SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of July __, 2007, between Zagg Incorporated, a Nevada corporation
(the
“Company”),
and
each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser”
and
collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell
to
each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to
purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described
in
this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions
.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to close.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
(i)
the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other
class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder
thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation,
any
debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
at
any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company
Counsel”
means
____________, with offices located at _____________.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
means
the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Escrow
Agent”
shall
mean Signature Bank, a New York State chartered bank and having an office at
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
“Escrow
Agreement”
shall
mean the escrow agreement entered into prior to the date hereof, by and among
the Company, Empire Financial Group and the Escrow Agent pursuant to which
the
Purchasers shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be
applied to the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Evaluation
Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt
Issuance”
means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers
or
directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted
for
such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of
Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange
of or
conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or
conversion price of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall
only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating
company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which
the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall
not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
investing in securities and (d) with the prior written consent of Empire
Financial Group, up to an amount of Common Stock and warrants equal to $2
million in the aggregate, on substantially the same or more favorable terms
and
conditions and prices to the Company as hereunder, with investors executing
definitive agreements for the purchase of such securities and such transactions
having closed on or before the earlier of (i) the Filing Date (as defined in
the
Registration Rights Agreement) or (ii) the date that the Initial Registration
Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is actually filed
with the Commission.
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“FWS”
means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP with offices located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
“GAAP”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Legend
Removal Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Participation
Maximum”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Per
Share Purchase Price”
equals
$1.00, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Stock
that occur after the date of this Agreement.
“Person”
means
an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Pre-Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
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“Purchaser
Party”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company
and
the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares and
the
Warrant Shares.
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to
this
Agreement.
“Short
Sales”
means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but
shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable
shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription
Amount”
means,
as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants
purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature
page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsequent
Financing”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Subsequent
Financing Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule
3.1(a),
and
shall, where applicable, include any subsidiary of the Company formed or
acquired after the date hereof.
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“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink Sheets,
LLC.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with
the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer
Agent”
means
Empire Stock Transfer, Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with
a
mailing address of 0000 Xx. Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 and
a
facsimile number of (000) 000-0000, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market
other than the Pink Sheets, LLC, the daily volume weighted average price of
the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported
by
Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time)
to
4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if prices for the Common Stock are
then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the
most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (c) in
all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined
by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a
majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding and reasonably acceptable
to
the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants”
means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
at
the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall
be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years, in the
form of Exhibit
C
attached
hereto.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $3,000,000
of Shares and Warrants. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, via
wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to its
Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its
respective Shares and a Warrant as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and
the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in
Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants
and
conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of FWS or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree.
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2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
each Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal
opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto;
(iii) a
certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv) a
Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares
of
Common Stock equal to 50% of such Purchaser’s Shares with an exercise price
equal to $1.30, subject to adjustment therein; and
(v) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On
or
prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the Escrow Account;
and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and
warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
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(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and
warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
the
date hereof; and
(v) from
the
date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been
suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market (except
for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company,
which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time
prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable
to
purchase the Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except
as
set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be
deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made
herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section
of
the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries.
All of
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule
3.1(a).
The
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued
and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights
to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then
all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction
Documents shall be disregarded.
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(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and
to
carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to
conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on
the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a
“Material
Adverse Effect”)
and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting
or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no
further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the
Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the
Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will
have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other
equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company,
the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company
of
the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
(i)
conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both)
of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company
or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company
or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company
or
any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal
and
state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of
the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court
or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section
4.4
of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration
Statement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required
thereby and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings
as
are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively,
the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with
the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
other
than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The
Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear
of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided
for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants.
(g) Capitalization.
The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g),
which
Schedule
3.1(g)
shall
also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of
record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has
not
issued any capital stock since its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other
than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s
stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion or
exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Except as set forth
in
Schedule
3.1(g)
attached
hereto, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase
and sale of the Securities and except as set forth in Schedule
3.1(g)
attached
hereto, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe
to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities,
rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for,
or
giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares
of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the
Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or
other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result
in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise,
conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in
violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder,
the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other
similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the
Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any
of
the Company’s stockholders.
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(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required
by
law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including
the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being
collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”)
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As
of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed
prior
to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development
that
has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to
GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has
not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made
any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares
of
its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities
to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any
request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance
of
the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule
3.1(i),
no
event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the
Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations
or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or
deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior
to
the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by
any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there
were
an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim
of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim
of
breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the
Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer
of
the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company
or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and
the
Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company,
is,
or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each
such
executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
any
liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign
laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms
and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be
in
compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) Compliance.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and
no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is
in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business
and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could
not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”),
and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title
to Assets.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all
real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal
property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and
the
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as
do
not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes,
the
payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(o) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with
their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure
to
so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company
or
any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable
and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value
of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that
it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be
necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in
cost.
(q) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000
other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii)
other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock
option plan of the Company.
(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls.
The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end
of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”).
The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in
the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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(s) Certain
Fees.
Except
for the fees paid to Empire Financial Group, Inc., no brokerage or finder’s fees
or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial
advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or
other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees
or
with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of
a
type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(t) Private
Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations and warranties set
forth
in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the
offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as
contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does
not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration
Rights.
Except
as set forth in Schedule 3.1(v) attached hereto, other than each of the
Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
(w) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to
its
knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
the
Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.
The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice
from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or
quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing
or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
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(x) Application
of Takeover Protections.
The
Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result
of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising
their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation
as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership
of the Securities.
(y) Disclosure.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither
it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers
or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or
might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands
and
confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished
by
or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure
Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the
Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken
as a
whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
and
when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser
makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No
Integrated Offering.
Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person
acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers
or
sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated
with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act
which
would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities
Act,
or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market
on
which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
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(aa) Solvency.
Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date,
after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the
sale
of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets
exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and
projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii)
the
current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would
receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all
anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or
in
respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The
Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts
as
they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable
on
or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization
or
liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction
within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(aa) sets forth as of the
date thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments.
For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means
(a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect
of
indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected
in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value
of
any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
(bb) Tax
Status.
Except
for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each
Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon,
and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted
or
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
(cc) No
General Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold
any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the
Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule
501 under the Securities Act.
(dd) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person
acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii)
failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation
of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
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(ee) Accountants.
The
Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule
3.1(ee)
of the
Disclosure Schedule. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting
firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange
Act
and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements
to
be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending
December 31, 2007.
(ee) No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There
are
no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
by
the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers
formerly or presently employed by the Company which could affect the Company’s
ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents, and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its
accountants and lawyers.
(ff) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely
in
the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further
acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of
the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by
any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is
merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company
further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on
the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(gg) Acknowledgement
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity.
Anything
in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except
for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.14 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by
the
Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked by the Company to agree,
nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or
short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities
issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii)
that past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser,
specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative”
transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement
transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s
publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv)
that each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control
over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction.
The
Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Purchasers
may
engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the
Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods
that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities
are
being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the
value
of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after
the
time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute
a
breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
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(hh) Regulation
M Compliance.
The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has,
(i)
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in
the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for,
purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than,
in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s
placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each
Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of
the
Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may
be
limited by applicable law.
(b) Own
Account.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have
not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not
with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
has
no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons
to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation
and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant
to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder
in
the ordinary course of its business.
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(c) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either:
(i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
(a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is
not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
Exchange Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Purchaser.
Such
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such
investment.
(e) General
Solicitation.
Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in
any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) Short
Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
Other
than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has
not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding
with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period
commencing from
the time
that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the
Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material
terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof
(“Discussion
Time”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have
no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers
managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the representation set
forth
above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the
portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities
covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement,
such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to
it
in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company
or
to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in
Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to
the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does
not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities
Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing
to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser
under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1,
of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR
THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge
pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or
grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the
pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject
to
approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee,
secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further,
no
notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense,
the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee
or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a
pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject
to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation
and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under
the
Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to
appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
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(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including
the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security
is
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares
or
Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares or Warrant Shares
are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission).
The
Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent
promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect
the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any portion of a Warrant is
exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover
the resale of the Warrant Shares, such Warrant Shares shall be issued free
of
all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such
time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will,
no
later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the
Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares or Warrant
Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading
Day, the “Legend
Removal Date”),
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing
such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company
may
not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent
that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.
Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account
of
the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as
directed by such Purchaser.
