EXHIBIT 99.1
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of
December 28, 2005 among XXXXXX.XXX, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each,
including its successors and assigns, a "Purchaser" and collectively the
"Purchasers").
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires
to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not
jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more
fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in
this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b)
the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
"Action" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(j).
"Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is
under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect to a
Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a
discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser
will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
"Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the
Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
"Closing Date" means the Trading Day when all of the
Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the
applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the
Purchasers' obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company's obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par
value $.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter have been reclassified or changed into.
"Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Company
or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire
at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
"Company Counsel" means Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, with offices
at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Conversion Price" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in the Debentures.
"Debentures" means, the 6% Secured Convertible Debentures due,
subject to the terms therein, three years from their date of issuance,
issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of
Exhibit A.
"Disclosure Schedules" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1.
"Effective Date" means the date that the initial Registration
Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
"Evaluation Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(r).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Exempt Issuance" means the issuance of (a) shares of Common
Stock or options to employees, officers, directors or consultants
(provided that such issuances to consultants shall not exceed 100,000
shares in any 12 month period, subject to adjustment for reverse and
forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other
similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of
this Agreement) of the Company (including shares of Common Stock issued
pursuant to the exercise of such options) pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of
the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a
committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b)
shares of Common Stock in exchange for Indebtedness outstanding on the
date hereof at no less than $0.67 per share (subject to adjustment for
reverse and forward stock splits and the like)(except for the Company's
6% Converible Subordinated Notes, due June 30, 2007, which shall not be
exchanged for less than $0.85 per share (subject to adjustment for
reverse and forward stock splits and the like)), which exchanges must
occur prior to
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January 15, 2006, securities upon the exercise or exchange of or
conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided
that such securities have not been amended since the date of this
Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the
exercise, exchange or conversion price of any such securities below
$0.67 per share (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock
splits and the like), (c) securities issued in lieu of cash payments
for engineering or design services, materials, production management or
similar services, provided that such securities are not and will not be
registered on a registration statement, (d) up to $300,000 of Common
Stock (but in no event more than 500,000 shares, subject to reverse and
forward stock splits and the like) to settle legal fees and expenses
outstanding prior to the date hereof and as disclosed in the Disclosure
Schedules to this Agreement, provided that such securities are not and
will not be registered on a registration statement or (e) securities
issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors, provided any such issuance
shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries,
an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the
Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the
investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the
Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising
capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in
securities.
"Filing Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"FW" means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx LLP with offices located at 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
"GAAP" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(h).
"Indebtedness" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
"Intellectual Property Rights" shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.1(o).
"Knowledge" means, with respect to any person, the actual or
constructive knowledge of such person and, in the case of a
corporation, the actual or constructive knowledge of its executive
officers and directors.
"Legend Removal Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.1(c).
"Liens" means a lien, charge, with respect to any asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, or encumbrance of
any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law (including conditional sale or
other retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option
or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any
filing of or agreement to
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give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).
"Long Term Warrants" means collectively the Long Term Common
Stock purchase warrants, in the form of Exhibit C delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of
exercise equal to five years.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 3.1(b).
"Material Permits" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(m).
"Maximum Rate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 5.17.
"Participation Maximum" shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.13.
"Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an
agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"Pre-Notice" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.13.
"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Purchaser Party" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.11.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers,
in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement
meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement
and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Purchaser as
provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Required Approvals" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(e).
"Required Minimum" means, as of any date, the maximum
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially
issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including
any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion in full of
all Warrants and Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as
payment of interest), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set
forth therein, and
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assuming that the Conversion Price is at all times on and after the
date of determination 75% of the then Conversion Price on the Trading
Day immediately prior to the date of determination.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"SEC Reports" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
"Securities" means the Debentures, the Warrants and the
Underlying Shares.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security Agreement" means the Security Agreement, dated the
date hereof, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
"Security Documents" means the Security Agreement, the
Subsidiary Guarantee and any other documents and filings contemplated
thereunder, including all UCC-1 financing statements.
"Short Sales" shall include all "short sales" as defined in
Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be
deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares
of Common Stock).
"Short Term Warrants" means collectively the Short Term Common
Stock purchase warrants, in the form of Exhibit C delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of
exercise that expires on the earlier of (i) the 12 month anniversary of
the Effective Date or (ii) the 24 month anniversary of the issuance
thereof.
