NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.1
NOTE
AND WARRANT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This
NOTE
AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
made
as of the date set forth on the signature page hereof between VioQuest
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation having a place of business at
000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 (the “Company”),
and
the undersigned (the “Subscriber”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the
Company has retained GunnAllen Financial, Inc. (“GunnAllen”)
and
Paramount BioCapital, Inc. (“Paramount,”
and
together with GunnAllen, the “Placement
Agents”)
to act
as its co-placement agents, on a “best efforts” basis, in a private offering
(the “Offering”)
of
senior convertible promissory notes in substantially the form attached to the
Memorandum (as defined below) as Exhibit 3 (each a “Note”
and,
together, the “Notes”),
and
in connection therewith has authorized the Placement Agents to engage one or
more other firms to assist in finding qualified subscribers for the
Notes;
WHEREAS,
the
Company desires to offer and sell a minimum of $1,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Notes (the “Minimum
Offering”)
and a
maximum of $4,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (the “Maximum
Offering”);
WHEREAS,
the
Notes will automatically convert into securities of the Company issued in a
“Qualified Financing” (as such term is defined in the Notes);
WHEREAS,
prior
to automatic conversion or repayment by the Company, each Note is convertible
by
the holder thereof into shares (the “Note
Shares”)
of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”);
WHEREAS,
in
addition to a Note, each Subscriber will receive a five-year warrant, in
substantially the form attached to the Memorandum as Exhibit 4 (the
“Warrant,”
and
together with the Note, the “Securities”),
to
purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to quotient resulting from
dividing (i) 25% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased by such
Subscriber, by (ii) the closing sale price of the Common Stock on the Initial
Closing Date (as defined herein);
WHEREAS,
the
Company desires to enter into this Agreement to issue and sell the Notes and
the
Subscriber desires to purchase the principal amount of Notes set forth on the
signature page hereto on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS,
the
terms of the Offering are summarized in that certain Confidential Private
Placement Memorandum dated June 20, 2007 (together with all amendments,
supplements, exhibits and appendices thereto, the “Memorandum”).
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the promises and the mutual representations and covenants
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto do hereby agree as
follows:
A-1
1.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF SECURITIES.
1.1 Offering.
The
Company is offering to a limited number of “accredited investors,” as that term
is defined by Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act, the Securities
on terms and conditions described in this Agreement. The Minimum Offering Amount
will be offered on a “all or none, best efforts" basis. The Maximum Offering
Amount will be offered on a “best efforts” basis. The Subscriber understands,
however, that the Subscriber’s subscription for the purchase of the Securities
is contingent upon the Company receiving aggregate subscriptions for Securities
in an amount at least equal to the Minimum Offering. The minimum amount of
any
Note purchasable by any single investor shall be equal to $25,000, subject
to
the discretion of the Company and the Placement Agents to accept subscriptions
for lesser amounts.
1.2 Closing.
At each
closing (each a “Closing,”
and
the date thereof, the “Closing
Date”
and
the
first Closing Date, the “Initial
Closing Date”),
provided the Company has received the Minimum Offering Amount, the Company
shall
issue and sell to the Subscriber and the Subscriber shall purchase from the
Company, a Note in the amount of the Subscriber’s subscription as set forth on
the signature page hereof that is accepted by the Company (the “Aggregate
Purchase Price”
as
further defined below). In addition to the Note, each Subscriber shall receive
a
Warrant to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant
Shares”)
determined by dividing (i) 25% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased
by
such investor, by (ii) the closing sale price of the Common Stock on the Initial
Closing Date. The Warrants shall be exercisable at any time prior to the fifth
anniversary of the date of issuance and shall have an exercise price per share
equal to the lesser of (A) 105% of the closing sale price of the Common Stock
on
the Closing Date and (B) $0.60, in each case subject to appropriate adjustment
for stock splits, combinations and similar recapitalization events (the
“Warrant
Exercise Price”).
1.3 Closing
Mechanics.
The
Closing shall be held at a date or dates and time designated by the Company
and
the Placement Agents prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 29,
2007
(subject to extension at the discretion of the Company and the Placement Agents
without notice to the Subscriber of up to 60 days), which date shall be no
later
than five (5) Business Days (as defined in Article 5) after satisfaction or
waiver of the closing conditions set forth in Article 4 hereof. The Closing
shall occur at the offices of Paramount, located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. Upon
satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the Closing, the Placement Agents
and the Company shall instruct U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as escrow agent (the
“Escrow
Agent”),
to
release the proceeds of the Offering to the Company, less fees and expenses
due
to the Placement Agents. Interest, if any, that has accrued with respect to
the
Aggregate Purchase Price while in escrow shall also be distributed to the
Company at the Closing and the Subscriber will have no right to such interest,
even if there is no Closing.
1.4 Payment
of Aggregate Purchase Price.
Upon,
or prior to, the execution of this Agreement by the Subscriber, the Subscriber
shall deposit the amount of readily available funds equal to the Aggregate
Purchase Price in a segregated escrow account with the Escrow Agent by check
or
wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the instructions
provided below. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the Company’s and the Placement Agents’ option,
each at its sole discretion, to refuse to accept subscriptions, in whole or
in
part, from any Subscriber), the Subscriber hereby subscribes for and agrees
to
purchase from the Company such number of Securities and the Company agrees
to
sell such number of Securities to the Subscriber as is set forth upon the
signature page hereof at the Aggregate Purchase Price as accepted by the Company
and the Placement Agents.
2
US
Bank Trust National Association
ABA
Routing Number: 000000000
US
Bank and Trust Corp. Account Number: [ ]
For:
VioQuest/Paramount BioCapital
SEI
Number: 100447000
Reference:
[Investor Name]
The
Subscriber must complete and return a duly executed, unaltered copy of this
Agreement (including the completed Confidential Investor Questionnaire included
in Article 7 hereof (the “Confidential
Investor Questionnaire”))
to a
Placement Agent at such Placement Agent’s address indicated in the Memorandum
(as defined below) on or before the date indicated to the Subscriber by such
Placement Agent to be eligible to participate in the Offering. The Company
and
the Placement Agents retain complete discretion to accept or reject any
subscription unless and until the Company executes a counterpart to this
Agreement that includes such Subscriber’s signature.
1.5 Delivery
of Certificates.
The
Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the certificates representing
the Securities purchased by the Subscriber hereunder as soon as practical after
the Closing to the Subscriber’s residential or business address indicated on the
signature page hereto.
2.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SUBSCRIBER.
The
Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof
and the Closing Date as follows:
2.1 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that the purchase of the
Securities involves a high degree of risk including, but not limited to, the
following: (i) an investment in the Company is highly speculative, and only
investors who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider
investing in the Company and the Securities; (ii) the Subscriber may not be
able
to liquidate its investment; (iii) transferability of the Securities is
extremely limited; (iv) in the event of a disposition of the Securities, the
Subscriber could sustain the loss of its entire investment; and (v) since the
Company has been a publicly-traded company, the Company has not paid any
dividends on its Common Stock and does not anticipate the payment of dividends
in the foreseeable future.
2.2 The
Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, as indicated by the
Subscriber’s responses to the questions contained in the Confidential Investor
Questionnaire, which are true and correct as of the date hereof and shall be
true and correct as of the Closing Date, and that the Subscriber is able to
bear
the economic risk of an investment in the Company. If the Subscriber is a
natural person, the Subscriber has reached the age of majority in the state
or
other jurisdiction in which the Subscriber resides, has adequate means of
providing for the Subscriber’s current financial needs and contingencies, is
able to bear the substantial economic risks of an investment in the Securities
for an indefinite period of time, has no need for liquidity in such investment
and, at the present time, could afford a complete loss of such
investment.
