STAND-BY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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XXXXX-XX XXXXXXXX AGREEMENT
September 1, 2005
BioTime, Inc.
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BioTime, Inc., a California corporation (the
“Company”) and each of the persons named on
Schedule I (the “Guarantors”) hereby agree as
follows:
1. Rights Offer.
1.1 Subscription
Rights. The Company will distribute to the holders of
its common shares, no par value subscription rights
(“Rights”) entitling each holder to subscribe for and
purchase one “Unit” for every three Rights held (the
“Rights Offer”). Each “Unit” will consist of
one new common share (the “Shares”) and one warrant to
purchase an additional common share (the “Warrants”).
The subscription price per Unit payable upon the exercise of the
Rights shall be $0.50 (the “Subscription Price”).
(a) Each person who is a holder of record of common shares
on the record date fixed by the Company will receive one Right
for each common share owned on the record date. Beneficial
owners of common shares held in the name of Cede & Co.
as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or in the name of
any other depository or nominee, on the record date, will also
receive Rights. The Rights will expire at 5:00 p.m. New
York City time twenty-one days after the commencement of the
Rights Offer or on such later date as the Company may determine
(the “Expiration Date”).
1.2 Over-Subscription
Privilege. Shareholders who fully exercise the Rights
initially issued to them will be entitled to the additional
privilege of subscribing for and purchasing any Units not
acquired by other holders of Rights (the “Over-Subscription
Privilege”). The terms and conditions of the
Over-Subscription Privilege are more fully set forth in the
Prospectus included as a part of the Registration Statement (as
defined below). The Company may also issue and sell additional
Units to fill excess over-subscriptions after all of the Rights
are exercised through the primary subscription or through the
over-subscription privilege (“Excess Over-Subscription
Units”).
1.3 Warrants. Each
full Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common
share at a price of $2.00 per share. The Warrants will
expire during October 2010, and may not be exercised after that
date. The Company may redeem the Warrants in accordance with the
provisions of the Warrant Agreement by paying $.05 per
Warrant if the closing price of the common shares on a national
securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market exceeds 200% of
the exercise price of the Warrants for any 20 consecutive
trading days. The Warrants may not be exercised after the last
business day prior to the redemption date.
1.4 Purchase of
Units. Each Guarantor agrees to purchase from the
Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, an amount of Units that remain unsold through the
exercise of the Rights and the over-subscription privilege
determined by dividing the amount of such Guarantor’s
Purchase Commitment shown on Schedule I by the Subscription
Price. Payment of the Subscription Price for the Units purchased
by Guarantors shall be made by tendering to the Company cash in
the principal amount of the aggregate Subscription Price to be
paid.
(a) If the aggregate Subscription Price of all Units that
the Guarantors are required to purchase is less than $1,781,450,
the Guarantors shall purchase their respective pro rata share of
the Units to be purchased. A Guarantor’s pro rata share
shall be the Guarantor’s Purchase Commitment divided by
$1,781,450. The Guarantors will have no right or obligation to
purchase Excess Over-Subscription Units. The Guarantors shall
not be required to purchase a fractional Unit and no fractional
Units shall be issued.
(b) A Guarantor may assign some or all of their rights to
purchase Units to one or more persons who are not parties to
this Agreement, provided that (a) the Registration
Statement (as defined below) is effective under the Securities
Act (as defined below), (b) the assignor delivers to the
assignee a current Prospectus (as defined below) at the time of
the assignment, and (c) the assignee is not a member of the
NASD or registered as a broker or dealer under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. No such assignment shall
relieve a Guarantor of his or her obligations under this
Agreement.
1.5 Escrow of Funds By
Guarantors. To secure their respective obligations under
this Agreement, the Guarantors shall enter into an escrow
agreement with the Company and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company or an other financial
institution approved by the Company and the Guarantors, as
escrow agent, and shall deposit with the escrow agent an amount
of good funds equal to the total amount of the Guarantor’s
Purchase Commitment. On the Closing Date (as defined below) the
escrow agent shall pay to the Company from funds held in escrow
an amount equal to the total Subscription Price required to be
paid by the Guarantors to purchase Units under this Agreement,
net of the Guarantors’ respective share of the
Guarantors’ Fee (as defined below).
