NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG SJ ELECTRONICS, INC. (F/K/A ACHERON, INC.) AND THE INVESTORS LISTED ON EXHIBIT A Dated as of May 15, 2008 15% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2009
BY
AND AMONG
(F/K/A
ACHERON, INC.)
AND
THE
INVESTORS LISTED ON EXHIBIT A
Dated
as of May 15,
2008
_______________________
15%
SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2009
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DEFINITIONS
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2.
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PURCHASE
AND SALE OF NOTE
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(a)
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Purchase
and Sale of Note
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(b)
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Closing
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
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(a)
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Organization
and Standing
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(b)
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Authorization
of Transaction
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(c)
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Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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(x)
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Concerning
the Shares and the Common Stock. Capitalization
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(e)
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Subsidiaries
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(f)
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Disclosure
Documents; Common Stock Trading
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(g)
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities; No Guaranties
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(h)
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Absence
of Litigation
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(i)
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Title
to Assets
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(j)
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Legal
Compliance
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(k)
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Contracts
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(l)
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Employees;
Employee Benefits
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(m)
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Intellectual
Property
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(n)
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Notes
and Accounts Receivables
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(o)
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Tax
Matters
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(p)
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Books
and Records
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(r)
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Certain
Business Relationships
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(r)
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Private
Offering
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(s)
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Use
of Proceeds
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(t)
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Brokers’
Fees
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(u)
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Environmental
and Safety Laws
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(v)
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Manufacturing
and Marketing Rights
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS |
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(a)
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Organization
and Standing. Authorization of Transaction
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(b)
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Circumstances
of Purchase
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(c)
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Brokers’
Fees
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(d)
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No
Registration
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(e)
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Directing
Selling Efforts
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(f)
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Investor
Status
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(g)
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Accredited
Investor Status
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(h)
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Information
Provided
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(i)
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Investment
Experience
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(j)
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Short
Sales and Confidentiality prior to the Date Hereof
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5.
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS |
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(a)
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Mandatory
Registration
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(b)
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Obligations
of the Company
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(c)
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Obligations
of the Investors
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6.
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POST-CLOSING COVENANTS |
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(a)
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Transfer
Restrictions
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(b)
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Restrictive
Legends
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(c)
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Reporting
Status
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(d)
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Debt
Obligation
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(e)
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Press
Releases
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(f)
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Form
8-K; Limitation on Information and Investor Obligations
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(g)
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Security
Agreement
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(h)
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Short
Sales and Confidentiality after the Date Hereof
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(i)
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Performance
Adjustment
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7.
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CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION TO CLOSE |
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(a)
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Conditions
to Obligation of the Investors
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(b)
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Conditions
to Obligation of the Company and the Management
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8.
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INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION |
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(a)
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Indemnification
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(b)
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Contribution
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(c)
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Other
Rights
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9.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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(a)
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No
Third Party Beneficiaries
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(b)
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Entire
Agreement
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(c)
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Succession
and Assignment
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(d)
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Counterparts
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(e)
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Headings
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(f)
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Notices
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(g)
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Controlling
Law; Venue
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(h)
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Amendments
and Waivers
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(i)
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Severability
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(j)
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Expenses
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(k)
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Construction
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(l)
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Incorporation
of Exhibits and Schedules
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(m)
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Termination
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(n)
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Investor
Status
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ANNEXES
Annex
I
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Form
of 15% Senior Secured Convertible Note due 2009
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Annex
II
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Form
of Pledge and Security Agreement
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Annex
III
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Form
of Escrow Agreement
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Annex
IV
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Form
of Legal Opinion of Company Counsel
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Annex
V
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Form
of Guaranty by Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Annex
VI
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Form
of Lockbox Agreement
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Annex
VII
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Form
of Collateral Agency Agreement
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-iii-
This
Note
Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
entered into as of May 15, 2008, by and between SJ Electronics, Inc. (f/k/a
Acheron, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
the
persons listed on the signature pages hereto as the management of the Company
(the “Management”)
and
the investors listed on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Investor” and collectively
the “Investors”).
The
Investors and the Company are also referred to individually herein as a
“Party”
and
collectively herein as the “Parties.”
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Investors wish
to
purchase from the Company and the Company wishes to sell to the Investors,
the
Notes (such capitalized term and all other capitalized terms used in this
Agreement having the meanings provided in Section 1) of the Company to be issued
by the Company in the principal amount set forth on the signature page of this
Agreement, which Notes will be convertible into shares of Common Stock;
NOW
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
The
Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
The
following terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth below,
provided that these definitions do not include terms used in Section
2(c)
that
are otherwise defined in that Section.
“1933
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Accounts
Receivable” means all
rights to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether
or
not such rights have been earned by performance, except that all such rights
to
payment from Lite-On, Inc. are expressly excluded from Accounts
Receivable.
“Additional
Closing”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Additional
Closing Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Affiliate”
has
the
meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the regulations promulgated under the
Exchange Act.
“Agreement”
means
this Note Purchase Agreement.
1
“Blackout
Period”
means
the period of up to twenty Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during
any
period of 365 consecutive days after the date the Company notifies the Investors
that they are required, pursuant to Section 5(c)(4), to suspend offers and
sales
of Registrable Securities as a result of an event or circumstance described
in
Section 5(b)(5)(A), during which period, by reason of Section 5(b)(5)(B), the
Company is not required to amend a particular Registration Statement or
supplement the related Prospectus.
“Business”
means
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in
The
City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed.
“Claims”
means
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel (joint or several),
incurred by a Person.
“Closing”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
2(b).
“Closing
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
2(b).
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Collateral
Agent”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Collateral
Agency Agreement”
means
the Collateral Agency Agreement by and among the Collateral Agent and the
parties therein in the form attached as Annex
VII.
“Common
Stock”
means
the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company.
“Company
Intellectual Property”
means
all intellectual property currently used by the Company and its Subsidiaries
that is material to their business.
“Company
Disclosure Schedule”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3.
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the Note.
“Conversion
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion of
the
Note.
“Disclosure
Documents”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3(f).
“Encumbrance”
means
any claim, mortgage, servitude, easement, encroachment, restrictive covenant,
right of way, survey defect, equitable interest, lease or other possessory
interest, lien, option, pledge, security interest, preference, priority, right
of first refusal, environmental use restriction or similar restriction.
2
“Entity”
means
any corporation (including any non profit corporation), general partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate,
trust, association, company (including any company limited by shares, limited
liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise,
association, organization or entity.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Escrow
Agent”
means
Guzov Ofsink, LLC, as the Company’s escrow agent for the Purchase Price Escrow
Agreement.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the Note.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“FINRA”
means
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect as of the
date of any document purported to be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Governmental
Body”
means
any (i) nation, region, state, province, county, xxxxxxxxxxxx, xxxx, xxxx,
xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx or other jurisdiction, (ii) federal, state, provincial,
local, municipal, foreign or other government, (iii) governmental or
quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency,
branch, department or other Entity and any court or other tribunal),
(iv) multinational organization, (v) body exercising, or entitled to
exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, policy,
regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature or (vi) official of
any of the foregoing.
“Guaranty”
means
the guaranty dated of even date herewith executed by Xxxxxx Xxxx in favor of
the
Investors providing for the guaranty of the Company’s obligations under the
Notes, in the form attached as Annex
V.
“Indebtedness”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the Note.
“Indemnified
Party”
means
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, each Person, if any, who controls the Company within
the
meaning of the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter and any other
stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any
of
its directors or officers or any Person who controls such stockholder or
underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act.
“Indemnified
Person”
means
the Investors, their respective investment advisers and investment managers,
the
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Investors, each Person, if
any,
who controls an Investor or any such investment adviser or investment manager
within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter (as
defined in the 0000 Xxx) acting on behalf of an Investor who participates in
the
offering of Registrable Securities by such Investor in accordance with the
plan
of distribution contained in the Prospectus, the directors, if any, of such
underwriters and the officers, if any, of such underwriters, and each Person,
if
any, who controls any such underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or
the
Exchange Act.
3
“Initial
Closing”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Initial
Closing Date”
means
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 15, 2008, or such other mutually agreed
to time.
“Inspector”
means
any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by an Investor for the purposes
provided in Section 5(b)(7).
“Insolvent”
means
(i) the present fair saleable value of the Company's assets is less than the
amount required to pay the Company's total indebtedness, contingent or
otherwise, (ii) the Company is unable to pay its debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become
absolute and matured, (iii) the Company intends to incur debts beyond its
ability to pay as such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing
and
amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt) or (iv) the Company
has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which
it is
engaged for the current fiscal year as such business is now conducted and is
proposed to be conducted.
