or rights of any kind or nature whatsoever, and none of such Subsidiaries
have any material historic, ongoing or future liabilities of any kind or nature
whatsoever.
(b) Authorization;
Enforcement; Validity.
The
Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
it
is a party and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof
and
thereof. Each Subsidiary has the requisite power and authority to enter into
and
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and the consummation by the Company and
the
Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including,
without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the reservation for issuance
and issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes,
the
issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized
by the Company’s board of directors and each of the Subsidiaries’ board of
directors or other governing body, as applicable, and (other than the filing
with the SEC of a Notice on Form D and one or more Registration Statements
in
accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement and any
other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no further
filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, the Subsidiaries,
their respective Boards of Directors or their stockholders or other governing
body. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and
remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be
limited by federal or state securities law. The Transaction Documents to which
each Subsidiary is a party have been duly executed and delivered by each such
Subsidiary, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such
Subsidiary, enforceable against such Subsidiary in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally,
the
enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to
indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state
securities law. “Transaction
Documents”
means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Security Documents,
the Guaranties, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)) and each of the other agreements
and instruments entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
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(c) Issuance
of Securities.
The
issuance of the Notes and the Warrants are duly authorized and upon issuance
in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens, charges and other
encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof. As of the Closing, the Company
shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 120%
of
the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion
of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that the Notes are convertible at
the
initial Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) and without taking into
account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth therein) and
(ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth
therein). Upon conversion in accordance with the Notes or exercise in accordance
with the Warrants (as the case may be), the Conversion Shares and the Warrant
Shares, respectively, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens,
charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the
holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.
Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers
in
this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is
exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the Subsidiaries and the consummation by the Company and the Subsidiaries
of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation,
the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation
(as defined in Section 3(r)) or other organizational documents of the Company
or
any of the Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or Bylaws (as defined in Section 3(r)) of the Company or any of
the
Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which
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 of,
any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state
securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of The
Nasdaq Capital Market
(the
“Principal
Market”)
and
including all applicable Canadian and Ontario laws, rules and regulations)
applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or by which any property
or
asset of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is bound or affected except,
in
the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that
could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) Consents.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent, authorization
or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental
agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order
for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under
or
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with
the
terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and
registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant
to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the
Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries are aware
of
any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any Subsidiary
from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings
pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation of the
requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the
Common Stock in the foreseeable future (other than the potential of its stock
price decreasing below $1.00).
(f) Acknowledgment
Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity
of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer
or director of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate” (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) to
its
knowledge, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock
(as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “1934
Act”)).
The
Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor
or
fiduciary of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity)
with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its
representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and
the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such
Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer
that the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s decision to enter into the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party has been based solely on the independent
evaluation by the Company, each Subsidiary and their respective
representatives.
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(g) No
General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees.
Neither
the Company, nor any of the Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting
on
its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer
or
sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of
any
placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other
than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to
or
arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither the Company nor
any
of the Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent (other than Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLC) or other agent in connection with the sale of the
Securities.
(h) No
Integrated Offering.
None of
the Company, the Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting
on 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 require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the
1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or
cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of
the
Company under any applicable stockholder 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. None of the Company, the Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any
Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in
the
preceding sentence that would require registration of the issuance of any of
the
Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of any of the Securities
to
be integrated with other offerings.
(i) Dilutive
Effect.
The
Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further
acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion
of the Notes and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants is, absolute and unconditional
regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other stockholders of the Company.
(j) Application
of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement.
The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation
or other organizational document or the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to any Buyer
as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership
of the Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all
necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights
plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership
of
shares of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries.
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(k) SEC
Documents; Financial Statements.
During
the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed
by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all
of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included
therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the
“SEC
Documents”).
The
Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true,
correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the
XXXXX system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents,
and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or
summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case
of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be
material, either individually or in the aggregate). No other information
provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not included
in
the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in
Section 2(e) of this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material
fact
or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are
or
were made.
(l) Absence
of Certain Changes.
Since
the date of the Company’s most recent audited or reviewed financial statements
contained in a Form 10-K, there has been no material adverse change and no
material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties,
operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise)
or
prospects of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, except as may be disclosed
in the SEC Documents filed after the date of such Form 10-K but prior to the
date hereof. Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial
statements contained in a Form 10-K, neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets,
individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business
or
(iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate.
Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek
protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any
Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective
creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual
knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The
Company and the Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are
not
as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For
purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent”
means,
(I) with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis,
(i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’
assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and the
Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)), (ii) the Company
and the Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become
absolute and matured or (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries intend to incur
or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to
pay
as such debts mature; and (II) with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary,
individually, (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s or any of the
Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay each of their
respective total Indebtedness, (ii) the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
are
unable to pay their respective debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent
or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or
(iii)
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they
will
incur debts that would be beyond their respective ability to pay as such debts
mature. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has engaged in business
or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in business or in any
transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets
constitute unreasonably small capital.
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(m) No
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances.
No
event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is
reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of the
Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, liabilities, prospects,
operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise),
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable
securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC
relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which
has not been publicly announced or which would have a material adverse effect
on
any Buyer’s investment hereunder.
(n) Conduct
of Business; Regulatory Permits.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in
default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designation,
preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of
the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter,
certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws,
respectively. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation
of
any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, and neither the Company
nor any of the Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of
the
foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of
any
of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting
or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable
future (other than the potential of its stock price decreasing below $1.00).
Since January 1, 2006, (i) the Common Stock has been designated for quotation
on
the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended
by
the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no
communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding
the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market.
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations
and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such
certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in
the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such
Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.
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(o) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, nor to the
Company’s knowledge, any agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or
on
behalf of, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the
U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment
to
any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
(p) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
The
Company and each Subsidiary is in material compliance with all applicable
requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the
date
hereof, and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC
thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.
(q) Transactions
With Affiliates.
