SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of June 17, 2010, between Rodobo International, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each
Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase
from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Acquiring Person”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
“Action” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors”
means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to close.
“Closing” means the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing Date” means
the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i)
the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been
satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the third Trading Day following
the date hereof.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other
class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed.
“Common Stock
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries
which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant
or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Company Counsel”
means Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, with offices located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx, XX 00000.
“Disclosure Schedules”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Effective Date” means
the earliest of the date that (a) the initial Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission, (b) all of the Registrable Securities have
been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the
requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public
information required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions or (c) following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, provided that a
holder of Registrable Securities is not an Affiliate of the Company, all of the
Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Section 4(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions and Company Counsel has delivered to such holder a standing written
unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such holder of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to such holder.
“Evaluation Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance”
means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any award or arrangement, or
stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, approved by a majority of
the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members
of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b)
securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities
issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or
convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of
this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price
or conversion price of such securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any
such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person)
which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner
of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall
provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of
funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing
securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose
primary business is investing in securities, provided that the
issuance by the Company of Securities for the purpose of raising capital, a
substantial majority of which is used to fund the cost of entering into an
acquisition or strategic transaction described above shall be deemed an exempt
issuance.
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“GAAP” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(o).
“Legend Removal Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien,
charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“Material Permits”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(m).
“Participation
Maximum” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.18(a).
“Per Share Purchase
Price” equals $2.70, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of
the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Placement Agent
Counsel” means XxXxxxxxx Will & Xxxxx LLP with offices located at 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
“Pre-Notice” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.18(b).
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“Pro Rata Portion”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.18(e).
“Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
commenced or threatened.
“Public Information
Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.2(b).
“Public Information Failure
Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.2(b).
“Purchaser Party”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registrable
Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the
Purchasers of the Shares and the Warrant Shares.
“Required Approvals”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the
Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement.
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“Short Sales” means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription Amount”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and
Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the
signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,”
in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsequent Financing”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.18(a).
“Subsequent Financing
Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.18(b).
“Subsidiary” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
(which includes Variable Interest Entities) and shall, where applicable, also
include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired
after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means
any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York
Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights
Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
Pacific Stock Transfer Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with
a mailing address of 000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
and a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000, and any successor transfer agent of
the Company.
“Variable Rate
Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.11(b).
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“VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies:
(a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
(New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the OTC
Bulletin Board is the Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the
OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the
“Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or
agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid
price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent
appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of
the Shares then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees
and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants” means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at
the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years, in the
form of Exhibit
C attached hereto.
“Warrant Shares” means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On
the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally
and not jointly, agree to purchase of Shares and Warrants for an aggregate
purchase price of up to $3,000,000.00. Each Purchaser shall deliver
to the Company via wire transfer or a certified check of immediately available
funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the
signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver
to each Purchaser its respective Shares and a Warrant, as determined pursuant to
Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items
set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon
satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3,
the Closing shall occur at the offices of Placement Agent Counsel or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
each Purchaser the following (copies of such executed documents shall be
sufficient for closing purposes with the originals to follow no later than seven
(7) business days after the Closing Date):
(i)
this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal
opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto;
(iii)
a copy of
the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer
Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number of
Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share
Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
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(iv) a Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to 50% of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by Per
Share Purchase Price, with an exercise price equal to $3.50, subject to
adjustment therein; and
(v)
the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On or
prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company the following (copies of such executed documents shall be
sufficient for closing purposes with the originals to follow no later than seven
(7) business days after the Closing Date):
(i)
this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii)
such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company; and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and
warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date
therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii)
the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b)
The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such
date);
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(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the
date hereof; and
(v) from the
date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been
suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at
any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported
by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, the U.S. financial market which, in each case, in
the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable
to purchase the Shares and Warrants at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof
and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of
the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure
Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties
to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Subsidiaries. All
of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule
3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the
capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any
Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities.