2.3 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Subscriber is
knowledgeable, sophisticated and has experience in making, and is qualified
to
make, decisions with respect to investments representing an investment decision
like that involved in the purchase of the Securities and has prior investment
experience, including investment in securities which are non-listed,
unregistered and/or not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, AMEX, the
National Market or SmallCap Market of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)
Automated Quotation System or any other national stock exchange; (ii) the
investment in the Securities is of a highly speculative nature and involves
a
significant degree of risk, that the market price of the Common Stock has been
and continues to be volatile and that Subscriber has carefully evaluated the
risks of an investment in the Securities; and (iii) the Subscriber is able
to
bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and the potential
loss
of such investment, which risk the Subscriber hereby assumes.
3
2.4 The
Subscriber has received and carefully reviewed this Agreement, the Memorandum,
including the following documents filed by the Company with the Securities
and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”,
and
such documents, the “SEC
Filings”)
and
included as exhibits to the Memorandum: Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
year ended December 31, 2006; Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended March 31, 2007; Current Reports on Form 8-K filed April 4, 2007, April
16,
2007, and June 12, 2007, respectively; and Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed April 25, 2007. The Subscriber further represents that the
Subscriber has been furnished by the Company during the course of this
transaction with all information regarding the Company which the Subscriber,
its
investment advisor, attorney and/or accountant has requested or desired to
know
or which is otherwise relevant to an investment decision, has been afforded
the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from duly authorized
officers or other representatives of the Company concerning the terms and
conditions of the Offering, and has received any additional information which
the Subscriber or its advisors or agents has requested.
2.5 (a) The
Subscriber has relied solely upon the information provided by the Company in
making the decision to invest in the Securities. The Subscriber is familiar
with
and understands the terms of the Offering, including the rights to which the
Subscriber is entitled under this Agreement. In evaluating the suitability
of an
investment in the Company, the Subscriber has not relied upon any representation
or other information (whether oral or written) from the Company, or any agent,
employee or Affiliate of the Company other than as set forth in the Memorandum,
in this Agreement or resulting from the results of the Subscriber’s own
independent investigation. The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that
nothing in this Agreement, the Memorandum or any other materials provided to
the
Subscriber in connection with the subscription for the Securities or sale of
the
Securities constitutes investment, tax or legal advice. To the extent deemed
necessary or advisable by the Subscriber in its sole discretion, the Subscriber
has retained, at its sole expense, and relied upon appropriate professional
advice regarding the investment, tax and legal merits and consequences of this
Agreement and its purchase of the Securities hereunder.
(b) No
Securities were offered or sold to the Subscriber by means of any form of
general solicitation or general advertising, and in connection therewith the
Subscriber did not: (A) receive or review any advertisement, article, notice
or
other communication published in a newspaper or magazine or similar media or
broadcast over television or radio whether closed circuit, or generally
available; or (B) attend any seminar meeting or industry investor conference
whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising.
2.6 The
Subscriber, either by reason of the Subscriber’s business or financial
experience or the business or financial experience of the Subscriber’s
professional advisors, has the capacity to protect the Subscriber’s own
interests in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby.
2.7 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Offering has not been
reviewed, recommended or endorsed by the SEC or any state securities regulatory
authority or other governmental body or agency, since the Offering is intended
to be exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities
Act pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The
Subscriber shall not sell or otherwise transfer the Securities unless such
transfer is registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from
such
registration is available. The Subscriber understands that if required by the
laws or regulations or any applicable jurisdictions, the Offering contemplated
hereby will be submitted to the appropriate authorities of such state(s) for
registration of exemption therefrom.
4
2.8 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Securities have not
been registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon a claimed exemption
under the provisions of the Securities Act which depends, in part, upon the
Subscriber’s investment intention and the truth and accuracy of, and
Subscriber’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, acknowledgments
and covenants of Subscriber set forth herein. In this connection, the Subscriber
hereby represents that the representations, warranties, acknowledgments and
covenants of Subscriber set forth herein are true and correct, Subscriber will
comply with the covenants set forth herein, and the Subscriber is purchasing
the
Securities for the Subscriber’s own account for investment purposes only and not
with a view toward the resale or distribution to others and has no contract,
undertaking, agreement or other arrangement, in existence or contemplated,
to
sell, pledge, assign or otherwise transfer the Securities to any other Person
(as defined in Article 5). The Subscriber, if an entity, also represents that
it
was not formed for the purpose of purchasing the Securities. The Subscriber
has
no current plans to effect a “change of control” of the Company, as such term is
understood in Rule 13d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange
Act”).
2.9 The
Subscriber understands that the Securities will not be registered or available
for sale in the public markets except as specifically provided herein, and
Rule
144 promul-gated under the Securities Act (“Rule
144”)
requires, among other conditions, a one-year holding period prior to the resale
(in limited amounts) of securities acquired in a non-public offering (and a
two-year holding period for unlimited sales by non-Affiliates of the Company)
without having to satisfy the registration requirements under the Securities
Act. The Subscriber understands and hereby acknowledges that the Company is
under no obligation to register any of the Securities under the Securities
Act
or any state securities or “blue sky” laws or assist the Subscriber in obtaining
an exemption from various registration requirements, other than as set forth
in
Article 5 herein.
2.10 The
Subscriber consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate or other
document evidencing the Securities substantially as set forth below, that such
Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state
securities or “blue sky” laws and setting forth or referring to the restrictions
on transferability and sale thereof contained in this Agreement. The Subscriber
is aware that the Company will make a notation in its appropriate records with
respect to the restrictions on the transferability of the Securities.
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND
RESALE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM, SUBSTANCE
AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, TO THE EFFECT THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.
5
2.11 The
Subscriber agrees to supply
the Company, within five (5) days after the Subscriber receives the request
therefor from the Company, with such additional information concerning the
Subscriber as the Company deems necessary or advisable in order to establish
or
verify the Subscriber’s representations contained herein.
2.12 The
address of the Subscriber furnished by Subscriber on the signature page hereof
is the Subscriber’s principal residence if Subscriber is an individual or its
principal business address if it is a corporation or other entity.
2.13 The
Subscriber has full power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute,
deliver, and perform this Agreement and to purchase the Securities and has
taken
all action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Subscriber, enforceable against the Subscriber in accordance
with its terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and to limitations
of public policy.
2.14 If
the
Subscriber is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust,
employee benefit plan, individual retirement account, Xxxxx Plan, or other
entity (a) it is authorized and qualified to become an investor in the Company
and the Person signing this Agreement on behalf of such entity has been duly
authorized by such entity to do so and (b) it is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization.
2.15 The
Subscriber acknowledges that if he or she is a Registered Representative of
an
NASD member firm, he or she must give such firm the notice required by NASD
Rule
3050, receipt of which must be acknowledged by such firm in Section 7.4 below
in
accordance with such rules.
2.16 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that this subscription may
be
rejected, in whole or in part, by the Company or the Placement Agents, in each
of their sole and absolute discretion, at any time before any Closing Date
notwithstanding prior receipt by the Subscriber of notice of acceptance of
the
Subscriber’s subscription. The Subscriber hereby authorizes and directs the
Company to return, without interest, any funds for unaccepted subscriptions
to
the same account from which the funds were drawn, including any customer account
maintained by the Subscriber with a Placement Agent.