1.6 Registration
Statement. The Company will prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
“Securities Act”), a registration statement including
a prospectus, relating to the Rights, Units, Shares, Warrants,
and Warrant Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at
the time it becomes effective, is referred to herein as the
“Registration Statement.” The term
“Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first
delivered to holders of record who receive Rights in the Rights
Offer. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant
to Item 12 of Form S-2 under the Securities Act, as of
the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of
the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to
“amend”, “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any documents filed after such date under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange
Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
“Warrants” means the Warrants issued as part of the
Units and the Standby Guaranty Warrants issuable to the
Guarantors under this Agreement. The term “Warrant
Shares” means the common shares issuable upon the exercise
of the Warrants. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
1.7 No Stabilization.
The Guarantors will not (a) take, directly or indirectly,
any action to, or that could reasonably be expected to, cause or
result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Units or Company common shares or warrants, or (b) bid for
or purchase any BioTime securities or rights to acquire BioTime
securities, or attempt to induce any person do so, other than as
permitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.. The Guarantors will cause to be furnished to each
broker through whom their Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares may
be offered the number of copies of this prospectus required by
the broker.
2. Representations and
Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants
to the Guarantors that:
2.1 Corporate
Organization. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its state of incorporation, and has the requisite corporate
power and authority to own or lease its properties and to carry
on its business as now being 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 have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect”
shall mean any material adverse effect on the business,
operations, conditions (financial or otherwise), assets, results
of operations or prospects of that entity individually or of the
Company.
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2.2 Capitalization;
Organizational Documents.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company will
consist immediately prior to the Closing of 40,000,000 common
shares, no par value, of which 17,871,450 shares are issued
and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and 1,000,000
preferred shares, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.
All of the outstanding common shares have been duly and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as
contemplated by the Registration Statement or as disclosed in
the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, or its Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2005, as of the date of this
Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip,
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible
into, any shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital
stock other than options that may be granted from time to time
by the Company under its 2002 Stock Option Plan, as amended.
Except for the Rights, when and as distributed by the Company,
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 Articles
of Incorporation or the Company’s Bylaws or by agreement or
otherwise.
(b) Upon issuance of the Units and payment of the
Subscription Price in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the Shares so issued will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free and clear of any
restrictions on transfer preemptive rights other than any
transfer restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities or Blue Sky laws, and the Warrants will
constitute the binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with their terms. When issued as provided in this
Agreement, the Standby Guaranty Warrants will constitute the
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their terms. When issued upon the exercise of the Warrants,
the Warrant Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, and free and clear of any
restrictions on transfer preemptive rights other than any
transfer restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities or Blue Sky laws.
2.3 Authorization;
Enforcement. (a) The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to issue, sell and perform
its obligations with respect to the Rights, Units, Shares,
Warrants, and Warrant Shares (b) the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by
the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee thereof and
no further consent or authorization is required by the Company,
its Board of Directors or its stockholders, and (c) this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
No other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to approve and authorize the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the issuance of the Rights, and the Shares
and Warrants comprising the Units, the Standby Guaranty
Warrants, and the Warrant Shares. This Agreement constitutes the
valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally,
the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies, and
except as enforcement of indemnification provisions may be
limited under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
or Blue Sky laws.
2.4 No Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will not (a) result in a violation of the Articles
of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, or (b) violate
or conflict with, or result in a breach of, any provision of, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any note, bond, mortgage, agreement, license
indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party, or
result in the creation of any lien on or against any of the
properties of the Company, or result in a violation of any
statute, law, rule, regulation, writ, injunction, order,
judgment or decree applicable to the Company or by which any
property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except
where such violation, conflict, breach or other consequence
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in
the Registration Statement,
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including any reports (“Exchange Act Reports”) filed
under the Exchange Act incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Company is not in violation of any
term of or in default under its Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws or in violation of any material term of, or in default
under, any material contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness,
indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute,
rule or regulation applicable to the Company. Except as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Company is not
required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental
or regulatory or self-regulatory agency in order for it to
execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or
contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms
hereof, other than (i) the Registration Statement and
filings pursuant to state securities laws in connection with the
distribution of the Rights, sale of the Units, exercise of the
Warrants and resale of any Units and Warrant Shares acquired by
the Guarantors, and (ii) filings, if any, required by the
NASD. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and
registrations that the Company is required to obtain pursuant to
the preceding sentence will have been obtained or effected on or
prior to the date hereof.