"Subscription Amount" means, as to each Purchaser, the
aggregate amount to be paid for Debentures and Warrants purchased
hereunder as specified below such Purchaser's name on the signature
page of this Agreement and next to the heading "Subscription Amount",
in United States Dollars and in immediately available funds.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in lieu of immediately
available funds, a Purchaser may surrender any debt obligations owed to
it by the Company at the Closing.
"Subsequent Financing" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.13.
"Subsequent Financing Notice" shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 4.13.
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"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(a).
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated
the date hereof, executed by each of the Subsidiaries in favor of the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto.
"Trading Day" means a day on which the Common Stock is traded
on a Trading Market.
"Trading Market" means the following markets or exchanges on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the
New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Debentures,
the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Agreement
and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
"Underlying Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued
and issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and upon exercise of the
Warrants and issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of
interest on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the
Debentures.
"VWAP" means, for any date, the price determined by the first
of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average
price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if
prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets"
published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid
price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (c) in all other
cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined
by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers
and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
"Warrants" means collectively the Long Term and Short Term
Warrants.
"Warrant Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set
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forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase,
a Debenture in the principal amount equal to such Purchaser's Subscription
Amount, and a Long Term Warrant and Short Term Warrant as described in Section
2.2(a). In no event will the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures sold
hereunder in combination with any other agreements for debentures and warrants
on the same terms and conditions as the Debentures and Warrants prior to the
Filing Date as permitted pursuant to Section 4.14 exceed $3,500,000, without the
consent of the Company and Purchasers that have theretofore executed a
counterpart of this Agreement. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver to
the Company via wire transfer or a certified check to the trust account of the
Company's Counsel set forth on Annex A hereto, immediately available funds (or
via surrender of existing debt obligations) equal to their Subscription Amount,
and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser their respective Debenture and
Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and the other items set forth
in Section 2.2 issuable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of FW, or
such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of
Exhibit D attached hereto;
(iii) a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such
Purchaser's Subscription Amount, registered in the name of
such Purchaser;
(iv) a Long Term Warrant registered in the name of such
Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to 40% of such Purchaser's Subscription Amount divided
by $0.85, with an exercise price equal to $1.00 subject to
adjustment therein;
(v) a Short Term Warrant registered in the name of such
Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to 40% of such Purchaser's Subscription Amount divided
by $0.85, with an exercise price equal to $0.85 subject to
adjustment therein;
(vi) a lock-up agreement, in the form of Exhibit E
attached hereto, duly executed by all (a) officers and
directors and (b) stockholders of the Company that
beneficially own 10% or more of the outstanding Common Stock
as of the date hereof; and
(vii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by
the Company.
(b) On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Company the following:
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(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such Purchaser's Subscription Amount by wire
transfer to the account as set forth in Annex A; and
(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by
such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection
with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met, any
or all of which may be waived by the Company:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and
on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of
the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Purchasers required to be performed at or prior to the Closing
Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set
forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder in connection
with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met, any
or all of which may be waived by such Purchaser in writing:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing
Date of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing
Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company to such Purchaser of the
items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect
with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in
the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the
Commission or the Company's principal Trading Market (except
for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by
the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the
Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading
in securities generally
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as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been
suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking
moratorium have been declared either by the United States or
New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any
material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its
effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial
market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such
Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the Debentures and the Warrants at the Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set
forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to
the Purchasers concurrently herewith (the "Disclosure Schedules"), which
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth below to each Purchaser.
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries
of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns,
directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of
the Subsidiaries, is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise
organized, validly existing and in good standing (unless such
Subsidiary is indicated to be "inactive" on Schedule 3.1(a) attached
hereto and which Subsidiaries have no material assets) under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as
applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or
default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or
other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary,
except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in (i)
a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability
of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the
results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
(iii) a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to perform in
any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any
Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a "Material Adverse
Effect") and no Proceeding has
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been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and
authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the
Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by
the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection
therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each
Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally, (ii)
as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii)
insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited
by applicable law..