2.17 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees with the Company that except
as
otherwise set forth herein, the subscription hereunder is irrevocable by the
Subscriber, that, except as required by law, the Subscriber is not entitled
to
cancel, terminate or revoke this Agreement or any agreements of the Subscriber
hereunder and that this Agreement and such other agreements shall survive the
death or disability of the Subscriber and shall be binding upon and inure to
the
benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors,
legal representatives and permitted assigns. If the Subscriber is more than
one
Person, the obligations of the Subscriber hereunder shall be joint and several
and the agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgments herein
contained shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon each such Person
and
its heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and
permitted assigns.
6
2.18 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees with the Company that, the
Offering is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act
by
virtue of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and the provisions of Regulation
D,
and/or the provisions of Regulation S which is in part dependent upon the truth,
completeness and accuracy of the statements made by the Subscriber.
2.19 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that there can be no assurance
that the Subscriber will be able to sell or dispose of the Securities. It is
understood than in order not to jeopardize the Offering’s exempt status under
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D, in addition to any other
restrictions on transfer set forth herein or in the Warrants, the Company may,
at a minimum, require any transferee to fulfill the Subscriber suitability
requirements thereunder and make the representations, warranties and covenants
of Subscriber hereunder.
2.20 The
Subscriber represents and warrants that during the period commencing upon the
date that the Subscriber was first contacted with respect to the Offering (the
“First
Date”)
the
Subscriber has not, directly or indirectly, through related parties, Affiliates
or otherwise, sold “short” or “short against the box” (as such terms are
generally understood) and until the Registration Statement (as defined in
Article 6) is declared effective, will not sell "short" or "short against the
box" any equity security of the Company or take any action with respect to
any
equity security of the Company which would violate the Securities Act or the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and from the First Date through
the
Closing Date or termination of this Agreement has not and will not take any
action the intent or reasonably foreseeable effect of which is to reduce the
trading price of the Common Stock.
2.21 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that the existence of and
information contained in this Agreement, the Memorandum or otherwise made
available to the Subscriber by the Company (collectively, the “Confidential
Information”)
is to
be used solely for the purpose of evaluating a possible investment in the
Securities and is confidential and non-public and agrees that all such
Confidential Information shall be kept in confidence by the Subscriber and
neither used by the Subscriber for the Subscriber’s personal benefit (other than
in connection with evaluating a possible investment in the Securities) nor
disclosed to any third party for any reason and in any manner, notwithstanding
that a Subscriber’s subscription may not be accepted by the Company;
provided,
however,
that
this obligation shall not apply to any such Confidential Information that (i)
is
part of the public knowledge or literature and readily accessible at the date
hereof (except as a result of a breach of this provision by any party) or (ii)
becomes part of the public knowledge or literature and readily accessible by
publication (except as a result of a breach of this provision by any
party).
2.22 Subscriber
represents and warrants that he/she/it has complied with all applicable
provisions of the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated by the
SEC
thereunder and will comply at the time of sale pursuant to the Registration
Statement. Additionally, Subscriber understands that the rules and regulations
of the SEC prohibit Subscriber from using any Note Shares or Warrant Shares
to
cover short sales of Common Stock “against the box” which were made prior to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering the resale of the Note
Shares and Warrant Shares. Subscriber (either directly or indirectly) shall
not
use the information about the Company (including the terms of the Offering
and
the Securities) for any other purpose, including trading of the Company’s
securities (including any short selling or other hedging transactions), until
the terms of the Offering have been publicly disclosed.
2.23 If
the
Subscriber is purchasing the Securities in a fiduciary capacity for another
Person, including without limitation a corporation, partnership, trust or any
other entity, the Subscriber has been duly authorized and empowered to execute
this Agreement and all other subscription documents, and such other Person
fulfills all the requirements for purchase of the Securities as such
requirements are set forth herein, concurs in the purchase of the Securities
and
agrees to be bound by the obligations, representations, warranties and covenants
contained herein. Upon request of the Company, the Subscriber will provide
true,
complete and correct copies of all relevant documents creating the Subscriber,
authorizing its investment in the Company and/or evidencing the satisfaction
of
the foregoing.
7
2.24 No
authorization, approval, consent or license of any Person is required to be
obtained for the purchase of the Securities
by the
Subscriber, other than as have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not, result in any violation of or
constitute a default under any material agreement or other instrument to which
the Subscriber is a party or by which the Subscriber or any of its properties
are bound, or to the best of the Subscriber’s knowledge, any permit, franchise,
judgment, order, decree, statute, rule or regulation to which the Subscriber
or
any of its businesses or properties is subject.
2.25 The
Subscriber understands, acknowledges and agrees that the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Subscriber contained herein (including the
Confidential Investor Questionnaire) and in any other writing delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be true and correct
on the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of such
date
(except for representations, warranties and agreements as of a specific date,
which shall be true and correct as of such date) and shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the purchase of the Securities. The
Subscriber agrees that the Placement Agents shall be entitled to rely on the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Subscriber contained herein
as
if such representations, warranties and agreements were made or provided
directly to the Placement Agents.
2.26 The
Subscriber hereby covenants with the Company not to make any sale of the
Securities under the Registration Statement without effectively causing the
prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act to be satisfied,
and
further agrees to comply with reasonable requests of the Company or its transfer
agent to provide additional information and representations concerning such
sale.
2.27 (a) The
Subscriber agrees, acknowledges and understands that each Placement Agent is
acting as placement agent for the Securities being offered hereby and will
be
compensated by the Company for acting in such capacity, including, but not
limited to, by: (i) placement fees in cash equal to up to 7% of the proceeds
received by the Company at the Closing; and (ii) warrants (the “Placement
Warrants”)
to
purchase a number of shares of Common Stock (the “Placement
Warrant Shares”)
equal
to 10% of the gross cash proceeds from the Offering divided by the closing
value
of the Common Stock on the Closing Date; provided, however, that GunnAllen
will
also receive an additional Placement Warrant to purchase 240,000 Placement
Warrant Shares; and (iii) reimbursement of its reasonable, documented expenses
(including reasonable legal fees) incurred in connection with the Offering
(which reimbursement shall not exceed $35,000). The Placement Warrants shall
have an exercise price per share equal to 110% of the conversion price
applicable to a voluntary conversion of the Notes. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Subscriber shall not be entitled to reimbursement of any expenses
incurred by the Subscriber in connection with the Offering.
(b) The
Subscriber agrees, acknowledges and understands that each Placement Agent may
engage other Persons, selected by it in its discretion, who are members of
the
NASD or who are located outside the United States, to assist such Placement
Agent in connection with this Offering.
8
3. REPRESENTATIONS
BY AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber and agrees as of the
date hereof and the Closing Date that:
3.1 Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as currently conducted. The Company is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in
every jurisdiction in which the property owned or leased by it or the nature
of
the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to
the
extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect on the business, operations, conditions (financial or otherwise),
properties, assets, liabilities, or results of operations of that entity
individually or of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) as a
whole (a “Material
Adverse Effect”).
For
purposes of this Section, “Subsidiary”
means
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other
business entity in which the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly,
any interest, including, without limitation, any joint venture, partnership,
or
similar arrangement.