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(b) Organization and
Qualification. Each of the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or formation, with the requisite power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or
default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be,
could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse
effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document,
(ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”), provided, however, that neither
of the following standing alone shall be deemed, in and of itself, to constitute
a Material Adverse Effect: (i) a change in the market price or trading volume of
the Common Stock (it being understood and agreed that the facts and
circumstances that may have given rise or contributed to such change (but in no
event changes in the trading price of the Common Stock) that are not otherwise
excluded from the definition of Material Adverse Effect may be taken into
account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect) or (ii)
changes in general economic conditions so long as such changes do not have a
materially disproportionate effect on the Company relative to other participants
in the industry or industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate,
and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking,
limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and
authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out
its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no
further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the
Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in
connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have
been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the
creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any
agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or
Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent,
waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other
than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii)
the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s)
to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner
required thereby (if any) and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and
such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the
Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the
terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer
provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved
from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants.
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(g) Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g),
which Schedule
3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned
beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof.
The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of
employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans or similar awards
or arrangements, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to
the Company’s employee stock purchase plans or similar awards or arrangements
and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive
right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(g)
or as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g),
the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the
Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities
to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such
securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued
in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such
outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Other than the
Required Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the
Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no
stockholders agreements, voting agreements, registration rights agreements or
other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which
the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any
of the Company’s stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) thereof, since September 30, 2008 (or such shorter period as the Company
was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing
materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by
reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (“GAAP”), except as may
be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes
required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports,
except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the
date hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had
or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise)
other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not
required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP
or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of
its capital stock and (v) except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i),
the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or
Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option
plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any
request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the
issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(i),
no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred
or exists, or is reasonably expected to occur or exist, with respect to the
Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties,
operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be
disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this
representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at
least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j) Litigation. There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any
of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of
breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of
the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission
has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange
Act or the Securities Act.
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(k) Labor
Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all
U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and
no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree, or
order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or
has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state
and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health
and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except
in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as currently conducted as described in the SEC Reports,
except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”),
and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit,
except where such revocation or modification would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Title to
Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of
federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor
subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under
lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries
are in compliance, except where the failure to be in compliance would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described
in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in connection with their
respective businesses and which the failure to so have could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights
has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate
or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, in either
case which are material to the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s
business. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the
Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person,
except as could not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual
Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another
Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and
its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where
failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance. Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business without a significant increase in cost.
(q) Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of
the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company,
none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real
or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or
lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case
in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees
for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the
Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements
under any stock option plan of the Company.
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(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal
Accounting Controls. The Company is in compliance with any and
all applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective
as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or
submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported,
within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and
forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures of the Company
as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial
reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal
control over financial reporting.
(s) Certain
Fees. Except for Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC and FT Global
Capital Inc., the Company’s placement agents, no brokerage or finder’s fees or
commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any
broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment
banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation
with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(t) Private Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set
forth in Section 3.2(b), (c), (d) and (e), no registration under the Securities
Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the
Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities
hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading
Market.
(u) Investment Company.
The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(v) Registration
Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any
right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under
the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(w) Registration and Maintenance
Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has taken any action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have
the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the
Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission
is contemplating terminating such registration. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received
notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed
or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing
or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(x) Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken
all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti takeover provision under the Company’s
certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a
result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
(y) [RESERVED.]
(z) Disclosure. Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or
might constitute material, non-public information. The Company
understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing
representation in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the
Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this
Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the
twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made,
not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser
makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
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(aa) No Integrated
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2b-e, neither the Company, nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities
under the Securities Act.
(bb) Solvency. Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date,
after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets
exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company,
consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability
thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the
proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets,
after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the
timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances
which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation
under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year
from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth all outstanding
secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for
which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes
of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means
(x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of
indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in
the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or
similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present
value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(cc) Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United
States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise 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 and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material 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
or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
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(dd) No General
Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person acting on
behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of
general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered
the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities
Act.
(ee) Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the
knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related
to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or
domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to
disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made
by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in
violation of law or (iv) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”).
(ff) Accountants. The
Company’s accounting firm is set forth in the SEC Reports. To the
knowledge of the Company, such accounting firm: (i) is a registered public
accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its
opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s
Annual Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.