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do
not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company's or any Subsidiary's certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of
any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or
both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound
or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals and assuming
the accuracy of the representations and warranties in Section 3.2,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court
or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is
subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations),
or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is
bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and
(iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not
required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give
any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings
required pursuant to
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Section 4.6, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration
Statement and any other filings required pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each
applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Debentures
and Warrants and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading
thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv) the filing of
Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made
under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the "Required
Approvals").
(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the
applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by
the Company other than as a result of or as provided for in the
Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance
with the terms of the applicable Transaction Documents, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens
imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for
issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required
Minimum on the date hereof.
(g) Capitalization. Schedule 3.1(g) sets forth the number of
authorized and outstanding shares of the Company's capital stock and
outstanding Common Stock Equivalents. The Company has not issued any
capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock
options under the Company's stock option plans, the issuance of shares
of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company's employee stock
purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of outstanding
Common Stock Equivalents. No Person has any right of first refusal,
preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights
to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to
subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the
Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common
Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and
will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to
adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in material compliance with all federal and state securities
laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of
any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder,
the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect
to the Company's capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to
the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company's
stockholders.
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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was
required by law to file such material) (the foregoing materials,
including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference
therein, being collectively referred to herein as the "SEC Reports").
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(h), each quarterly and annual
report has been filed on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective
dates (or if amended or superseded, as of the date of such amendment or
superseded filing), the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed (or if amended or superseded, as of
the date of such amendment or superseded filing), contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved ("GAAP"), except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except
that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes
required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash
flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as
specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event,
occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has
not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A)
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required
to be reflected in the Company's financial statements pursuant to GAAP
or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii)
the Company has not materially altered its method of accounting, (iv)
the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of
cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or
made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any
officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company
stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.
Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this
Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability or
development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties,
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operations or financial condition, that would be required to be
disclosed by the Company under applicable federal securities laws at
the time this representation is made that has not been publicly
disclosed.
(j) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental
or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an "Action") which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or
(ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director or
executive officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action
involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not
been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company
or, to the Company's knowledge, any current or former director or
executive officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any
stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
outstanding registration statement filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. None of the
Company's or its Subsidiaries' employees is a member of a union that
relates to such employee's relationship with the Company, and neither
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that
their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of
the Company (i) no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary
is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any
employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary
information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other
contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and (ii) the
continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to
any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure
to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to
the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the
employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is
in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has
not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has
the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or
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any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it
or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any
court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in
violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and
local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the
environment, except in each case as could not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries
possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
("Material Permits"), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by
them that is material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property
owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for
Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment
of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither
delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities
held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and
the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries
have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade
secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual
property rights similar rights necessary or material for use in
connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse
Effect (collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise)
that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any
Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of
any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as
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are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and
the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors
and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate
Subscription Amount. To the best knowledge of the Company, such
insurance contracts and policies are accurate and complete. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not
be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
(q) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports, none of the executive officers or directors
of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the
employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with
the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees,
executive 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 executive officer, director
or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any executive officer, director, or any such employee has a
substantial interest or is an executive officer, director, trustee or
partner, in each case in excess of $60,000 other than (i) for payment
of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement
for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other
employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock
option plan of the Company.
(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company
is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company
and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and
procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company,
including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
the Company's most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company's certifying
officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's controls and
procedures as of the date prior to the filing date of the most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
"Evaluation Date"). The Company presented in its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in
the Company's internal
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controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K
under the Exchange Act) or, to the knowledge of the Company, in other
factors that could significantly affect the Company's internal
controls.
(s) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder's fees or commissions
are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor
or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or
other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with
respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf
of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(t) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no
registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and
sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated
hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an
Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the
Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not
become subject to the Investment Company Act.
(v) Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no
Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is
likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the
Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date
hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is
not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such
Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it
will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with
all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(x) Application of Takeover Protections. 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 Company's
Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws
of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the
Purchasers as a result of the
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Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising
their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation as a result of the Company's issuance of the Securities and
the Purchasers' ownership of the Securities.