3.2 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common
Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of the date of the
Memorandum, there were 54,621,119 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding,
all of which are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. In addition, there are 22,976,191
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options
and
warrants. All of the securities issued by the Company have been issued in
accordance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. Other than
as
set forth above, there are no other options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is a party
or by
which the Company is bound or obligating the Company to issue, deliver, sell,
repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or
redeemed, any shares of the capital stock of the Company or obligating the
Company to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right,
commitment or agreement. Except as set forth in the Memorandum, there are no
preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or similar rights which are binding
on the Company permitting any Person to subscribe for or purchase from the
Company shares of its capital stock pursuant to any provision of law, the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (the
“Certificate
of Incorporation”)
or the
Company’s Bylaws, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”)
or by
agreement or otherwise. Except as set forth in the Memorandum, there are no
securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that
will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities as described in this
Agreement. The Company has made available to the Placement Agents true, correct
and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws.
(b) The
Company owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of all
of
its Subsidiaries, except as described in the SEC Filings. There are no
outstanding securities, options, warrants, rights or agreements or other
commitments pursuant to which any such subsidiary is or may become obligated
to
issue any shares of its capital stock, or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock
9
3.3 Authorization;
Enforceability.
The
Company has all corporate right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. All corporate
action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders necessary
for
the (i) authorization execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by
the Company; and (ii) authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the
Securities contemplated hereby and the performance of the Company's obligations
hereunder has been taken. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by
the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject
to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief
of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief
or
other equitable remedies, and to limitations of public policy. The Note Shares,
when issued and fully paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Warrant Shares,
when
issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued,
full paid and non-assessable. The Company has reserved, and will reserve at
all
times in the future, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to allow
for
the conversion of the Notes and the exercise of the Warrants. The issuance
and
sale of the Securities contemplated hereby will not give rise to any preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal on behalf of any person which have not been
waived in connection with this Offering.
3.4 No
Conflict; Governmental Consents.
(a) Except
as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consumma-tion
of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the violation of any
law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree
of
any court or governmental authority to or by which the Company is bound, or
of
any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company,
and
will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both)
a
default under, any lease, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, trust
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by
which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, nor
result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of the properties
or
assets of the Company.
(b) No
consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority
or
other third party is required to be obtained by the Company in connection with
the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or with the
authorization, issue and sale of the Securities, except such filings as may
be
required to be made with the SEC and with any state or foreign blue sky or
securities regulatory authority relating to an exemption from registration
thereunder.
3.5 Licenses.
Except
as otherwise set forth in the Memorandum or as would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has sufficient licenses, permits
and other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of
its
business or ownership of properties and is in all material respects complying
therewith.
3.6 Litigation.
There
is no pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened legal or governmental
proceedings against the Company which (i) adversely questions the validity
of
this Agreement or any agreements related to the transactions contemplated hereby
or the right of the Company to enter into any of such agreements, or to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) could, if
there were an unfavorable decision, have a Material Adverse Effect. There is
no
action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company currently pending
in
any court or before any arbitrator or that the Company intends to
initiate.
10
3.7 Investment
Company.
The
Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the
SEC thereunder.
3.8 Financial
Statements.
The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings (the
“Financial
Statements”)
fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition and position of the
Company at the dates and for the periods indicated; and have been prepared
in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
(“GAAP”)
consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, 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 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. Since the date of the most
recent balance sheet included as part of the Financial Statements, there has
not
been to the Company’s knowledge: (i) any change in the business, conditions
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, or results of
operations of the Company from that reflected in the Financial Statements,
other
than changes in the ordinary course of business, none of which individually
or
in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
or (ii) any other event or condition of any character that, either individually
or cumulatively, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
except for the expenses incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.9 Title
to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc.
Except
as described in the Memorandum, the Company has good and marketable title to
its
properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the
most
recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, and good title to
its
leasehold estates, in each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, lease,
encumbrance or charge, other than (a) those resulting from taxes which have
not
yet become delinquent; (b) liens and encumbrances which do not materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair
the
operations of the Company; (c) those that have otherwise arisen in the ordinary
course of business; and (d) those that would not reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is in compliance with all material terms
of each lease to which it is a party or is otherwise bound.
3.10 Obligations
to Related Parties.
Except
as disclosed in the Memorandum or as would not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect, there are no obligations of the Company to officers,
directors, stockholders, or employees of the Company other than (a) for payment
of salary or other compensation for services rendered, (b) anti-dilution
provisions in favor of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as described in
the Memorandum under the caption “The Offering and Related Matters - Option
Grant to Chief Executive Officer”, (c) reimbursement for reasonable expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company, (d) standard indemnification provisions
in
the certificate of incorporation and by-laws, and (e) for other standard
employee benefits made generally available to all employees (including stock
option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board
of Directors of the Company). Except as may be disclosed in the Financial
Statements, the Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness
of
any other person, firm or corporation.
11
3.11 Employee
Relations; Employee Benefit Plans.
The
Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or union contract.
The Company believes that its relations with its employees are good. No
executive officer (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the Securities Act) of the
Company has notified the Company that such officer intends to leave the Company
or otherwise terminate such officer's employment with the Company. The Company
is in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would
not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, the Company
does not maintain any compensation or benefit plan, agreement, arrangement
or
commitment (including, but not limited to, "employee benefit plans", as defined
in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”))
for
any present or former employees, officers or directors of the Company or with
respect to which the Company has liability or makes or has an obligation to
make
contributions, other than any such plans, agreements, arrangements or
commitments made generally available to the Company’s employees.
3.12 Environmental
Laws.
To the
knowledge of the Company, it (i) is in compliance with any and all Environmental
Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other
approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its
business and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii), the failure to so comply would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term
“Environmental
Laws”
means
all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection
of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”)
into
the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands
or
demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters,
orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
3.13 Tax
Status.
To the
knowledge of the Company, it (i) has made or filed all federal and state income
and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction
to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to
be
due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested
in
good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate
for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which
such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any
material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such
claim.
3.14 Proprietary
Rights.
To the
Company’s knowledge, the Company owns or possesses adequate and enforceable
rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade names,
corporate names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, inventions, formulations,
technology and know-how and other intangible property used in the conduct of
its
business as described in the Memorandum (the “Proprietary
Rights”).
Except as described in the Memorandum, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company
has not received any notice of, and there are no facts known to the Company
that
reasonably indicate the existence of (i) any infringement or misappropriation
by
any third party of any of the Proprietary Rights or (ii) any claim by a third
party contesting the validity of any of the Proprietary Rights. The Company
has
not received any notice of any infringement, misappropriation or violation
by
the Company or any of its employees of any Proprietary Rights of third
parties
12
3.15 Absence
of Certain Changes.
Since
the date of the Memorandum, there has been no material adverse change in the
business, operations, conditions (financial or otherwise), prospects, assets
or
results of operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than
as
contemplated by or described in the Memorandum.
3.16 Other
Indebtedness.
Following the Closing Date, as long as any Note remains outstanding, the Company
will not, without the prior written consent of the holders of Notes evidencing
at least a majority of the principal indebtedness then outstanding under the
Notes, incur indebtedness for borrowed money (“New
Debt”)
in
favor of any person or entity (each a “New
Lender”)
which
indebtedness is secured or otherwise senior in priority to any Note issued
to
any subscriber pursuant to this Agreement or any substantially similar
agreement, unless the New Lenders execute and deliver to the subscribers then
holding Notes a subordination agreement (in a form acceptable to the subscribers
holding Notes evidencing at least a majority of the principal indebtedness
then
outstanding under the Notes) providing for the subordination of the New Debt
to
any of the indebtedness evidenced by any Notes.
