SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of March 10,
2000, by and among Xxxxx0.xxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters
located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 ("COMPANY"), and
each of the purchasers set forth on the signature pages hereto (the "BUYERS").
WHEREAS:
A. The Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this
Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by Rule 506 under Regulation D ("REGULATION D") as promulgated by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT");
B. Buyers desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and
sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (i) convertible
debentures of the Company, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "A", in the
aggregate principal amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (together with
any debenture(s) issued in replacement thereof or as a dividend thereon or
otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, the
"DEBENTURES"), convertible into shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per
share, of the Company (the "COMMON STOCK"), upon the terms and subject to the
limitations and conditions set forth in such Debentures and (ii) warrants, in
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "B", to purchase Three Hundred Thirty-Seven
Thousand, Two Hundred Sixty-Eight (337,268) shares of Common Stock (the
"WARRANTS");
C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions
stated in this Agreement, such principal amount of Debentures and number of
Warrants as is set forth immediately below its name on the signature pages
hereto;
D. Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights
Agreement, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "C" (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities laws; and
NOW THEREFORE, the Company and each of the Buyers severally (and not
jointly) hereby agree as follows:
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1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS.
(a) PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS. On the Closing
Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer and each
Buyer severally agrees to purchase from the Company such principal amount of
Debentures and number of Warrants as is set forth immediately below such Buyer's
name on the signature pages hereto.
(b) FORM OF PAYMENT. On the Closing Date (as defined
below), (i) each Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the Debentures and the
Warrants to be issued and sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the
"PURCHASE PRICE") by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Company, in accordance with the Company's written wiring instructions, against
delivery of duly executed Debentures in the principal amount equal to the
Purchase Price and the number of Warrants as is set forth immediately below such
Buyer's name on the signature pages hereto, and (ii) the Company shall deliver
such Debentures and Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company, to such
Buyer, against delivery of such Purchase Price.
(c) CLOSING DATE. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver)
of the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date
and time of the issuance and sale of the Debentures and the Warrants pursuant to
this Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE") shall be 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time on
March 10, 2000 or such other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "CLOSING") shall occur on the
Closing Date at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 or at such other location
as may be agreed to by the parties.
2. BUYERS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Buyer severally
(and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer
that:
(a) INVESTMENT PURPOSE. As of the date hereof, the Buyer
is purchasing the Debentures and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debentures (including, without
limitation, such additional shares of Common Stock as are issuable as a result
of the events described in Sections 1.3 and 1.4(e) of the Debentures and Section
2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement) (such shares of Common Stock being
collectively referred to herein as the "CONVERSION SHARES") and the Warrants and
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof (the "WARRANT SHARES"
and, collectively with the Debentures, Warrants and Conversion Shares, the
"SECURITIES") for its own account and not with a present view towards the public
sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted
from registration under the 1933 Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that by making the
representations herein, the Buyer does not agree 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.
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(b) ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS. The Buyer is an
"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR").
(c) RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS. The Buyer understands that
the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific
exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state
securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of,
and the Buyer's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer
to acquire the Securities.
(d) INFORMATION. The 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 the Buyer or its advisors. The 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 investigation
conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors or representatives shall modify, amend
or affect Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties
contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer understands that its investment in the
Securities involves a significant degree of risk.
(e) GOVERNMENTAL REVIEW. The Buyer understands that no
United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental
agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the
Securities.
(f) TRANSFER OR RE-SALE. The Buyer understands that (i)
except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the sale or re-sale of
the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or
any applicable state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred
unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company
an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope
reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company) to the effect that the
Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration, (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to
an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a
successor rule) ("RULE 144")) of the Buyer who agrees to sell or otherwise
transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an
Accredited Investor, or (d) the Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144; (ii)
any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in
accordance with the terms of said Rule and further, if said Rule is not
applicable, any re-sale of such Securities under circumstances in which the
seller (or the person 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 thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other person is under any
obligation to register such Securities under the 1933 Act or any state
securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder (in each case, other than
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pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything else contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as
collateral in connection with a BONA FIDE margin account or other lending
arrangement.
(g) LEGENDS. The Buyer understands that the Debentures
and the Warrants and, until such time as the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144
without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date
that can then be immediately sold, the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, may
bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a
stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such
Securities):
"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 sold, transferred or
assigned in the absence of an effective registration statement for the
securities under said Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance
and scope reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company, that
registration is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant to
Rule 144 under said Act."