(gg) No
Disagreements. There are no material disagreements presently
existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company
and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company
which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under
any of the Transaction Documents, and the Company is current with respect to any
fees owed to its accountants and lawyers.
(hh) Acknowledgment Regarding
Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges
and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no
Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any
of its respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to such
Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further
represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
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(ii) Acknowledgment Regarding
Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or
elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and
4.14 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of
the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser
agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of
the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the
Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future
open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including,
without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after
the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively
impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities,
(iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to
which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have
a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be
deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length
counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in
hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are
outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of
the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined,
and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the
hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that
such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the
Transaction Documents.
(jj) Regulation M
Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting
on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay
to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii),
compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the
placement of the Securities.
(kk) Stock Option
Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the
Company’s [stock option plan] was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of
the Company’s [stock option plan] and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal
to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would
be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted
under the Company’s [stock option plan] has been backdated. The
Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company
policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise
knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other
public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
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(ll) Office of Foreign Assets
Control. Neither the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the
Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the
Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”).
(mm) U.S. Real Property Holding
Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon
Purchaser’s request.
(nn)
Bank Holding Company
Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the
“BHCA”) and to
regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more
of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five
percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to
the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(oo) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable
money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court
arbitrator or governmental authority involving the Company or any Subsidiary
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened.
3.2 Representations and
Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and
for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date
therein):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity
duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with required
corporate, partnership, LLC or similar power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of
the Transaction Documents by such Purchase and performance by such Purchaser of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such
Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been
duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in
accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(b) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such
Purchaser of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated thereby do not
and will not: (i) conflict with or violate, if such Purchaser is an entity, any
provision of the Purchaser’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents, (ii) violate, 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 (with or without notice, lapse or time or both) of, any agreement,
credit facility, debt or other instrument to which such Purchaser is a party or
(iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority
to which such Purchaser is subject (including federal and state securities laws
and regulations) or by which any property or asset of such Purchaser is bound or
affected; except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such
conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents or the
authority or ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents.
(c) Own
Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or
any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal
for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such
Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of
such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with
any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this
representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is
acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.
(d) Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities,
it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and as of the Closing Date and on each
date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(e) Experience of Such
Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its
representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business
and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits
and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is
able to afford a complete loss of such investment. Such Purchaser
confirms that the Company has made available to such Purchaser and its advisors
materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and
relating to the offer and sale of the Securities.
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(f) General
Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities
as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media
or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.
(g) Certain Transactions and
Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions
contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has
any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the
securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such
Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any
other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the
execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a
Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio
managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the
portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of
assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to
purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to
other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein
shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with
respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available
shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the
future.
(h) Disclosure. Such
Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company is not making any
representation or warranty and has not made any representation or warranty other
than those set forth in the Transaction Documents.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in
Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to
rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the
Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other
than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, (ii) to
the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or (iii) in connection with a
pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor
thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the
transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of
which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect
that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities
under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such
transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a
Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1,
of a legend on any of the Securities in substantially the following
form:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge
pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or
grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the
pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be
subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the
pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection
therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such
pledge. At the applicable Purchaser’s expense, the Company will
execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party
of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of
the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any
required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list
of Selling Stockholders (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
thereunder.
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(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including
the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof), (i) while a registration
statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such
security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such
Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares or
Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for
the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required
under Rule 144 as to such Shares and Warrant Shares and without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions (it should be noted that as the Company was formerly
a “shell company,” as that term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, it
must file all reports and other materials required to be filed by section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months in order for
its securities to be eligible for resale under Rule 144) . The
Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent
promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect
the removal of the legend hereunder if no legend is required by the
foregoing. If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time
when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Warrant Shares, or if such Shares or Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144
and the Company is then in compliance with the current public information
required under Rule 144, or if the Shares or Warrant Shares may be sold under
Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the
current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Shares or Warrant
Shares or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements
of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements
issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Warrant Shares shall be issued
free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at
such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it
will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to
the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares or
Warrant Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such third
Trading Day, the “Legend Removal
Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate
representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other
legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set
forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Securities subject to
legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the
Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the
Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Purchaser.