3.17 Disclosure.
The
information set forth in the Memorandum as of the date hereof contains no untrue
statement of a material fact nor omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
4. CONDITIONS
TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY.
4.1 Conditions
to Obligations of the Company.
The
Company’s obligation to complete the sale and issuance of the Securities and
deliver the Securities to the Subscriber at the Closing is subject to the
fulfillment on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, which
conditions may be waived at the option of the Company to the extent permitted
by
law:
(a) Representations
and Warranties Correct.
The
representations and warranties made by the Subscriber in Article 2 hereof shall
be true and correct when made, and shall be true and correct on and as of the
Closing Date (except for any representation or warranty that speaks as of a
specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date).
(b) Covenants.
All
covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed
by the Subscriber on or prior to such sale and issuance shall have been
performed or complied with in all material respects.
(c) No
Legal Order Pending.
There
shall not then be in effect any legal or other order enjoining or restraining
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d)
No
Law
Prohibiting or Restricting Such Sale.
There
shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting
the issuance and sale of the Securities or requiring any consent or approval
of
any Person which shall not have been obtained to issue or sell the Securities,
or in either case to otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
(except as otherwise provided in this Agreement).
(e)
Payment
of Consideration.
The
Company shall have received the full amount of the Aggregate Purchase Price
for
the Securities being purchased hereunder at the Closing.
13
(f)
Questionnaires.
The
Subscriber shall have completed, executed and delivered to the Company the
Confidential Investor Questionnaire, included as Article 7 hereof, and the
Registration Questionnaire, included as Appendix
A
hereto,
which questionnaires shall be true and correct as of the Closing and shall
be
satisfactory to the Placement Agents and the Company, in their sole
discretion.
(g)
Minimum
Offering.
The
Company shall have received duly executed subscriptions and corresponding
readily available funds shall have been deposited into the Escrow Account from
Subscribers equal to or in excess of the Minimum Offering.
4.2 The
Subscriber’s obligation to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to
the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, which
conditions may be waived at the option of each Subscriber to the extent
permitted by law:
(a) Representations
and Warranties Correct.
The
representations and warranties made by the Company in Article 3 hereof shall
be
true and correct when made, and shall be true and correct on and as of the
Closing Date (except for any representation or warranty that speaks as of a
specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date).
(b) Covenants.
All
covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed
by the Company on or prior to such purchase shall have been performed or
complied with in all material respects.
(c) No
Legal Order Pending.
There
shall not then be in effect any legal or other order enjoining or restraining
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d)
No
Law
Prohibiting or Restricting Such Sale.
There
shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting
the issuance and sale of the Securities or requiring any consent or approval
of
any Person which shall not have been obtained to issue or sell the Securities,
or in either case to otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
(except as otherwise provided in this Agreement).
(e)
Minimum
Offering.
The
Company shall have received duly executed subscriptions and corresponding
readily available funds in the Escrow Account from Subscribers equal to or
in
excess of the Minimum Offering Amount.
(f)
No
Suspension of Trading; Change in Financial Markets.
Trading
in the Common Stock shall not be suspended by the SEC or the OTC Bulletin Board
(except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the
Company, which suspension shall have been terminated prior to the Closing),
and,
at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally in the
United States shall have not been suspended or limited, 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 the Placement Agents, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to
purchase the Securities at the Closing.
5. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.
5.1 As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
14
(a) “Affiliate”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person (as defined below), any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such
Person (for the purposes of this definition “control,” when used with respect to
any specified Person, shall mean the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
(b) “Business
Day”
shall
mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the SEC is
closed for business.
(c) “Holders”
shall
mean the Subscribers and any Person holding Registrable Securities or any Person
to whom the rights under Article 5 have been transferred in accordance with
Section 5.11 hereof.
(d) “Person”
shall
mean any person, individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, trust or other nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency,
court, authority or other body (whether foreign, federal, state, local or
otherwise).
(e) The
terms
“register,”
“registered”
and
“registration”
refer
to the registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement
in
compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
(f) “Registrable
Securities”
shall
mean the Note Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Placement Warrant Shares and
any shares of Common Stock issued as a dividend or distribution with respect
to
or in replacement of the Common Stock issued, directly or indirectly, in
connection with this Offering; provided,
however,
that
Securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for
so
long as they (i) have not been sold (A) pursuant to a registration statement;
(B) to or through a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution
or a
public securities transaction; and/or (C) in a transaction exempt from the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act under
Section 4(1) thereof so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends
with respect thereto, if any, are removed upon the consummation of such sale;
(ii) are not held by a Holder or a permitted transferee; and (iii) are not
eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor thereto) under
the
Securities Act.
(g) “Registration
Expenses”
shall
mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section 5.2 hereof,
including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees,
printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company,
blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to
or
required by any such registration (but excluding the fees of legal counsel
for
any Holder).
(h) “Selling
Expenses”
shall
mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale
of Registrable Securities and, except to the extent set forth in the definition
of Registration Expenses, all fees and expenses of legal counsel for any
Holder.
(i) “Subsidiary”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which more than fifty
percent (50%) of the shares of stock or other interests entitled to vote in
the
election of directors or comparable Persons performing similar functions
(excluding shares or other interests entitled to vote only upon the failure
to
pay dividends thereon or other contingencies) are at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, by such
Person.
15
5.2 Piggyback
Registration.
(a) The
Company agrees that if, at any time, and from time to time, after the completion
of a Qualified Financing, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”)
shall
authorize the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act in
connection with the registration of any of its Securities by it or any of its
stockholders (other than an offering registered on Form X-0, Xxxx X-0 or a
similarly inappropriate form), the Company shall: (A) promptly notify each
Holder that such registration statement will be filed and that the Registrable
Securities then held by such Holder will be included in such registration
statement at such Holder’s request; (B) subject to Section 5.6, cause such
registration statement to cover all of such Registrable Securities issued to
such Holder for which such Holder requests inclusion; (C) use reaonable best
efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as
practicable; and (D) take all other reasonable action necessary under any
Federal or state law or regulation of any governmental authority to permit
all
such Registrable Securities that have been issued to such Holder to be sold
or
otherwise disposed of, and will maintain such compliance with each such Federal
and state law and regulation of any governmental authority for the period
necessary for such Holder to promptly effect the proposed sale or other
disposition.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 5.2, the Company may at any time, abandon
or
delay any registration commenced by the Company. In the event of such an
abandonment by the Company, the Company shall not be required to continue
registration of shares requested by the Holder for inclusion, the Holder shall
retain the right to request inclusion of shares as set forth above and the
withdrawn registration shall not be deemed to be a registration request for
the
purposes of Section 5.2(c) below.
(c) Each
Holder shall have the right to request inclusion of any of its Registrable
Securities in a registration statement as described in this Section 5.2, up
to
three times.
5.3 Registration
Procedures.