(d) In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to
a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for
each $2,000 of Shares or Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock
on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered
for
removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading
Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages
have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second Trading Day
following the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without
a
legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual
damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any
Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser shall
have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity
including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
injunctive relief.
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(e) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
such
Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with
the
plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of
the
restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in
this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this
understanding.
4.2 Furnishing
of Information.
Until
the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the
Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period)
all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant
to
the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities,
if
the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it
will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in
accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers
to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it
will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably
request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to
sell
such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
4.3 Integration.
The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
sale
of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer
or sale of the Securities to the Purchasers for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder
approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder
approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent
transaction.
4.4 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City
time) on the 3rd
Trading
Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K,
disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and
filing the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company and each
Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases
with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor
any
Purchaser shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public
statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press
release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with
respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required
by
law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party
with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser,
or
include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any
regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such
Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with
(A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement
and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages
thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(ii).
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4.5 Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the
consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring
Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover
plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that
any
Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or
arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents
or under any other agreement between the Company and the
Purchasers.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants
and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will
provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the
Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior
thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the
confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and
confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
4.7 Use
of
Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7 attached hereto, the Company
shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working
capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds for (a) the satisfaction of
any
portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) the
redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (c) the settlement
of any outstanding litigation.
4.8 Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company
will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers,
shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons
with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding
a
lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a
“Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities,
obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including
all
judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or
incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in
this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted
against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective
Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such
Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such
Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with
any
such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal
securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought
against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in
writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof
with
counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent
that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company
in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to
assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is,
in
the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any
material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such
Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the
reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The
Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i)
for
any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the
extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is
attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.
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4.9 Reservation
of Common Stock.
As of
the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to
reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to
issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any
exercise of the Warrants.
4.10 Listing
of Common Stock. The
Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common
Stock on a Trading Market, and as soon as reasonably practicable following
the
Closing (but not later than the earlier of the Effective Date and the first
anniversary of the Closing Date) to list all of the Shares and Warrant Shares
on
such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to
have
the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such
application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other
action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be
listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will
take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of
its
Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the
Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of
the Trading Market.
4.11 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any
Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of
any
of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered
to
all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes,
this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the
Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the
Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed
as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase,
disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
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4.12 Participation
in Future Financing.
(a) From
the
date hereof until the date that is the 12 month anniversary of the Effective
Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration (a “Subsequent
Financing”),
each
Purchaser shall have the right to participate in the Subsequent Financing up
to
an amount equal to 100% of the Subsequent Financing (the “Participation
Maximum”)
on the
same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent
Financing.
(b) At
least
5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company
shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect
a
Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”),
which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent
Financing Notice”).
Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser,
for
a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than
1
Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such
Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable
detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds
intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with
whom
such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term
sheet or similar document relating thereto as an
attachment.
(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser
is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the
Purchaser’s participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing,
and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such
5th
Trading
Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does
not elect to participate.
(d) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications
by
the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing
(or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than
the
total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the
remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons
set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company
receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking
to
purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each
such
Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined
below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro
Rata Portion”
means
the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing
Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.12 and (y) the sum of
the
aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date
by
all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.12 plus the aggregate
subscription amounts of investors party to securities purchase agreement(s)
contemplated by clause (d) in the definition of Exempt Issuance that are
participating in such Subsequent Financing pursuant to participation rights
granted to such investors under such agreements that are substantially similar
to this Section 4.12.
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(f) The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice,
and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth above
in
this Section 4.12, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent
Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in
such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the date of the
initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.12 shall not apply in respect of (i)
an
Exempt
Issuance
or (ii)
an underwritten public offering of Common Stock.
4.13 Subsequent
Equity Sales.
(a) From
the
date hereof until 90 days after the Effective Date, neither the Company nor
any
Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents;
provided,
however,
the 90
day period set forth in this Section 4.13 shall be extended for the number
of
Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock is
suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of
the
Shares and Warrant Shares.
(b) From
the
date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of the Securities, the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to
effect any Subsequent Financing involving a Variable Rate Transaction.
“Variable
Rate Transaction”
means
a
transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or
include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at
a
conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or
varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock
at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or
(B)
with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset
at
some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security
or
upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly
related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or
(ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line
of
credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price.
Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company
to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right
to
collect damages.
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(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt
Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt
Issuance.
4.14 Short
Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser, severally
and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any
Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will
execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time
and
ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
first publicly announced as described in Section 4.4.
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will
maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction
and
the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Each Purchaser
severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, understands and
acknowledges, and agrees, to act in a manner that will not violate the positions
of the Commission as set forth in Item 65, Section A, of the Manual of Publicly
Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office
of
Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company
after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first
publicly announced as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions
of
such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with
respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made
the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
4.15 Delivery
of Securities After Closing. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, the respective Securities purchased by each Purchaser to such
Purchaser within 3 Trading Days of the Closing Date.
4.16 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect
to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof,
promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action
as
the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an
exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at
the
Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the
United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request
of any Purchaser.
4.17 Capital
Changes. Until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company
shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of
the
Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a
majority in interest of the Shares.
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4.18 Directors
and Officers Insurance. The Company shall have obtained directors and
officers insurance coverage at least equal to $2 million from a reputable
insurance company on or before July 15, 2007.
4.19 Per
Share Purchase Price Protection.
(a) As
to
each Purchaser that then holds at least 20% of the Shares initially purchased
hereunder by such Purchaser on the Closing Date, after the date hereof and
until
the 2 year anniversary of the Effective Date, if the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof shall issue any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling
any
person or entity to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per
share less than the Per Share Purchase Price (the “Discounted
Purchase Price”,
as
further defined below), within 3 Trading Days of the date thereof the Company
shall issue to such Purchaser that number of additional shares of Common Stock
equal to the difference between (a) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
product of (A) the Shares then held by such Purchaser immediately prior to
such
issuance multiplied by (B) the Per Share Purchase Price (or if Shares were
previously issued pursuant to this Section 4.18, the lowest Discounted Purchase
Price used hereunder prior to such issuance) divided by (ii) the Discounted
Purchase Price, less (b) the Shares then held by such Purchaser immediately
prior to such issuance. The term “Discounted
Purchase Price”
shall
mean the amount actually paid by third parties for a share of Common Stock.
The
sale of Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed to have occurred at the time
of
the issuance of the Common Stock Equivalents and the Discounted Purchase Price
covered thereby shall also include the actual exercise or conversion price
thereof at the time of the conversion or exercise (in addition to the
consideration per share of Common Stock underlying the Common Stock Equivalents
received by the Company upon such sale or issuance of the Common Stock
Equivalents). If shares are issued for a consideration other than cash, the
per
share selling price shall be the fair value of such consideration as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company may not
refuse to issue a Purchaser additional Shares hereunder based on any claim
that
such Purchaser or any one associated or affiliated with such Purchaser has
been
engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless,
an
injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or enjoining an issuance
hereunder shall have been sought and obtained. Nothing herein shall limit a
Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to deliver
Shares hereunder and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies
available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree
of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief. On the date of closing of any
transaction pursuant to which securities are issued for a Discounted Purchase
Price, the Company shall give the Purchasers written notice thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, this Section 4.18 shall not apply to an Exempt
Issuance.
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ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before June __, 2007;
provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party
to xxx for any breach by the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees
and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to
the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred
by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery
and
performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees,
stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery
of
any Securities to the Purchasers.
5.3 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and
schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
5.4 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted
to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth
on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading
Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
2nd
Trading
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications
shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a
written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and
the
Purchasers of at least 67% of the Shares still held by the Purchasers or, in
the
case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived
provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing
waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair
the
exercise of any such right.
5.6 Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
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5.7 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may
not
assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may
assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom
such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees
in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
5.8 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not
for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8.
5.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York,
without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees
that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New
York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for
such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
5.10 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing
and the delivery of the Shares and Warrant Shares.
5.11 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when
taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature
shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose
behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
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5.12 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by
a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same
or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may
be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option
under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind
or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to
the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, in the case
of a
rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to
return any shares of Common Stock delivered in connection with any such
rescinded exercise notice.
5.14 Replacement
of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the
case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate
or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate
or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such
replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The
parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action
for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at
law
would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any
Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or
exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of
such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged
by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company,
a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without
limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation
or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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5.17 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in
any
way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect
and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out
of
this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own
separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their
respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through FWS.