Upon the request of any holder and the surrender of certificates, the legend set
forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without
such legend to the holder of any Security upon which it is stamped, if, unless
otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such Security is
registered for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the
1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction
as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of
counsel, in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the
Company, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be
made without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is
effected or (c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances that
such Security can be sold pursuant to Rule 144. The Buyer agrees to sell all
Securities, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the
legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, if any.
(h) AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. This Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly authorized. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this
Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Buyer of the
Registration Rights Agreement, such agreement will constitute, legal, valid and
binding agreements of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their terms.
(i) RESIDENCY. The Buyer is a resident of the
jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Buyer's name on the signature
pages hereto.
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(j) SALES OF COMMON STOCK. The Buyer has not sold any
shares of Common Stock of the Company during the ten (10) trading day period
immediately preceding the Closing Date.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to each Buyer that:
(a) ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION. The Company and each
of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to
own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and
where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted. SCHEDULE 3(A) sets forth
a list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which
each is incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every
jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the
business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any material adverse effect on (i) the
Securities, (ii) the business, operations, assets, financial condition or
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, (iii)
on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to
be entered into in connection herewith or (iv) the authority or the ability of
the Company to perform its obligation under this Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Debentures or the Warrants. "SUBSIDIARIES" means any
corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in
which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership
interest.
(b) AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. (i) The Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Debentures and the Warrants
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue
the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Debentures and the Warrants by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the
issuance of the Debentures and the Warrants and the issuance and reservation for
issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of otherwise pursuant
to the Debentures and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of or otherwise
pursuant to the Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of
Directors and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of
Directors, or its stockholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and
upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Debentures and the Warrants, each of such agreements and instruments will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms.
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(c) CAPITALIZATION. As of the date hereof, the authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
of which 52,453,621 shares are issued and outstanding, 10,107,805 shares are
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans, 2,718,871
shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the
Debentures and the Warrants) exercisable for, or convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock and 4,007,869 shares (2x currently
required) are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Debentures and
exercise of the Warrants (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company's
covenant set forth in Section 4(h) below); and (ii) 100,000 shares of preferred
stock, 15,000 shares of which are designated as Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding, and 35,000 shares of which are
designated as Series D Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and
outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon
issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or
any other similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or any liens or
encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.
Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(C), as of the effective date of this
Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to
subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings,
claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to,
or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of
capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their
securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement) and
(iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any
security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security
holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Debentures, the Warrants,
the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares. The Company has furnished to the Buyer
true and correct copies of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation as in
effect on the date hereof ("CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION"), the Company's
By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the "BY-LAWS"), and the terms of all
securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and
the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto. In the event that
the date of execution of this Agreement is not the Closing Date, the Company
shall provide the Buyer with a written update of this representation signed by
the Company's President and Chief Executive or Chief Financial Officer on behalf
of the Company as of the Closing Date.
(d) ISSUANCE OF SHARES. The Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon issuance upon
conversion of the Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with their respective terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances and
shall not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of
stockholders of the Company and will not impose personal liability upon the
holder thereof.
(e) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DILUTION. The Company understands
and acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the Common Stock upon the
issuance of the
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Conversion Shares upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debentures or
upon issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to
the Warrants. The Company's directors and executive officers have studied and
fully understand the nature of the Securities being sold hereunder. The Company
further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon
conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debentures and to issue Warrant
Shares upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants in accordance with
this Agreement, the Debentures 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. Taking the foregoing into
account, the Company's Board of Directors has determined, in its good faith
business judgment, that the issuance of the Securities hereunder and under the
Debentures and the Warrants and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby are in the best interest of the Company and its
stockholders.