Whenever required under this Article 5 to include Registrable Securities in
a
Company registration statement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as
reasonably possible:
(a) Use
reaonable best efforts to (i) cause such registration statement to become
effective, and (ii) cause such registration statement to remain effective until
the earliest to occur of (A) such date as the Holders have completed the
distribution described in the registration statement and (B) such time that
all
of such Registrable Securities are no longer, by reason of Rule 144(k) under
the
Act, required to be registered for the sale thereof by such Holders. The Company
will also use its reaonable best efforts to, during the period that such
registration statement is required to be maintained hereunder, file such
post-effective amendments and supplements thereto as may be required by the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or otherwise to ensure
that the registration statement does not contain any untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state a fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that if applicable
rules
under the Securities Act governing the obligation to file a post-effective
amendment permits, in lieu of filing a post-effective amendment that (i)
includes any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
or
(ii) reflects facts or events representing a material or fundamental change
in
the information set forth in the registration statement, the Company may
incorporate by reference information required to be included in (i) and (ii)
above to the extent such information is contained in periodic reports filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in the registration
statement. In the event that the Company becomes qualified for the use of Form
S-3 or any successor form at a time when any registration statement on any
other
Form which includes Registrable Securities is required to be maintained
hereunder, the Company shall, upon the request of any Selling Holder, subject
to
Section 5.4, (i) as expeditiously as reasonably possible, use reaonable best
efforts to cause a Short-Form Registration covering such Registrable Securities
to become effective and (ii) comply with each of the other requirements of
this
Section 5.3 which may applicable thereto. Upon the effectiveness of such
Short-Form Registration, the Company shall be relieved of its obligations
hereunder to keep in effect the registration statement which initially covered
the Registrable Securities included in such Short-Form Registration.
16
(b) Prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration
state-ment, and the prospectus used in connection with such registra-tion
statement, as may be necessary to comply with the provi-sions of the Securities
Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
registra-tion statement.
(c) Make
available for inspection upon reasonable notice during the Company’s regular
business hours by each Selling Holder, any underwriter participating in any
distribution pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by such Selling Holder or underwriter, all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the
Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such Selling Holder, underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration
statement.
(d) Furnish
to the Selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary pros-pectus as amended or supplemented from time to time, in
conformi-ty with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposi-tion
of Registrable Securities owned by them.
(e) Use
reaonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such
registration statement under such other federal or state securities laws of
such
jurisdic-tions as shall be reason-ably requested by the Selling Holders;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith or as a condition there-to to quali-fy to do business or to file
a
general consent to ser-vice of process in any such states or jurisdic-tions,
unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except
as may be re-quired by the Securities Act.
(f) In
the
event of any underwritten public offer-ing, enter into and perform its
obligations under an under-writing agreement, in usual and customary form,
with
the managing under-writer of such offering. Each Selling Holder participating
in
such under-writing shall also enter into and perform its obligations under
such
an agreement.
(g) Notify
each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement,
at
any time when a pro-spectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act, (i) when the registration statement or any post-effective
amendment and supplement thereto has become effective; (ii) of the issuance
by
the SEC of any stop order or the initiation of proceedings for that purpose
(in
which event the Company shall make every effort to obtain the withdrawal of
any
order suspending effectiveness of the registration statement at the earliest
possible time or prevent the entry thereof); (iii) of the receipt by the Company
of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purpose; and (iv) of the happening of any event as a result
of which the prospectus included in such regis-tration statement, as then in
effect, in-cludes an untrue state-ment of a material fact or omits to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or neces-sary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circum-stances then
existing.
17
(h) Cause
all
such Registrable Securi-ties regis-tered hereunder to be listed on each
secu-rities exchange or quotation service on which similar securities issued
by
the Company are then listed or quoted or, if no such similar securities are
listed or quoted on a securities exchange or quotation service, apply for
qualification and use reaonable best efforts to qualify such Registrable
Securities for inclusion on the New York Stock Exchange or listing on a
quotation system of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.
(i) Cooperate
with the Selling Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable
Securities to be sold, which certificates will not bear any restrictive legends;
and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the managing underwriters, if any, shall request
at
least two business days prior to any sale of the Registrable Securities to
the
underwriters.
5.4 Furnish
Information. It
shall
be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to take any action
pursu-ant to this Article 5 with respect to the Registrable Securi-ties of
any
Selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such informa-tion
regarding the Holder, the Registra-ble Securities held by the Holder, and the
intended method of disposition of such securi-ties as shall be reasonably
required by the Company to effect the registration of such Holder's Registrable
Securities, which shall include, without limitation, the completion of the
Registration Questionnaire attached hereto as Appendix
A.
5.5 Registration
Expenses.
The
Company shall bear and pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection
with
any registra-tion, filing or qualifica-tion of Registrable Securities with
respect to registra-tions pursuant to this Article 5 for each Holder, but
excluding under-writing dis-counts and com-missions relating to Registra-ble
Securi-ties and excluding any professional fees or costs of accounting,
financial or legal advisors to any of the Holders.
5.6 Underwriting
Requirements.
In
connec-tion with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the
Company’s capital stock, the Company shall not be required under Section 5.2 to
include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless
they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company
and
the underwriters selected by it (or by other persons entitled to select the
underwrit-ers), and then only in such quantity as the underwriters determine
in
their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the
Company. If the total amount of securities, including Registrable Secu-rities,
requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the amount
of
securities sold other than by the Company that the underwriters determine in
their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then
the
Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such
securi-ties, including Registra-ble Securities, which the under-writers
determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the
offering (the securities so included to be appor-tioned pro rata among the
selling stockholders according to the total amount of securities entitled to
be
includ-ed there-in owned by each selling stockholder or in such other
proportions as shall mutu-ally be agreed to by such sell-ing stockholders).
For
purposes of the preceding paren-thetical concerning apportionment, for any
selling stock-holder who is a holder of Registrable Securities and is a
partner-ship or corporation, the partners, retired part-ners and stockholders
of
such holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired
partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall
be
deemed to be a single “selling stock-holder”, and any pro-rata reduction with
respect to such “selling stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount
of shares carrying registra-tion rights owned by all entities and individuals
in-cluded in such “selling stockhold-er”, as defined in this sentence. To the
extent any Registrable Securities are excluded from registration pursuant to
this Section 5.6, then the Company shall continue to be obligated under Section
5.2 hereof to include such omitted Registrable Securities in the next
appropriate registration statement filed by the Company.
18
5.7 Delay
of Registration.
No
Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restrain-ing or
otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that
might arise with respect to the inter-pretation or implemen-tation of this
Article.
5.8 Indemnification.
In the
event that any Regis-trable Securi-ties are included in a registration
state-ment under this Article 5:
(a) To
the
extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder
and
each person, if any, who controls such Holder or under-writer within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages,
or liabili-ties (joint or sever-al) to which they may become subject under
the
Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, insofar as such losses, claims, damag-es,
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collec-tively a
“Violation”):
(i)
any untrue state-ment or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in such registra-tion state-ment, including any preliminary prospectus or final
prospectus contained therein or any amendments or sup-plements thereto, (ii)
the
omission or alleged omis-sion to state therein a material fact re-quired to
be
stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or
(iii) any xxxxx-tion or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities
Act,
the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities
Act, or the Exchange Act, and the Company will pay to each such Holder,
under-writer or controlling person, as in-curred, any legal or other expenses
reasonably in-curred by them in connection with investi-gating or defending
any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5.8(a) shall not apply to amounts
paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if
such
set-tlement is effected without the consent of the Compa-ny (which consent
shall
not be unreasonably with-held), nor shall the Company be liable in any such
case
for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it
arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and
in
conformi-ty with written information furnished expressly for use in con-nection
with such registration by any such Holder, under-writer or controlling
person.