2.5 Exchange Act Reports;
Financial Statements. (a) The Company has filed on
a timely basis all Exchange Act Reports required to be filed
under the Exchange Act. None of the Exchange Act Reports
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, at the
time they were filed (except those Exchange Act Reports that
were subsequently amended), contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the
financial statements of the Company included in the Exchange Act
Reports incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations
of the Commission or other applicable rules and regulations with
respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except
(a) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (b) in the case of
unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude
footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the financial position of the
Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject,
in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
(b) Except as set forth in the Exchange Act Reports or in
the Registration Statement, the Company has incurred no material
liabilities of any kind, whether accrued, absolute, contingent
or otherwise or entered into any material transactions except in
the ordinary course of business. The other historical financial
and statistical information with respect to the Company included
in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material
respects the information shown therein on a basis consistent
with the audited and unaudited financial statements of the
Company included in the Exchange Act Reports incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement. The Company does not
know of any facts, circumstances or conditions materially
adversely affecting its operations, earnings or prospects which
have not been fully disclosed in the Registration Statement,
including the Exchange Act Reports incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
(c) BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP who have expressed their opinions with
respect to the audited financial statements which form a part of
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended,
incorporated in the Registration Statement, are independent
accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
2.6 Litigation. All
lawsuits and arbitrations proceedings known by the Company to be
pending or threatened against the Company that would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company are disclosed in the
Exchange Act Reports. There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation known to the Company that questions the validity
of this Agreement or the right of the Company to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
2.7 Intellectual
Property. The Company owns, or has the contractual right
to use, sell or license all intellectual property necessary or
required for the conduct of its business as presently conducted
and as proposed to be conducted, including, without limitation,
all trade secrets, processes, source code, licenses,
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trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, brands,
copyrights, patents, franchises, domain names and permits. The
Company has not received any communications alleging that the
Company has violated or, by conducting its business presently
conducted or as proposed to be conducted, violates or will
violate any intellectual property rights of any other person or
entity.
2.8 Title to Property and
Assets. The Company has good and marketable title to,
or, in the case of leases and licenses, has valid and subsisting
leasehold interests or licenses in, all of its properties and
assets (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible) free
and clear of any liens or other encumbrances, except for liens
or other encumbrances that do not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to
property leased by the Company, the Company has a valid
leasehold interest in such property pursuant to leases which are
in full force and effect, and the Company is in compliance in
all material respects with the provisions of such leases.
2.9 Compliance with
Laws. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the
Company is and has been in compliance in all material respects
with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments or decrees
that are applicable to the Company, the conduct of its business
as presently conducted, and the ownership of its property and
assets (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws
(as defined below) and laws related to occupational safety,
health, wage and hour, and employment discrimination), except
where such violation or violations do not have a Material
Adverse Effect. “Environmental Laws” means all
federal, state, local and foreign laws, ordinances, treaties,
rules, regulations, guidelines and permit conditions relating to
contamination or pollution of the environment (including ambient
air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
strata) or the protection of human health and worker safety,
including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to
transportation, storage, use, manufacture, disposal or release
of, or exposure of employees or others to, Hazardous Materials
(as defined below) or emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of Hazardous Materials. “Hazardous
Materials” means any substance that has been designated by
any governmental entity or by applicable Environmental Laws to
be radioactive, toxic, hazardous or otherwise a danger to health
or the environment, including, without limitation, PCBs,
asbestos, petroleum, urea formaldehyde and all substances listed
as hazardous substances pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,
as amended, or defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and
the regulations promulgated pursuant to Environmental Laws, but
excluding office and janitorial supplies maintained in
accordance with Environmental Laws.
2.10 Licenses and
Permits. The Company has obtained and maintains all
federal, state, local and foreign licenses, permits, consents,
approvals, registrations, authorizations and qualifications
required to be maintained in connection with the operations of
the Company as presently conducted, the lack of which could have
a Material Adverse Effect, provided, that in the ordinary course
of business, the Company will have to obtain applicable
regulatory approvals required to market its products or new
clinical uses of Company products. The Company is not in default
in any material respect under any of such licenses, permits,
consents, approvals, registrations, authorizations and
qualifications.
2.11 Related
Entities. The Company does not presently own or control,
directly or indirectly, any interest in any other subsidiary,
corporation, association or other business entity. The Company
is not a party to any joint venture, partnership or similar
arrangement.