(f) NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Debentures and the
Warrants by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and
reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares) will not
(i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Certificate
of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a
breach of any provision of, 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, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory
organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except, in the case of
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, terminations,
amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of
Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with
notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken
any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The businesses
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, are not being conducted, and shall
not be conducted so long as a Buyer owns any of the Securities, in violation of
any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity the violation of
which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(F)
and as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the
1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required
to obtain any consent, authorization
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or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental
agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any
third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Debentures or the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to
issue and sell the Debentures and Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof
and to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to
the Debentures and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to
the Warrants. Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(F), all consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required
to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on
or prior to the date hereof. The Company is not in violation of the listing
requirements of the Nasdaq National Market (the "NNM") and does not reasonably
anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by the NNM in the foreseeable
future. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or
circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
(g) SEC DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Since December
31, 1996, 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 ACT") (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all
exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and
documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference
therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the "SEC DOCUMENTS"). The
Company has delivered to each Buyer true and complete copies of the SEC
Documents, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents. The documents
listed as exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 1999 are the only
material contracts to which the Company is a party. 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. None of the statements made in any such SEC
Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable
law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent
filings prior to the date hereof). 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. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with United States 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 not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the
consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company
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included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or
otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business subsequent to December 31, 1998 and (ii) obligations under contracts
and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required
under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial
statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the
financial condition or operating results of the Company.
(h) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES. Except for losses
incurred in the ordinary course of business that have been publicly disclosed
prior to the date hereof or as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(H) hereof, since December
31, 1998, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse
development in the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations,
financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Section 3(h), the terms "material adverse
change" and "material adverse development" shall exclude continuing losses that
are consistent with the Company's historical losses.
(i) ABSENCE OF LITIGATION. Except as disclosed in
SCHEDULE 3(I)(A), there is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency,
self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such,
that would have a Material Adverse Effect. SCHEDULE 3(I)(B) contains a complete
list and summary description of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened proceeding against or affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it, if adversely
decided, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries
are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the
foregoing.
(j) PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC; YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE.
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent
applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights
("INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now
operated (and, except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J) hereof, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future),
except for such licenses or rights the failure of which to own or possess would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; there is
no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the
Company's knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or of
a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to
conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J)
hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be
operated in the future), except for actions or claims which, if adversely
decided, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; to the best of the Company's
knowledge, the Company's or its Subsidiaries' current and intended products,
services and processes do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other
rights held
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by any person, and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which
might give rise to any of the foregoing. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of their Intellectual Property.
(ii) All of the Company's computer software and
computer hardware, and other similar or related items of automated, computerized
or software systems that are used or relied on by the Company in the conduct of
its business or that were, or currently are being, sold or licensed by the
Company to customers (collectively, "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY"), are Year 2000
Compliant, except for such software, hardware and other systems, the failure of
which to be Year 2000 Compliant, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT" means, with respect
to the Company's Information Technology, that the Information Technology is
designed to be used prior to, during and after the calendar Year 2000 A.D., and
the Information Technology used during each such time period will accurately
receive, provide and process date and time data (including, but not limited to,
calculating, comparing and sequencing) from, into and between the 20th and 21st
centuries, including the years 1999 and 2000, and leap-year calculations, and
will not malfunction, cease to function, or provide invalid or incorrect results
as a result of the date or time data, to the extent that other information
technology, used in combination with the Information Technology, properly
exchanges date and time data with it. The Company has delivered to the Buyer
true and correct copies of all analyses, reports, studies and similar written
information, whether prepared by the Company or another party, relating to
whether the Information Technology is Year 2000 Compliant.
(k) NO MATERIALLY ADVERSE CONTRACTS, ETC. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or
other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation
which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is reasonably likely in
the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of
the Company's officers has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) TAX STATUS. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(L), the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and
foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by
any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions
reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has
paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material
in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on
its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no
basis for any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to
the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any
foreign, federal, state or local tax. Except as set forth on
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XXXXXXXX 0(X), xxxx of the Company's tax returns is presently being audited by
any taxing authority.
(m) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE
3(M) and except for arm's length transactions pursuant to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon
terms no less favorable than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could obtain
from third parties and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on
SCHEDULE 3(C), none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of
services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from,
or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such
employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership,
trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a
substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
(n) DISCLOSURE. All information relating to or concerning
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement and provided
to the Buyers pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material
respects and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or
circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, prospects, operations or
financial conditions, which has not been publicly announced or disclosed but
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement by the Company (assuming for this purpose that the Company's
reports filed under the 1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective
registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act).
(o) ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING BUYERS' PURCHASE OF
SECURITIES. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyers are acting
solely in the capacity of arm's length purchasers with respect to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that
no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any
similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and that any statement made by any Buyer or any of their
respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely
incidental to the Buyers' purchase of the Securities and has not been relied
upon by the Company, its officers or directors in any way. The Company further
represents to each Buyer that the Company's decision to enter into this
Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the Company and
its representatives.