The
Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and
Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it
was
required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
5.18 Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or
other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation
of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated
damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the
instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or
other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.19 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc. If
the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
5.20 Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed
and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore,
the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
5.21 Waiver
of Jury Trial. In any action, suit or proceeding in any jurisdiction brought
by any party against any other party, the parties each knowingly and
intentionally, to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, hereby
absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and expressly waives forever trial
by
jury.
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(Signature
Pages Follow)
33
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
ZAGG
INCORPORATED
|
Address
for Notice:
|
|
By:
Name:
Title:
|
Fax:
|
|
With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
|
[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO ZAGG SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name
of
Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
__________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________
Email
Address of
Purchaser:________________________________________________
Fax
Number of Purchaser:
________________________________________________
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription
Amount: $_________________
Shares:
_________________
Warrant
Shares: __________________
EIN
Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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Schedule
3.1(a)
None
36
Schedule
3.1(g)
Capitalization
Table
ZAGG
Incorporated
|
|||||||
Capitalization
Table
|
|||||||
CURRENT
CAPITALIZATION
|
|||||||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx XX / SunCreek
|
6,500,000
|
42.85
|
%
|
||||
Shell
company shareholders
|
3,346,000
|
22.06
|
%
|
||||
Shares
sold by Xxxxxxx Chipping in secondary transaction to
non-affiliates
|
2,761,765
|
18.21
|
%
|
||||
Interim
capital shares
|
1,500,142
|
9.89
|
%
|
||||
Xxxxxxx
Chipping
|
738,235
|
4.87
|
%
|
||||
Xxxxxxx
X. X'Xxxxx
|
147,853
|
0.97
|
%
|
||||
Xxxx
Xxxx
|
100,000
|
0.66
|
%
|
||||
Dexis
Development
|
75,000
|
0.49
|
%
|
||||
Fully
diluted shares
|
15,168,995
|
100.00
|
%
|
||||
CAPITALIZATION
ASSUMING $5.0M IN UNITS IS COMPLETED
|
|||||||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx XX / SunCreek
|
6,500,000
|
31.00
|
%
|
||||
UNITS
investors ($5.0M at $1.00 per share)
|
5,000,000
|
23.84
|
%
|
||||
Shell
company shareholders
|
3,346,000
|
15.96
|
%
|
||||
Shares
sold by Xxxxxxx Chipping in secondary transaction to
non-affiliates
|
2,761,765
|
13.17
|
%
|
||||
Interim
capital shares
|
1,500,142
|
7.15
|
%
|
||||
Employees
& Affiliates- stock and options
|
800,000
|
3.82
|
%
|
||||
Xxxxxxx
Chipping
|
738,235
|
3.52
|
%
|
||||
Xxxxxxx
X. X'Xxxxx
|
147,853
|
0.71
|
%
|
||||
Xxxx
Xxxx
|
100,000
|
0.48
|
%
|
||||
Dexis
Development
|
75,000
|
0.36
|
%
|
||||
Fully
diluted shares
|
20,968,995
|
100.00
|
%
|
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Schedule
3.1(g) cont.
Table
of Beneficial Ownership
The
following table sets forth information, as of June 7, 2007, the beneficial
ownership of the outstanding shares of Company’s capital stock by (i) each
person known by Company who beneficially owns five percent (5%) or more of
the
outstanding shares; (ii) each officer of the Company; (iii) each director of
the
Company, and (iv) all the aforementioned officers and directors as a
group.
Title
of
Class
|
Name
and Address
Of
Beneficial
Owners (1)
|
Amount
and Nature
Of
Beneficial Ownership
|
Percent
Of
Class
(2)
|
||||
Common
Stock
|
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx XX, President and Chief Executive Officer (3)
|
|
6,500,000
|
|
42.85%
|
|
Common
Stock
|
Xxxxxxx
X. X’Xxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
|
147,853
|
0.97%
|
||||
Common
Stock
|
|
Xxxxxx
X. Park
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
|
1,058,235
|
|
6.98%
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
SunCreek,
LLC
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
|
|
5,000,000
|
|
32.96%
|
|
Common
Stock
|
Xxxxxx
X. and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family Trust (4)
|
820,042
|
5.41%
|
||||
|
|
All
officers and directors a group (2)
|
|
6,647,853
|
|
43.83%
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise noted, the address for each of the named beneficial owners
is:
3855 South 000 Xxxx, Xxxxx X, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx, 00000. Unless
otherwise indicated, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance
with
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and generally includes
voting and/or investment power with respect to securities. Shares
of
common stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable
or exercisable within sixty days of June 7, 2007, are deemed to be
beneficially owned by the person holding such options or warrants
for the
purpose of computing the percentage of ownership set forth in the
above
table, unless otherwise indicated.
|
(2)
|
The
calculations of percentage of beneficial ownership are based on 15,168,995
shares of common stock outstanding as of June 7,
2007.
|
(3)
|
Includes
1,500,000 shares of Common Stock held directly by Xx. Xxxxxxxx and
5,000,000 shares of Common Stock held by SunCreek, LLC, an entity
wholly
owned by Xx. Xxxxxxxx. Xx. Xxxxxxxx exercises sole voting and investment
control over the shares held by SunCreek,
LLC.
|
(4)
|
The
820,042 shares are held by the Xxxxxx X. & Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family
Trust, a revocable living trust. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and, his wife,
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx are the sole trustees, trustors and beneficiaries of the
Xxxxxx
X. & Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family Trust, each with unilateral power to
revoke the trust. As trustees, each of Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
is
deemed to have shared voting power with respect to the shares held
by the
Xxxxxx X. & Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family
Trust.
|
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Schedule
3.1(g) cont.
PiggyBack
Registration Rights
On
September 27, 2006, the Company entered into an Exclusive Finder’s Agreement
with Empire Financial Group, Inc. (“Empire Financial”) in connection with a
private offering transaction of up to $6 million. The Company agreed to pay
Empire Financial cash compensation equal to 9% in of the gross proceeds of
the
offering, and to issue warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of Company common
stock for every $1 million raised in the offering. The warrant shares have
piggyback registration rights.
On
February 8, 2007, the Company issued and sold 785,856 shares of Common Stock
to
accredited investors. The shares were sold at a price per share of $0.35. These
shares have piggy back registration rights. The shares were issued pursuant
to
an exemption form registration provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D, as they
were issued without any form of general solicitation or general advertising
and
the purchases qualified as accredited investors and accepted the shares for
their personal accounts and not with a view towards distribution.
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Company repaid $50,000 of the principal
balance of a $100,000 note issued in November 2006 to an affiliate of the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and the remaining $50,000 of principal plus
accrued interest of $1,749 was converted into 147,853 shares of Common Stock.
These shares have piggy back registration rights. The shares were issued
pursuant to an exemption form registration provided by Rule 506 of Regulation
D,
as they were issued without any form of general solicitation or general
advertising and the purchases qualified as accredited investors and accepted
the
shares for their personal accounts and not with a view towards
distribution.
Warrant
Schedule
Warrant
Holder
|
Number
of Warrants
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiration
Date
|
|||||||
Empire
Financial Group
|
12,601
|
$
|
0.35
|
3/18/2012
|
||||||
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
9,450
|
$
|
0.35
|
3/18/2012
|
||||||
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
9,450
|
$
|
0.35
|
3/18/2012
|
||||||
Xxx
Xxxxx
|
7,875
|
$
|
0.35
|
3/18/2012
|
||||||
Xxxx
Xxxx
|
6,562
|
$
|
0.35
|
3/18/2012
|
||||||
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
6,562
|
$
|
0.35
|
3/18/2012
|
||||||
Remington
Partners
|
100,000
|
$
|
0.50
|
5/30/2012
|
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Schedule
3.1(i)
Organization
in the Last Five Years
The
Company was incorporated on March 24, 2005. The Company was formed under the
original name “Protective Solutions, Inc.” and subsequently changed its name to
“ShieldZone Corporation.” The Company maintains its corporate offices and
operational facility at 0000 Xxxxx 000 Xxxx, Xxxxxx X and J, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxx, 00000. The telephone number of the Company is 801-263-0699. The Company’s
website addresses are xxx.XxxxxxXxxx.xxx, xxx.XxxxxxxxxXxxxxx.xxx and
xxx.xxxx.xxx. The Company changed its name to Zagg Incorporated in connection
with the Merger (described below).