“Investors”
means
the investors listed on Exhibit A.
“IRS”
means
the Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency and, to the extent
relevant, the Department of Treasury.
“Law”
means
any foreign, federal, state and local statute, law, constitution, treaty, rule,
regulation, by-law, ordinance, code, regulation, resolution, order,
determination, writ, injunction, awards (including, without limitation, awards
of any arbitrator), judgment, decree, binding case law, principle of common
law
or notice of any Governmental Body (for the avoidance of doubt, including,
but
not limited to, the Laws of the United States of America and the People’s
Republic of China).
“Liabilities”
includes liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether known or unknown,
whether absolute, accrued, contingent, xxxxxx, inchoate or otherwise, whether
due or to become due, and whether or not required to be reflected on a balance
sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, including any Liability for
Taxes.
“Liens”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the Note.
“Lockbox
Agreement”
means
the Lockbox Agreement by and among the Company, the Collateral Agent and the
Lockbox Agent in the form attached as Annex
VI.
“Management”
has
the
meaning set forth in the preface.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
(i) a material adverse effect on (A) the business, properties, operations,
condition (financial or other), results of operations or prospects of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (B) the validity or
enforceability of, or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under, the Transaction Documents; (C) the existence, validity or priority of
the
Lien on and Security Interest in the Collateral granted pursuant to any Security
Agreement; or (D) the rights and remedies of the Investors under or in
connection with the Transaction Documents or (ii) any event or circumstance
that
would cause any Registration Statement or Prospectus to contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements made not misleading except if such untrue statement of
a
material fact in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or omission to state
a material fact required to be stated in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading, results
from
a misstatement or omission made by the Investors in written information they
furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, unless
the Company shall have failed timely to amend or supplement such Registration
Statement or Prospectus after such Investors shall have corrected such
misstatement or omission.
4
“Material
Contracts”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
3(m).
“Note”
means
the 15% Senior Secured Convertible Note due 2009 of the Company in the form
attached as Annex I.
“Party”
and
“Parties”
have
the meanings set forth in the preface.
“Payment
Event”
means
any of the following events:
(i) the
Company fails to file with the SEC any Registration Statement meeting the
requirements of this Agreement on or before the date by which the Company is
required to file such Registration Statement pursuant to Section
5(a),
(ii) the
SEC Effectiveness Date of the Registration Statement required by Section 5(a)(1)
covering Registrable Securities does not occur within 180 days following the
Closing Date or the SEC Effectiveness Date of any Registration Statement
required by Section 5(a)(2) covering Registrable Securities does not occur
within 120 days following the date the Company shall become obligated to
commence preparation of such Registration Statement,
(iii) The
Company fails to file with the SEC a request for acceleration of effectiveness
of a Registration Statement within five Trading Days after the date the Company
learns that no review of such Registration Statement will be made by the staff
of the SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on such
Registration Statement, as the case may be, or any such request for acceleration
fails to request acceleration of such Registration Statement to a time and
date
not more than 48 hours after the submission of such request,
(iv) after
the SEC Effectiveness Date of any Registration Statement, sales cannot be made
pursuant to such Registration Statement for any reason (including, without
limitation, by reason of a stop order, any untrue statement of a material fact
or omission of a material fact in such Registration Statement, or the Company’s
failure to update such Registration Statement), except to the extent permitted
pursuant to Section 5(b)(5),
(v) the
Company fails, refuses or is otherwise unable timely to issue and deliver to
or
upon the order of the Person entitled thereto Conversion Shares upon conversion
of the Note as and when required under the Transaction Documents, in any such
case within five (5) Trading Days after the due date thereof in accordance
with
the Note, or the Company fails, refuses or is otherwise unable timely to
transfer any Shares as and when required by the Transaction
Documents.
“Payment
Period”
means
any period following the Closing Date during which any Payment Event occurs
and
is continuing.
5
“Person”
means
an individual or an Entity, including a Governmental Body or any other body
with
legal personality separate from its equityholders or members, including if
established by any Governmental Body.
“Placement
Agent”
means
Primary Capital, LLC.
“Plan”
has
the
meaning specified in ERISA Section 3(3).
“Pledge
and Security Agreement”
means
the Pledge and Security Agreement of the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxx in favor of
the
Collateral Agent in the form attached as Annex
II.
“Proceeding”
means
any action, arbitration, audit, examination, investigation, claim, demand,
inquiry, hearing, litigation, suit or appeal (whether civil, criminal,
administrative, judicial or investigative, whether formal or informal, and
whether public or private) commenced, brought, conducted, heard by or before
or
otherwise involving any Governmental Body or arbitrator.
“Prospectus”
means
the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement at the time the
Registration Statement is declared effective and any amendment or supplement
thereto (including any information or documents incorporated therein by
reference).
“Purchase
Price”
means
the amount equal to the principal amount of the Note to be purchased by the
Investor as set forth in Exhibit A.
“Purchase
Price Escrow Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
2(b).
“register”,
“registered”,
and
“registration”
refer
to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement
or
Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415, and the
declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement by
the
SEC.
“Registrable
Securities”
means
(1) the Shares, (2) if the Common Stock is changed, converted or exchanged
by
the Company or its successor, as the case may be, into any other stock or other
securities on or after the date hereof, such other stock or other securities
which are issued or issuable in respect of or in lieu of the Shares and (3)
if
any other securities are issued to holders of Common Stock (or such other shares
or other securities into which or for which the Common Stock is so changed,
converted or exchanged as described in the immediately preceding clause (2))
upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, share dividend,
merger, consolidation or similar transaction or event, such other securities
which are issued or issuable in respect of or in lieu of the
Shares.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement on Form S-1 or such other form as may be available to
the
Company to be filed with the SEC under the 1933 Act relating to the Registrable
Securities and which names any Investor as a selling stockholder.
“Regulation
D”
means
Regulation D under the 1933 Act.
“Regulation
S”
means
Regulation S under the 1933 Act.
“Repurchase
Event”
shall
have the meaning to be provided in this Agreement or in the
Note.
6
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation
of the SEC that may at any time provide a “safe harbor” exemption from
registration under the 1933 Act so as to permit a holder to sell securities
of
the Company to the public without registration under the 1933 Act.
“Rule
144A”
means
Rule 144A under the 1933 Act or any successor rule thereto.
“Rule
415”
means
Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
"Rule
424"
means
Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“SEC”
means
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC
Comments”
means
comments sent by the SEC to the Company in respect of a Registration
Statement.
“SEC
Effectiveness Date”
means,
with respect to any Registration Statement, the date such Registration Statement
is first declared effective by the SEC.
“SEC
Filing Date”
means
the date the Registration Statement is first filed with the SEC pursuant to
Section 5 of this Agreement.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities”
means,
collectively, the Note and the Conversion Shares.
“Shares”
means
the Conversion Shares.
“Short
Sales”
shall
have the meaning provided in Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act as in effect
on the date of this Agreement (but shall not be deemed to include the location
and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subsidiary”
means
any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the capital stock or
other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of
the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at
the
time directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
“Tax”
means
any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits,
environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding,
social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on
minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest,
penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
7
“Tax
Return”
means
any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or
statement required to be supplied to any governmental authority relating to
Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
“Transaction
Documents”
means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Note, the Pledge and Security Agreement,
the
Collateral Agency Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement, the Guaranty, the Purchase
Price Escrow Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents
contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Violation”
means:
(i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
(ii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were
made, not misleading,
(iii) any
violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the Exchange
Act,
any state securities law or any rule or regulation under the 1933 Act, the
Exchange Act or any state securities law, or
(iv) any
breach or alleged breach by the Company of any representation, warranty,
covenant, agreement or other term of any of the Transaction Documents.
2. PURCHASE
AND SALE OF NOTES.
(a) Purchase
and Sale of Notes.
(i) Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Investors hereby
agree to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to sell to
the
Investors, on the Closing Date, the Notes in the principal amounts set forth
in
Exhibit A and having the terms and conditions as set forth in the form of the
Note attached hereto as Annex
I
for the
Purchase Price.
(ii) The
Notes
will be secured by (i) a first-priority Lien on certain Accounts Receivable
of
the Company, and (ii) a perfected first-priority Lien on ten million
(10,000,000) shares of Common Stock, owned by Xxxxxx Xxxx, the Chairman of
the
Company, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement to be dated as of the
Closing Date between Tri-State Title & Escrow, LLC, as the collateral agent,
the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxx, a form of which is attached hereto as Annex
II.