Other
than the grant of stock options disclosed on Schedule 3(q) and except as
disclosed in the SEC Documents, none of the officers, directors or employees
of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course
services as employees, officers or 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 such officer, director or employee or, to
the
knowledge of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer, director, or
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
(r) Equity
Capitalization.
As of
the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i)
500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 111,675,276 shares are issued
and
outstanding and 20,500,796 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to
securities (other than the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable
for, or convertible into, Common Stock and (ii) 1,000 shares of preferred stock,
none of which, as of the date hereof, are issued and outstanding. No shares
of
Common Stock are held in treasury. All of such outstanding shares are duly
authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are
fully
paid and nonassessable. 11,202,174 shares of the Company’s issued and
outstanding Common Stock on the date hereof are as of the date hereof owned
by
Persons who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act and
calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders
of
at least 10% of
the
Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock
are
“affiliates” without conceding that any such Persons are “affiliates” for
purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
To
the
Company’s knowledge, as of the date hereof no Person owns 10% or more of the
Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (calculated based on the
assumption that all Equivalents, whether or not presently exercisable or
convertible, have been fully exercised or converted (as the case may
be) taking account of any limitations on exercise or conversion (including
“blockers”) contained therein without conceding that such identified Person is a
10% stockholder for purposes of federal securities laws).
Except
as disclosed in Schedule 3(r): (i) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or
any
liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary;
(ii) except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue
additional capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit
agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments
evidencing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)) of the Company or any
of
the Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or may
become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in
any
amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (v)
there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under
the 1933 Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there
are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there
are
no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments
containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the
issuance of the Securities; (viii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any
similar plan or agreement; and (ix) neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in
the
SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those
incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ respective
businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not
have
a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct
and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”),
and
the Company’s bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the
“Bylaws”),
and
the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable
for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof
in
respect thereto that have not been disclosed in the SEC Documents.
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(s) Indebtedness
and Other Contracts.
Except
as disclosed on Schedule 3(s)
or in
the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) has
any
outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract,
agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by
the
other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any
term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating
to
any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result,
individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is
a
party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness,
the
performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement:
(x)
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money,
(B)
all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) (other than trade
payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement
or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and
other
similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures
or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect
to
any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in
the
event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F)
all
monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in
connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied
for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all
indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which
owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of
such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness
or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G)
above; (y) “Contingent
Obligation”
means,
as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise,
of
that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other
obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person
incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance
to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged,
or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the
holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss
with respect thereto; and (z) “Person”
means
an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture,
a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and
a
government or any department or agency thereof.
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(t) Absence
of Litigation.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 3(t) or in the SEC Documents, there is no action,
suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any
court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s or
the Subsidiaries’ officers or directors which is outside of the ordinary course
of business or individually or in the aggregate could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(u) Insurance.
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company
nor
any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied
for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe
that it will be unable 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 at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(v) Employee
Relations.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company believe that its and
its
Subsidiaries’ relations with their respective employees are good. No executive
officer (as defined in Rule 501(f) promulgated under the 0000 Xxx) or other
key
employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has notified the Company
or
any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such
Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or
any such Subsidiary. No executive officer or other key employee of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries is, to the Company’s knowledge, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or
proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other
contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment
of each such executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) to
the
Company’s knowledge does not subject the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to
any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and
the
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws
and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and
benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where
failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Title.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all
real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by
them which is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
in
each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except for
Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes) and such as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property by the Company and any of the Subsidiaries. Any
real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use
made
and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or any
of
the Subsidiaries.
(x) Intellectual
Property Rights.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to
use
all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service xxxx registrations, service
names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works, inventions, licenses,
approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual
property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual
Property Rights”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted. None of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’
material Intellectual Property Rights have expired, terminated or been
abandoned, or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within three
years from the date of this Agreement. The Company has no knowledge of any
infringement by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property
Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought,
or to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, being threatened,
against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries regarding their Intellectual
Property Rights, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents. The Company is not
aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the
foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and
each
of the Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property
Rights.
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(y) Environmental
Laws.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all Environmental Laws
(as defined herein), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any
such
permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term
“Environmental
Laws”
means
all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection
of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”)
into
the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands
or
demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters,
orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(z) Subsidiary
Rights.
The
Company or one of the Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and
(subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and
distributions on, all capital securities of the Subsidiaries as owned by the
Company or such Subsidiary.
(aa) Tax
Status.
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all foreign,
federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all
taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations,
except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books
provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods
subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply,
except in each case where the failure to file, pay or set aside would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount
claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers
of the Company and the Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The
Company is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign
investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue
Code
of 1986, as amended.
(bb) Internal
Accounting and Disclosure Controls.
The
Company and each of the 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 generally accepted accounting principles and
to
maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or
incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities
at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
difference. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such
term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the 0000 Xxx) that are effective in
ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the
SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure
that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that
it
files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and
its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. Neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant
relating to any potential material weakness in any part of the system of
internal accounting controls of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries.
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(cc) Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements.
There
is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or
any
of the Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity
that
is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not
so
disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(dd) Investment
Company Status.
The
Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not
be,
an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company
controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(ee) Acknowledgement
Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity.
It is
understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that, other than as contemplated
by Section 2(k), following the public disclosure of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in accordance with the terms thereof,
none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
to
agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
to
desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company,
or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold
the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that any Buyer, and counter parties
in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or
indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock which were
established prior to such Buyer’s knowledge of the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents, and (iii) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to
have
any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that
following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents pursuant to the Press Release one or more Buyers may
engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period
that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during
the
periods that the value of the Warrant Shares or Conversion Shares, as
applicable, deliverable with respect to the Securities are being determined
and
(b) such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of
the
existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time
the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do
not
constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or
any
of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.
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(ff) Manipulation
of Price.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has, and, to the knowledge of the
Company, no Person acting on their behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization
or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii)
sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases
of,
any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any
compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(gg) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, or has ever been, and so long as
any
of the Securities are held by any of the Buyers, shall become, a U.S. real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company and each Subsidiary shall
so
certify upon any Buyer’s request. The Common Stock does not derive, and has not
at any time during the previous five years derived, directly or indirectly
more than 50% of its fair market value from one or any combination of: (i)
real
property situated in Canada, (ii) Canadian resource property and (iii) timber
resource properties (as such terms are defined for purposes of the Income
Tax Act (Canada).