(p) NO INTEGRATED OFFERING. Neither the Company, nor any
of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or
indirectly made any offers or
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sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under
circumstances that would require registration under the 1933 Act of the issuance
of the Securities to the Buyers. The issuance of the Securities to the Buyers
will not be integrated with any other issuance of the Company's securities
(past, current or future) for purposes of any stockholder approval provisions
applicable to the Company or its securities.
(q) NO BROKERS. The Company has taken no action which
would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finder's
fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, except for dealings with Xxxxxx Investments, LLC, whose
commissions and fees will be paid for by the Company.
(r) PERMITS; COMPLIANCE. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates,
approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "COMPANY
PERMITS"), except where the failure to so possess any such Company Permits would
not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no action pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any
of the Company Permits. To the best of the Company's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or
violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts,
defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31,
1998, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of
applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or
violations, which conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(s) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(i) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(S), there
are, to the Company's knowledge, with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any predecessor of the Company, no past or present violations of
Environmental Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the
environment, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents,
or contractual obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental
liability or any liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or
foreign laws and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice with respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or,
to the Company's knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the foregoing.
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
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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.
(ii) Other than those that are or were stored,
used or disposed of in compliance with applicable law, no Hazardous Materials
are contained on or about any real property currently owned, leased or used by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no Hazardous Materials were released
on or about any real property previously owned, leased or used by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries during the period the property was owned, leased or used
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the normal course of the
Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' business.
(iii) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(S), there
are no underground storage tanks on or under any real property owned, leased or
used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are not in compliance with
applicable law.
(t) TITLE TO PROPERTY. The Company and its 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 its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in SCHEDULE 3(T) or
such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) INSURANCE. The Company and each of its 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 its
Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any
reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient,
in the judgment of the Company's board of directors, to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.
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(w) FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES. Neither the Company, nor
any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the course of
his actions for, or on behalf of, the Company, used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds;
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee.
(x) SOLVENCY. The Company (both before and after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) is solvent (I.E., its
assets have a fair market value in excess of the amount required to pay its
probable liabilities on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured)
and currently the Company has no information that would lead it to reasonably
conclude that the Company would not have the ability to, nor does it intend to
take any action that would impair its ability to, pay its debts from time to
time incurred in connection therewith as such debts mature. The Company did not
receive a qualified opinion from its auditors with respect to its most recent
fiscal year end and does not anticipate or know of any basis upon which its
auditors might issue a qualified opinion in respect of its current fiscal year.
(y) NO INVESTMENT COMPANY. The Company is not, and upon
the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement will
not be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (an "INVESTMENT COMPANY"). The Company is not controlled by
an Investment Company.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) BEST EFFORTS. The parties shall use their best
efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of
this Agreement.
(b) FORM D; BLUE SKY LAWS. 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 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 each Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) REPORTING STATUS; ELIGIBILITY TO USE FORM S-3. The
Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act. So
long as any Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, 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
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issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the
rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination. The Company
currently meets, and will take all necessary action to continue to meet, the
"registrant eligibility" requirements set forth in the general instructions to
Form S-3.
(d) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the proceeds
from the sale of the Debentures and the Warrants in the manner set forth in
SCHEDULE 4(D) attached hereto and made a part hereof and shall not use such
proceeds in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of Article II of the
Debentures.