(b) To
the
extent permitted by law, each Selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, each person, if any,
who con-trols the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, any
underwriter, any other Holder selling securi-ties in such registration statement
and any controlling person of any such under-writer or other Holder, against
any
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or sever-al) to which any of
the
foregoing persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, or the Exchange
Act, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case
to
the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance
upon
and in conformity with written information fur-nished by such Holder ex-pressly
for use in connection with such regis-tration; and each such Holder will pay,
as
incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person
intend-ed to be indemnified pursu-ant to this Section 5.8(b), in connection
with
investi-gating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action;
provided,
however,
that
the indem-nity agreement con-tained in this Section 5.8(b) shall not apply
to
amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
if such settlement is ef-fected with-out the consent of the Hold-er, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provid-ed,
further,
that, in
no event shall any indemnity under this Section 5.8(b) exceed the greater of
the
cash value of the (i) gross proceeds from the offering received by such Holder
or (ii) such Holder’s investment pursuant to this Agreement as set forth on the
signature page attached hereto.
19
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indem-ni-fied party under this Section 5.8 of notice of
the
commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such
indem-nified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
any indemnify-ing party under this Section 5.8, deliver to the indemnify-ing
party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemni-fying party
shall have the right to par-ticipate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying
party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party simi-larly notified,
to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party
and approved by the indemnified party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld); provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all
other
indem-nified parties which may be represented with-out conflict by one counsel)
shall have the right to retain one sepa-rate counsel, with the fees and expenses
to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indem-nified
party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemni-fied party
and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure
to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a rea-sonable time
of
the com-mencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend
such action, shall relieve such indem-nifying party of any liability to the
indemnified party under this Section 5.8, but the omission so to deliver written
notice to the indemnify-ing party will not re-lieve it of any liabil-ity that
it
may have to any indem-nified party otherwise than under this Section
5.98.
(d) If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section 5.8 is held by a court of competent
juris-diction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any
loss, liability, claim, damage, or ex-pense referred to therein, then the
indemnifying party, in lieu of indem-nifying such indemnified party hereun-der,
shall contrib-ute to the amount paid or pay-able by such indemnified party
as a
result of such loss, liabil-ity, claim, dam-age, or expense in such pro-por-tion
as is appro-priate to reflect the relative fault of the indem-nifying party
on
the one hand and of the indem-nified party on the other in connection with
the
state-ments or omissions that resulted in such loss, liabili-ty, claim, damage,
or expense as well as any other relevant equita-ble consid-er-ations. The
relative fault of the indemni-fying party and of the indemnified party shall
be
deter-mined by refer-ence to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a materi-al fact or the alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to infor-mation supplied by the indemnifying party or by the
indemnified party and the parties' rela-tive intent, knowl-edge, access to
infor-ma-tion, and opportunity to correct or prevent such state-ment or
omission.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and
con-tri-bution contained in the underwriting agreement en-tered into in
connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the
foregoing provisions, the provi-sions in the underwriting agreement shall
con-trol.
(f) The
obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 5.8 shall survive
the
com-ple-tion of any offer-ing of Registrable Securities in a registration
state-ment under this Article V, and other-wise.
5.9 Reports
Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
With a
view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other
rule or regula-tion of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell
securities of the Company to the public without registration, as well as to
maintain its eligibility for trading the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board,
the Company agrees to:
20
(a) make
and
keep public information avail-able, as those terms are understood and defined
in
Rule 144; and
(b) file
with
the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
5.10 Permitted
Transferees.
The
rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities granted to the
Holders by the Company under this Article 5 may be assigned in full by a Holder
in connection with a transfer by such Holder of its Registrable Securities
if:
(a) such Holder gives prior written notice to the Company; (b) such
transferee agrees to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement;
(c) such transfer is otherwise in compliance with this Agreement,
(d) such transfer is otherwise effected in accordance with applicable
securities laws and (e) such Holder transfers at least 51% of its shares of
Registrable Securities to the transferee. Except as specifically permitted
by
this Section 5.10, the rights of a Holder with respect to Registrable Securities
as set out herein shall not be transferable to any other Person, and any
attempted transfer shall cause all rights of such Holder therein to be
forfeited.
5.12 Termination
of Registration Rights
The
right of any Holder to request or demand inclu-sion in any regis-tration
pursuant to this Article 5 shall terminate if all shares of Registrable
Secu-rities held by such Holder may immediately be sold under Rule 144(k)
without restriction.
6. MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 The
Company reserves the right to reject the subscription made hereby in its sole
discretion. Unless terminated earlier in the Placement Agents’ or the Company’s
sole discretion, the Offering will expire on June 29, 2007, (as such date may
be
extended by agreement of the Placement and the Company in their sole discretion
without notice to the Subscribers for an additional 60 days (the “Termination
Date”)),
if
the conditions to closing set forth in Article 4 have not been satisfied or
waived by such time.
6.2 The
Company’s agreement with each Subscriber is a separate agreement and each sale
of the Securities to each Subscriber is a separate sale.
6.3 All
notices, requests and other communications under this Agreement shall be in
writing, and shall be sufficiently given if delivered to the addressees in
person or by recognized overnight courier, mailed by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, or by facsimile or e-mail transmission, as
follows:
If
to the Company:
|
VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 | ||
Facsimile: (000)000-0000 | ||
Attn: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Email: xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
With
a copy to:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Brand, LLP | |
3300 Xxxxx Fargo Center | ||
00 Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
||
Attn:
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
|
||
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx |
21
If
to a Subscriber, at such address as such Subscriber shall have provided in
writing to the Company or such other addresses as such Subscriber furnishes
by
notice given in accordance with this Section 6.3 or
such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner,
by
such Person.
6.4 Except
as
provided in Section 5.11 above, this Agreement shall not be changed, modified
or
amended except by a writing signed by the parties to be charged, and this
Agreement may not be discharged except by performance in accordance with its
terms or by a writing signed by the party to be charged.
6.5 Subject
to the provisions of Section 5.9, this Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and to their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof
and merges and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements and understandings
of any and every nature among them.
6.6 Upon
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber, this Agreement
shall
become a binding obligation of the Subscriber with respect to the purchase
of
the Securities as herein provided; subject, however, to the right hereby
reserved to the Company to reject this subscription in accordance with Section
2.16, enter into the same agreements with other subscribers and to add and/or
delete other Persons as subscribers.
6.7 Notwithstanding
the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto,
the
parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York
without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
6.8 The
holding of any provision of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable by
a
court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of
this
Agreement shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced in whole or in part, such provision
shall
be interpreted so as to remain enforceable to the maximum extent permissible
consistent with applicable law and the remaining conditions and provisions
or
portions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and
enforceable to the extent they are valid, legal and enforceable, and no
provisions shall be deemed dependent upon any other covenant or provision unless
so expressed herein.
6.9 It
is
agreed that a waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not operate, or be construed, as a waiver of any subsequent
breach by that same party.
6.10 The
parties agree to execute and deliver all such further documents, agreements
and
instruments and take such other and further action as may be necessary or
appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
6.11 This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the
same
instrument.
22
6.12 (a) The
Subscriber agrees not to issue any public statement with respect to the
Subscriber’s investment or proposed investment in the Company or the terms of
any agreement or covenant between them and the Company without the Company’s
prior written consent, except such disclosures as may be required under
applicable law or under any applicable order, rule or regulation.
(b) The
Company agrees not to disclose the names, addresses or any other information
about the Subscriber, except as required by law or court order and to satisfy
its obligations under Article 5.
6.13 The
Subscriber represents and warrants that it has not engaged, consented to nor
authorized any broker, finder or intermediary to act on its behalf, directly
or
indirectly, as a broker, finder or intermediary in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than the Placement Agents).
The Subscriber hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from
and
against all fees, commissions or other payments owing to any such Person (other
than the Placement Agents) acting on behalf of the Subscriber
hereunder.