(hh) Registration
Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the Registrable Securities
for resale by the Buyers using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933
Act.
(ii) Transfer
Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than
income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the
sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will
be,
or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws
imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.
(jj) Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”)
and to
regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“Federal
Reserve”).
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates owns or controls,
directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares
of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the
total
equity of a bank or any equity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation
by
the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies
of
a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the
Federal Reserve.
(kk) Shell
Company Status.
The
Company is not, and has not, since 1998, been, an issuer identified in Rule
144(i)(1).
(ll) Disclosure.
The
Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has
provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information
that
constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic
information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the
existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents. The Company understands and confirms that each of the
Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions
in
securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding
the
Company and the Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf
of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is true and correct and does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each press release
issued by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months
preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. No event
or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities,
prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial
or
otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public
disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but
which
has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically
set forth in Sections 2.
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(mm) Ranking
of Notes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(mm), no Indebtedness of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, at the Closing, will be senior to, or
pari
passu
with,
the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to payment or redemptions,
interest, damages, upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.
(nn) FDA.
As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (the “FDA”)
under
the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder (the “FDCA”)
that
is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “Pharmaceutical
Product”),
such
Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested,
distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company or such Subsidiary (as the
case
may be) in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar
laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use,
premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing
practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing,
quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except
where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened,
action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or
regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA
or
any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the premarket clearance,
licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of,
the
manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling
and
promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of,
requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the
withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any
Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical
investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production
at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or
proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws,
rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which,
either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
The properties, business and operations of the Company subject to the
jurisdiction of the FDA have been and are being conducted in all material
respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the
FDA. The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit
the
marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product proposed
to
be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed
any
concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed
or
proposed to be developed by the Company.
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4.
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COVENANTS.
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(a) Best
Efforts.
Each
party shall use its best efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions to
be
satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
(b) Form
D
and Blue Sky.
The
Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required
under
Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such
filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action
as
the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an
exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the
Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky”
laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such
qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the
Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings
and
reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under
applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States
following the Closing Date.
(c) Reporting
Status.
Until
the date on which the Buyers shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities
(as defined below) (the “Reporting
Period”),
the
Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant
to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer
required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules
and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such
termination.
(d) Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities solely as set
forth on Schedule 4(d).
(e) Financial
Information.
The
Company agrees to send the following to each Investor (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) during the Reporting Period (i) unless the
following are filed with the SEC through XXXXX and are available to the public
through the XXXXX system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof
with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports
on
Form 10-Q, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets, income
statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash flow statements for any
period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration
statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933
Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile copies of all press
releases issued by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and (iii) copies
of
any notices and other information made available or given to the shareholders
of
the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving
thereof to the shareholders.
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(f) Listing.
The
Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) upon each national securities
exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the shares of Common
Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall
maintain such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable
under the terms of the Transaction Documents on such national securities
exchange or automated quotation system. The Company shall maintain the Common
Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Principal Market, the New York Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each,
an
“Eligible
Market”).
The
Company shall not take any action which could be reasonably expected to result
in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The
Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its
obligations under this Section 4(f).
(g) Fees.
The
Company shall reimburse Cranshire Capital, L.P. or its designee(s) (in addition
to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer prior to the date of this
Agreement) for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it or its
affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents in an amount not to exceed $150,000 (including, without limitation,
all reasonable legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith,
documentation and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith), which amount
shall be withheld by Cranshire Capital, L.P. from its Purchase Price at the
Closing or paid by the Company upon termination of this Agreement so long as
such termination did not occur as a result of a material breach by Cranshire
Capital, L.P. of any of its obligations hereunder (as the case may be). The
Company shall reimburse Iroquois
Master Fund, Ltd.
or its
designee(s) (in addition to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer prior
to
the date of this Agreement) for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
by it
or its affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents in an amount not to exceed $50,000 (including, without
limitation, all reasonable legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith,
documentation and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith), which amount
shall be withheld by Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd. from its Purchase Price at
the
Closing or paid by the Company upon termination of this Agreement so long as
such termination did not occur as a result of a material breach by Iroquois
Master Fund, Ltd. of any of its obligations hereunder (as the case may be).
The
Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees,
financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged
by any Buyer or Persons claiming rights due to the acts of a Buyer) relating
to
or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay,
and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses)
arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as
otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement
shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to
the
Buyers.
(h) Pledge
of Securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2(g), the Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Buyer in
connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other bona fide loan or
financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of
Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the
Securities hereunder, except as may otherwise be required under applicable
securities laws, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required
to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery
to
the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The
Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee
of
the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the
Securities to such pledgee by a Buyer.
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(i) Disclosure
of Transactions and Other Material Information.
The
Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York time, on the first
(1st)
Business Day after the date of this Agreement, issue a press release (the
“Press
Release”)
reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing all the material terms of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. On
or
before 8:30 a.m., New York time, on the second (2nd)
Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall file a
Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934
Act
and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), the form
of
the Security Documents, the form of the Notes, the form of Warrants and the
Registration Rights Agreement) (including all attachments, the “8-K
Filing”).