(iii) The
Notes
will be offered and sold to the Investors pursuant to Regulation S and/or
Regulation D under the 1933 Act. Upon original issuance of the Notes, and until
such time as it is no longer required under the applicable requirements of
the
1933 Act, the Notes and the Conversion Shares shall bear the legends relating
to
the offer and the sale of the Notes and the Conversion Shares as required by
(i)
Regulation S under the 1933 Act or (ii) any other applicable laws or regulations
relating to the issuance of the Notes.
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(b) Closing.
The
issuance and sale of the Notes shall occur on the Closing Date at Guzov Ofsink,
LLC, 14th
Floor,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or at such other location and
time
as the parties may agree. At the closing, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, (1) the Company shall issue and deliver to the
Investors the Notes against payment by the Investors to the Company of an amount
equal to the Purchase Price, and (2) as payment in full for the Notes, and
against delivery of the Notes, the Investors shall have delivered to the Escrow
Agent the Purchase Price pursuant to that certain escrow agreement, and all
amendments thereto, by and among the Escrow Agent and the Company, a copy of
which is attached as Annex
III
(such
agreement, the “Purchase
Price Escrow Agreement”;
such
events, the “Closing”
or
“Initial
Closing”).
The
release to the Company of the Purchase Price less all applicable fees shall
be
effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Price
Escrow Agreement. At the Closing, the Investors and the Company shall deliver
to
each other all of the various certificates, instruments, and documents referred
to in Section 7. The Investors and the Company acknowledge and agree that the
Company may consummate the sale of additional Notes to Investors or other
investors, on the terms set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents as defined herein, at a closing or additional closings (each, an
“Additional
Closing”;
the
Initial Closing and any Additional Closing are also sometimes referred to
herein as a “Closing”),
all
of which Additional Closings shall occur not later than July 31, 2008 (the
date
of any Additional Closing is hereinafter referred to as an Additional
Closing Date”
and
the
Initial Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date are also sometimes referred
to herein as a “Closing
Date”).
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES.
The
Company represents and warrants to the Investors that the statements contained
in this Section
3
are
correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement except as set forth in
the
disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Investor on the date hereof
and initialed by the Parties (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”).
The
Company Disclosure Schedule will be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to
the
lettered and numbered paragraphs contained in this Section
3.
(a) Organization
and Standing. The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Nevada, with full and unrestricted corporate
power and authority to own, operate and lease its assets, to carry on the
Business (and any other business) as currently conducted (and proposed to be
conducted), to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (to the extent such
concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in all jurisdictions in
which either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by it, or
the
nature of the activities conducted by it, requires such qualification, except
where the failure to so qualify will not have a material adverse effect on
the
Business or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a
whole.
(b) Authorization
of Transaction. The
Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, each of the Transaction Documents, and any applicable ancillary
agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement and any Transaction Documents by the Company
and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part
of the Company. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms and
conditions, except to the extent that such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar Laws and court
decisions relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally
and by the application of general equitable principles..
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(c) Noncontravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and any
Transaction Documents, the fulfillment of and compliance with the respective
terms and provisions hereof and thereof, and the consummation by the Company
and
any of its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
do
not and will not: (i) conflict with, or violate any provision of, any Law having
applicability to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any of their assets, or
any
provision of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
;
(ii) conflict with, or result in any breach of, or constitute a default under
any agreement,
contract or other arrangement (whether written or oral) to
which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or its
Subsidiaries or any of their assets may be bound; or (iii) result in or require
the creation or imposition of or result in the acceleration of any indebtedness,
or of any Encumbrance of any nature upon, or with respect to any of the assets
(including the Shares) of the Company or any Subsidiary .
(d) Concerning
the Shares and the Common Stock. Capitalization.
The
Shares have been duly authorized and the Conversion Shares, when issued upon
conversion of the Notes, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and will not subject the holder thereof to personal liability
by
reason of being such holder. There are no unwaived preemptive or similar rights
of any stockholder of the Company or any other Person to acquire any of the
Securities issued or to be issued to the Investor. The Company has duly reserved
5,400,000 shares of Common Stock exclusively for issuance upon conversion of
the
Notes, and such shares shall remain so reserved, and the Company shall from
time
to time reserve such additional shares of Common Stock as shall be required
to
be reserved pursuant to the Notes, so long as the Notes are outstanding. The
Company acknowledges that the Securities may be pledged in connection with
a
bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by
the
Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer,
sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and the Investor shall not
be
required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any
delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document; provided,
however,
that in
order to make any sale, transfer or assignment of Securities in connection
with
a foreclosure or realization on such pledge, the Investor or its pledgee shall
make such disposition in accordance with, or pursuant to an effective
registration statement or an available exemption under, the 1933 Act. The
authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date (not including the Securities) are set forth
on
Schedule 3(d). Except as set forth on Schedule 3(d), there are no options,
warrants, or rights to subscribe to, securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exchangeable for or giving any right to subscribe for any
shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. All of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
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(e) Subsidiaries. All
shares of capital stock of Subsidiaries directly or indirectly held by the
Company have been duly authorized, are validly issued and fully paid and
nonassessable. All of the issued and outstanding shares (or other securities)
of
each Subsidiary were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities Laws and any other applicable Laws. The Company directly, or
indirectly through wholly owned Subsidiaries, holds of record and beneficially
owns all such shares of capital stock of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries
free and clear of all Encumbrances. Each Subsidiary is an Entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable
in the relevant jurisdiction) under the Laws of its state or jurisdiction of
incorporation (as listed in Section 3(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule)
and
in all jurisdictions in which either the ownership or use of the properties
owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities conducted by it, requires
such qualification. Each Subsidiary has the full and unrestricted power and
authority to own, operate and lease its assets and to carry on the Business
(and any other business) as
currently conducted (and proposed to be conducted). There are no outstanding
or
authorized options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion
rights, exchange rights or other contracts or commitments that could require
any
Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its
capital stock. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation,
phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights with respect to any
Subsidiary. There are no voting trusts, proxies, or other agreements or
understandings with respect to the voting of the capital stock of any
Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries controls directly
or
indirectly or has any direct or indirect equity participation in any
corporation, partnership, trust, or other business association which is not
a
Subsidiary.
(f) Disclosure
Documents; Common Stock Trading.
(i) The
Company has timely filed with, or furnished to, the SEC each form, proxy
statement or report required to be filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by
the
Company pursuant to the Exchange Act since February 14, 2008 (collectively,
the
“Disclosure
Documents”).
To
the knowledge of the Company, the Disclosure Documents complied, as of the
date
of their filing with the SEC, in all respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The information contained or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Documents was true, complete and
correct in all material respects as of the respective dates of the filing
thereof with the SEC and, as of such respective dates, the Disclosure Documents
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except to the extent updated or superseded by any Disclosure
Document subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC prior to the date
hereof. To the knowledge of the officers of the Company, there is no event,
fact
or circumstance that would cause any certification signed by any such officer
in
connection with any Disclosure Document pursuant to the requirements of the
Sarbanes Oxley-Act of 2002 to be untrue, inaccurate or incorrect in any
respect.
(ii) The
financial statements of the Company included in the Disclosure Documents have
been prepared in accordance with the published rules and regulations of the
SEC
and in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
indicated therein, except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto,
and presented fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated, and
the
consolidated results of the operations and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the periods therein specified (except in the case of quarterly
financial statements for the absence of footnote disclosure and subject, in
the
case of interim periods, to normal year-end adjustments).
(iii) The
Common Stock is validly, properly and effectively registered under the Exchange
Act in accordance with all applicable federal securities laws and is quoted
on
the OTC Bulletin Board. The Company is currently in compliance with all
applicable FINRA and OTC Bulletin
Board requirements and standards. There is no revocation order, suspension
order, injunction or other Proceeding or Law (whether issued by the SEC, the
FINRA or other Governmental Body) affecting the effectiveness of the Company’s
Exchange Act registration or the trading of the Common Stock. The consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
do not conflict with, and will not result in any violation of, any FINRA or
OTC
Bulletin Board trading requirement or standard applicable to the Company or
its
Common Stock.
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(g) No
Undisclosed Liabilities; No Guaranties.