(e) ADDITIONAL EQUITY CAPITAL; RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
Subject to the exceptions described below, the Company will not, without the
prior written consent of a majority-in-interest of the Buyers, negotiate or
contract with any party to obtain additional equity financing (including debt
financing with an equity component) during the period (the "LOCK-UP PERIOD")
beginning on the Closing Date and ending one hundred eighty (180) days from the
date the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) is declared effective (plus any days in which sales cannot be made
thereunder). In addition, subject to the exceptions described below, the Company
will not conduct any equity financing (including debt with an equity component)
("FUTURE OFFERINGS") during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending
one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of the Lock-up Period unless it
shall have first delivered to each Buyer, at least fifteen (15) business days
prior to the closing of such Future Offering, written notice describing the
proposed Future Offering, including the terms and conditions thereof and
proposed definitive documentation to be entered into in connection therewith,
and providing each Buyer an option during the ten (10) day period following
delivery of such notice to purchase its pro rata share (based on the ratio that
the aggregate principal amount of Debentures purchased by it hereunder bears to
the aggregate principal amount of Debentures purchased hereunder) of the
securities being offered in the Future Offering on the same terms as
contemplated by such Future Offering (the limitations referred to in this
sentence and the preceding sentence are collectively referred to as the "CAPITAL
RAISING LIMITATIONS"). In the event the terms and conditions of a proposed
Future Offering are amended in any respect after delivery of the notice to the
Buyers concerning the proposed Future Offering, the Company shall deliver a new
notice to each Buyer describing the amended terms and conditions of the proposed
Future Offering and each Buyer thereafter shall have an option during the ten
(10) day period following delivery of such new notice to purchase its pro rata
share of the securities being offered on the same terms as contemplated by such
proposed Future Offering, as amended. The foregoing sentence shall apply to
successive amendments to the terms and conditions of any proposed Future
Offering. The Capital Raising Limitations shall not apply to any transaction
involving (i) issuances of securities in a firm commitment underwritten public
offering (excluding a continuous offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933
Act), (ii) issuances of securities as consideration for a merger, consolidation
or purchase of assets, or in connection with any strategic partnership or joint
venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), or in
connection with the disposition or acquisition of a business, product or license
by the Company, or (iii) private placements of securities which do not contain
any "make whole" or price protective provisions or convertible securities where
the issuance price of the Common
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Stock is not subject to reset, adjustment or similar provisions following the
date of issuance. The Capital Raising Limitations also shall not apply to the
issuance of securities upon exercise or conversion of the Company's options,
warrants or other convertible securities outstanding as of the date hereof or to
the grant of additional options or warrants, or the issuance of additional
securities, under any Company stock option or restricted stock plan approved by
the stockholders of the Company.
(f) EXPENSES. The Company shall pay to Xxxx Xxxx Capital
Management, L.P. ("XXXX XXXX") at the Closing a non-accountable expense
allowance equal to One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000), in addition to
the Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) which was advanced previously, for all
expenses incurred by it in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements
to be executed in connection herewith, including, without limitation, attorneys'
and consultants' fees and expenses and travel expenses.
(g) FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The Company agrees to send the
following reports to each Buyer until such Buyer transfers, assigns, or sells
all of the Securities: (i) within ten (10) days after the filing with the SEC, a
copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and
any Current Reports on Form 8-K; (ii) within one (1) day after release, copies
of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(iii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the stockholders
of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the Company makes
available or gives to such stockholders.
(h) RESERVATION OF SHARES. The Company shall at all times
have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number
of shares of Common Stock to provide for the full conversion or exercise of the
outstanding Debentures and Warrants and issuance of the Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares in connection therewith (based on the Conversion Price (as
defined in the Debentures) in effect from time to time and the Exercise Price of
the Warrants in effect from time to time). The Company shall not reduce the
number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of or
otherwise pursuant to the Debentures and exercise of or otherwise pursuant to
the Warrants without the consent of each Buyer. The Company shall use its best
efforts at all times to maintain the number of shares of Common Stock so
reserved for issuance at no less than two (2) times the number that is then
actually issuable upon full conversion of the Debentures (based on the
Conversion Price (as defined in the Debentures) in effect from time to time) and
full exercise of the Warrants (based on the Exercise Price of the Warrants in
effect from time to time). If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock
authorized and reserved for issuance is below the number of Conversion Shares
issued and issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debentures
(based on the Conversion Price (as defined in the Debentures) in effect from
time to time) and Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of or
otherwise pursuant to the Warrants (based on the Exercise Price of the Warrants
in effect from time to time), the Company will promptly take all corporate
action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares,
including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to
authorize
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additional shares to meet the Company's obligations under this Section 4(h), in
the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, and using its best
efforts to obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number
of shares.
(i) LISTING. The Company shall promptly secure the
listing of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon each national
securities exchange or automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of
Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and, so
long as any Buyer owns any of the Securities, shall maintain, so long as any
other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Conversion
Shares from time to time issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to
the Debentures and all Warrant Shares from time to time issuable upon exercise
of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants. The Company will obtain and, so long
as any Buyer owns any of the Securities, maintain the listing and trading of its
Common Stock on the NNM, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (the "NASDAQ SMALLCAP"), the
New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), or the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") and
will comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers ("NASD") and such exchanges, as applicable. The Company shall promptly
provide to each Buyer copies of any notices it receives from the NNM and any
other exchanges or quotation systems on which the Common Stock is then listed
regarding the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing on such
exchanges and quotation systems.