On
February 8, 2007, Amerasia Khan Enterprises Ltd. a Nevada corporation (“AKE”)
(nka Zagg Incorporated), a publicly held entity, executed an Agreement and
Plan
of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and between AKE and its wholly owned
subsidiary, SZC Acquisition Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Subsidiary”) on the
one hand and ShieldZone Corporation (now Zagg Incorporated), a Utah corporation
on the other hand. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement ShieldZone merged with
the
Subsidiary, with ShieldZone Corporation surviving the merger (the “Merger”). In
consideration, the shareholders of ShieldZone received 10,175,000 shares of
the
common stock of AKE.
Following
the Merger, ShieldZone was reincorporated in Nevada as a subsidiary of AKE.
On
Xxxxx 0, 0000, XxxxxxXxxx was merged up and into AKE. At that time AKE changed
its name to Zagg Incorporated. The operations of the surviving entity (Zagg
Incorporated) are solely that of ShieldZone. As a result of these transactions,
the historical financial statements of Zagg Incorporated are the historical
financial statements of ShieldZone. The fiscal year end of Company is December
31.
Directors
and Executive Officers
The
following tables summarize the Company's current executive officers and
directors and the proposed executive officers and directors of the
Company:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx XX
|
|
40
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Director
|
Xxxxxxx
X. X’Xxxxx
|
|
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|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx XX. Xx.
Xxxxxxxx provides the overall vision and leadership of Zagg Incorporated. Xx.
Xxxxxxxx has more than 20 years' experience in executive management, sales
and
marketing, communications, as well as owning and managing several start-up
businesses and enterprises. Since 1998, Xx. Xxxxxxxx was a co-owner and
executive manager for Del Sol, LC, a Utah-based international specialty retailer
of apparel and accessories, where he implemented the in-line retail store
model. Del Sol now has more than 80 stores world-wide. Additionally, Xx.
Xxxxxxxx created and was the director of XxxXxx.xxx, Del Sol LC’s Internet
presence. In 2002 Xx. Xxxxxxxx founded PayTeck, Inc., a Utah provider of
Internet-based payment processing services, which was later sold to Zion's
Bank,
a public company, in 2005. Xx. Xxxxxxxx joined Zagg in October 2005 as a
consultant and then in January 2006 joined the company as a full partner in
a
full time capacity and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
since that time. Xx. Xxxxxxxx is also the Company’s largest
shareholder. Xx. Xxxxxxxx earned a degree in business administration
(BSBA) from the University of Phoenix and a Masters Degree (MBA) from Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx University in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing,
finance and organizational communications. Xx. Xxxxxxxx and his wife and six
children reside in Holladay, Utah.
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Xxxxxxx
X. X’Xxxxx.
Xx.
X’Xxxxx became our Chief Financial Officer on February 12, 2007. Prior to
assuming his position as the Chief Financial Officer for the Company, Xx.
X’Xxxxx, served as the Vice President of Finance at Fonix Corporation, a speech
recognition software company, from January 2003 to January 2007, and as an
independent financial consultant from September 2001 to January 2003. Xx.
X’Xxxxx has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, accounting for
financial transactions with foreign subsidiaries and the application of
financial accounting standards and principles. Xx. X’Xxxxx has broad experience
with both small micro-cap public companies and with large multinational public
companies. Xx. X’Xxxxx is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and has
attained the Certified Management Accountant and Certified Financial Manager
designations. Xx. X’Xxxxx earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
Utah State University in 1995 and a Masters of Business Administration from
the
University of Utah in 1996. Xx. X’Xxxxx resides with his wife and five children
in Farmington, Utah.
Executive
Compensation
The
table
below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to our former
or current executive officers for the fiscal years ended 2006, 2005 and
2004.
Summary
Compensation Table
Name
and principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx XX
CEO
& President
|
2004
2005
2006
|
-
-
40,000
|
-
-
10,000
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
85,000
-
|
(3) |
-
85,000
50,000
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Xxxxxxx
Chipping (1)
|
2004
2005
2006
|
-
54,614
98,500
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
54,614
98,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Xxxxx
Xx
Former
CFO (4)
|
2004
2005
2006
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
9,600
-
|
(2) |
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
-
-
|
-
9,600
-
|
(1) |
Effective
December 15, 2006, Mr. Chipping resigned his position as an officer
and
director of the Company.
|
(2) |
We
issued 400,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Xxxxx Xx at $0.001
per share
on June 10, 2005 in settlement of $400 of debt. The conversion
rate of
$0.001 for these issuances was the price determined by considering
both
the stock price at the time and the great deal of time and effort
our
officers and directors expended in developing our business plan
and
establishing the contacts necessary to progress the company thus
far. We
recorded a non cash charge of $9,600 to Xx. Xx for management compensation
to reflect the fair value of the common stock issued to Xx. Xx.
These
issuances were made by Amerasia Khan Enterprises Ltd. prior to
the merger
transaction with the Company.
|
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(3)
|
Represents
a consulting fee paid to a company owned by Xx. Xxxxxxxx for services
rendered through July 2006, but paid in fiscal 2005. In January
2006, Xx.
Xxxxxxxx purchased a 50% interest in the equity of the Company
through an
affiliated entity and was appointed Chief Executive Officer and
Director
of the Company.
|
(4)
|
Xx.
Xx resigned has an officer and director of the Company prior to
the date
of this Report. Xx. Xx, a former officer and director, did not
receive
compensation for his position as an officer of the Company.
|
We
do not
currently have any long term incentive plans.
Compensation
to Directors
Directors
do not generally receive cash compensation for their services as directors,
but
may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending board meetings. During
the
year ended December 31, 2006, and for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the
directors of the Company did not receive any compensation for services as
directors.
We
intend
to adopt a director compensation policy for directors which will include
compensation on a per meeting basis or upon appointment which will likely
be a
combination of cash compensation and stock options.
Stock
Option Grants
No
stock
options were granted to any of the Company’s directors and officers during the
Company’s most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. No stock options were
granted to any of the Company’s directors and officers during the quarter ended
March 31, 2007.
Exercise
of Stock Options and Year-End Option Values
No
share
purchase options were exercised by the Company’s officers, directors and
employees during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. No share purchase
options were exercised by the Company’s officers, directors and employees during
the quarter ended March 31, 2007.
Outstanding
Stock Options
The
Company currently does not have any outstanding stock options, a stock option
plan or an incentive plan; however, the Board of Directors has reserved 800,000
shares of common stock for use in such a plan to be established at a later
date.
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
Except
as
disclosed below, none of our directors or executive officers, nor any person
who
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, shares carrying more than 5% of
the
voting rights attached to all of our outstanding shares, nor any members
of the
immediate family (including spouse, parents, children, siblings, and in-laws)
of
any of the foregoing persons has any material interest, direct or indirect,
in
any transaction since our incorporation or in any presently proposed transaction
which, in either case, has or will materially affect us.
42
In
October 2005, the Company executed a nine month consulting agreement with
SunCreek, LLC, an entity wholly owned by Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx XX who subsequently
became the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Compensation in the amount of
$85,000 was paid under the Agreement as of December 2005. No further
compensation is due under the Agreement. The Agreement also provided for
the
sale by Xxxxxxx X. Chipping, the then sole owner of the Company, of 50% of
the
equity securities of the Company to SunCreek, LLC for the amount of $25,000.
In
November 2006, the Company issued a Convertible Note (the “Note”), with an
affiliate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in the original principal
amount of $100,000. The Note was convertible at the holder's option any time
up
to maturity at a conversion price equal to $0.35 per common share. The Note
was
due on May 15, 2007, bore interest at 20% per year and was unsecured. The
common
shares underlying the Note have piggy back registration rights. During the
three
months ended March 31, 2007, the Company repaid $50,000 of the principal
balance
of the note. In addition, the remaining $50,000 of principal plus accrued
interest of $1,749 was converted into 147,853 shares of the Company’s common
stock
Risk
Factors
RISKS
RELATED TO THE COMPANY AND ITS BUSINESS
If
we are unable to raise capital, our business will fail.
For
the
foreseeable future, we intend to fund our operations and capital expenditures
from operations and our cash on hand largely from the proceeds of this Offering.
If our capital resources are insufficient, we may need additional funds to
continue our operations, pursue business opportunities (such as expansion,
acquisitions of complementary businesses or the development of new products
or
services), to react to unforeseen difficulties or to respond to competitive
pressures. We cannot assure you that at such time as we need funds that
alternative financing arrangements will be available in amounts or on terms
acceptable to us, if at all. If additional financing is not available when
required or is not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund
our
expansion, successfully promote our current products, license new products
or
enhance our products and services, take advantage of business opportunities,
or
respond to competitive pressures, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on our business and the value of our common stock. If we choose to
raise
additional funds through the issuance of equity securities, this may cause
significant dilution of our common stock, and holders of the additional equity
securities may have rights senior to those of the holders of our common stock.