Except
as
set forth on Section 3(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, in the financial
statements of the Company included in the Disclosure Documents, the Company
and
its Subsidiaries do not have any material Liabilities. Except as set forth
on
Section 3(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company nor
any
of
its Subsidiaries is
a
guarantor or otherwise liable for any Liability (including indebtedness) of
any
other Person. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to,
or
has any commitment to become a party to, any agreement, contract or other
arrangement associated with off balance sheet financing.
(h) Absence
of Litigation.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Documents and to the Company’s knowledge, there
is no Proceeding pending or threatened by or before any Governmental Body
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, to the
Company’s knowledge, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened by or before any Governmental Body (i) seeking to prevent,
hinder, modify or challenge any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, or (ii) that would cause any
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents to be illegal, invalid, voidable or otherwise rescinded.
(i) Title
to Assets.
Except
as
set forth in Section 3(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold
interest in, free and clear of all Encumbrances, all properties and assets
material to the Business. All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures,
vehicles and other assets and properties owned, leased or used by the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries are in good operating condition and repair (subject
to
ordinary wear and tear) and are reasonably fit and usable for the purposes
for
which they are being used.
(j) Legal
Compliance.
Each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective predecessors and
Affiliates is currently in compliance and, except to the extent that
noncompliance will not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the Business or the financial condition of the Company
and
any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted,
has
been in compliance with all applicable Laws, and no Proceeding has been filed
or
commenced against any of them alleging any failure so to comply.
(k) Contracts.
Section
3(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all contracts and other agreements
(whether written or oral) to which any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is
a
party pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is to receive,
or
is obligated to pay, more than $1,000,000 (“Material
Contracts”),
specifying for each the parties thereto, all of which are listed on Section
3(k)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(l) Employees;
Employee Benefits.
Except
as
set forth in Section 3(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries maintain any Plans (as defined in ERISA
Section 3(3)) or any obligation, arrangement or customary practice, whether
or
not legally enforceable, to provide benefits, other than salary, as compensation
for services rendered, to present or former directors, officers, employees
or
agents.
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(m) Intellectual
Property.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or have a right to use all Company Intellectual
Property material to the Business, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances
of
any kind, except where the failure to own or have a right to use such property
or such lien or encumbrance would not have a material adverse effect upon the
Business or the financial condition of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
The use of the Company Intellectual Property by the Company and its Subsidiaries
does not conflict with, infringe upon, violate or interfere with or constitute
an appropriation of any right, title, interest or goodwill, including, without
limitation, any intellectual property right, trademark, trade name, domain
name,
patent, service xxxx, brand xxxx, brand name, database, industrial design,
trade
secrets, technology, software, customer lists, copyright or any pending
application therefor of any other Person, and the Company and the directors
and
officers (and employees with responsibility for intellectual property matters)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have knowledge of any claims thereof.
The use of all Company Intellectual Property will not be adversely affected
by
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(n) Notes
and Accounts Receivable. All
notes
and accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries are reflected
properly on the financial statements of the Company (“Financial Statements”) and
are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims, are current and
collectible within 180 days after the Closing, subject only to the reserve
for
bad debts set forth on the face of the balance sheet included in the Financial
Statements (rather than in any notes thereto) as adjusted for the passage of
time through the Closing Date in accordance with the past custom and practice
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(o) Tax
Matters. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and
foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required
by
any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that
the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions
reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and
has
paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material
in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside
on
its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by
the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know
of no
basis for any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with respect
to
the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any
foreign, federal, statute or local tax. None of the Company’s tax returns is
presently being audited by any taxing authority.
(p) Books
and Records. The
books
of account, minute books, equity record books and other records of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, all of which have been made available to the Investors
prior to Closing, are accurate and complete in all material respects and have
been maintained in accordance with sound business practices.
(q) Certain
Business Relationships. Except
as
set forth in Section 3(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Disclosure
Documents, none of the Company
and its Subsidiaries nor any their respective employees, officers, directors,
agents, representatives or Affiliates has
been
involved in any business arrangement or relationship with the Company and its
Subsidiaries within the past 36 months, and none of the Company and its
Subsidiaries nor any their respective employees, officers, directors, agents,
representatives or Affiliates own any asset, tangible or intangible, which
is
used in, or required or necessary for the conduct of, the businesses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. There are no loan, guarantee, cross-guarantee,
pledge, credit or other similar agreements, monies due, advances made or other
funds transferred, between such persons and the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(r) Private
Offering. Based
on
the representations provided by each Investor in Section
4,
the
offer and sale of the Shares to each Investor is, and the offer and sale of
the
Securities to the Investors will be, exempt from the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act and any other securities Laws.
Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has offered or sold
or
will offer or sell any securities, or has taken or will take any other action
(including, without limitation, any offering of securities of the Company under
circumstances that would require, under the Securities Act, the integration
of
such offering with the offer and sale of the Securities) which would subject
the
offer and sale of the Securities to the registration provisions of the
Securities Act.
(s) Use
of Proceeds. The
Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for the
purpose(s) set forth in the use of proceeds schedule 3(s) attached
hereto.
(t) Brokers’
Fees. Except
as
set forth in Section 3(t) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither
the Company not any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their shareholders,
employees, officer or directors, has any Liability to pay any fees or
commissions or other consideration to any broker, finder, or agent with respect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Liability
or
obligations for which the Investors can become liable or obligated. Except
as
set forth in Section 3(t) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any such Liability
will be paid by the Company prior to the Closing.
(u) Environmental
and Safety Laws. Since
January 1, 2007, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been in violation
of any applicable Law relating to the environment or occupational health and
safety, where such violation would have a material adverse effect on the
Business or financial condition of any of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. As used herein, “Environmental
Laws”
means
all applicable Laws governing, regulating or otherwise affecting the
environment, health or safety.
(v) Manufacturing
and Marketing Rights. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted rights to manufacture,
produce, assemble, license, market or sell its products or services to any
other
Person nor is bound by any agreement that affects their exclusive right to
develop, manufacture, assemble, distribute, market or sell its products and
services. There are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts,
proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any its assets is bound
that may involve (A) provisions restricting or affecting the development,
manufacture or distribution of any of their products or services, or (B)
agreements not to compete with any person or entity or not to engage in any
particular line of business.
4. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS.
The
Investors represent and warrant to the Company that the statements contained
in
this Section
4
are
correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement.
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(a) Organization
and Standing. Authorization
of Transaction. The
Investors represent and warrant that they are Entities duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of their jurisdiction of organization, holding
power and authority to own, operate and lease their assets and to carry on
their
businesses as currently conducted, to execute and deliver this Agreement and
the
Transaction Documents and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby. The
Investors have full corporate or partnership power and authority, as applicable
(or capacity, if an individual), to execute and deliver this Agreement, the
Transaction Documents and any applicable ancillary agreement and to perform
their obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement constitutes the
valid
and legally binding obligation of the Investors, enforceable in accordance
with
its terms and conditions except to the extent that such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar Laws and
court decisions relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by the application of general equitable principles. Except as
otherwise required by applicable federal or state securities Laws, the Investor
need not provide any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any
authorization, consent, or approval of, any Governmental Body of any other
Person in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
any Transaction Document, or any ancillary agreement.
(b) Circumstances
of Purchase.
The
Investors are purchasing the Notes for their own account and not with a view
towards the public sale or distribution thereof within the meaning of the 1933
Act; and the Investors will acquire any Conversion Shares issued to the
Investors prior to the SEC Effectiveness Date of a Registration Statement
covering the resale of such Conversion Shares by the Investors for their own
accounts and not with a view towards the public sale or distribution thereof,
within the meaning of the 1933 Act, prior to such SEC Effectiveness Date; and
the Investors have no intention of making any distribution, within the meaning
of the 1933 Act, of the Conversion Shares except in compliance with the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption therefrom.
The Investors are acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course
of
their business.
(c) Brokers’
Fees.
The
Investors have no Liability to pay any fees or commissions or other
consideration to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
could become liable or obligated.