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(d) In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to
a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for
each $1,000 of Shares or Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock
on the date certificates for such Securities are submitted to the Transfer
Agent) for which certificates have been delivered for removal of the restrictive
legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per
Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for
each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate or
certificates are delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such
Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver
certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction
Documents, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies
available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
(e) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the
Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable
prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if
Securities are sold by it pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be
sold by it in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and
acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates
representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the
Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
4.2 Furnishing of Information;
Public Information.
(a) Until the
earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the
Termination Date (as defined in the Warrants) has occurred and the Warrants have
expired, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock
under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to
the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns
Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the
Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly
available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the
Purchasers to sell the Securities, including without limitation, under Rule
144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without
registration under the Securities Act, including without limitation, within the
requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
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(b) If the
Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information
requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “Public Information
Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies,
the Company shall pay to such Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages
and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability
to sell its Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the
aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a
Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day
(pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the
earlier of (x) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (y) such
time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers
to transfer the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The
payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b)
are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure
Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid
on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such
Public Information Failure Payments are incurred
and (ii) the third (3rd)
Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information
Failure Payments is
cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information
Failure Payments in
a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear
interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid
in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual
damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the
right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including,
without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive
relief.
4.3 Integration. The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale
of the Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such
that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other
transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such
subsequent transaction.
4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure;
Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 8:30 a.m. (New York
City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a
press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, as soon as practicable after the
Closing Date, but in no event more than two (2) Trading Days following the Closing
Date. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company
represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material,
non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees
or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each
other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the
prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any
Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any
press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld
or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the
disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of
such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or
include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any
regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such
Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with
(i) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement
and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages
thereto) with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(b).
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4.5 Shareholder Rights
Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or,
with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
“Acquiring
Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison
pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar
anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company,
or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan
or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction
Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the
Purchasers.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the
Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its
behalf, will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information
that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless
prior thereto such Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement with
the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser
shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.7 Use of
Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7 attached
hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds (a) for
the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of
trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior
practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in
violation of the FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.8 Indemnification of
Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this
Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its
directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
members, partners agents and employees (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a
lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a
“Purchaser
Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations,
claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a
result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in
the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser
Party in any capacity, or any of its Affiliates, by any stockholder of the
Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action
is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or
covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings
such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by
such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such
Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or
malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser
Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement,
such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the
Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its
own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent
that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company
in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to
assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in
the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue
between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in
which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses
of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be
liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a
Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to
the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any
Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or
federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party that constitutes
fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance. The
indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments
of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and
when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnification required
by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof
during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are
received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in
addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against
the Company or others, and any liabilities the Company may be subject to
pursuant to law.
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4.9 Reservation of Common
Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company
shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive
rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of
enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant
Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants.
4.10 Listing of Common
Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to
maintain the quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is
currently traded. The Company hereby agrees, if the Company applies
to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then
include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take
such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares
to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as
possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary
to continue the listing or quotation and trading of its Common Stock on a
Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting,
filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading
Market.
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4.11 Subsequent Equity
Sales.
(a) From the
date hereof until thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary shall sell, enter into any agreement to sell or announce the
sale or proposed sale of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents;
provided, however, that the
thirty (30) day period set forth in this Section 4.11 shall be extended for the
number of Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common
Stock is suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date,
the Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of the
Shares and Warrant Shares.
(b) From the
date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of the Securities, the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to
effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration (or a combination of units
thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate
Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells
any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for, or include the right to receive, additional shares of Common
Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other
price that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or
quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance
of such debt or equity securities or (B) other than with respect to customary
anti-dilution provisions, with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is
subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such
debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events
directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for
the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited
to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a
future determined price. Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain
injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which
remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.11 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt
Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt
Issuance.