If we obtain additional financing by issuing debt securities, the terms of
these
securities could restrict or prevent us from paying dividends and could limit
our flexibility in making business decisions.
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Without
sufficient financing, we would be forced to limit our operations and otherwise
fail to pursue the full measure of our business plan. We are seeking a maximum
of $5,000,000 in this Offering because that amount will be sufficient to
allow
us to proceed with our business plan for the next twelve months. If we receive
than that amount, we would be forced to modify our business plan to curtail
our
expansion. We do not know how much money we will raise in this Offering.
If it
turns out that we have not raised enough money to complete our business plan
for
the next twelve months, we will try to raise additional funds from another
private placement or from loans, if available. In the event that we are unable
to raise more financing to pursue our business plan, we will lose opportunities
for growth necessary for our survival and investors may lose their entire
investment.
Because
we may be forced to incur debt in the future on less than favorable terms,
the
resulting strain on our cash flow may impair our business
operations.
In
order
to fund operations, we may issue debt instruments which will have a senior
claim
on our assets in the event of a sale of assets. Future debt service may cause
strain on cash flow and impair business operations.
Because
the markets for our products are subject to continuing change, they may impair
our ability to successfully sell our products.
The
markets for our products are volatile and subject to continuing change. Consumer
tastes and demands can be unpredictable. We must continuously adjust our
marketing strategy to address the changing state of the markets for our
products, we may not be able to anticipate changes in the market and, as
a
result, our product strategies may be unsuccessful.
Because
we are dependent on a third party source to acquire sufficient quantities
of raw
materials to produce our products, any interruption in that relationship
could
harm our results of operations and our revenues.
We
acquire substantially all of our raw materials that we use in our products
from
one distributor. While we believe our relationship with that distributor
is
excellent, and we foresee no interruption in our ability to obtain raw materials
from such distributor, we might in the future need to find other sources
or
attempt to manufacture the raw materials, or a material substantially similar
to
them, ourselves. We believe we could obtain the raw materials from other
sources, or obtain substantially similar raw materials, or even produce similar
materials ourselves. We also keep an inventory of raw materials on hand which
could support our operations even if our sources were interrupted. However
any
unexpected interruption in our acquisition of the raw materials and the
production of our products could harm our results of operations and our
revenues.
Because
we are dependent for our success on one key executive officer, our inability
to
retain this officer would impede our business plan and growth strategies,
which
would have a negative impact on our business and the value of your
investment.
Our
success depends on the skills, experience and performance of key members
of our
management team including Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx XX, our CEO, and Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxxx, our CFO. We do not have an employment agreement with Xx. Xxxxxxxx
or
Xx. X’Xxxxx. We do not have employment agreements with any other members of our
senior management team. Each of those individuals without long-term employment
agreements may voluntarily terminate his employment with the Company at any
time
upon short notice. Were we to lose one or more of these key executive officers,
we would be forced to expend significant time and money in the pursuit of
a
replacement, which would result in both a delay in the implementation of
our
business plan and the diversion of limited working capital. We can give you
no
assurance that we can find satisfactory replacements for these key executive
officers at all, or on terms that are not unduly expensive or burdensome
to our
company. Although we intend to issue stock options or other equity-based
compensation to attract and retain employees, such incentives may not be
sufficient to attract and retain key personnel.
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If
we fail to attract, train and retain sufficient numbers of our qualified
personnel, our prospects, business, financial condition and results of
operations will be materially and adversely affected.
Our
success depends to a significant degree upon our ability to attract, retain
and
motivate skilled and qualified personnel. Failure to attract and retain
necessary technical personnel, sales and marketing personnel and skilled
management could adversely affect our business. If we fail to attract, train
and
retain sufficient numbers of these highly qualified people, our prospects,
business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially
and
adversely affected.
Because
we experience seasonal and quarterly fluctuations in demand for our products,
no
one quarter is indicative of our results of operations for the entire fiscal
year.
Our
quarterly results may fluctuate quarter to quarter as a result of market
acceptance of our products, the mix, pricing and presentation of the products
offered and sold, the hiring and training of additional personnel, the timing
of
inventory write downs, the cost of materials, the incurrence of other operating
costs and factors beyond our control, such as general economic conditions
and
actions of competitors. We are also affected by seasonal buying cycles of
consumers, such as the holiday season, and the introduction of popular consumer
electronics, such as a new generation of the iPod. Accordingly, the results
of
operations in any quarter will not necessarily be indicative of the results
that
may be achieved for a full fiscal year or any future quarter.
Because
we have limited protection on the intellectual property underlying our products,
we may not be able to protect our products from the infringement of others
and
may be prevented from marketing our products.
We
do not
own proprietary rights with respect to the film we use in our products. We
have
a patent pending with respect to the covering of electronic devices with
thin
films. In addition, we own and keep confidential the design configurations
of
the film and the process to cut the film which are our copyrights. We seek
to
protect our intellectual property rights through confidentiality agreements
with
our employees, consultants and partners. However, no assurance can be given
that
such measures will be sufficient to protect our intellectual property rights
or
that the intellectual property rights that we have are sufficient to protect
other persons from creating and marketing substantially similar products.
If we
cannot protect our rights, we may lose our competitive advantage. Moreover,
if
it is determined that our products infringe on the intellectual property
rights
of third parties, we may be prevented from marketing our products.
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Because
the Company may, at some time in the future, issue additional securities,
shareholders are subject to dilution of their ownership.
Although
the Company has no plans to raise additional capital aside from the present
Offering, it may at some time in the future do so. Any such issuance would
likely dilute shareholders’ ownership interest in the Company and may have an
adverse impact on the price of the Company’s common stock. In addition, from
time to time we may issue shares of common stock in connection with equity
financing activities or as incentives to our officers and business partners.
We
may expand the number of shares available under stock incentive and option
plans, or create new plans. All issuances of common stock would be dilutive
to
your holdings in the Company. If your holdings are diluted, the overall value
of
your shares may be diminished and your ability to influence shareholder voting
will also be harmed.
If
we fail to maintain proper inventory levels, our business could be
harmed.
We
produce our products prior to the time we receive customers’ orders. We do this
to minimize purchasing costs, the time necessary to fill customer orders
and the
risk of non-delivery. However, we may be unable to sell the products we have
produced in advance. Inventory levels in excess of customer demand may result
in
inventory write-downs, and the sale of excess inventory at discounted prices
could significantly impair our brand image and have a material adverse effect
on
our operating results and financial condition. Conversely, if we underestimate
demand for our products or if we fail to produce the quality products that
we
require at the time we need them, we may experience inventory shortages.
Inventory shortages might delay shipments to customers, negatively impact
distributor relationships, and diminish brand loyalty.
Because
we face intense competition, including competition from companies with
significantly greater resources than ours, if we are unable to compete
effectively with these companies, our market share may decline and our business
could be harmed.
Our
market is highly competitive with numerous competitors. Some of our competitors
have greater financial, technological, manufacturing, marketing and distribution
resources than we do. Their greater capabilities in these areas may enable
them
to compete more effectively on the basis of price and production and more
quickly develop new products and technologies. They may also have more fully
developed sales channels for consumer sales including large retail seller
arrangements and international distribution capabilities. In addition, new
companies may enter the markets in which we compete, further increasing
competition in the laser industry. We may not be able to compete successfully
in
the future, and increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced
profit margins, loss of market share and an inability to generate cash flows
that are sufficient to maintain or expand our development and marketing of
new
products, which would adversely impact the trading price of our common
shares.
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If
we are unable to effectively manage our growth, our operating results and
financial condition will be adversely affected.
We
intend
to grow our business by expanding our sales, administrative and marketing
organizations. Any growth in or expansion of our business is likely to continue
to place a strain on our management and administrative resources, infrastructure
and systems. As with other growing businesses, we expect that we will need
to
refine and expand our business development capabilities, our systems and
processes and our access to financing sources. We also will need to hire,
train,
supervise and manage new employees. These processes are time consuming and
expensive, will increase management responsibilities and will divert management
attention. We cannot assure you that we will be able to:
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our systems effectively or efficiently or in a timely
manner;
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our human resources optimally;
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and hire qualified employees or retain valued employees;
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incorporate
effectively the components of any business or product line that
we may
acquire in our effort to achieve
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Our
inability or failure to manage our growth and expansion effectively could
harm
our business and materially and adversely affect our operating results and
financial condition.