(d) No
Registration. The
Investors understand that (1) the Notes are being offered and sold to the
Investors without registration and (2) until the earlier of the SEC
Effectiveness Date or the date that is twelve (12) months after March 10, 2008,
the Conversion Shares will be issued to the Investors upon such conversion,
in
each such case in reliance on one or more exemptions from the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act, including, without limitation, Regulation S,
and
exemptions from state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon
the
truth and accuracy of, and the Investors’ compliance with, the representations,
warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investors
set
forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and
the
eligibility of the Investors to acquire or receive an offer to acquire the
Securities. The
Investors (A) agree that they will not offer, sell or otherwise transfer the
Note or the Conversion Shares nor, unless in compliance with the 1933 Act,
engage in hedging transactions involving such Securities, on or prior to (x)
the
date which is one year after the later of the date of the commencement of the
offering and the date of original issuance (or of any predecessor of any
Security proposed to be transferred by the Investor) and (y) such later date,
if
any, as may be required by applicable law, except (a) to the Company, (b)
pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the
1933 Act, (c) for so long as any Security is eligible for resale pursuant to
Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, to a person it reasonably believes is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account
or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer to whom notice
is
given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant
to
offers and sales to Persons who are not “U.S. Persons” (within the meaning of
Regulation S) that occur outside the United States within the meaning of
Regulation S or (e) pursuant to any other available exemption from the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act, and (B) agrees that it will give
to
each person to whom such Security is transferred a notice substantially to
the
effect of this paragraph.
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(e) Directing
Selling Efforts. No
form
of “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the
1933 Act), general solicitation or general advertising in violation of the
1933
Act has been or will be used nor will any offers by means of any directed
selling efforts in the United States be made by the Investors or any of their
representatives in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes.
(f) Investor
Status. INITIAL
BELOW IF APPLICABLE. At
the
time each Investor was offered the Securities, it was not, and at the date
hereof it is not, a “U.S. Person” (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under
the 0000 Xxx) and it understands that no action has been or will be taken in
any
jurisdiction by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Notes
in
any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. It is
not
acquiring the Notes for the account or benefit of any U.S. persons except in
accordance with one or more available exemptions from the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act or in a transaction not subject
thereto.
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(g) Accredited
Investor Status. Each
Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the 1933 Act. Each Investor is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act and such Investor is not
a
broker-dealer, nor an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
(h) Information
Provided. The
Investors and their advisors, if any, have requested, received and considered
all information relating to the business, properties, operations, condition
(financial or other), results of operations or prospects of the Company and
information relating to the offer and sale of the Notes deemed relevant by
them;
each Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity
to
ask questions of the Company concerning the terms of the offering of the
Securities and the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or
other), results of operations and prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investors have had the
opportunity to obtain and to review the Disclosure Documents; in connection
with
its decision to purchase the Notes, each Investor has relied solely upon the
Disclosure Documents, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
of the Company set forth in this Agreement and to be contained in the
Transaction Documents, as well as any investigation of the Company completed
by
the Investors or their advisors; each Investor understands that its investment
in the Securities involves a high degree of risk; and the Investors understand
that the offering of the Notes is being made to the Investors as part of an
offering without any minimum amount of the offering but subject to a maximum
amount of $7 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject, however,
to the right of the Company at any time prior to execution and delivery of
this
Agreement by the Company, in its sole discretion, to accept or reject an offer
by the Investors to purchase the Notes).
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(i) Investment
Experience. The
Investors understand the risks of investing in companies which have their
business operations domiciled in the People’s Republic of China and that the
purchase of the Notes involves substantial risk. The
Investors, either alone or together with their representatives, have 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 have so evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment. The Investors are able to bear the economic risk of an investment
in
the Securities and, at the present time, are able to afford a complete loss
of
such investment. The Investors have had the opportunity to ask questions of
management of the Company.
(j) Short
Sales and Confidentiality prior to the Date Hereof. Other
than the transaction contemplated hereunder, the Investors have not directly
or
indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any
understanding with the Investors, executed any disposition, including Short
Sales (but not including the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares
of
Common Stock), in the securities of the Company during the period
commencing from the time that the Investors first received a term sheet from
the
Company or any other Person setting forth the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (the “Discussion
Time”).
5. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.
(a) Mandatory
Registration. (1)
(i)
The Company shall prepare and, in no event later than the date which is 45
days
after the Closing Date, file with the SEC a Registration Statement which covers
the resale by the Investor of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Note based on the
initial Conversion Price as set forth in the Note, as Registrable Securities,
and which Registration Statement shall state that, in accordance with Rule
416
under the 1933 Act, such Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon
conversion of the Note to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions; (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 5, if the Company receives SEC Comments, and following
discussions with and responses to the SEC in which the Company uses its
reasonable best efforts and time to cause as many Registrable Securities for
as
many Investors as possible to be included in the Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 5(a) without characterizing any Investor as an underwriter
(and in such regard uses its reasonable best efforts to cause the SEC to permit
the affected Investors or their respective counsel to participate in SEC
conversations on such issue together with counsel of the Company, and timely
conveys relevant information concerning such issue with the affected Investors
or their respective counsel), the Company is unable to cause the inclusion
of
all Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement, then the Company
may,
following not less than three (3) Trading Days prior written notice to the
Investors, (x) remove from the Registration Statement such Registrable
Securities (the “Cut
Back Shares”)
and/or
(y) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale
of
the Registrable Securities, in each case as the SEC may require in order for
the
SEC to allow such Registration Statement to become effective; provided,
that in
no event may the Company name any Investor as an underwriter without such
Investor’s prior written consent (collectively, the “SEC
Restrictions”).
Unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require, any cut-back imposed pursuant
to
this Section 5(a)(1)(ii) shall be allocated among the Registrable Securities
of
the Investors on a pro rata basis. No liquidated damages under Section 5(a)(2)
shall accrue on or as to any Cut Back Shares, and the required SEC Effectiveness
Date for such Registration Statement will be tolled, until such time as the
Company is able to effect the registration of the Cut Back Shares in accordance
with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the “Restriction
Termination Date”).
From
and after the Restriction Termination Date, all provisions of this Section
5
(including, without limitation, the liquidated damages provisions, subject
to
tolling as provided above) shall again be applicable to the Cut Back Shares
(which, for avoidance of doubt, retain their character as “Registrable
Securities”) so that the Company will be required to file with and cause to be
declared effective by the Commission such additional Registration Statements
in
the time frames set forth herein as necessary to ultimately cause to be covered
by effective Registration Statements all Registrable Securities (if such
Registrable Securities cannot at such time be resold by the Investors thereof
pursuant to Rule 144).
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(2) If
at any
time or from time to time after the Closing Date any Investor shall hold or
be
the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities, other than those Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement that the Company is required
to file under Section 5(a)(1), which Registrable Securities are not covered
by a
Registration Statement, then promptly following the written demand of any
Investor following the issuance of such additional Registrable Securities or
the
issuance of any securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitling an Investor to acquire, such additional Registrable Securities, and
in
any event within 45 days following such demand, the Company shall prepare and
file with the SEC a new Registration Statement covering the resale by such
Investor of such additional Registrable Securities; provided,
however
that the
Company shall not be required to file a Registration Statement covering the
resale of less than 50% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities at any
time. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent permitted
by
the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such
indeterminate number of additional securities resulting from stock splits,
stock
dividends or similar transactions with respect to such additional Registrable
Securities. Nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations or any
Investor’s rights under Section 6.4 of the Note.
(3) If
a
Payment Event occurs, then the Company will make payments to the Investor,
in
immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States, as partial
liquidated damages for the minimum amount of damages to the Investor by reason
thereof, and not as a penalty, which payments shall accrue at the rate of 1.0%
per month of the principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding during
each Payment Period. Each such payment shall be due and payable within ten
(10)
Business Days after the end of each calendar month during which any Payment
Period occurs until the termination of such Payment Period. Such payments shall
constitute full payment to the Investor and shall constitute the Investor’s
exclusive remedy for any Payment Event. A particular Payment Period shall
terminate upon (u) the filing of the applicable Registration Statement, in
the
case of clause (i) of the definition of “Payment Event”; (v) the applicable SEC
Effectiveness Date for the particular Registration Statement, in the case of
clause (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Payment Event”; (w) the ability of
the Investor to effect sales pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement,
in the case of clause (iv) of the definition of “Payment Event”; (x) the
issuance and delivery of the Shares, in the case of clause (vi) of the
definition of “Payment Event”; and (y) in the case of the events described in
clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the definition of “Payment Event”, the earlier
termination of the Registration Period, and in each such case in the preceding
clauses (u) thorough (y), any Payment Period that commenced by reason of the
occurrence of any Payment Event shall terminate if at the time (1) no other
Payment Event is continuing or (2) subject to the rights of any transferee
under
Section 9(c), the Investor no longer holds any portion of the Note or any
Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
5(a)(3) to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to make any payments
hereunder for Payment Periods in excess of an aggregate of 10% of the principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. If the Company fails to pay any
liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within three days after
the
date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 10% per annum
(or such lesser rate as is the highest rate permitted by applicable law) to
the
Investors, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until
such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full.