2.12 Changes. Since
June 30, 2005, the Company has operated its business in the
ordinary course of business and, to the knowledge of the
Company, there has not been, or the Company has not (as the case
may be):
(a) any Material Adverse Effect; | |
(b) any damage, destruction or casualty loss, whether or not covered by insurance, which would have a Material Adverse Effect; | |
(c) any waiver or compromise by the Company of a valuable right or of a material debt owed it; |
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(d) sold, encumbered, assigned or transferred any material assets or properties of the Company, other than in the ordinary course of business; | |
(e) incurred any liability, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due, other than (i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) liabilities that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, results of operations or prospects of the Company; | |
(f) created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any indebtedness or subjected any of its assets to any lien or encumbrance, except for indebtedness, liens or encumbrances that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, results of operations or prospects of the Company; | |
(g) declared, set aside or paid any dividends or made any other distributions in cash or property on the Company’s capital stock, except for the distribution of the Rights; | |
(h) directly or indirectly redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any shares of capital stock of the Company; | |
(i) suffered any resignation or termination of employment of any key officers or employees; | |
(j) except in the ordinary course of business of the Company, materially increased the compensation payable or to become payable by the Company to any of its officers, employees or directors or materially increased any bonus, insurance, pension or other employee benefit plan, payment or arrangement made by the Company for or with any such officers, employees or directors; | |
(k) made any direct or indirect loan to any stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company, other than advances made in the ordinary course of business; | |
(l) changed any agreement to which the Company is a party which would have a Material Adverse Effect; or | |
(m) entered into any agreement or commitment to do any of the things described in this Section 2.12. |
2.13 Employee Benefit
Plans. All “employee benefit plans,” as such
term is defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), to which the Company
has any liability or obligation, contingent or otherwise, comply
in all material respects and have been maintained and
administered in material compliance with ERISA, the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all
other statutes, orders and governmental rules and regulations
applicable to such employee benefit plans. The Company has not
incurred any liability pursuant to ERISA or the penalty or
excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit
plans (as defined in ERISA), and no event, transaction or
condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably be
expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by
the Company, or in the imposition of any lien on any of the
rights, properties or assets of the Company pursuant to ERISA or
to such penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code. The
Company does not maintain or contribute to, and has not
maintained or contributed to, any “multiemployer
plan,” as such term is defined in ERISA.
2.14 Taxes. The
Company has timely filed all tax returns and reports (federal,
state and local) required to be filed and these returns and
reports are true and correct in all material respects. The
Company has paid all taxes and other assessments shown to be due
on such returns or reports. Neither the Internal Revenue Service
nor any state or local taxing authority has, during the past
three (3) years, examined or informed the Company that it
is in the process of examining any such tax returns and reports.
The provision for taxes of the Company, as shown on the
financial statements included in the most recent Exchange Act
Report, is adequate for taxes due or accrued as of the date
thereof and since that date the Company has provided adequate
accruals in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principals in its financial statements for any taxes incurred
that have not been paid, whether or not shown as being due on
any tax returns.
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2.15 Insurance. The
Company has in full force and effect fire, casualty and
liability insurance policies, with extended coverage, sufficient
in amount (subject to reasonable deductibles) to allow the
Company to replace any of its properties that might be damaged
or destroyed to the extent and in the manner customary for
companies in similar business similarly situated.
2.16 Employees.
(a) The Company does not have any collective bargaining
agreements with any of its employees. There is no labor union
organizing activity pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened with respect to the Company. To the Company’s
knowledge, no officer or key employee intends to terminate their
employment with the Company, nor does the Company have a present
intention to terminate the employment of any of the foregoing.
All material employment arrangements existing or proposed to
exist with the Company’s officers have been fully disclosed
in the Registration Statement.
(b) To the knowledge of the Company, if any existing
full-time employee identified in the Registration Statement has
entered into any non-competition, non-disclosure,
confidentiality or other similar agreement with any party other
than the Company, such employee is neither in violation thereof
nor is expected to be in violation thereof as a result of the
business conducted or expected to be conducted by the Company as
described in the Registration Statement or such person’s
performance of his obligations to the Company; and the Company
has not received notice that any consultant or scientific
advisor of the Company is in violation of any non-competition,
non-disclosure, confidentiality or similar agreement.
2.17 Material
Contracts. All contracts, agreements, instruments,
leases, licenses, arrangements and understandings to which the
Company therein is a party or by which it may be bound required
to be filed as exhibits to the Exchange Act Reports included in
the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein
have been so filed (the “Material Contracts”). The
Material Contracts that have been filed as exhibits are complete
and correct copies of the contracts, agreements, instruments,
leases, licenses, arrangement, understanding or other documents
of which they purport to be copies, except for portions of
certain documents that were redacted under the Commission’s
regulations pertaining to confidential treatment. The Material
Contracts are valid and in full force and effect as to the
Company, and, to the Company’s knowledge, to the other
parties thereto. Except as otherwise disclosed herein or in the
Exchange Act Reports, the Company is not in violation of, or
default under (and there does not exist any event or condition
which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
such a default under), the Material Contracts, except to the
extent that such violations or defaults, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to (a) affect
the validity of this Agreement, (b) have a Material Adverse
Effect, or (c) impair the ability of the Company to perform
fully on a timely basis any material obligation which the
Company has or will have under this Agreement. To the
Company’s knowledge, except as set forth in the Exchange
Act Reports, none of the other parties to any Material Contract
are in violation of or default under any Material Contract in
any material respect. The Company has not received any notice of
cancellation or any written communication threatening
cancellation of any Material Contract by any other party thereto.