(y) Disclosure. Other than the existence of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other
Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their
agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might
constitute material, nonpublic information unless such information will
be publicly disclosed by the Company within 90 calendar days from the
date hereof. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers
will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to
the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this
Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the
representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with
respect to such representations and warranties and do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section
3.2 hereof.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers' representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2,
neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting
on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or
sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to
be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the
Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions,
including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any
Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed
or designated.
(aa) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company
as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the
Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i)
the Company's fair saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that
will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company's existing
debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as
they mature; (ii) the Company's assets do not constitute unreasonably
small capital to carry on its business and as proposed to be conducted
until May 2006 including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the
Company; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with
the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its
assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash,
would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt due
on or before May 2006. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into
account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect
of its debt). Assuming the ability to raise $5 million
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before May 2006, the Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization
laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. The SEC
Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which
the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this
Agreement, "Indebtedness" shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed
money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all
guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be
reflected in the Company's balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;
and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000
due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to
any Indebtedness.
(bb) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary
has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise
tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and
the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been
asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
(cc) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any
person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the
Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.
The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers
and certain other "accredited investors" within the meaning of Rule 501
under the Securities Act.
(dd) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to
the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made
any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution
made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of
which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv)
violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ee) Accountants. The Company's accountants are set forth on
Schedule 3.1(ff) of the Disclosure Schedule. To the knowledge of the
Company, such accountants, who the Company expects will express their
opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending May 31, 2006
are a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities
Act.
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(ff) Seniority. As of the Closing Date, no indebtedness or
other equity of the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of
payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or
dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase
money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets
covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as
to the property covered thereby).
(gg) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are
no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably
anticipated by the Company to arise, between the accountants and
lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company
is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and
lawyers.
(hh) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers' Purchase of
Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the
Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length
purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that
no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the
Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
is merely incidental to the Purchasers' purchase of the Securities. The
Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company's
decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the
Company and its representatives.
(ii) Acknowledgement Regarding Purchasers' Trading Activity.
Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for Section 4.16 hereof), it is understood and
agreed by the Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked
to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or
selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or "derivative"
securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the
Securities for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market
or other transactions by any Purchaser, including, without limitation,
Short Sales or "derivative" transactions, before or after the closing
of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact
the market price of the Company's publicly-traded securities; (iii)
that any Purchaser, and counter parties in "derivative" transactions to
which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently
may have a "short" position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that each
Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control
over any arm's length counter-party in any "derivative" transaction.
The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more
Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the
period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without
limitation, during the periods that the value of the Underlying Shares
deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b)
such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time
that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges
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that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach
of any of the Transaction Documents.
(jj) Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its
knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii)
sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting
purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for the placement
agent's placement 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.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each
Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or
partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser.
Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed
by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and
legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement
of creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that (i) the
Securities are "restricted securities" and that the offer and sale of
the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law and (ii) the Securities must be held
indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered
under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. Such
Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account
and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities
or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act
or any applicable state securities law and has no arrangement or
understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such
Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such
Purchaser's right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state
securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any
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applicable state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such
Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or
indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered
the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date
on which it exercises any Warrants or converts any Debentures it will
be either: (i) an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the
Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone
or together with its representatives, has such knowledge,
sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective
investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks
of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of
an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the
Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper,
magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
Other than the transaction contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has
not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or
pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any
disposition, including Short Sales, in the securities of the Company
during the period commencing from the time that such Purchaser first
received a term sheet from the Company or any other Person setting
forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder
until the date hereof ("Discussion Time"). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed
investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate
portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio
managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the
portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such
Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to
it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and
terms of this transaction).
(g) Independent Investigation. Such Purchaser, in acquiring
the Securities, has relied solely upon an independent investigation
made by such Purchaser and his or her representatives, if any. Prior to
the date hereof, such Purchaser has been given the opportunity to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, representatives of the Company
regarding the Company's management, finances, and business. Such
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Purchaser also has received and carefully reviewed the SEC Reports and
is knowledgeable about the affairs of the Company.