6.14 This
Agreement (including all exhibits, schedules and amendments hereto) (i)
constitutes the entire Agreement and understandings of the parties hereto and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral,
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and (ii)
is
not intended to confer upon any other Person other than the parties hereto
any
rights or remedies hereunder (except for the holders of Registrable Securities
as set forth in Article 5).
7. CONFIDENTIAL
INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE.
7.1 The
Subscriber represents and warrants that he, she or it comes within one category
marked below, and that for any category marked, he, she or it has truthfully
set
forth, where applicable, the factual basis or reason the Subscriber comes within
that category. ALL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS SECTION WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL except as otherwise required by law or as necessary for inclusion
in the Registration Statement. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional
information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers
set
forth below.
Category A ___ |
The
undersigned is an individual (not a
partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint
net
worth with his or her spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000.
Explanation:
In calculating net worth you
may include equity in personal property and real estate, including
your
principal residence, cash, short-term investments, stock and securities.
Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the
fair
market value of such property less debt secured by such property.
|
Category B ___ |
The
undersigned is an individual (not a
partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an income in excess of
$200,000 in
each of the two most recent years, or joint income with his or
her spouse
in excess of $300,000 in each of those years (in each case including
foreign income, tax exempt income and full amount of capital gains
and
losses but excluding any income of other family members and any
unrealized
capital appreciation) and has a reasonable expectation of reaching
the
same income level in the current
year.
|
23
Category C ___ |
The
undersigned is a director or executive
officer of the Company which is issuing and selling the
Securities.
|
Category D ___ |
The
undersigned is a bank; a savings and loan
association; insurance company; registered investment company;
registered
business development company; licensed small business investment
company
(“SBIC”); or employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title 1 of
ERISA
and (a) the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary
which is
either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company
or
registered investment advisor, or (b) the plan has total assets
in excess
of $5,000,000 or (c) is a self directed plan with investment
decisions
made solely by persons that are accredited investors. (describe
entity)
|
Category E ___ |
The
undersigned is a private business
development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment
Advisors Act of 1940. (describe entity)
|
Category F ___ |
The
undersigned is either a corporation,
partnership, Massachusetts business trust, or non-profit
organization
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, in
each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring
the Securities
and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000. (describe
entity)
|
Category G ___ |
The
undersigned is a trust with total assets in
excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific
purpose of acquiring the
Securities, where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated investor“
as defined in Regulation 506(b)(2)(ii) under the
Securities
Act.
|
Category H ___ |
The
undersigned is an entity (other than a
trust) in which all of the equity owners are
“accredited investors” within
one or more of the above categories. If relying
upon this Category alone,
each equity owner must complete a separate
copy of this Agreement.
(describe entity)
|
Category I ___ | The undersigned is not within any of the categories above and is therefore not an accredited investor. |
The
undersigned agrees that the undersigned will notify the Company at any time
on
or prior to the Closing Date in the event that the representations and
warranties in this Agreement shall cease to be true, accurate and
complete.
24
7.2 SUITABILITY
(please
answer each question)
(a)
For
an individual Subscriber, please describe your current employment, including
the
company by which you are employed and its principal business:
(b)
For
an individual Subscriber, please describe any college or graduate degrees held
by you:
(c)
For
all Subscribers, please state whether you have you participated in other
private
placements
before:
YES_______ NO_______
(d)
If
your answer to question (d) above was “YES”, please indicate frequency of such
prior participation in private
placements
of:
Public
Companies
|
Private
Companies
|
|
Public
or Private Biopharmaceutical
Companies
|
|||
|
||||||
Frequently | _______________ | _______________ | _______________ | |||
Occasionally | _______________ | _______________ | _______________ | |||
Never | _______________ | _______________ | _______________ |
(e)
For
individual Subscribers, do you expect your current level of income to
significantly decrease in the foreseeable future:
YES_______ NO_______
(f)
For
trust, corporate, partnership and other institutional Subscribers, do you expect
your total assets to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future:
YES_______ NO_______
(g)
For
all Subscribers, do you have any other investments or contingent liabilities
which you reasonably anticipate could cause you to need sudden cash requirements
in excess of cash readily available to you:
YES_______ NO_______
25
(h)
For
all Subscribers, are you familiar with the risk aspects and the non-liquidity
of
investments such as the securities for which you seek to subscribe?
YES_______ NO_______
(h) For
all
Subscribers, do you understand that there is no guarantee of financial return
on
this investment, that an investment in the Securities is highly speculative
and
risky and that you run the risk of losing your entire investment?
YES_______ NO_______
(j)
For
all
Subscribers, will you have sufficient readily available cash to fund your
obligation to purchase Securities at the Closing pursuant to your subscription
if and when the Closing occurs?
YES_______ NO_______
7.3 MANNER
IN WHICH TITLE IS TO BE HELD.
(circle
one)
(a)
Individual
Ownership
(b)
Community
Property
(c)
Joint
Tenant with Right of
Survivorship
(both parties
must
sign)
(d)
Partnership*
(e)
Tenants
in Common
(f)
Corporation*
(g) Trust*
(h) Limited
Liability Company*
(i) Other
*If
Securities are being subscribed for by an entity, the attached Certificate
of
Signatory must also be completed.
7.4 NASD
AFFILIATION.
Are
you
affiliated or associated with an NASD member firm (please check
one):
Yes
_________ No
__________
If
Yes,
please describe:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
*If
Subscriber is a Registered Representative with an NASD member firm, have the
following acknowledgment signed by the appropriate party:
The
undersigned NASD member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by
NASD
Rule 3050.
_________________________________
Name
of
NASD Member Firm
26
By:
______________________________
Authorized
Officer
Date:
____________________________
7.5 The
undersigned is informed of the significance to the Company of the foregoing
representations and answers contained in the Confidential Investor Questionnaire
contained in this Section 7 and such answers have been provided under the
assumption that the Company will rely on them.
[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FOLLOW]
27
[Signature
Page]
Aggregate
Principal Amount of Notes = $___________________________
(Total
Investment)
Signature | Signature (if purchasing jointly) | |
Name Typed or Printed | Name Typed or Printed | |
Entity Name | Entity Name | |
Address | Address | |
City, State and Zip Code | City, State and Zip Code | |
Telephone-Business | Telephone-Business | |
Telephone-Residence | Telephone-Residence | |
Facsimile-Business | Facsimile-Business | |
Facsimile-Residence | Facsimile-Residence | |
Email Address | Email Address | |
Tax ID # or Social Security # | Tax ID # or Social Security # | |
Name in which securities should be issued: _________________________________________ |
Dated:
______________________
,
2007
INVESTORS:
PLEASE
COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION QUESTIONNAIRE ATTACHED HERETO AS APPENDIX
A.
28
[Company
Signature Page]
This
Subscription Agreement is agreed to and accepted by the Company as of _______,
2007.
VIOQUEST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
|
|
|
By: | ||
Name: |
|
|
Title |
29
CERTIFICATE
OF SIGNATORY
(To
be
completed if Securities are
being
subscribed for by an entity)
I,____________________________,
am the____________________________ of __________________________________________
(the “Entity”).
I
certify
that I am empowered and duly authorized by the Entity to execute and carry
out
the terms of the Subscription Agreement and to purchase and hold the Securities,
and certify further that the Subscription Agreement has been duly and validly
executed on behalf of the Entity and constitutes a legal and binding obligation
of the Entity.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this ______ day of _________________,
2007.
(Signature)
|
30