From
and after the issuance of the Press Release, the Company shall have disclosed
all material, nonpublic information delivered to any of the Buyers by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents (if any) in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company shall not, and the
Company shall cause each of the Subsidiaries and each of its and their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide any Buyer
with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries from and after the issuance of the Press Release without the
express prior written consent of such Buyer, except as expressly contemplated
by
Section 4(o)(viii). If a Buyer has, or believes it has, received any material,
nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in breach
of the immediately preceding sentence, such Buyer shall provide the Company
with
written notice thereof in which case the Company shall, within one (1) Trading
Day of the receipt of such notice, make a public disclosure of all such
material, nonpublic information so provided. In the event of a breach of any
of
the foregoing covenants by the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or any of
its
or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (as determined
in
the reasonable good faith judgment of such Buyer), in addition to any other
remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, such Buyer shall have
the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public
advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without
the
prior approval by the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or any of its or their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any
liability to the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or any of its or their
respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents, for any
such
disclosure of such information. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company
nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements
with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to
make
any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions
(i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously
therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided
that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company
in
connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to
its
release). Without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, the Company
shall not (and shall cause each of the Subsidiaries and affiliates to not)
disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing (other than the 8-K Filing),
announcement, release or otherwise.
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(j) Additional
Registration Statements. Until the Effective Date (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) of the initial Registration Statement required
to
be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights
Agreement which covers all of the securities required to be covered thereunder
and at any time while such Registration Statement is not effective, the Company
shall not file a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to
securities that are not the Registrable Securities.
(k) Additional
Issuance of Securities.
The
Company agrees that for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending
ninety (90) days after the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration
Rights Agreement which covers all of the securities required to be covered
thereunder (the “Restricted Period”),
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly
issue, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or
announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other
disposition of) any of their respective equity or equity equivalent securities,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time and under any circumstances
convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof
to receive, capital stock and other securities of the Company (including,
without limitation, any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which
entitle the holder thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time, 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 or other
securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common
Stock) (collectively with such capital stock or other securities of the Company,
“Equivalents”)
(any
such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred
to
as a “Subsequent
Placement”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(k) shall not apply in respect
of
the issuance of (A) shares of Common Stock or standard options to purchase
Common Stock issued to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the
Company in connection with their service as directors or officers of the
Company, their employment by the Company or their retention as consultants
by
the Company pursuant to an equity compensation program or other contract or
arrangement approved by the board of directors of the Company (or the
compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company), provided
that
all such issuances after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (A) do not,
in
the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the date hereof, (B) shares of Common Stock issued upon
the
conversion or exercise of Equivalents issued prior to the date hereof,
provided
that
such Equivalents have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to
increase the number of shares issuable thereunder or to lower the exercise
or
conversion price thereof or otherwise materially change the terms or conditions
thereof in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers, (C) the
Conversion Shares, (D) the Warrant Shares and (E) shares of Common Stock and
warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with strategic
alliances, acquisitions, mergers, and strategic partnerships, the primary
purpose of which is not to raise capital, and which are approved in good faith
by the Company’s Board of Directors, provided
that all
such issuances after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (E) do not, in
the
aggregate (determined on a fully-diluted basis), exceed more than 10% of the
shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date
hereof (each of the foregoing in clauses (A) through (E), collectively the
“Excluded
Securities”).
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(l) Reservation
of Shares.
So long
as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action
necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of
issuance, no less than 120% of (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of all the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof, that
the Notes are convertible at the Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes)
and
without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Notes set forth
therein) and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of all the Warrants (without regard to any limitations on the exercise
of the Warrants set forth therein).
(m) Conduct
of Business.
The
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation
of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where
such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate,
in a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall conduct its business in such a manner
as will ensure that the Common Stock does not derive directly or indirectly
more
than 50% of its fair market value from one or any combination of: (i) real
property situated in Canada, (ii) Canadian resource property and (iii) timber
resource properties (as such terms are defined for purposes of the Income
Tax Act (Canada).
No portion of any interest paid on the Notes shall be deductible by the Company
in computing the Company’s taxable income earned in Canada for purposes of
the
Income Tax Act
(Canada).
(n) Variable
Rate Transaction. Until all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or
otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms, the Company and each
Subsidiary shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement
to
effect any Subsequent Placement involving a “Variable
Rate Transaction.”
The
term “Variable
Rate Transaction”
shall
mean a transaction in which the Company or any Subsidiary (i) issues or sells
any Equivalents 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
Equivalents, 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
Equivalents 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, other than pursuant to a customary “weighted average” anti-dilution
provision or (ii) enters into any agreement (including, but not limited to,
an
equity line of credit) whereby the Company or any Subsidiary may sell securities
at a future determined price (other than standard and customary “preemptive” or
“participation” rights). Each Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive
relief against the Company and the Subsidiaries to preclude any such issuance,
which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
(o) Participation
Right. From the date hereof until the later of (i) twelve (12) months after
the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
by
the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement which
covers all of the securities required to be covered thereunder and (2) the
date
on which all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied
in accordance with their terms, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
shall, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the
Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(o). The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 4(o) is a
right
granted by the Company, separately, to each Buyer.
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(i) At
least
five (5) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Placement, the
Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice of its intention to effect
a Subsequent Placement (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”),
which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Buyer if it wants to review the details of such
financing. Upon the request of a Buyer, and only upon a request by such
Buyer, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after
such request, deliver to such Buyer an irrevocable written notice (the
“Offer
Notice”)
of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”)
of the
securities being offered (the “Offered
Securities”)
in a
Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the
Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they
are
to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered
Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the Persons (if known)
to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold
or
exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyer in
accordance with the terms of the Offer all of the Offered Securities,
provided
that the
number of Offered Securities which such Buyer shall have the right to subscribe
for under this Section 4(o) shall be (a) based on such Buyer’s pro rata portion
of the aggregate original principal amount of the Notes purchased hereunder
by
all Buyers (the “Basic
Amount”),
and
(b) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any
additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts
of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should
the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription
Amount”).
(ii) To
accept
an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to
the
Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th)
Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer
Period”),
setting forth the portion of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to
purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount,
the
Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either
case, the “Notice
of Acceptance”).
If
the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all
of
the Basic Amounts, then such Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount
in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the
Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed
for; provided,
however,
that if
the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between
the
total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the
“Available
Undersubscription Amount”),
such
Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled
to
purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the
Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that
have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the
Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions
of
the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver
to each Buyer a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the fifth
(5th)
Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.