If
our competitors misappropriate our proprietary know-how and trade
secrets, it
could have a material adverse affect on our business.
We
depend
heavily on the expertise of our production team. If any of our competitors
copies or otherwise gains access to similar products independently, we might
not
be able to compete as effectively. The measures we take to protect our designs
may not be adequate to prevent their unauthorized use. Further, the laws
of
foreign countries may provide inadequate protection of such intellectual
property rights. We may need to bring legal claims to enforce or protect
such
intellectual property rights. Any litigation, whether successful or
unsuccessful, could result in substantial costs and diversions of resources.
In
addition, notwithstanding the rights we have secured in our intellectual
property, other persons may bring claims against us that we have infringed
on
their intellectual property rights or claims that our intellectual property
right interests are not valid. Any claims against us, with or without merit,
could be time consuming and costly to defend or litigate and therefore could
have an adverse affect on our business.
If
our facilities were to experience catastrophic loss, our operations would
be
seriously harmed.
Our
facilities could be subject to a catastrophic loss from fire, flood, earthquake
or terrorist activity. All of our activities, including manufacturing, our
corporate headquarters and other critical business operations are in one
location. Any catastrophic loss at this facility could disrupt our operations,
delay production, and revenue and result in large expenses to repair or replace
the facility. While we have obtained insurance to cover most potential losses,
we cannot assure you that our existing insurance coverage will be adequate
against all other possible losses.
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New
rules, including those contained in and issued under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of
2002, may make it difficult for us to retain or attract qualified officers
and
directors, which could adversely affect the management of our business and
our
ability to obtain or retain listing of our common stock.
We
may be
unable to attract and retain qualified officers, directors and members of
board
committees required to provide for our effective management as a result of
the
recent and currently proposed changes in the rules and regulations which
govern
publicly-held companies, including, but not limited to, certifications from
executive officers and requirements for financial experts on the board of
directors. The perceived increased personal risk associated with these recent
changes may deter qualified individuals from accepting these roles. The
enactment of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 has resulted in the issuance
of a
series of new rules and regulations and the strengthening of existing rules
and
regulations by the SEC. Further, certain of these recent and proposed changes
heighten the requirements for board or committee membership, particularly
with
respect to an individual’s independence from the corporation and level of
experience in finance and accounting matters. We may have difficulty attracting
and retaining directors with the requisite qualifications. If we are unable
to
attract and retain qualified officers and directors, the management of our
business could be adversely affected.
Our
internal controls over financial reporting may not be effective, and our
independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to certify
as to
their effectiveness, which could have a significant and adverse effect on
our
business.
We
are
subject to various regulatory requirements, including the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of
2002. We, like all other public companies, must incur additional expenses
and,
to a lesser extent, diversion of our management’s time in our efforts to comply
with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 regarding internal
controls over financial reporting. We have not evaluated our internal controls
over financial reporting in order to allow management to report on, and our
registered independent public accounting firm to attest to, our internal
controls over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the SEC, which
we
collectively refer to as Section 404. We have never performed the system
and process evaluation and testing required in an effort to comply with the
management assessment and auditor certification requirements of
Section 404, which may initially apply to us as of December 31, 2007
and December 31, 2008, respectively. Our lack of familiarity with Section
404
may unduly divert management’s time and resources in executing the business
plan. If, in the future, management identifies one or more material weaknesses,
or our external auditors are unable to attest that our management’s report is
fairly stated or to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal
controls, this could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial
reports, have an adverse effect on our stock price and/or subject us to
sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities.
Economic,
political, military or other events in the United States could interfere
with
our success or operations and harm our business.
We
market
and sell our products and services in the United States and abroad. The
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks disrupted commerce throughout the United
States and other parts of the world. The continued threat of similar attacks
throughout the world and the military action, or possible military action,
taken
by the United States and other nations, in Iraq or other countries may cause
significant disruption to commerce throughout the world. To the extent that
such
disruptions further slow the global economy or, more particularly, result
in
delays or cancellations of purchase orders for our products or extends the
sales
cycles with potential customers, our business and results of operations could
be
materially adversely affected. We are unable to predict whether the threat
of
new attacks or the responses thereto will result in any long-term commercial
disruptions or if such activities or responses will have a long-term material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial
condition.
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RISKS
RELATED TO THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK AND THE
OFFERING
Because
our projections of future revenues and earnings are highly subjective and
may
not reflect future results, investors may experience volatility in the price
of
our common stock.
Customers
of our products are varied and it is difficult to predict with any degree
of
certainty what the Company’s revenues will be for any given period. Our
experience indicates that customers can change their purchasing patterns
quickly
in response to market demands and therefore our forecasts may not be relied
upon
to accurately forecast sales. We may have provided projections of our future
sales and earnings. Since we do not have long-term purchase commitments from
major customers and instead rely on a broader public to purchase our products,
it is difficult for us to accurately predict the amount of our sales and
related
earnings in any given period. Our projections are based on management’s best
estimate of sales using historical sales data, information from customers
and
other information deemed relevant. These projections are highly subjective
since
sales to our customers can fluctuate substantially. Our period to period
revenues have varied in the past and may continue to vary in the future.
Any
significant change in purchases by our customers can significantly affect
our
sales and profitability.
If
demand
for our products fluctuates, our revenues, profitability and financial condition
could be adversely affected. Important factors that could cause demand for
our
products to fluctuate include:
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in business and economic conditions, including a downturn in our
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If
our
actual sales or earnings are less than the projected amounts, the price of
our
common stock may be adversely affected and accordingly our shareholders should
not place undue reliance on these projections.
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In
addition, the price of our common stock may be adversely affected due to
other
factors, such as changes in analysts’ estimates regarding earnings, or may be
due to factors relating to the markets in general. Shareholders should be
willing to incur the risk of such fluctuations.
If
a market for our common stock does not develop, shareholders may be unable
to
sell their shares.
A
market
for our common stock may never develop. Although we applied for quotation
of our
common stock on the NASD over-the-counter bulletin board through a market
maker,
our shares may never be traded on the bulletin board, or, if traded, a public
market may not materialize. If our common stock is not traded on the bulletin
board or if a public market for our common stock does not develop, investors
may
not be able to re-sell the shares of our common stock that they have purchased
and may lose all of their investment.
Because
we will be subject to the “Xxxxx Stock” rules if our shares are quoted on the
over-the-counter bulletin board, the level of trading activity in our stock
may
be reduced.
Broker-dealer
practices in connection with transactions in "xxxxx stocks" are regulated
by
xxxxx stock rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Xxxxx
stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other
than securities registered on some national securities exchanges or quoted
on
Nasdaq). The xxxxx stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction
in a xxxxx stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized
risk disclosure document that provides information about xxxxx stocks and
the
nature and level of risks in the xxxxx stock market. The broker-dealer also
must
provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the xxxxx
stock,
the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction,
and, if the broker-dealer is the sole market maker, the broker-dealer must
disclose this fact and the broker-dealer's presumed control over the market,
and
monthly account statements showing the market value of each xxxxx stock held
in
the customer's account. In addition, broker-dealers who sell these securities
to
persons other than established customers and "accredited investors" must
make a
special written determination that the xxxxx stock is a suitable investment
for
the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction.
Consequently, these requirements may have the effect of reducing the level
of
trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security subject
to the
xxxxx stock rules, and investors in our common stock may find it difficult
to
sell their shares.
If
our shares are quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board, we will be
required to remain current in our filings with the SEC and our securities
will
not be eligible for quotation if we are not current in our filings with the
SEC.
In
the
event that our shares are quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board,
we will
be required order to remain current in our filings with the SEC in order
for
shares of our common stock to be eligible for quotation on the over-the-counter
bulletin board. In the event that we become delinquent in our required filings
with the SEC, quotation of our common stock will be terminated following
a 30 or
60 day grace period if we do not make our required filing during that time.
If
our shares are not eligible for quotation on the over-the-counter bulletin
board, investors in our common stock may find it difficult to sell their
shares.
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Because
of our status as a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly traded
public float and lack of history as a public company which could lead to wide
fluctuations in our share price, the market price for our common stock may
be
particularly volatile.
The
market for our common stock may be characterized by significant price volatility
when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price could
continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future.
The potential volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of
factors. First, as noted above, our shares of common stock may be sporadically
and thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading
of
relatively small quantities of shares by our stockholders may disproportionately
influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our
shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large
number of our shares of common stock are sold on the market without commensurate
demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales
without adverse impact on its share price. Many of these factors will be beyond
our control and may decrease the market price of our common shares, regardless
of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections
as
to what the prevailing market price for our common stock will be at any
time.