2.18 Customers and
Suppliers. Except as set forth in the Exchange Act
Reports, no customer or supplier that was material to the
Company during the previous twenty-four (24) months has
terminated, materially reduced or threatened to terminate or
material reduce its purchases from or provision of products or
services to the Company.
2.19 Registration Statement
and Prospectus. No order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and
no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened
by the Commission. As of the applicable effective date of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the
Registration Statement complied, and will comply in all material
respects, with the Securities Act, and did not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of
the applicable filing date of the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no
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representation and warranty with respect to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
Guarantor’s Information (as defined below).
2.20 Transfer Taxes.
On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other
than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection
with the sale and transfer of the Units to be sold to the
Guarantors hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or
provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes
will be or will have been complied with.
2.21 Contributions.
The Company has not directly or indirectly, (i) made any
unlawful contribution to any candidate for public office, or
failed to disclose fully where required by law any contribution
in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any
federal or state governmental officer or official, or other
person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other
than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United
States or any jurisdiction thereof.
2.22 Investment
Company. The Company is not an “investment
company” or an “affiliated person” of, or
“promoter” for an investment company, within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
2.23 Related Party
Transactions. No transaction has occurred between or
among the Company and its affiliates, officers or directors or
any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director that
is required to be described in the Company’s Exchange Act
Reports that is not so described.
2.24 Books, Records; and
Financial Controls. The books, records and accounts of
the Company accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail,
the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of,
liabilities of, and the results of operations of, the Company,
all to the extent required by generally accepted accounting
principles. The Company maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
3. Cooperation with and
Compensation of the Guarantors.
3.1 Cooperation. The
Company will cooperate with the Guarantors by making available
to them such information as may be requested in making a
reasonable investigation of the Company and its affairs and
shall provide access to such employees as shall be reasonably
requested. All non-public information provided by the Company to
the Guarantors will be considered as confidential information
and shall be maintained as such by the Guarantors, except as
required by law, until the same becomes known to the public
through no fault of the Guarantors.
3.2 Fee. For the
agreement of the Guarantors to purchase Units, if any, that
remain unsold in the Rights Offer, on the Closing Date the
Company shall pay to the Guarantors a fee in the amount of One
Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Dollars ($132,000) in cash (the
“Guarantors’ Fee”), and shall issue to the
Guarantors warrants, in the form attached as Exhibit A (the
“Standby Guaranty Warrants”) to purchase 600,000
common shares at an exercise price per share of $2.00.
(a) The Guarantors’ Fee and the Standby Guaranty
Warrants shall be allocated among the Guarantors pro rata
according to the ratio that each Guarantor’s Purchase
Commitment bears to the total Purchase Commitments of all of the
Guarantors as a group.
(b) Payment of the Guarantor’s Fee will be made by
wire transfer of good funds to such accounts as the respective
payees may designate by written notice to the Company. The
Guarantors’ Fee shall be paid, and the Standby Guaranty
Warrants shall be issued, on the Closing Date even if the Rights
Offer is fully subscribed such that the Guarantors purchase no
Units under this Agreement.
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3.3 No Stabilization.
The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or
result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of its
common shares.
4. Closing
Procedures. Payment for the Units that remain unsold in
the Rights Offer shall be made by delivering to the Company by
10:00 A.M. New York City time on the fifth business day
after the Expiration Date, or at such other time on the same or
such other date thereafter as the Guarantors and the Company may
agree upon in writing (the “Closing Date”) cash, in
the amount of the Subscription Price to be paid by Guarantors.
The time and date of such payment for the Units is referred to
herein as the “Closing Date.” Certificates evidencing
the Shares and Warrants purchased shall be delivered or shall be
available for delivery to the Guarantors at the offices of
American Stock Transfer &Trust Company (the
“Transfer Agent”) on the Closing Date, and, except for
the Standby Guaranty Warrants, shall be so delivered upon
confirmation of the payment of the Subscription Price. Such
Shares and Warrants shall be registered in such names and in
such denominations as the purchasers shall request in writing,
or if so requested by the purchasers Shares and Warrants other
than the Standby Guaranty Warrants may be registered by
book-entry delivery through the facilities of The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”). All requests concerning the
registration and denomination of certificates evidencing Shares
and Warrants shall be delivered to the Company and the Transfer
Agent not later than two full business days prior to the Closing
Date, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the
sale of the Shares and Warrants duly paid by the purchasers. The
certificates for the Shares and Warrants, unless delivered by
book-entry through the facilities of DTC, will be made available
for inspection by the Guarantors at the office of the Transfer
Agent on the business day prior to the Closing Date. Any
transfer taxes payable in connection with the issuance of Shares
and Warrants in the name of a designee or assignee of a
Guarantor shall be paid by such designee, assignee, or Guarantor.