(h) No Government Recommendation or Approval. Such Purchaser
understands that no United States federal or state agency, or similar
agency of any other country, has reviewed, approved, passed upon, or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Company or the purchase
of the Securities.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make
or has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this
Section 3.2.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with
state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of
Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement
or Rule 144, to the Company or to an affiliate of a Purchaser or in
connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company
may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion
of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not
require registration of such transferred Securities under the
Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall
agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall
have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is
required by this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities
in the following form:
[NEITHER] THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE
SECURITIES ARE [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE]] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF
ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF
COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL
BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
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[EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY
SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from
time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of
the Securities to a financial institution that is an "accredited
investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who
agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities
to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not
be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal
counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in
connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such
pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser's expense, the Company will
execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or
secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a
pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are
subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under
Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision
of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling
stockholders thereunder.
(c) Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not
contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)
hereof): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the
Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares
pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible
for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Company's transfer agent promptly after the Effective
Date if required by the Company's transfer agent to effect the removal
of the legend hereunder. If all or any portion of a Debenture or
Warrant is converted or exercised (as applicable) at a time when there
is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule
144(k) or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations
thereof) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all
legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at
such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section
4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the
delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company's transfer agent
of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued
with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the "Legend Removal
Date"), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive
and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records
or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge
the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section. Certificates
for Securities subject to legend removal
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hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to
the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser's prime broker
with the Depository Trust Company System.
(d) In addition to such Purchaser's other available remedies,
the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares
(based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are
submitted to the Company's transfer agent) delivered for removal of the
restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day
(increasing to $20 per Trading Day 5 Trading Days after such damages
have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal
Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing
herein shall limit such Purchaser's right to pursue actual damages for
the Company's failure to deliver certificates representing any
Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser
shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief.
(e) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from
certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1
is predicated upon the Company's reliance that the Purchaser will sell
any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
(f) Until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split or
reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written consent
of the Purchasers holding a majority in principal amount outstanding of
the Debentures.
4.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the
issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions.
The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, including without limitation its obligation to issue the Underlying
Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and
not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction,
regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have
against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance
may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.
4.3 Furnishing of Information. As long as the Purchasers
beneficially own 10% or more of the Securities, the Company covenants to timely
file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date
hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as the Purchasers beneficially own
10% or more of the Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and
make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is
required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company
further covenants that it will take such further
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action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144.
4.4 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or
solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as
defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration
under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that
would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the
rules and regulations of any Trading Market.
4.5 Conversion and Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of
Exercise included in the Warrants and the form of Notice of Conversion included
in the Debentures set forth the totality of the procedures required of the
Purchasers in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Debentures. No
additional legal opinion or other information or instructions shall be required
of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants or convert their Debentures. The
Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and conversions of the Debentures
and shall deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and
time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
4.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by
5:30 p.m. Eastern time on the fourth Trading Day following the Closing Date,
file a Current Report on Form 8-K, reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers
acquiring 75% of the principal amount of Debentures at the Closing disclosing
the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach the
Transaction Documents thereto. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with
each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior
consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or
without the prior consent of Purchasers holding at least 75% of the principal
amount of Debenture then outstanding, with respect to any press release of the
Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, except if such
disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly
provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly
disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any
filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without
the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal
securities law in connection with the registration statement contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under subclause
(i) or (ii).
4.7 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by
the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person that any
Purchaser is an "Acquiring Person" under any shareholder rights plan or similar
plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any
Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or
arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents
or under any
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other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the
Investment Company Act.
4.8 Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that
neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser
or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes
constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser
shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of
such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall
be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.9 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 attached
hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for working capital purposes and not for the satisfaction of any
portion of the Company's debt (other than payment of trade payables in the
ordinary course of the Company's business and prior practices), to redeem any
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or to settle any outstanding
litigation.
4.10 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
4.11 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of
this Section 4.11, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its
directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents,
members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally
equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a "Purchaser Party")
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser, or any
of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is
not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a
breach of such Purchaser's representations, warranties or covenants under the
Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may
have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or
federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes
fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall
be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify
the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Purchaser Party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the
Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume
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such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the
reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material
issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser
Party. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this
Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the
Company's prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim,
damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party's breach of any of
the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchasers
in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.
4.12 Reservation and Listing of Securities.
(a) The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly
authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the
Transaction Documents in such amount as may be required to fulfill its
obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.
(b) If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued
(and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the
Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors of the
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the
Company's certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least
the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event
not later than the 75th day after such date.