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(b) Obligations
of the Company. In
connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company
shall:
(1) use
its
commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to
become effective as promptly as possible after the filing thereof and
to
keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration
Period. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within five (5) Business Days
after
the Company learns that no review of such Registration Statement will be made
by
the staff of the SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on
such Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration
of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than
48 hours after the submission of such request. The Company represents and
warrants to the Investors that (a) each Registration Statement (including any
amendment or supplement thereto and prospectus contained therein), at the time
it is first filed with the SEC, at the time it is ordered effective by the
SEC
and at all times during which it is required to be effective hereunder (and
each
such amendment and supplement at the time it is filed with the SEC and at all
times during which it is available for use in connection with the offer and
sale
of the Registrable Securities) shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (b) each Prospectus,
at the time the related Registration Statement is declared effective by the
SEC
and at all times that such Prospectus is required by this Agreement to be
available for use by any Investor and, in accordance with Section 5(c)(3),
any
Investor is entitled to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to such Prospectus,
shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading;
(2) subject
to Section 5(b)(5), prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to each Registration Statement and
Prospectus as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective,
and such Prospectus current, at all times during the Registration Period, and,
during the Registration Period (other than during any Blackout Period during
which the provisions of Section 5(b)(5)(B) are applicable), comply with the
provisions of the 1933 Act applicable to the Company in order to permit the
disposition by the Investors of all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement;
(3) furnish
to Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in a particular
Registration Statement and such Investors’ respective legal counsel, promptly
after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC or
received by the Company, (1) one conformed copy of such Registration Statement
and any amendment thereto and the related Prospectus and each amendment or
supplement thereto and (2) such number of copies of such Prospectus and all
amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents, as such Investor
may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities owned by such Investor; and notify the Investors and their legal
counsel within three Business Days after the same is filed with the SEC, or
received by the Company, of the filing or receipt of each letter written by
or
on behalf on the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, to the extent
it
addresses or concerns such Investors, and each item of correspondence from
the
SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration
Statement, to the extent pertaining to an Investor (other than any portion
thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential
treatment), and permit counsel designated by the Investor to review such letters
and items of correspondence upon the request of such counsel;
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(4) subject
to Section 5(b)(5), use its commercially reasonable best efforts (i) to register
and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement
under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Investor
who
owns or holds any Registrable Securities reasonably requests, (ii) to prepare
and to file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may
be
necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof at all times during the
Registration Period and (iii) to take all other actions reasonably necessary
or
advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale by the Investors in
such jurisdictions; provided,
however,
that the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto
(I) to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise
be required to qualify but for this Section 5(b)(4), (II) to subject itself
to
general taxation in any such jurisdiction, (III) to file a general consent
to
service of process in any such jurisdiction, (IV) to provide any undertakings
that cause more than nominal expense or burden to the Company or (V) to make
any
change in its certificate or article of incorporation or by-laws which the
Board
of Directors of the Company determines to be contrary to the best interests
of
the Company and its stockholders;
(5) (A)
as
promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or circumstance,
notify each Investor of the occurrence of any event or circumstance of which
the
Company has knowledge (x) as a result of which any Prospectus, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, (y) which requires the Company to amend or supplement any
Registration Statement due to the receipt from an Investor or any other selling
stockholder named in the Prospectus of new or additional information about
such
Investor or selling stockholder or its intended plan of distribution of its
Registrable Securities or other securities covered by such Registration
Statement, or (z) which requires the Company to amend or supplement any
Registration Statement pursuant to the Company’s undertakings as set forth in
the Registration Statement and in Item 512 of Regulation S-K under the 1933
Act,
and use its best efforts promptly to prepare a supplement or amendment to such
Registration Statement and Prospectus to correct such untrue statement or
omission or to add any new or additional information, and deliver a number
of
copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may
reasonably request;
(B) notwithstanding
Section 5(b)(5)(A) above, if at any time the Company notifies the Investors
as
contemplated by Section 5(b)(5)(A) with respect to a particular Registration
Statement or Prospectus the Company also notifies the Investors that the event
giving rise to such notice relates to a development involving the Company which
occurred subsequent to the later of (x) the SEC Effectiveness Date of the
applicable Registration Statement and (y) the latest date prior to such notice
on which the Company has amended or supplemented such Registration Statement,
then the Company shall not be required to use best efforts to make such
amendment during a Blackout Period; provided,
however,
that in
any period of 365 consecutive days the Company shall not be entitled to avail
itself of its rights under this Section 5(b)(5)(B) with respect to more than
two
Blackout Periods; and provided
further, however, that
no
Blackout Period may commence sooner than 90 days after the end of an earlier
Blackout Period;
(6) as
promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify each Investor
who holds Registrable Securities being offered or sold pursuant to a particular
Registration Statement of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order or other
suspension of effectiveness of such Registration Statement at the earliest
possible time;
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(7) permit
the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being included in a particular
Registration Statement (or their designee) and their counsel to review and
have
a reasonable opportunity to comment on such the selling stockholder section
and
beneficial ownership tables contained in such Registration Statement and any
related Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto at least two
Business Days prior to their filing with the SEC;
(8) use
its
commercially reasonable best efforts to cause all the Registrable Securities
covered by a particular Registration Statement as of the SEC Effectiveness
Date
of such Registration Statement to be listed, quoted or traded on the principal
securities market on which securities of the same class or series issued by
the
Company are then listed, quoted or traded; and
(9) provide
a
transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity, for the Registrable
Securities at all times;
(c) Obligations
of the Investors.
In
connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Investor
shall have the following obligations:
(1) It
shall
be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the
registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable
Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the
Company completed Selling Securityholder Questionnaire in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
B
and
shall execute such other documents in connection with such registration as
the
Company may reasonably request.
(2) Each
Investor by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to
cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection
with the preparation and filing of each Registration Statement hereunder that
covers such Registrable Securities, unless such Investor has notified the
Company of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s
Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement;
(3) Each
Investor agrees that it will not effect any disposition of the Registrable
Securities except as contemplated in the applicable Registration Statement
or
Prospectus or as otherwise is in compliance with applicable securities laws
and
that it will promptly notify the Company of any material changes in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement regarding such Investor
or
its plan of distribution before selling any Registrable Securities pursuant
to
such Registration Statement or Prospectus subsequent to such material change;
each Investor agrees (a) to notify the Company in writing in the event that
such
Investor enters into any material agreement with a broker or a dealer for the
sale pursuant to a Registration Statement of Registrable Securities through
a
block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or a purchase by a broker
or dealer and (b) in connection with such agreement, to provide to the Company
in writing the information necessary to prepare any supplemental Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(c) under the 1933 Act which is required with respect to
such transaction; and
(4) Each
Investor acknowledges that there may occasionally be times as specified in
Section 5(b)(5) or 5(b)(6) when the Company must suspend the use of a Prospectus
until such time as an amendment to the related Registration Statement has been
filed by the Company and declared effective by the SEC, the Company has prepared
a supplement to such Prospectus, or the Company has filed an appropriate report
with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. Each Investor hereby covenants that
it will not sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Prospectus during
the period commencing at the time at which the Company gives such Investor
notice of the suspension of the use of such Prospectus in accordance with
Section 5(b)(5) or 5(b)(6) and ending at the time the Company gives such
Investor notice that such Investor may thereafter effect sales pursuant to
the
Prospectus, or until the Company delivers to such Investor or files with the
SEC
an amended or supplemented Prospectus.
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6. POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS.
The
Parties agree as follows with respect to the period following the
Closing.
(a) Transfer
Restrictions.