5. Further Covenants.
The Company hereby covenants and agrees that:
5.1 Effectiveness of the
Registration Statement. If not already effective, the
Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest
possible time and, if required, will file the final Prospectus
with the Commission within the time periods specified by
Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A under the Securities Act and
to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the
Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is
required in connection with the Rights Offer or the offer or
sale of the Units, Standby Guaranty Warrants, and Warrant Shares
by the Guarantors; and the Company will furnish copies of the
Prospectus to the Guarantors in New York City concurrent with
the distribution of the Prospectus to Company shareholders who
receive Rights.
5.2 Delivery of Copies of
Prospectus. The Company will deliver, at the expense of
the Company, to the Guarantors during the applicable prospectus
delivery period under the Securities Act, as many copies of the
Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein) as the Guarantors
may reasonably request. The term “prospectus delivery
period” means the period of time after the first date of
the public offering of the Rights as a prospectus relating to
the Rights and Units is required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales of the Units (or the Shares and Warrants)
by the Company or by the Guarantors.
5.3 Amendments or
Supplements. Before filing any amendment or supplement
to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before
or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes
effective, the Company will furnish to the Guarantors a copy of
the proposed amendment or supplement for review and will not
file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which they
reasonably object.
5.4 Notice to the
Guarantors. The Company will advise the Guarantors
Holders promptly (i) if not already effective, when the
Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or
becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed;
(iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to
the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission
relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by
the
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Commission for any additional information; (v) of the
issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (vi) of the
occurrence of any event within the prospectus delivery period as
a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and
(vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with
respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Rights and
Units for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the
Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of the
Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Rights,
Units, Shares or Warrants, and, if any such order is issued,
will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as
possible the withdrawal thereof.
5.5 Ongoing Compliance of the
Prospectus. If during the prospectus delivery period
(i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company
will immediately notify the Guarantors thereof and forthwith
prepare and file with the Commission and furnish to the
Guarantors such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as
may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply
with law.
5.6 Blue Sky
Compliance. The Company will use its reasonable best
efforts to qualify the Rights, Units, Standby Guaranty Warrants,
and Warrant Shares for offer and sale under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Guarantors shall
reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the Guarantors to (a) sell
the Shares, Warrants, and Standby Guaranty Warrants acquired
under this Agreement, or (b) to exercise such Warrants and
Standby Guaranty Warrants and sell the Warrant Shares;
provided that the Company shall not be required to file
any general consent to service of process other than a
form U-2.
5.7 Expenses. The
Company shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation and printing of all necessary offering documents and
instruments related to the Rights Offer and the issuance of the
Units and Warrant Shares and will also pay the Company’s
own expenses for accounting fees, legal fees and other costs
involved with the Rights Offer. The Company will provide at its
own expense such quantities of the Prospectus and other
documents and instruments relating to the Rights Offer as the
Guarantors may request. In addition, the Company will pay all
reasonable filing fees, costs and legal fees for Blue Sky
services and related filings and expenses of counsel with
respect to Blue Sky qualifications.
5.8 Registration of Shares
and Warrants. The Company will include the Standby
Guaranty Warrants and Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise
of the Standby Guaranty Warrants in the Registration Statement.
The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file such
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may
be required to keep the Registration Statement in effect so as
to permit the Guarantors to (a) exercise the Standby
Guaranty Warrants and sell any Warrant Shares issued upon such
exercise, (b) exercise any Warrants purchased under this
Agreement and sell any Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise,
and (c) sell any Units purchased pursuant to this
Agreement. The Company will provide the Guarantors with copies
of a current Prospectus required to fulfill the Guarantors’
prospectus delivery requirement in connection with the sale of
the common shares issued upon the exercise of the Standby
Guaranty Warrants and Shares and Warrants comprising any Units
purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
6. Conditions of Obligations
of the Guarantors. The obligations of the Guarantors to
purchase the Units are subject to the fulfillment, on or before
the Closing Date, of the following additional conditions.