In
addition, the market price of our common stock could be subject to wide
fluctuations in response to:
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operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors
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reports relating to trends in our markets or general economic
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stock
market, in general, and the market prices for xxxxx stock companies in
particular, have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the
operating performance of such companies. These broad market and industry
fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our stock, regardless of our
operating performance.
Stockholders
should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for
xxxxx stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse.
Such
patterns include (1) control of the market for the security by one or a few
broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (2)
manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales
and
false and misleading press releases; (3) boiler room practices involving
high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced
sales persons; (4) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups
by
selling broker-dealers; and (5) the wholesale dumping of the same securities
by
promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired
level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with
consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have
occurred historically in the xxxxx stock market. Although we do not expect
to be
in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who
participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of
practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established
with respect to our securities. The occurrence of these patterns or practices
could increase the volatility of our share price.
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Limitations
on director and officer liability and indemnification of our officers and
directors by us may discourage stockholders from bringing suit against a
director.
Our
articles of incorporation and bylaws provide, with certain exceptions as
permitted by governing state law, that a director or officer shall not be
personally liable to us or our stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as
a
director, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct,
fraud or knowing violation of law, or unlawful payments of dividends. These
provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing suit against a director
for
breach of fiduciary duty and may reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation
brought by stockholders on our behalf against a director. In addition, our
articles of incorporation and bylaws may provide for mandatory indemnification
of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by governing state
law.
Because
we do not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, investors seeking
cash dividends should not purchase our common stock.
We
currently intend to retain any future earnings to support the development and
expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the
foreseeable future. Our payment of any future dividends will be at the
discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors,
including but not limited to our financial condition, operating results, cash
needs, growth plans and the terms of any credit agreements that we may be a
party to at the time. In addition, our ability to pay dividends on our common
stock may be limited by state law. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales
of
their Common Stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the
only
way to realize their investment.
Our
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer own or control at least
43%
of our outstanding common stock, which may limit your ability and the ability
of
our other stockholders, whether acting alone or together, to propose or direct
the management or overall direction of our Company. Additionally, this
concentration of ownership could discourage or prevent a potential takeover
of
our Company that might otherwise result in shareholders receiving a premium
over
the market price for our shares.
We
estimate that approximately 43% of our outstanding shares of common stock is
owned and controlled by our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial
Officer. Such concentrated control of the Company may adversely affect the
price
of our common stock. Our principal stockholders may be able to control matters
requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors,
mergers or other business combinations. Such concentrated control may also
make
it difficult for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of
our
common stock in the event we merge with a third party or enter into different
transactions which require stockholder approval. These provisions could also
limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares
of our common stock. Accordingly, the existing principal stockholders together
with our directors and executive officers will have the power to control the
election of our directors and the approval of actions for which the approval
of
our stockholders is required. If you acquire shares, you may have no effective
voice in the management of the Company.
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Because
future sales of substantial amounts of our equity securities in the public
market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could put downward
selling pressure on our securities, the market for our common stock may be
adversely affected.
Our
common stock is presently not traded on any market or securities exchange,
but
should a market develop, shares sold at a price below the current market price
at which the common stock is trading will cause that market price to decline.
Moreover, the offer or sale of a large number of shares at any price may cause
the market price to fall. There is a risk that this downward pressure may make
it impossible for an investor to sell his securities at any reasonable price,
if
at all.
Because
the securities to be issued in the Offering will be illiquid restricted
securities, investors may not be able to sell their securities when they want
to.
The
Units, shares of Common Stock and Warrants issued in the Offering have not
been
registered under the Securities Act, or registered or qualified under any state
securities laws. The Units, Common Stock and Warrants are being sold pursuant
to
exemptions contained in and under those laws. Accordingly, these securities
will
be considered "restricted securities" as defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and therefore may not be resold, and must be held indefinitely
unless registered under applicable federal and state securities laws, or an
exemption from the registration requirements of those laws is available. Both
the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock and the Warrants sold
in the Offering will contain a legend reflecting their restricted status.
Therefore, a purchaser may not be able to sell their securities when they want
to.
Because
we may be unable to register all of the common stock included within the Units
for resale, investors may need to rely on an exemption from the registration
requirements in order to sell such common stock.
Under
the
Registration Rights Agreement, we are obligated to file a "resale" registration
statement with the SEC that covers all of the Common Stock included within
the
Units sold in the Offering (along with the Empire Financial warrants and 862,139
shares of common stock that have piggyback registration rights) and to use
our
best efforts to have such "resale" registration statement declared effective
by
the SEC at such time and in the manner set forth therein. It is possible that
the SEC (or NASD) may impose conditions that do not permit us or interfere
with
our ability to register all of such shares of Common Stock for resale. In
certain circumstances, the SEC may take the view that the private placement
requires us to register the issuance of the securities as a primary offering.
Without sufficient disclosure of this risk, rescission of the private placement
could be sought by investors or an offer of rescission may be mandated by the
SEC, which would result in a material adverse affect to us. To date, the SEC
has
not made any formal statements or proposed or adopted any new rules or
regulations regarding interpretations of Rule 415 promulgated under the
Securities Act, as such rule applies to resale registration statements. However,
investors should be aware of the risks that interpretive positions taken with
respect to Rule 415, or similar rules or regulations adopted subsequent to
the
date hereof, could have on the manner in which the Common Stock may be
registered or our ability to register the Common Stock for resale at all. If
we
are unable to register some or all of the Common Stock, such shares would only
be able to be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act, such as Rule 144, that permits the resale of securities
following twelve months after the issuance of such securities, subject to
certain volume limitations.
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Because
investors in this Offering may be considered underwriters, they may be subject
to unfavorable laws that may apply to their detriment.
Investors
purchasing Units in the Offering with a view to selling or otherwise
distributing those securities may be considered to be underwriters, subjecting
such investors to potential liability tinder Section 11 of the Securities Act.
Further, if deemed an underwriter, an investor could not rely on Rule 144 of
the
Securities Act to sell or otherwise distribute the securities purchased in
the
Offering.
If
the SEC does not declare a registration statement effective, investors may
not
be able to sell shares in the amounts or at the times they might otherwise
wish
to do so.
The
Company and the investors will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement at
the
commencement of the Offering. The Company has already agreed to register certain
warrants in favor of Empire Financial. Under the applicable agreements, we
will
be obligated to file a registration statement providing for the resale of all
of
the shares of Common Stock (i) included in the Units, (ii) underlying the
Warrants that are included in the Units and (iii) underlying the warrants issued
to Empire Financial, within 30 days after commencement of this Offering. If
the
registration statement is not timely filed or fails to be declared effective
by
the SEC, then we must pay liquidated damages in the amount of 2% of the
aggregate purchase price with respect to investors, and no liquidated damages
associated with warrants in favor of Empire Financial. Although we believe
that
we will be able to take all steps necessary to permit the SEC to declare our
registration statement effective, it is possible that the SEC may, by
application of policies or procedures, which may change over time, delay the
effectiveness of the registration statement or make it impractical for us to
respond to the SEC in a manner which permits the SEC to declare the registration
statement effective. If we are not able to cause the registration statement
to
be declared effective, then investors will need to rely on exemptions from
the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, such as Rule 144. Such
exemptions typically limit the amount of shares that an investor can sell,
require that the shares be sold in certain types of transactions, require that
the investor have held the shares to be sold for a minimum period of time and
limit the number of times that an investor may sell its shares.
Because
management will have substantial discretion over the use of the proceeds of
the
Offering, investors will have no control over where the money will
go.
Our
management will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of
the
Offering and may apply the proceeds in ways with which you do not agree. The
failure of our management to apply these fends effectively could materially
harm
our business. The proposed allocation of the net proceeds of the Offering
represents our management's best estimate of the expected use of funds to
finance our activities in accordance with our management's current views and
objectives.
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Because
we have not retained independent professionals for investors, they should not
rely on our professionals in connection with this
Offering.
We
have
not retained any independent professionals to review or comment on the Offering
or otherwise protect your interests. Although we and Empire Financial have
each
retained our own counsel, none of such firms nor any other firm has made any
independent examination of any factual matters represented by management herein,
and investors may not rely on such firms or their participation in preparation
of these disclosures or other matters related to the Offering, including with
respect to any matters herein described.