(c) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and
manner required by the Trading Market, prepare and file with such
Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a
number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum
on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause
such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing on the Trading
Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers
evidence of such listing, and (iv) maintain the listing of such Common
Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date
on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.
4.13 Participation in Future Financing.
(a) From the date hereof until the date that is the twelve
month anniversary of the Closing Date, upon any financing by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents (a "Subsequent Financing"), each Purchaser shall have the
right, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.13, to
participate in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to
100% of the Subsequent Financing (the "Participation Maximum").
(b) At least 5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the
Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a
written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing
("Pre-Notice"), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants
to review the details of such financing (such notice containing the
details of such Subsequent Financing, a "Subsequent Financing Notice").
Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such
Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing
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Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than 1 Trading Day
after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such
Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable
detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of
proceeds intended to be raised thereunder, the Person with whom such
Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which
shall be a term sheet or similar document relating thereto.
(c) Any Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent
Financing must provide written notice to the Company by not later than
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after the
Pre-Notice was delivered to all of the Purchasers that the Purchaser is
willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the
Purchaser's participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready,
willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the
Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a
Purchaser as of such 5th Trading Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to
have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate.
(d) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading
Day after the Pre-Notice was delivered to all of the Purchasers,
notifications by the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in
the Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate)
is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent
Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such
Subsequent Financing on substantially the same terms and to the Persons
set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading
Day after the Pre-Notice was delivered to all of the Purchasers, the
Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from
Purchasers seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the
Participation Maximum, each such Purchaser shall have the right to
purchase the greater of (a) their Pro Rata Portion (as defined below)
of the Participation Maximum and (b) the difference between the
Participation Maximum and the aggregate amount of participation by all
other Purchasers. "Pro Rata Portion" is the ratio of (x) the
Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by a
Purchaser participating under this Section 4.13 and (y) the sum of the
aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing
Date by all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.13.
(f) The Company must provide the Purchasers with a second
Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the
right of participation set forth above in this Section 4.13, if the
Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice
is not consummated for any reason on substantially the terms set forth
in such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the
date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not
apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance.
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4.14 Subsequent Equity Sales.
(a) From the date hereof until 90 days after the Effective
Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue shares of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents; provided, however, the 90 day
period set forth in this Section 4.14 shall be extended for the number
of Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common
Stock is suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the
Effective Date, the Registration Statement is not effective or the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement may not be used by
the Purchasers for the resale of the Underlying Shares.
(b) From the date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds
any of the Securities, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting
or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Financing
involving a "Variable Rate Transaction". The term "Variable Rate
Transaction" shall mean a transaction in which (i) the Company issues
or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into,
exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive
additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion, exercise
or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with
the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at
any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities,
or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to
being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt
or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent
events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or
the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement,
including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the
Company may sell securities at a future determined price.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.14 shall not
apply in respect of (i) an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable
Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance, (ii) an issuance of up to
$500,000 of Common Stock at a per share purchase price equal to or
exceeding the Conversion Price and up to 15% warrant coverage based on
the per share purchase price with an exercise price equal to or
exceeding the Exercise Price of the Warrants during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Filing Date and (iii)
an issuance of debentures and warrants on the same terms and conditions
as the issuance of Debentures and Warrants hereunder for gross proceeds
of up to, in the aggregate, the difference between the gross proceeds
raised hereunder and $3,500,000 during the period commencing on the
date hereof and ending on the Filing Date.
4.15 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration shall be
offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of
any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration
is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further, the
Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in
amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts
outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification
purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser
by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for
the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class
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and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as
a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or
otherwise.
4.16 Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each
Purchaser severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers covenants that
neither it nor any affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period after the
Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.6. Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will
maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Each
Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other
Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of
short sales of shares of the Common Stock "against the box" prior to the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement covering the Securities is a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5
under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations,
dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of
Corporation Finance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any
representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short
Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in
Section 4.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers
managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the covenant set forth above
shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio
manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by
this Agreement.