6.1 Registration Compliance;
No Stop Order. The Registration Statement (or a
post-effective amendment if required to be filed under the
Securities Act) shall have become effective, no order suspending
the
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effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect,
and no proceeding for such purpose shall be pending before or
threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus shall have been
timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and
all requests by the Commission for additional information shall
have been complied with.
6.2 Representations and
Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties
of the Company shall be true and correct in all material
respects when made and on the Closing Date as though made on and
as of the Closing Date.
6.3 Performance of
Covenants. The Company shall have performed and complied
in all material respects with all agreements, covenants and
conditions required to be performed and complied with by it
under this Agreement on or before the Closing Date.
6.4 Capitalization.
Immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Company will have an
authorized capitalization and issued and outstanding securities
consistent with the description in the Registration Statement.
6.5 Officer’s
Certificate. The Guarantors shall have received a
certificate of an executive officer and of the Company, dated as
of the Closing Date, certifying the fulfillment of the
conditions set forth in this Section 6.
6.6 Good Standing;
Resolutions. The Company shall have delivered to the
Guarantors (i) a good standing certificate from the
Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and
(ii) certified resolutions of the Company’s Board of
Directors approving this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
6.7 Fees and
Warrants. The Company shall have (i) paid the
Guarantors’ Fee, and (ii) delivered to the Guarantors
the Standby Guaranty Warrants.
6.8 Corporate
Proceedings. All proceedings taken at or prior to the
Closing Date in connection with the authorization, issuance and
sale of the Units will be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Guarantors.
6.9 Opinion of
Counsel. The Guarantors shall have received an opinion
of the Company’s counsel substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit B.
6.10 Delivery of Shares and
Warrants. The Guarantors shall have received the
certificates (or confirmation of book entry) evidencing any
Shares and Warrants purchased by them, against payment of the
Subscription Price.
7. Indemnification.
7.1 Indemnification by the
Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Guarantors and each of their respective affiliates,
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls a
Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses
incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or
any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred),
joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
information relating to the Guarantors furnished to the Company
or approved by any Guarantor; provided, that the
foregoing indemnity with respect to any Prospectus shall not
inure to the benefit of the a Guarantor (or any affiliate of a
Guarantor that assists a Guarantor in the sale of Shares and
Warrants), or any person controlling any Guarantor, if a copy of
the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) was not sent or
given by or on behalf of the Guarantor to each
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purchaser of Shares or Warrants asserting such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, at or prior to the written confirmation
of the sale of the Shares and Warrants to such person, unless
such failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus is the
result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 5.1 or
5.2 of this Agreement.
7.2 Indemnification of the
Company. Each Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, the Company’s directors, Company
officers who signed the Registration Statement, each other
Guarantor, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or
another Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the
same extent as the indemnity set forth in Section 7.1
above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any written
information relating to the Guarantor furnished to the Company
or approved by the Guarantor for use in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto (“Guarantor’s Information”).
7.3 Notice and
Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including
any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand
shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of
which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding
paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the
“Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnification may be sought (the
“Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided
that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have under this
Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially
prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure. If any such proceeding shall be
brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall
have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying
Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any
others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in
such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such
counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such
proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person
unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the
Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that
are different from or in addition to those available to the
Indemnifying Person who is also a named party in such
proceeding, or for other reasons representation of both parties
by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential conflicts of interest between them. It is understood
and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such
fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are
incurred. An Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to
indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No
Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the
Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person
is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such
settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and
(y) does not include any statement as to or any admission
of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Person.
7.4 Contribution. If
the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to
therein, then each Indemnifying Person under, in lieu of
indemnifying each Indemnified Person under this Agreement, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified
Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Guarantors on the other from the offering of the
Units or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i)
is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to
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reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Guarantors on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Guarantors on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net
proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
from the sale of the Units to the Guarantors, the
Guarantors’ Fee, and the Guarantors’ discount bear to
the aggregate Subscription Price of the Units purchased by the
Guarantors under this Agreement. For the purpose of this
Agreement the Guarantors’ discount shall be the excess, if
any, of the market value of the Shares and Warrants purchased by
the Guarantors on the Closing Date over the Subscription Price.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Guarantors on the other shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Guarantors and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
7.5 Limitation on
Liability. The Company and the Guarantors agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or
by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7.4
above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a
result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred
to in Section 7.4 above shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7, in no event shall any Guarantor be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
Guarantors’ Fee and Guarantors’ discounts received by
the Guarantor with respect to the purchase Units exceeds the
amount of any damages that the Guarantor has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
7.6 Non-Exclusive
Remedies. The remedies provided for in this
Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights
or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified
Person at law or in equity.