The
Investors acknowledge and agree that (1) the Notes have not been and are not
being registered under the provisions of the 1933 Act or any state securities
laws and, except as provided in Section 5, the Conversion Shares have not been
and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws,
and that the Notes may not be transferred unless an Investor shall have
delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory in
form,
scope and substance to the Company, to the effect that the Note to be
transferred may be transferred without such registration; (2) no sale,
conveyance assignment or other transfer of the Notes or any interest therein
may
be made except in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; (3) the
Conversion Shares may not be resold by an Investor unless the resale has been
registered under the 1933 Act or is made pursuant to an applicable exemption
from such registration and the Company shall have received the opinion of
counsel provided for in the third to last sentence of this Section 6(a); (4)
any
sale of Conversion Shares under a Registration Statement shall be made only
in
compliance with the terms of this Section 6(a) and Section 5 (including, without
limitation, Section 5(c)(4)); (5) any sale of the Securities made in reliance
on
Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further,
if the exemption provided by Rule 144 is not available, any resale of the
Securities under circumstances in which the seller, or the Person through whom
the sale is made, may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is used
in
the 1933 Act, may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933
Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (6) the Company
is
under no obligation to register the Securities (other than registration of
the
resale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with Section 5) under the
1933 Act or, except as provided in Section 6(d) and Section 5, to comply with
the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. Prior to the time
particular Conversion Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144, the
Investors may not sell the Conversion Shares in a transaction which does not
constitute a sale thereof pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement
in
accordance with the plan of distribution set forth therein or in any supplement
to the related Prospectus unless an Investor shall have delivered to the Company
an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory in form, scope and substance
to
the Company, that such Conversion Shares may be so sold without registration
under the 1933 Act. Nothing in any of the Transaction Documents shall limit
the
right of a holder of the Securities to make a bona fide pledge thereof to an
institutional lender and the Company agrees to cooperate with any Investor
who
seeks to effect any such pledge by providing such information and making such
confirmations as reasonably requested. The Investors agree that any sale by
an
Investor of Shares pursuant to a particular Registration Statement shall be
made
in a manner described in the plan of distribution set forth in the related
Prospectus.
(b) Restrictive
Legends.
(1)
The
Investors acknowledge and agree that the Notes shall bear a restrictive legend
in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the Notes):
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NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR
THE
SECURITIES WHICH MAY BE ISSUABLE PURSUANT HERETO HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE BEING OFFERED PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER [REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”)]
[REGULATION D (“REGULATION D”)] PROMULGATED UNDER THE ACT. THE SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF
(A)
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT, OR (B)
AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER, IN A GENERALLY
ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR (II) UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH, RULE 144 OR RULE 000X XXXXX XXX XXX
XX
XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE
ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE
SECURITIES.
(2) The
Investors further acknowledge and agree that until such time as the Shares
have
been registered for resale under the 1933 Act as contemplated by Section 5
of
this Agreement or are eligible for resale under Rule 144 under the 1933 Act,
the
certificates for the Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially
the
following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of
the
certificates for the Shares):
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”). THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE
1933
ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE 1933
ACT.
(3) Certificates
evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set
forth in Section 6(b)(2) hereof): (i) while a registration statement (including
the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such Security is effective
under the 1933 Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule
144, or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements
of
the 1933 Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued
by
the SEC). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the
Company’s transfer agent promptly after the SEC Effectiveness Date if required
by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder.
If all or any portion of the Securities are converted or exercised (as
applicable) at a time when there is an effective registration statement to
cover
the resale of the Shares, or if such legend is not otherwise required under
applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including judicial interpretations
thereof) then such Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company
agrees that following the SEC Effectiveness Date or at such time as such legend
is no longer required under this Section 6(b)(3), it will, no later than ten
Trading Days following the delivery by an Investor to the Company or the
Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares, as applicable,
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate representing
such Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company
may
not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent
of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section.
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(c) Reporting
Status.
During the Registration Period, the Company shall timely file all reports
required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer
required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or
the
rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.
(d) Debt
Obligation.
So
long
as any portion of the Note is outstanding, the Company shall cause its books
and
records to reflect the Note as a debt of the Company in its unpaid principal
amount, shall cause its financial statements to reflect the Note as a debt
of
the Company in such amount as shall be the greatest amount permitted in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and, whenever
appropriate, as a valid senior debt obligation of the Company for money
borrowed.
(e) Press
Releases. Any
press
release or other publicity concerning this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be submitted to the Investors for comment
at least one Business Day prior to issuance, unless the release is required
to
be issued within a shorter period of time pursuant to this Agreement or by
law
or pursuant to the rules of the securities exchange or market which at the
time
constitutes the principal market for the Common Stock. The Company shall,
contemporaneously with the closing on the Closing Date or as promptly as
possible thereafter on the Closing Date, issue a press release concerning the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company's other press releases and other
public information, to the extent concerning the Transaction Documents, shall
contain such information as reasonably requested by the Investors and be
reasonably approved by the Investors prior to issuance.
(f) Form
8-K; Limitation on Information and Investor Obligations.
Within
four Business Days after the Closing Date, the Company will publicly report
the
issue and sale of the Notes entered into on or before the Closing Date by filing
with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act, which report
shall describe the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and include copies of the forms of the Transaction Documents as exhibits
to such report.
(g) Security
Agreement.
The Company agrees to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent at or before
the closing on the Closing Date the Pledge and Security Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Annex
II.
(h) Short
Sales and Confidentiality after the Date Hereof. The
Investor covenants that neither it nor any affiliates acting on its behalf
or
pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the
period commencing from the time that the Investor first received a term sheet
from the Company or any other Person setting forth the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and ending on the earlier of (i) the date
that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced as described in Section 6(f) and (ii) the date, if applicable, that
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9(m). The Investor covenants
that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 6(f) or the earlier
termination of this Agreement, the Investor will maintain the confidentiality
of
all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the
existence and terms of this transaction). The Investor understands and
acknowledges that the SEC currently takes the position that coverage of short
sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the box” prior to the effective
date of the Registration Statement with the Securities is a violation of Section
5 of the 1933 Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the
Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997,
compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investor does not make any representation,
warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the
securities of the Company after the earlier of (i) the date that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as
described in Section 6(f) and (ii) the date, if applicable, that this Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 9(m). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate
portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor's assets and the
portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made
by
the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor'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.
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(i) Performance
Adjustment. In
the
event that the Company’s pre-tax net income (the “Actual
Income”)
for
the year ended December 31, 2008 (“Fiscal
2008”),
shall
be less than $10,000,000 (the “2008
Projected Income,”),
the
Conversion Price shall be determined thereafter according to the following
formula:
CP=CP(1)-CP(1)x(PI-AI)/PI
where
CP
=
Conversion Price after Performance Adjustment
CP(1)
=
Conversion Price before Performance Adjustment
PI
= 2008
Projected Income
AI
=
Actual Income
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, at no time shall the Conversion Price be lower
than $0.65 per Share.
7. CONDITIONS
TO OBLIGATION TO CLOSE.
(a) Conditions
to Obligation of the Investors.
The
obligation of each of the Investors to consummate the transactions to be
performed by it in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of
the
following conditions:
(i) No
legal
action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened which seeks to
restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(ii) The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall
have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and shall be true
and
correct on the Closing Date as if given on and as of the Closing Date (except
for representations given as of a specific date, which representations shall
be
true and correct as of such date), and on or before the Closing Date the Company
shall have performed all covenants and agreements of the Company contained
herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents required to be performed
by
the Company on or before the Closing Date;
(iii) No
event
which, if the Notes were outstanding, (1) would constitute an Event of Default
or which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (2)
would constitute a Repurchase Event or which, with the giving of notice or
the
passage of time, or both, would constitute a Repurchase Event shall have
occurred and be continuing;
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(iv) The
Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, duly executed by its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer,
to the effect set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section
7(a);
(v) The
Company shall have delivered to the Investors a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, of the Secretary of the Company certifying (1) the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company as in effect on the Closing Date,
(2)
all resolutions of the Board of Directors (and committees thereof) of the
Company relating to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and
the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (3) such other matters as
reasonably requested by the Investors;
(vi) The
Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered to the Company the Pledge
and
Security Agreement and a copy thereof duly executed and delivered by the
Company, shall have been furnished to the Investors;
(vii) The
Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered to the Investors the
Collateral Agency Agreement;
(viii) The
Lockbox Agreement shall have been executed and delivered to the Company, the
Collateral Agent and the Lockbox Agent and a copy thereof shall have been
furnished by the Company to the Investors;
(ix) The
Guaranty shall have been executed by Xxxxxx Xxxx and shall have been furnished
by Xxxxxx Xxxx to the Investors; and
(x) On
the
Closing Date, the Investors shall have received an opinion of Guzov Ofsink,
LLC,
counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Investor,
in
the form attached as Annex
IV
and
otherwise in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Investors.
The
Investors may waive any condition specified in this Section
7(a)
if they
execute a writing so stating at the Closing.
(b) Conditions
to Obligation of the Company.
The
obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions to be performed by
them
in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(i) On
the
Closing Date, no legal action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened
which seeks to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; and
(ii) The
representations and warranties of the Investors contained in this Agreement
shall have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and on the
Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date and on or before the Closing Date
the Investors shall have performed all covenants and agreements of the Investors
contained in this Agreement and required to be performed by the Investors on
or
before the Closing Date.