4.17 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a
Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to
provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company
shall, on or before or after 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 Purchasers at the Closing under
applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United States, and
shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.18 Most Favored Nation Provision. If the Company effects a
Subsequent Financing at any time prior to the two year anniversary of the
Closing Date, each Purchaser may elect, in its sole discretion, to exchange all
or some of the Debentures then held by such Purchaser for additional securities
of the same class issued in a Subsequent Financing based on the effective price
at which such securities were sold in such Subsequent Financing. The Company
shall provide each Purchaser notice of any such Subsequent Financing in the
manner provided in Section 4.13.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any
Purchaser, as to such Purchaser's obligations hereunder only and without any
effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other
Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been
consummated on or before December 30, 2005; provided, however, that no such
termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by the
other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to
reimburse Bushido Capital Master Fund L.P. ("Bushido") the non-accountable sum
of $25,000, for its actual, reasonable, out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses.
Accordingly, in lieu of the foregoing payments, the aggregate amount that
Bushido is to pay for the Securities at the Closing shall be reduced by $25,000
in lieu thereof. The Company shall deliver, prior to the Closing, a completed
and executed copy of the Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. Except
as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and
duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities.
5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30
p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the
date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile
at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a
day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on
any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent
by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address
for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages
attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be
waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed,
in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case
of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought.
No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement
of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a
waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition
or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
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5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed
to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no
rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may
assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees
in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions hereof that apply to the "Purchasers".
5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.11.
5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be
governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder
or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject
to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is
improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery)
to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement
and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. The parties
hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an
action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents,
then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by
the other party for its attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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5.10 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and other
agreements contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery, exercise
and/or conversion of the Securities, as applicable for the applicable statue of
limitations.
5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the
same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by
each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both
parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid
and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so
agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the
Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election,
demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely
perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such
Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon
written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole
or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided,
however, in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture or exercise
of a Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common
Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.
5.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument
evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate
or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable
indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs
associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the
Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the
Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
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5.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a
payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a
Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or
payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside,
recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise
restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby
agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will
resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of,
usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in
connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any
Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction
Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any
Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total
liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the
nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under
applicable law (the "Maximum Rate"), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no
event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when
aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be
obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is
agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and
applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or
any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum
contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to
the Transaction Documents from the effective date forward, unless such
application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances
whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any
Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents,
such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance
of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling
such excess to be at such Purchaser's election.
5.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel
in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For
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reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective
counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through FW. FW does not
represent all of the Purchasers but only Bushido. The Company has elected to
provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the
convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so
by the Purchasers.
5.19 Liquidated Damages. The Company's obligations to pay any
partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction
Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate
until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid
notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such
partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been
canceled.
5.20 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their
respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed
in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
(SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
XXXXXX.XXX, INC. Address for Notice:
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By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx CDKNET / Arkados
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 000 XX Xxxxxxx 00
Title: CEO Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
With a copy to (which shall
not constitute notice): Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO CDKN SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Bushido Capital Master Fund, LP
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED
SIGNATORY OF PURCHASER: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name of Authorized Signatory: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title of Authorized Signatory: Managing Director, Bushido Capital
Partners, Ltd.
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Email Address of Purchaser: ______________________________________________
Address for Notice of Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription Amount: $ 1,000,000
Cash: $ 732,060
Surrender of Prior Debt: $ 267,940
Warrant Shares: 470,588 short-tem warrants at $0.85;
470,588 five year warrants at $1.00
EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO CDKN SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Gamma Opportunity Capital Partners, LP Class A
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED
SIGNATORY OF PURCHASER: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name of Authorized Signatory: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title of Authorized Signatory: President / Director
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Email Address of Purchaser: ______________________________________________
Address for Notice of Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription Amount: $ 500,000
Cash: $ 500,000
Surrender of Prior Debt: $ 0
Warrant Shares: 235,294 @ $.85 and 235,294 @ $1.00
EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO CDKN SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Gamma Opportunity Capital Partners, LP Class C
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED
SIGNATORY OF PURCHASER: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name of Authorized Signatory: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title of Authorized Signatory: President / Director
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Email Address of Purchaser: ______________________________________________
Address for Notice of Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription Amount: $ 500,000
Cash: $ 500,000
Surrender of Prior Debt: $ 0
Warrant Shares: 235,294 @ $.85 and 235,294 @ $1.00
EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