8. Termination.
8.1 In addition to the other
circumstances permitting termination set forth elsewhere in this
Agreement (if any), this Agreement may be terminated by the
Guarantors at any time prior to the Closing Date in the event
that (i) any of the representations or warranties of the
Company contained herein shall prove to have been false or
misleading in any material respect when made, (ii) the
Company shall have failed to perform any of its material
obligations hereunder, (iii) the Company shall have
terminated the Rights Offer prior to the Expiration Date, or
(iv) there shall occur any event not occasioned by or
arising out of or in connection with any breach or failure
hereunder on the part of the Guarantors which would cause the
offer or sale of the Units to the Guarantors as contemplated by
this Agreement to violate the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities or Blue Sky law. In the event of any such
termination the Guarantors shall not be entitled to receive the
Guarantors’ Fee and shall only be entitled to receive, as
their exclusive remedy, one-half of the Standby Guaranty
Warrants that they would have received had this Agreement not
been so terminated; provided, that if the Guarantors terminate
this Agreement under clause (i) or (ii) of this
paragraph, the Guarantors, in the aggregate, shall also be
entitled to receive, an amount equal to the documented
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Guarantors in connection
with this Agreement, not to exceed $15,000; provided, however,
that a Guarantor shall not be entitled to receive any Guaranty
Warrants or other fees or expense reimbursements if the
Guarantor is in breach or default under this Agreement.
8.2 The Rights Offer and this
Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time prior to
the Expiration Date for any reason. In the event of any such
termination the Guarantors shall not be entitled to receive the
Guarantors’ Fee and shall only be entitled to receive, as
their exclusive remedy, one-half of the
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Standby Guaranty Warrants hat they would have received had this
Agreement not been so terminated; provided, that if the Company
terminates the Rights Offer prior to the Expiration Date, or if
at the time the Company terminates this Agreement (i) any
of the representations or warranties of the Company contained
herein shall prove to have been false or misleading in any
material respect when made, or (ii) the Company shall have
failed to perform any of its material obligations hereunder, the
Guarantors, in the aggregate, shall be also entitled to receive
an amount equal to the documented out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Guarantors in connection with this Agreement,
not to exceed $15,000; provided, however, that a Guarantor shall
not be entitled to receive any Guaranty Warrants or other fees
if the Guarantor is in breach or default under this Agreement.
9. Survival.
9.1 The obligations of the parties
to pay any costs and expenses under this Agreement and to
provide indemnification and contribution as provided herein
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
9.2 The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of
the Company set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of, and regardless of any access to
information by, the Company or the Guarantors, or any of their
officers or directors or any controlling person thereof, and
will survive the sale of the Shares.
10. Notices. All
communications hereunder will be in writing and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or after notice by one party
to the other of a change of address, if sent to the Guarantors,
will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to them at
the addresses shown on Schedule I, and if sent to the
Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to
BioTime, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President and Secretary, Facsimile No.
(000) 000-0000, with a copy to Lippenberger, Thompson,
Welch, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP: 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.,
Facsimile No. (000) 000-0000.
11. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California.
12. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of
telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
13. Amendments or
Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure
therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
14. Headings. The
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only
and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this Agreement.
15. Several
Obligations. The obligations of the Guarantors under
this Agreement are their respective several obligations, and are
not joint and several obligations. No Guarantor shall be liable
for the breach or default of any provision of this Agreement by
another Guarantor.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding,
please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in
the space provided below.
BIOTIME, INC. |
By: |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: Vice President | |
GUARANTORS: | |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Broadwood Partners, LP | |
By: Broadwood Capital, Inc., General Partner |
By: |
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President | |
Cyndel & Co., Inc. |
By: |
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Xxxxxx Bayern, President | |
Greenway Partners, LP | |
By: Greenhouse Partners, LP | |
General Partner |
By: |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, General Partner |
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SCHEDULE I
GUARANTOR PURCHASE COMMITMENTS
Name and Address | Purchase Commitment | ||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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$ | 330,953 | |||
000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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FAX: (000) 000-0000
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Greenway Partners, LP
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$ | 165,476 | |||
c/o Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx
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|||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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FAX: (000) 000-0000
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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$ | 496,429 | |||
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
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|||||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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FAX: (000) 000-0000
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Broadwood Partners, L.P.
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$ | 496,429 | |||
c/o Broadwood Capital, Inc.
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xx
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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Cyndel & Co., Inc.
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$ | 297,858 | |||
c/o Xxxxxx Bayern
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0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
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FAX: (000) 000-0000
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Total:
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$ | 1,787,145 |
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