(j) CORPORATE EXISTENCE. So long as a Buyer beneficially
owns any Debentures or Warrants, the Company shall maintain its corporate
existence and shall not merge, consolidate or sell all or substantially all of
the Company's assets, except in the event of a merger or consolidation or sale
of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, where the (i) the successor
or acquiring entity and, if an entity different from the successor or acquiring
entity, the entity whose securities into which the Debentures shall become
convertible pursuant to Section 1.5(b) of the Debentures, in such transaction
assumes the Company's obligations hereunder and under the agreements and
instruments entered into in connection herewith (including the Debentures and
the Warrants) and (ii) the entity whose securities into which the Debentures
shall become convertible pursuant to Section 1.5(b) of the Debentures is a
publicly traded corporation whose Common Stock is listed for trading on the NNM,
Nasdaq SmallCap, NYSE or AMEX.
(k) NO INTEGRATION. The Company shall not make any offers
or sales of any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that
would require registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder
under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with
any other offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of any
stockholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.
(l) TRADING LIMITATIONS. Each Buyer agrees that it will
conduct any sales of Common Stock in compliance with all relevant securities
laws and regulations and will not create any daily low trading prices in the
Common Stock. In addition, until one (1) year following the Closing Date, each
Buyer agrees that its sales of Common Stock in any calendar month will not
exceed 5% of the total trading volume of the Company's Common Stock for the
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previous calendar month; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing trading
limitations shall not prevent any Buyer from selling up to 5% of trading volume
in any Trading Day (as defined in the Debentures) and; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
HOWEVER, that the foregoing trading limitations shall not apply (x) to block
sales of at least 20,000 shares of Common Stock to a single purchaser at a price
greater than the Conversion Price (as defined in the Debentures) or (y) in the
event that the Company's Common Stock is not listed for trading on one of the
NNM, Nasdaq SmallCap, NYSE or AMEX. Each Buyer further agrees that it will not
sell any shares of Common Stock below the Conversion Price (as defined in the
Debentures) during the ten (10) Trading Days (as defined in the Debentures)
ending one (1) year from the Closing Date or during the ten (10) Trading Days
ending two (2) years from the Closing Date.
(m) STOCK OWNERSHIP AT MATURITY DATE. Each Buyer agrees
that it will not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock of the Company on
the Maturity Date (as defined in the Debentures) other than shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and upon exercise of
the Warrants.
5. TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS. The Company shall issue
irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent to issue certificates, registered
in the name of each Buyer or its nominee, for the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the
Company upon conversion of the Debentures or exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with the terms thereof (the "IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT
INSTRUCTIONS"). Prior to registration of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number
of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, all
such certificates shall bear the restrictive legend specified in Section 2(g) of
this Agreement. The Company warrants that no instruction other than the
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop
transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof (in the case of the
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion
Shares and Warrant Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion
Shares and Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any
restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then
be immediately sold), will be given by the Company to its transfer agent and
that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and
records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement. Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way
the Buyer's obligations and agreement set forth in Section 2(g) hereof to comply
with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon re-sale of
the Securities. If a Buyer provides the Company with (i) an opinion of counsel
in form, substance and scope customary for opinions in comparable transactions,
to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made
without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is effected or
(ii) the Buyer provides reasonable assurances that the Securities can be sold
pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of
the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, promptly instruct its transfer agent
to issue one or more certificates,
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free from any restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as
specified by such Buyer.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation
of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Debentures and Warrants to a
Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing
Date, of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these
conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company
at any time in its sole discretion:
(a) The applicable Buyer shall have executed this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the
Company.
(b) The applicable Buyer shall have delivered the
Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1(b) above.
(c) The representations and warranties of the applicable
Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects 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
representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date), and
the applicable 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 the applicable Buyer at
or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over
the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The
obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Debentures and 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 such
Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole
discretion:
(a) The Company shall have executed this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Buyer.
(b) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer duly
executed Debentures (in such denominations as the Buyer shall request) and
Warrants in accordance with Section 1(b) above.
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(c) The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form
and substance satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the Buyers, shall have
been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company's Transfer Agent.