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The
Company may waive any condition specified in this Section
7(b)
if it
executes a writing so stating at the Closing.
8. INDEMNIFICATION
AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) Indemnification.
(1)
To
the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Company will indemnify and
hold
harmless each Indemnified Person against any Claims to which any of them may
become subject under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as
such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any Violation. Subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 8(a)(3) with respect to the number of legal
counsel, the Company shall reimburse the Investors
and each such controlling Person, promptly as such expenses are incurred and
are
due and payable, for any documented reasonable legal fees or other documented
and reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 8(a)(1) shall
not apply to: (I) a Claim arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs
in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to an Indemnified
Person furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person or an
underwriter for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with
the
preparation of any Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or
supplement thereto; (II) any Claim arising out of or based on any statement
or
omission in any Prospectus, which statement or omission was corrected in any
subsequent Prospectus that was delivered to the Indemnified Person prior to
the
pertinent sale or sales of Registrable Securities by such Indemnified Person;
and (III) amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected
without the prior written consent of the Company. Such indemnity shall remain
in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of
the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable
Securities by the Investors.
(2) In
connection with each Registration Statement, each Investor who is named as
a
selling stockholder in such Registration Statement agrees to indemnify and
hold
harmless, to the same extent and in the same manner set forth in Section
8(a)(1), each Indemnified Party against any Claim to which any of them may
become subject, under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar
as
such Claim arises out of or is based upon any Violation, in each case to the
extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon
and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor
expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto; and such Investor will reimburse any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim; provided,
however,
that
the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a)(2) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without
the prior written consent of such Investor; provided,
further,
however,
that an
Investor shall be liable under this Section 8(a)(2) for only that amount of
all
Claims in the aggregate as does not exceed the amount by which the proceeds
to
such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such
Registration Statement exceeds the amount paid by such Investor for such
Registrable Securities or for the Common Stock Equivalents pursuant to which
such Registrable Securities were issued, as the case may be. Such indemnity
shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made
by or
on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the
Registrable Securities by the Investors. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this
Section 8(a)(2) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure
to
the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of
material fact contained in such preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely
basis in the related Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented.
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(3) Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section
8(a) of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental
action), such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in
respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section
8(a), deliver to the indemnifying party a notice of the commencement thereof
and
the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the
extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party,
as
the case may be; provided,
however,
that an
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its
own
counsel with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if,
in
the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and
any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding, in which case the
indemnifying party shall not be responsible for more than one such separate
counsel, and one local counsel in each jurisdiction in which an action is
pending, for all Indemnified Persons or Indemnified Parties, as the case may
be.
The failure to deliver notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable
time
of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying
party
of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this
Section 8(a), except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced
in
its ability to defend such action. The indemnification required by this Section
8(a) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course
of the investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability
is
incurred and is due and payable.
(b) Contribution. To
the
extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party as set forth in Section
9(a)
above is applicable by its terms but is prohibited or limited by law, the
indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to
any
amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 8(a) to the fullest
extent permitted by law. In determining the amount of contribution to which
the
respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative fault
of
each party, the parties’ relative knowledge of and access to information
concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the
opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission and any other
equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances; provided,
however,
that
(a) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the maker would
not
have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in
Section 8(a), (b) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution
from
any other Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation and
(c)
the aggregate contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be
limited to the amount by which the proceeds received by such seller from the
sale of such Registrable Securities exceeds the amount paid by such Investor
for
such Registrable Securities or for the Common Stock Equivalents pursuant to
which such Registrable Securities were issued, as the case may be.
(c) Other
Rights. The
indemnification and contribution provided in this Section shall be in addition
to any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.
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9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) No
Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than
the
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
(b) Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement (including any Transaction Documents) constitutes the entire agreement
among the Parties and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, or
representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, to the extent they
related in any way to the subject matter hereof.
(c) Succession
and Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named
herein and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may
assign either this Agreement or any of his or its rights, interests, or
obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other Party;
provided,
however,
that
the Investor may (i) assign any or all of its rights and interests
hereunder to one or more of its Affiliates and (ii) designate one or more
of its Affiliates to perform its obligations hereunder (in any or all of which
cases the Investors shall no longer remain responsible for the performance
of
all of its obligations hereunder).
(d) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
(e) Headings.
The
section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only
and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
(f) Notices.
All
notices, consents, waivers and other communications under this Agreement must
be
in writing and will be deemed given to a Party when (a) delivered to the
appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier
service (costs prepaid), (b) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation
of transmission by the transmitting equipment, or (c) received or rejected
by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; in each
case to the following addresses, facsimile numbers or e-mail addresses and
marked to the attention of the individual (by name or title) designated below
(or to such other address, facsimile number, e-mail address or individual as
a
party may designate by notice to the other parties):
If
to the
Investors to the addresses set forth in Exhibit A
If
to the
Company or Management:
0X,
Xx.000, Xxxxx 0xx
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-0000-0000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 011-8862-8791-1368
E-mail:
Xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Guzov
Ofsink, LLC
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
(g) Controlling
Law; Venue.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York without regard to choice of law provisions, statutes,
regulations or principles of this or any other jurisdiction. Each Party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (including personal
jurisdiction) of the state and federal courts of the State of New York for
any
action, suit or proceeding arising in connection with this Agreement, and agrees
that any such action suit or proceeding shall be brought only in such court
(and
waives any objection based on forum non conveniens or any other jurisdiction
to
venue therein). Process
in any Proceeding under this Agreement may be served on any Party anywhere
in
the world.
(h) Amendments
and Waivers.
No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Investors holding at
least
a majority of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
(i) Severability.
Any term
or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation
in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of
the
offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.
Furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall
be
added automatically as part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms
to
such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid
and enforceable.
(j) Expenses.
Each
of
the Parties will bear his or its own costs and expenses (including legal fees
and expenses) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(k) Construction.
The
Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties
and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any
Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law shall
be
deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless
the context requires otherwise. The word “including” shall mean including
without limitation. The Parties intend that each representation, warranty,
and
covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If any Party
has
breached any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein in any
respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty, or
covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels
of specificity) which the Party has not breached shall not detract from or
mitigate the fact that the Party is in breach of the first representation,
warranty, or covenant.
(l) Incorporation
of Exhibits and Schedules.
The
Exhibits and Schedules identified in this Agreement are incorporated herein
by
reference and made a part hereof.
(m) Termination.
(1)
The
Investors shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice
to
the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if:
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(A) the
Company shall have failed, refused, or been unable at or prior to the date
of
such termination of this Agreement to perform any of its obligations hereunder
required to be performed prior to the time of such termination;
(B) any
condition to the Investors’ obligations hereunder is not fulfilled at or prior
to the time such condition is required to be satisfied; or
(C) all
the
Closings contemplated by this Agreement shall not have occurred on or before
May
30, 2008, other than solely by reason of a breach of this Agreement by the
Investors, provided,
that
no
Investor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement after delivering
the
Purchase Price to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2(b) of this Agreement
in
a Closing on or before May 30, 2008.
Any
such
termination shall be effective upon the giving of notice thereof by the
Investors. Upon such termination, the Investor shall have no further obligation
to the Company hereunder and the Company shall remain liable for any breach
of
this Agreement or the other documents contemplated hereby which occurred on
or
prior to the date of such termination.
(2) The
Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice to
the
Investors at any times at or prior to the Closing Date if all the Closings
contemplated by this Agreement shall not have occurred on or before May 30,
2008, other than solely by reason of a breach of this Agreement by the Company,
so long as the Company is not in breach of this Agreement at the time it gives
such notice. Any such termination shall be effective upon the giving of notice
thereof by the Company. Upon such termination, neither the Company nor the
Investors shall have any further obligation to one another
hereunder.
(n) Investor
Status.
The
Investor is not acting as part of a “group” (as that term is used in Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act) with any other Person who is or proposes to become
a
party to this Agreement, or who is acquiring or holds any Notes, in negotiating
and entering into this Agreement or purchasing the Notes or acquiring, disposing
of or voting any of the Shares. The Company hereby confirms that it understands
and agrees that the Investors are not acting as part of any such
group.
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The
Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date indicated
in
the first sentence of this Agreement.
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The
Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date indicated
in
the first sentence of this Agreement.
INVESTOR:
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