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(iii) The
Company shall have (i) twenty (20) Business Days from the expiration of the
Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such
Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by
a
Buyer (the “Refused
Securities”)
pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent
Placement Agreement”),
but
only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein)
and
only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and
interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons
or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and
(ii) ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period to publicly
announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (b)
either (x) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent
Placement Agreement or (y) the termination of such Subsequent Placement
Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K
with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein
filed as exhibits thereto.
(iv) In
the
event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section
4(o)(iii) above), then such Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole
discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified
in
its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number
or
amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant
to
Section 4(o)(ii) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually
proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued
or sold to Buyers pursuant to this Section 4(o) prior to such reduction) and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered
Securities. In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount
of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may
not
issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the
Buyers in accordance with Section 4(o)(i) above.
(v) Upon
the
closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused
Securities, such Buyer shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall
issue to such Buyer, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in
its
Notice of Acceptance. The purchase by such Buyer of any Offered Securities
is
subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company
and such Buyer of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered
Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Buyer and
its
counsel.
(vi) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by a Buyer or other Persons in accordance with
this Section 4(o) may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again
offered to such Buyer under the procedures specified in this
Agreement.
(vii) The
Company and each Buyer agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the
Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer
nor
any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent
Placement Documents”)
shall
include any term or provision whereby such Buyer shall be required to agree
to
any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company owned by such
Buyer prior to such Subsequent Placement.
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(viii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4(o) and unless otherwise agreed to
by
such Buyer, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Buyer that
the
transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or
shall
publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either
case
in such a manner such that such Buyer will not be in possession of any material,
non-public information, by the tenth (10th)
day
following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such tenth (10th)
day, no
public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities
has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction
has
been received by such Buyer, such transaction shall be deemed to have been
abandoned and such Buyer shall not be deemed to be in possession of any
material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect
to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Buyer with another
Offer Notice and such Buyer will again have the right of participation set
forth
in this Section 4(o). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than
one such Offer Notice to such Buyer in any sixty (60) day period.
(ix) The
restrictions contained in this Section 4(o) shall not apply in connection with
the issuance of any Excluded Securities. The Company shall not circumvent the
provisions of this Section 4(o) by providing terms or conditions to one Buyer
that are not provided to all.
(p) Passive
Foreign Investment Company. The Company shall conduct its business in such a
manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a
passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the
U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(q) Restriction
on Redemption and Cash Dividends. So long as any Notes are outstanding, the
Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash
dividend or distribution on, the Common Stock without the prior express written
consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Notes).
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(r) Shareholder
Approval. The Company shall provide each shareholder entitled to vote at a
special or annual meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholder
Meeting”),
which
shall be promptly called and held not later than ninety (90) days after the
Closing Date (the “Shareholder
Meeting Deadline”),
a
proxy statement, substantially in the form which has been previously reviewed
by
each of the Buyers and each of their counsel, soliciting each such shareholder’s
affirmative vote at the Shareholder Meeting for approval of resolutions
providing for the Company’s issuance of all of the Securities as described in
the Transaction Documents in accordance with applicable law and the rules and
regulations of Principal Market (such affirmative approval being referred to
herein as the “Shareholder
Approval”
and
the
date of such Shareholder Approval shall be referred to as the “Shareholder
Approval Date”),
and
the Company shall use its best efforts (including bearing commercially
reasonable expenses) to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such resolutions
(which efforts shall include, without limitation, the requirement to hire a
reputable proxy solicitor) and to cause the board of directors of the Company
to
recommend to the shareholders that they approve such resolutions. The Company
shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Shareholder Approval by the Shareholder
Meeting Deadline. As the Company has already filed a preliminary proxy statement
with the SEC under Rule 14a-6 with respect to its Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held on May 28, 2008 (the “Preliminary
Proxy Statement”),
the
Company shall seek such Shareholder Approval at such Annual Meeting and the
Shareholder Meeting Deadline shall be no later than June 30, 2008. In connection
therewith, the Company shall within ten (10) days after the date hereof file
with the SEC an amendment to such Preliminary Proxy Statement, in form and
substance acceptable to each Buyer and its counsel, soliciting the Shareholder
Approval in accordance with the foregoing, and the Company shall cause the
definitive proxy materials for such Annual Meeting to contain such solicitation
for the Shareholder Approval and to be in form and substance acceptable to
each
Buyer and its counsel. If, despite the Company’s best efforts the Shareholder
Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Shareholder Meeting Deadline, the
Company shall cause an additional Shareholder Meeting to be held each
semi-annual period thereafter until such Shareholder Approval is obtained or
until such Shareholder Approval is no longer required under the rules and
regulations of the Principal Market or is no longer required to eliminate
restrictions on the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Notes
and
Warrants. The Company shall not directly or indirectly take any action which
would result in a Dilutive Issuance (as defined in the Notes and Warrants)
prior
to the Shareholder Approval Date. The Company agrees that any such action and
resulting Dilutive Issuance (as defined in the Notes and Warrants) shall be
null
and void and that the Buyers would be irreparably harmed to the extent that
the Company takes any such action.
(s) DTC
Eligibility.
The
Company shall pay all fees to DTC (as defined below) required to be paid, and
shall take all other necessary actions, so that the Company is eligible to
participate in DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program no later than
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.
5.
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REGISTER;
TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS;
LEGEND.
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(a) Register.
The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Securities), a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company
shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes
and the
Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee),
the principal amount of the Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion
Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall
keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for
inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.
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(b) Transfer
Agent Instructions.
The
Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent and any
subsequent transfer agent in the form acceptable to the Buyers (the
“Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions”)
to
issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”),
registered in the name of each Buyer or
its
respective nominee(s),
for the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from
time
to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or the
exercise of the Warrants (as the case may be). The Company represents and
warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions
to
give effect to Section 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer
agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise
be
freely transferable on the books and records of the Company to the extent
provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer
effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with
Section 2(g), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct
its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the
applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as
specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the
event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or
Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement or in compliance with Rule 144, the transfer agent shall
issue such shares to such Buyer, assignee or transferee (as the case may be)
without any restrictive legend in accordance with Section 5(d) below. The
Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will
cause
irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the
remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will
be
inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the
Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled,
in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction
restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without
the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security
being required. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the legal opinion
referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company’s
transfer agent on each Effective Date. Any fees (with respect to the transfer
agent, counsel to the Company or otherwise) associated with the issuance of
such
opinion or the removal of any legends on any of the Securities shall be borne
by
the Company.