4.12 Equal Treatment of
Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of
any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction
Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to
the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision
constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and
negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to
treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the
Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase,
disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
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4.13 Certain Transactions and
Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or
pursuant to any understanding with it, will execute any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period
commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence
and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction
Documents and the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser
makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in
effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no
Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited by the Company from effecting any
transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable
securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press
release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty
of confidentiality to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the
initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of
such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with
respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
4.14 Form D; Blue Sky
Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with
respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy
thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such
action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain
an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at
the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the
United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request
of any Purchaser.
4.15 Capital
Changes. Until the earliest to occur of the date that
(a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of all Registrable
Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and
such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holders in accordance
with such effective Registration Statement, (b) all Registrable Securities
have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) all
Registrable Securities become eligible for resale without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and (I) without current
public information pursuant to Rule 144 or (II) the Company is in compliance
with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 as reasonably
determined by counsel to the Company (assuming that such securities and any
securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a
dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no
time held by any Affiliate of the Company, and all Warrants are exercised by
“cashless exercise” as provided in Section 2(c) of each of the Warrants), upon
the advice of counsel to the Company, the Company shall not undertake a reverse
stock split or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written
consent of the Purchasers holding at least a majority of the Shares; provided, however, that this
Section 4.15 shall not apply solely in connection with any reverse stock
split conducted to meet or maintain compliance with the listing standards of any
Trading Market.
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4.16 Delivery of Securities After
Closing. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered,
the respective Shares and Warrants purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser
within 3 Trading Days of the Closing Date.
4.17 Acknowledgment of
Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the
Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock,
which dilution may be substantial under certain market
conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations
under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation
to issue the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off,
counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution
or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other
stockholders of the Company.
4.18 Participation in Future
Financing.
(a) From the
date hereof until the date that is the earlier of (i) the 12-month anniversary
of the Effective Date or (ii) the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date, upon
any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock, Common
Stock Equivalents for cash consideration, Indebtedness or a combination of units
hereof (a “Subsequent
Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to
an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 100% of the Subsequent Financing
(the “Participation
Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the
Subsequent Financing.
(b) At least
three (3) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the
Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to
effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing
Notice”). Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request
by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall
promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a
Subsequent Financing Notice to such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing
Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent
Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the
Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to
be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto
as an attachment.
(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the third (3rd)
Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that such
Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of
such Purchaser’s participation, and representing and warranting that such
Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the
terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company
receives no such notice from a Purchaser as of such third (3rd)
Trading Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it
does not elect to participate.
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(d) If by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the third (3rd)
Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice,
notifications by the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the
Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the
aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the
Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the
terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice.
(e) If by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the third (3rd)
Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the
Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers
seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum,
each such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as
defined below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro Rata Portion”
means the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the
Closing Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.18 and (y) the
sum of the aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing
Date by all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.18
(f) The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice,
and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth above in
this Section 4.18, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent
Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in
such Subsequent Financing Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after the date
of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.18 shall not apply in respect of (i) an
Exempt Issuance, or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common
4.19 Directors and Officers
Insurance. Within 90 days of the date hereof, the Company
shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain directors and officers
insurance with coverage at least equal to $5 million.
ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before June 22, 2010;
provided, however, that such
termination will not affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by any
other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees and
Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction
Documents to the contrary and the fees and expenses of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx,
LLC, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel,
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such
party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer
Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.
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5.3 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters,
which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
5.4 Notices. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission,
if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a
Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c)
the second (2nd)
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived,
modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the
case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least a
majority of the Shares then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the
party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is
sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing
waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the
exercise of any such right.
5.6 Headings. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.7 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other
than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights
under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers
any Securities, provided that such
transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred
Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
5.8 No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8.
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5.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the
state and federal courts sitting in the County of New York. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the County of New York, State of New York for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the
enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives,
and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is
not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit,
action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way
any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If
either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any
provisions of the Transaction Documents, then in addition to the obligations of
the Company under Section 4.8, the prevailing party in such action, suit or
proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’
fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and
the delivery of the Securities until the third anniversary of the Closing
Date.
5.11 Execution. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each
other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same
or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal
Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option
under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind
or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the
case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall
be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded
exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate
exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such
Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant
(including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such
restored right).
5.14 Replacement of
Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Shares or Warrant Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or
destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under
such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including
customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Shares or
Warrant Shares.