(d) The representations and warranties of the Company
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and
as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations
and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which representations and
warranties shall be true and correct as of such date) and the Company 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 the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall
have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the President and 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
including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' resolutions
relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over
the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Trading in the Common Stock on the NNM shall not have
been suspended by the SEC or the NNM and, within two (2) business days of the
Closing, the Company will make application to the NNM to have the Conversion
Shares and the Warrant Shares authorized for quotation.
(g) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of the Company's
counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer and in substantially the same form as EXHIBIT "D"
attached hereto.
(h) The Buyer shall have received an officer's
certificate described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.
8. GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to
agreements made and to be performed in the State of Delaware (without regard to
principles of conflict of laws). Both parties irrevocably consent to the
jurisdiction of the United States federal courts and the state courts located in
Delaware with respect to any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this
Agreement, the agreements entered into in connection herewith or the
transactions
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contemplated hereby or thereby and irrevocably agree that all claims in respect
of such suit or proceeding may be determined in such courts. Both parties
irrevocably waive the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of
such suit or proceeding. Both parties further agree that service of process upon
a party mailed by first class mail shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon the party in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein
shall affect either party's right to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law. Both parties agree that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner.
(b) COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES BY FACSIMILE. This Agreement
may be executed in one or more 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. This Agreement, once
executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile
transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so
delivering this Agreement.
(c) HEADINGS. The headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Agreement.
(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 or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
in any other jurisdiction.
(e) ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS. This Agreement and the
instruments referenced herein 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 the Buyer
makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such
matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by
an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.
(f) NOTICES. Any notices required or permitted to be
given under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered
mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including
a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective
five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States
mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a
recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed
to a party. The addresses for such communications shall be:
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If to the Company:
Xxxxx0.xxx, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With copy to:
Xxxxxxx Berlin Shereff Xxxxxxxx, LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to a Buyer: To the address set forth immediately below such
Buyer's name on the signature pages hereto.
With copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Ingersoll, LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.
(g) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and
assigns. Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall assign this Agreement or any
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 2(f), any Buyer may assign its
rights hereunder to any person that purchases Securities in a private
transaction from a Buyer or to any of its "affiliates," as that term is defined
under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
prior to any assignment of its rights hereunder to a person (other than an
affiliate) that purchases any Debentures or Warrants from such Buyer in a
private transaction such Buyer shall provide the Company with written notice of
its intention to sell some or all of the Debentures or Warrants, which notice
shall disclose the proposed purchase price for such Debentures or Warrants, and
the Company shall have the option, during the ten (10) business day period
following such notice, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such
Debentures and/or Warrants at the proposed purchase price, after which period
the Buyer shall be free to sell the Debentures and/or Warrants to a third party
at such proposed purchase price.
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(h) 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.
(i) SURVIVAL. The representations and warranties of the
Company and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 3, 4, 5 and 8
shall survive the closing hereunder notwithstanding any due diligence
investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Buyers. The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each of the Buyers and all their officers,
directors, employees and agents for loss or damage arising as a result of or
related to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof
or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement or the Registration
Rights Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.
(j) PUBLICITY. The Company and each of the Buyers shall
have the right to review a reasonable period of time before issuance of any
press releases, filings with the SEC, NASD or any stock exchange or interdealer
quotation system, 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 each of the Buyers, to make any press
release or public filings with respect to such transactions as is required by
applicable law and regulations (although each of the Buyers shall be consulted
by the Company in connection with any such press release prior to its release
and shall be provided with a copy thereof and be given an opportunity to comment
thereon).
(k) 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 the 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.
(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. The Company acknowledges that a breach by
it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to each Buyer, by
vitiating the intent and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its
obligations under this Agreement will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of
a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this
Agreement, that each Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available
remedies in law or in equity, to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure
any breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, without the necessity of showing
economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Buyers and the Company have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
XXXXX0.XXX, INC.
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
RGC INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, LDC
By: Xxxx Xxxx Capital Management, L.P.,
Investment Manager
By: RGC General Partner Corp.,
as General Partner
By:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Director
RESIDENCE: Cayman Islands
ADDRESS:
c/o Xxxx Xxxx Capital Management, L.P.
0 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
000 Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:
Principal Amount of Debentures: $10,000,000
Number of Warrants: 337,268
Aggregate Purchase Price: $10,000,000
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