(c) Legends.
Each
Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the
Notes and the Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the Conversion
Shares and the Warrant Shares (as the case may be) have been registered under
the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or are
eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144, the stock certificates representing
the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares (as the case may be), except as set
forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any
state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a
stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock
certificates):
[NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR
THE
SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] HAVE
BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
(I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
TO
THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO
THE
COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD
OR
ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH
A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY
THE
SECURITIES.
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(d)
Removal
of Legends.
Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the
legend
set forth in Section 5(c) above or any other legend (i) while a registration
statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such
Securities is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) if such Securities
are
eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 (provided
that a
Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securities
are
eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144 which shall
not include
an opinion of counsel), (iii) in connection with a sale, assignment or
other
transfer (other than under Rule 144) provided
such
Buyer provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Buyer,
in a
generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or
transfer
of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable
requirements of the 1933 Act or (iv) if such legend is not required under
applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including, without limitation,
controlling judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the
SEC). If a
legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no
later
than two (2) Trading Days (as defined below) following the delivery by
a Buyer
to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of
a legended
certificate representing such Securities (endorsed or with stock powers
attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect
the
reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries
from such Buyer as may be required above in this Section 5(d), as directed
by
such Buyer, either: (A) deliver (or cause to be delivered to) such Buyer
a
certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive
and
other legends or (B) credit the balance account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s
nominee with DTC with a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of
Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) represented
by the
certificate, the conversion notice or exercise notice (as the case may
be) so
delivered by such Buyer (the date by which such certificate is required
to be
delivered to such Buyer or such credit is so required to be made to the
balance
account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s nominee with DTC pursuant to the
foregoing is referred to herein as the “Required
Delivery Date”).
(e) Failure
to Timely Deliver; Buy-In.
If the
Company fails to (i) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Buyer
by
the Required Delivery Date a certificate representing the Securities so
delivered to the Company by such Buyer that is free from all restrictive
and
other legends or (ii) credit the balance account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s
nominee with DTC for such number of shares of Conversion Shares or Warrant
Shares so delivered to the Company, then, in addition to all other remedies
available to such Buyer, the Company shall pay in cash to such Buyer on each
day
after the Required Delivery Date that the issuance or credit of such shares
is
not timely effected an amount equal to 2% of the original principal amount
of
such Buyer’s Note. In addition to the foregoing, if the Company fails to so
properly deliver such unlegended certificates or so properly credit the balance
account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s nominee with DTC by the Required
Delivery Date, and if on or after the Required Delivery Date such Buyer
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock
to
deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Buyer of shares of Common Stock
that
such Buyer anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive
legend
(a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after such Buyer’s request and
in such Buyer’s sole discretion, either (i) pay cash to such Buyer in an amount
equal to such Buyer’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In
Price”),
at
which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate or credit such
Buyer’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or
(ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to such Buyer a certificate
or
certificates or credit such Buyer’s DTC account representing such number of
shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company timely
complied with its obligations hereunder and pay cash to such Buyer in an
amount
equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A)
such
number of shares of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may
be)
that the Company was required to deliver to such Buyer by the Required Delivery
Date times (B) the average VWAP of the Common Stock for the five (5) Trading
Day
period immediately preceding the Required Delivery Date.
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For
purposes of this Section 5(e),
“VWAP”
means,
for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for
such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the
principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities
exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded) during
the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00
p.m.,
New York time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”)
through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the
dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter
market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period
beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price
is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the
highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market
makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC
(formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If VWAP cannot be calculated
for
such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such
security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined
by
the Company and the Buyer. If the Company and the Buyer are unable to agree
upon
the fair market value of such security, then they shall agree in good faith
on a
reputable investment bank to make such determination of fair market value,
whose
determination shall be final and binding and whose fees and expenses shall
be
borne by the Company. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted
for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such
period. “Trading
Day”
means
any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if
the
Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock,
then
on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common
Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on
which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for
less
than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during
the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or
market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such
exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time).
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6.
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CONDITIONS
TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO
SELL.
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(a) The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and
the
related Warrants
to
each
Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing
Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions
are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time
in their sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice
thereof:
(i) Such
Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is
a
party and delivered the same to the Company.
(ii) Such
Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the
case
of Cranshire Capital, L.P. and Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd., the amounts withheld
pursuant to Section 4(g))
for the
Note and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing
by
wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions
provided by the Company.
(iii) The
representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though
originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date),
and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material
respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior
to the Closing Date.
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CONDITIONS
TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
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(a) The
obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase its Note and
its
related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before
the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these
conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at
any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written
notice thereof:
(i) The
Company and each Subsidiary (as the case may be) shall have duly executed and
delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party
and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer a Note
(in
such amount as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the
Schedule of Buyers and
the
related Series A Warrants, Series A-1 Warrants, Series B Warrants and Series
C
Warrants (for such number of shares of Common Stock as is set forth across
from
such Buyer’s name in columns (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the Schedule of Buyers,
respectively) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement.
(ii) Such
Buyer shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx,
LLC, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form of
Exhibit
F
attached
hereto.
(iii) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions, in form acceptable to such Buyer, which instructions shall
have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer
agent.
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(iv) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the
formation and good standing of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries in
each
such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or
comparable office) of such jurisdiction of formation as of a date within ten
(10) days of the Closing Date.
(v) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the
Company’s and each Material Subsidiary’s qualification as a foreign corporation
and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of
each jurisdiction in which the Company and each Subsidiary conducts business
and
is required to so qualify, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing
Date.
(vi) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate
of Incorporation as certified by the Delaware Secretary of State within ten
(10)
days of the Closing Date.
(vii) Each
of
the Material Subsidiaries shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy
of
its certificate of incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State (or
comparable office) of such Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of incorporation within ten
(10) days of the Closing Date.