5.15 Remedies. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction
Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and
not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment Set
Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the
proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored
to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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5.17 Independent Nature of
Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any
way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or
in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as
a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and
negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have
chosen to communicate with the Company through Placement Agent
Counsel. Placement Agent Counsel does not represent any of the
Purchasers and only represents Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC and FT Global Capital,
Inc. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same
terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not
because it was required or requested to do so by any of the
Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision
contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between
the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the
Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
5.18 Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial
liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a
continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid
partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the
fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated
damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been
canceled.
5.19 Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any
action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a
Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on
the next succeeding Business Day.
5.20 Construction. The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed
and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and
every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction
Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits,
stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
5.21 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION
BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, EACH OF THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY
AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY
ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY
JURY.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
RODOBO INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
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Address for Notice:
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx,
XXX, 000000
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By: |
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Facsimile:
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): |
Xxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx LLP
Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
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OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: | Whitebox Multi Strategy Partners, L.P. |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | CFO/COO |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
c/o
Whitebox Advisors, LLC
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $424,998.90 |
Shares: | 157,407 |
Warrant Shares: | 78,703 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Whitebox Small
Cap Long Short Equity Partners, L.P.
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | CFO/COO |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
c/o
Whitebox Advisors, LLC
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $75,000.60 |
Shares: | 27,778 |
Warrant Shares: | 13,889 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
CNH
Diversified Opportunities Master Account,
L.P.
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Authorized Person |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
CNH
Diversified Opportunities Master Account, L.P.
c/o CNH
Partners, LLC
Two
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $270,000 |
Shares: | 100,000 |
Warrant Shares: | 50,000 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Chestnut
Ridge Partners, LP
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Chief Financial Officer |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 201-843-1721 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $299,999.70 |
Shares: | 111,111 |
Warrant Shares: | 55,555 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Authorized Signatory |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $100,000.00 |
Shares: | 37,037 |
Warrant Shares: | 18,518 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
The
USX China Fund
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | President |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
0000
Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxx
Xxxxxxxx
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $99,900.00 |
Shares: | 37,000 |
Warrant Shares: | 18,500 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Alpha
Capital
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Kunrad Xxxxxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Kunrad Xxxxxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Director |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
LH
Financial
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $300,000.00 |
Shares: | 111,111 |
Warrant Shares: | 55,556 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Empery
Asset Master, LTD
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Managing Member of the GP |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Empery
Asset Management, LP
000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $294,998.40 |
Shares: | 92,592 |
Warrant Shares: | 46,296 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Xxxxx
Capital Investments,
LLC
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Managing Member of the GP |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Empery
Asset Management, LP
000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $294,998.40 |
Shares: | 92,592 |
Warrant Shares: | 46,296 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Xxxxxx
Bay Fund, LTD.
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Investment Manager / Authorized Signatory |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | x0 (000) 000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
c/o
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP
000
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $72,800.10 |
Shares: | 26,963 |
Warrant Shares: | 13,482 |
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Number: [PROVIDE
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SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Xxxxxx
Bay Overseas Fund, LTD.
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Investment Manager / Authorized Signatory |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | x0 (000) 000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
c/o
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP
000
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $127,202.40 |
Shares: | 47,112 |
Warrant Shares: | 23,556 |
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SIGNATURE PAGES TO RDBO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx Xxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | General Counsel |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxx@xxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
1251
Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $400,102.20 |
Shares: | 148,186 |
Warrant Shares: | 74,093 |
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Cranshire
Capital LP
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | President, Downview Capital Inc., The General Partner |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $218,505.60 |
Shares: | 80,928 |
Warrant Shares: | 40,464 |
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
Freestone
Advantage Partners LP
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Manager |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
x/x
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, X.X.
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $11,496.60 |
Shares: | 4,258 |
Warrant Shares: | 2,129 |
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: |
FirsTrust
Group, Inc.
|
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx Xx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | CEO |
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: | xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx |
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: | 000-000-0000 |
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription Amount: | $99,999.90 |
Shares: | 37,037 |
Warrant Shares: | 18,519 |
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