(viii) The
Company and each Subsidiary shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate,
executed by the Secretary of the Company and each Subsidiary and dated as of
the
Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b)
as
adopted by the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s board of directors in a form
reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation
of
the Company and the organizational documents of each Subsidiary and (iii) the
Bylaws of the Company and the bylaws of each Subsidiary, each as in effect
at
the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
G.
(ix) Each
and
every representation and warranty of the Company shall be true and correct
as of
the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time
(except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date,
which shall be true and correct as of such date) and the Company shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements
and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a
certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated
as of
the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may
be
reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
H.
(x) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer
agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Closing
Date immediately prior to the Closing.
(xi) The
Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal
Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the
SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall
suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the
Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B)
by
falling below the minimum maintenance requirements of the Principal
Market.
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(xii) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents
and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including
without limitation, those required by the Principal Market.
(xiii) No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(xiv) Since
the
date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have
occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xv) The
Company shall have obtained approval of the Principal Market to list the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.
(xvi) The
Company shall have obtained letter agreements from each of the warrant holders
listed on Schedule 7(xvi)
attached
hereto pursuant to which each of them waives the increase to the number of
shares to their respective warrants set forth on such schedule solely in
connection with the anti-dilution adjustment that would occur as a result of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company shall have extended
the expiration of such warrants to seven (7) years.
(xvii) The
Company and the Subsidiaries shall have delivered to such Buyer such other
documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such
Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.
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TERMINATION.
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In
the
event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or
before ten (10) days from the date hereof due to the Company’s or such Buyer’s
failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6
and
7
above
(and a non-breaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)),
any such non-breaching party at any time shall have the right to terminate
its
obligations under this Agreement with respect to such breaching party on or
after the close of business on such date without liability of such non-breaching
party to any other party; provided,
however,
that
the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Notes and the Warrants shall
be
applicable only to such non-breaching party providing such written notice;
provided
further,
notwithstanding any such termination the Company shall remain obligated to
reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in Section
4(g)
above.
Nothing contained in this Section 8
shall be
deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party
of
the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents
or
to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other
party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents.
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9.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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(a) Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision
or
rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State
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, 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 brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. 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 to such party at the address for such 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 HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT
TO
REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
(b) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
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.
In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an
e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed
signature page, such signature page 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 signature page were an original
thereof.
(c) Headings;
Gender.
The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include
the
masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms
“including,”
“includes,”
“include”
and
words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words
“without limitation.” The terms “herein,”
“hereunder,”
“hereof”
and
words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the
provision in which they are found. For purposes of this Agreement for each
Buyer’s benefit, the word “state” or “states” includes any “province” or
“provinces” in Canada and the concept of “law, rules or regulations” includes
laws, rules and regulations under applicable law, rules and regulations in
Canada.
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(d) Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or
the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and without implication that the
following is required or applicable), it is the intention of the parties that
in
no event shall amounts and value paid by the Company and/or the Subsidiaries
(as
the case may be), or payable to or received by the Buyers, under the Transaction
Documents, including without limitation, any amounts that would be characterized
as “interest” under applicable law (including, without limitation, any
applicable Canadian law), exceed amounts permitted under any such applicable
law. Accordingly, if any obligation to pay, payment made to such Buyer, or
collection by such Buyer pursuant the Transaction Documents is finally
judicially determined to be contrary to any such applicable law, such obligation
to pay, payment or collection shall be deemed to have been made by mutual
mistake of such Buyer, the Company and the Subsidiaries and such amount shall
be
deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount
or
rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by the
applicable law. Such adjustment shall be effected, to the extent necessary,
by
reducing or refunding, at the option of such Buyer, the amount of interest
or
any other amounts which would constitute unlawful amounts required to be paid
or
actually paid to such Buyer under the Transaction Documents. For greater
certainty, to the extent that any interest, charges, fees, expenses or other
amounts required to be paid to or received by such Buyer under any of the
Transaction Documents or related thereto are held to be within the meaning
of
“interest” or another applicable term to otherwise be violative of applicable
law, such amounts shall be pro-rated over the period of time to which they
relate.
(e) Entire
Agreement; Amendments.
This
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits
attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein
supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the
Company, the Subsidiaries, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf
with respect to the matters contained herein and therein (provided that the
foregoing shall not have any effect on any agreements any Buyer has entered
into
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with
respect to any prior investment made by such Buyer in the Company), and this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached
hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain
the
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein
and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither
the
Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or
undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may
be
amended or waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company
and the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the then outstanding
principal amount of the Notes issued hereunder, and any amendment or to, or
waiver of any provision of, this Agreement made in conformity with the
provisions of this Section 9(e)
shall be
binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable, provided
that any
party may give a waiver in writing as to itself. No such amendment or waiver
(unless given pursuant to the foregoing proviso) shall be effective to the
extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Notes then
outstanding. 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 also is offered to all of the parties
to
the Transaction Documents, holders of the Notes or holders of the Warrants
(as
the case may be). The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any
agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth
in
the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms
that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment
or
promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company,
any
Subsidiary or otherwise.
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(f) Notices.
Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to
be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed
to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service
with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party
to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications
shall be:
If
to the
Company:
Generex
Biotechnology Corporation
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X-0X0
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
CEO
With
a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC
0
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, 00 X. 00xx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
(000)000-0000
Facsimile:
215 851-8383
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
If
to the
Transfer Agent:
StockTrans,
Inc
00
X.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, VP Operations
If
to a
Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers,
with
a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, LLP
00
X.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx
X.
Xxxxx, Esq.
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or
to
such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such
other
Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each
other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change;
provided,
that
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP shall only be provided copies of notices sent to
Cranshire Capital, L.P. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B)
mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall
be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt
from
an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
(g) Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of any of
the
Securities. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at
least eighty percent (80%) of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities
issued and issuable under the Transaction Documents, including, without
limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants)
(unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing
Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some
or
all of its rights hereunder in connection with transfer of any of its Securities
without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed
to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.
(h) No
Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees
referred to in Section 9(k).
(i) Survival.
The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing.
Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further
Assurances.
Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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(k) Indemnification.
In
consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of
the
Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall
defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each holder of
any
Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers,
directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing
Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those
retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
(collectively, the “Indemnitees”)
from
and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs,
penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith
(irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which
indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements (the “Indemnified
Liabilities”),
incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to
(a)
any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the
Company or any Subsidiary in any of the Transaction Documents, (b) any breach
of
any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary contained
in any of the Transaction Documents or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim
brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these
purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary)
and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance
or
enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any transaction financed
or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds
of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure properly made by such
Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i),
or (iv)
the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the
Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
except, with respect to clause (c), to the extent such Indemnified Liability
arises from an Indemnitee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable
for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment
and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible
under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and
procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section
9(k)
shall be
the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(l) No
Strict Construction.
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.
(m) Remedies.
Each
Buyer and each holder of any Securities shall have all rights and remedies
set
forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such
holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract
and
all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having
any
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such
rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover
damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes
that in the event that it or any Subsidiary fails to perform, observe, or
discharge any or all of its or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be)
obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to
be
inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers
shall be entitled to seek specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary
and
permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent
jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages
and without posting a bond or other security.
39
(n) Withdrawal
Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises
a
right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company
or any Subsidiary does not timely perform its related obligations within the
periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole
discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company or such
Subsidiary (as the case may be), any relevant notice, demand or election in
whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights
(o) Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company or any Subsidiary makes a payment or payments to any
Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any
of
the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or 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 or any Subsidiary, a trustee, receiver
or
any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy
law, foreign, 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. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts
referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United
States Dollars (“US
Dollars”),
and
all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents
shall
be paid in US Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be
converted in the US Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange
Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange
Rate” means,
in
relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US Dollars pursuant
to
this Agreement, the US Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street
Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
(p) Independent
Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible
in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under
any
Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall
be
deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers
do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any
other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are
in
any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or
any
matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert
or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect
to
such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
The decision of each Buyer to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction
Documents has been made by such Buyer independently of any other Buyer. Each
Buyer acknowledges that no other Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer in
connection with such Buyer making its investment hereunder and that no other
Buyer will be acting as agent of such Buyer in connection with monitoring such
Buyer’s investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the
Transaction Documents. The Company and each Buyer confirms that each Buyer
has
independently participated with the Company and the Subsidiaries in the
negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own
counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect
and
enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of
this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement to effectuate the
purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby was solely in the
control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Buyer, and was done
solely for the convenience of the Company and the Subsidiaries and not because
it was required or requested to do so by any Buyer. It is expressly understood
and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other
Transaction Document is between the Company, each Subsidiary and a Buyer,
solely, and not between the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Buyers
collectively and not between and among the Buyers.
[signature
pages follow]
40
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
|
||
GENEREX
BIOTECHNOLOGY
CORPORATION
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name:
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Executive
Vice President and General Counsel
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
CRANSHIRE
CAPITAL, L.P.
|
|
By:
|
Downsview
Capital, Inc.
|
Its:
|
General
Partner
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
|
By:
|
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
Its:
|
President
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
|
|
SMITHFIELD
FIDUCIARY LLC
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxx X. Chill
|
Xxxx
X. Chill, Authorized Signatory
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
|
|
IROQUOIS
MASTER FUND LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Authorized Signatory
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
|
|
IROQUOIS
CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Authorized Signatory
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
|
|
PORTSIDE
GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY
FUND
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Authorized Signatory
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
XXXXXXXX
INVESTMENT MASTER FUND
LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Title: Managing
Director
|
SCHEDULE
OF BUYERS
(1)
|
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
|||||||||||||||
Buyer
|
|
Address and Facsimile Number
|
|
Principal
Amount of Note
|
|
Number of
Series A
Warrants
|
|
Number of
Series A-1
Warrants
|
|
Number of
Series B
Warrants
|
|
Number of
Series C
Warrants
|
|
Purchase
Price
|
|
Legal
Representative’s
Address
and Facsimile Number
|
|||||||||
Cranshire
Capital, L.P.
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
$
|
5,000,000
|
1,273,058
|
1,826,115
|
4,132,231
|
3,099,173
|
$
|
5,000,000
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig, LLP
00
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||||||||
Smithfield
Fiduciary LLC
|
c/o
Highbridge Capital Management LLC
0
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxx X. Xxxxxx / Xxxx X. Chill
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
$
|
7,000,000
|
1,782,281
|
2,556,562
|
5,785,124
|
4,338,843
|
$
|
7,000,000
|
Elected
not to provide
|
|||||||||||||||
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
|
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
$
|
3,650,000
|
929,332
|
1,333,065
|
3,016,529
|
2,262,397
|
$
|
3,650,000
|
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|||||||||||||||
Iroquois
Capital Opportunity Fund, LP
|
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
254,612
|
365,223
|
826,446
|
619,835
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
||||||||||||||
Portside
Growth and Opportunity Fund
|
|
|
c/o
Ramius LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx / Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
509,223
|
|
|
730,446
|
|
|
1,652,893
|
|
|
1,239,669
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
Elected
not to provide
|
|
Xxxxxxxx
Investment Master Fund Ltd.
|
c/x
Xxxxxxxx Capital, LLC
000
X. 00xx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
509,223
|
730,446
|
1,652,893
|
1,239,669
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
Elected
not to provide
|
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Note
|
Exhibit
B
|
Form
of Series A Warrant
|
Exhibit
B-1
|
Form
of Series A-1 Warrant
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of Series B Warrant
|
Exhibit
D
|
Form
of Series C Warrant
|
Exhibit
E
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement
|
Exhibit
F
|
Form
of Company’s Counsel Opinion
|
Exhibit
G
|
Form
of Secretary’s Certificate
|
Exhibit
H
|
Form
of Officer’s Certificate
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
|
Schedule
3(r)
|
Capitalization
|
Schedule
3(s)
|
Indebtedness
and Other Contracts
|
Schedule
3(t)
|
Litigation
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Schedule
4(d)
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
Warrant
Amendments
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