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Schedule
3.1(v)
PiggyBack
Registration Rights
On
September 27, 2006, the Company entered into an Exclusive Finder’s Agreement
with Empire Financial Group, Inc. (“Empire Financial”) in connection with a
private offering transaction of up to $6 million. The Company agreed to pay
Empire Financial cash compensation equal to 9% in of the gross proceeds of
the
offering, and to issue warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of Company common
stock for every $1 million raised in the offering. The warrant shares have
piggyback registration rights.
On
February 8, 2007, the Company issued and sold 785,856 shares of Common Stock
to
accredited investors. The shares were sold at a price per share of $0.35. These
shares have piggy back registration rights. The shares were issued pursuant
to
an exemption form registration provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D, as they
were issued without any form of general solicitation or general advertising
and
the purchases qualified as accredited investors and accepted the shares for
their personal accounts and not with a view towards distribution.
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Company repaid $50,000 of the principal
balance of a $100,000 note issued in November 2006 to an affiliate of the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and the remaining $50,000 of principal plus
accrued interest of $1,749 was converted into 147,853 shares of Common Stock.
These shares have piggy back registration rights. The shares were issued
pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Rule 506 of Regulation
D,
as they were issued without any form of general solicitation or general
advertising and the purchases qualified as accredited investors and accepted
the
shares for their personal accounts and not with a view towards
distribution.
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Schedule
3.1(aa)
The
Company has an unsecured note in the amount of $200,000, bearing interest at
18%
per annum, due and payable on August 15, 2007.
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Schedule
3.1(ee)
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, PC.
Salt
Lake
City, Utah
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Schedule
4.7
The
following table summarizes the anticipated application of the proceeds the
Company will receive from this Offering if the maximum number of Units is
sold:
|
Amount
Assuming Maximum Offering
|
Percent
|
|||||
GROSS
OFFERING
|
$
|
5,000,000
|
100.0
|
%
|
|||
Commission
1
|
$
|
450,000
|
9.0
|
%
|
|||
Net
Proceeds
|
$
|
4,550,000
|
91.0
|
%
|
|||
USE
OF NET PROCEEDS
|
|||||||
Acquisitions2
|
$
|
1,300,000
|
29
|
%
|
|||
TV
Infomercial3
|
$
|
1,080,000
|
24
|
%
|
|||
Retail
Distribution4
|
$
|
210,000
|
5
|
%
|
|||
Mall
Kiosk Program5
|
$
|
720,000
|
16
|
%
|
|||
International
Expansion6
|
$
|
210,000
|
5
|
%
|
|||
Inventory
Buildup7
|
$
|
370,000
|
8
|
%
|
|||
Working
Capital 8
|
$
|
660,000
|
15
|
%
|
|||
TOTAL
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
|
$
|
4,550,000
|
100.0
|
%
|
1 Commissions:
The
Company has engaged Empire Financial Group, Inc. (“Empire Financial”), a
licensed broker-dealer, to serve as the Company’s placement agent in the
Offering. The Units will be offered and sold by the Company and/or Empire
Financial on a “best-efforts minimum/maximum” basis. Pursuant to the terms of
the Company’s engagement with Empire Financial, the Company shall pay to Empire
Financial (i) a cash fee equal to 9% of the aggregate purchase price paid by
each purchaser of Units in the Offering, (ii) warrants to purchase 100,000
shares of common stock for every $1,000,000 raised in the Offering, exercisable
upon the same terms as Warrants sold to investors in the Offering, and (iii)
reimbursements for costs incurred not to exceed $10,000. The Company’s officers
and directors may also be involved in the sale of the Units, but will not
receive any sales commission or other remuneration for such efforts.
2 Acquisitions:
acquire
2-3 complimentary companies and product lines by the end of 2008. This will
include the cash component of acquisition capital for the purchase of revenue
producing, complimentary companies. The Company will use a combination of cash
and equity to facilitate future acquisitions.
3 TV
Infomercial:
roll-out
a full national television direct response ad campaign during 2007.
These
expenses include commercial production and management costs and costs associated
with the purchase of television media time.
4 Retail
Distribution:
establish the Company’s products in approximately 150 national big box retail
stores by the end of 2008. This cost will include retail support with additional
personnel, point-of-purchase materials, displays, etc.
5 Mall
Kiosk Program:
open 18
new corporate owned carts/kiosks in key malls by the end of 2008. This cost
includes displays, product, equipment, leases, personnel on an average of $40k
per location.
6 International
Expansion:
set up
Zagg Europe by August 2007. These costs are to set up the Company’s European
operations for distribution and marketing in Europe.
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7 Inventory
Buildup:
Buildup
up inventory to support growth initiatives for 2007. These costs include new
growth initiatives including infomercial, big box distribution, new products,
and corporate retail locations.
8 Working
Capital:
Develop
organization to support the Company’s continued rapid growth. Systems
implementation and growth, additional staff required to support growth, research
and development for new products and expansion of online sales programs, trade
show participation, expansion of the Company’s campus program and other
miscellaneous general and administrative expenses.
Provided
the Maximum Offering is sold, we anticipate that the net proceeds from the
Offering will be sufficient to meet our financial requirements for approximately
one year. In the event that less than the Maximum Offering is sold, we may
then
require substantial additional capital to fund our current business. The
foregoing represents our current estimate of its allocation of the net proceeds
of the Offering. This estimate is based on certain assumptions and the amounts
actually expended for each purpose may vary significantly if any of our
assumptions prove inaccurate. We reserve the right to change the use of proceeds
as events may cause us to redirect our priorities and reallocate the proceeds
accordingly.
Growth
by Acquisition
In
February 2007, the Company changed its name from ShieldZone Corporation to
ZAGG
Incorporated to better position itself to become a large and encompassing
company in the electronics’ accessories industry through organic growth and
through making targeted acquisitions. The ShieldZone name was very specific
to
the invisibleSHIELD product line and although the invisibleSHIELD is and will
continue to be the Company’s core product, the name change will enable us the
opportunity to easily add new products to the Company’s product offering. ZAGG
is a lifestyle company with the slogan, “When others’ Zig, we ZAGG!” ZAGG will
continue to search out other complimentary proven products and companies that
fit the ZAGG lifestyle and strategy for fast growth.
The
Company has identified a potential acquisition target in a marketing and
distribution company that will enable the Company to continue to develop its
strategy of new product development and marketing. The Company may use a portion
of the funds raised in this Offering as a portion of the acquisition funds
for
this target. In addition, the Company has identified several other potential
acquisition targets that the Company anticipates would add additional revenues
and profits through complementary product offerings.
Organic
Growth through Continued Aggressive Marketing
The
Company’s invisibleSHIELD product line is still a relatively new product
offering, but it has proven to be well accepted by the consumer market. In
two
years, over 200,000 invisibleSHIELDs have been sold to customers worldwide.
The
majority of these sells have been over the internet, primarily to “early
adopters.” The Company feels that mass market provides significant growth
opportunity that has not yet been realized. The Company plans to reach the
end
consumer through a targeted, brand-focused, approach with the invisibleSHIELD.
With adequate funding, the Company intents to implement its new aggressive
marketing initiatives that will focus on three key areas for growth: television
infomercial, retail sales and international sales.
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Television
Infomercial
The
invisibleSHIELD is a product that demonstrates well. Once a consumer sees the
invisibleSHIELD product and how it functions, there is a strong correlation
to
purchases. Since the Company’s inception, the sales growth of the
invisibleSHIELD has primarily been through word-of-mouth advertising. The
Company believes that an effective short-form television infomercial, with
a
direct response component, will both increase the invisibleSHIELD brand
awareness and enable an effective demonstration of the product. The Company
has
contracted with an industry leader in the direct response industry to produce
an
effective ad campaign that will be utilized on national television beginning
in
the summer of 2007. As of the date hereof, the production of the infomercial
is
in the final stages of production and anticipated to begin airing on national
television stations shortly, pending the successful outcome of a testing period.
The Company anticipates that the direct response campaign coupled with the
infomercial should successfully reach the general public, spread brand awareness
and create a gateway for an in-line big box store retail program.
Retail
Distribution into Big Box stores
With
the
successful implementation of the infomercial, the Company anticipates that
the
invisibleSHIELD brand will create a customer driven establishment of the
invisibleSHIELD product line in Big Box retail stores. The Company has completed
extensive research and determined that the invisibleSHIELD product line may
enjoy a successful direct response campaign and retail implementation. The
Company has already received positive feedback from major product distributors
to begin distribution of the invisibleSHIELD product line once new retail
packaging is completed and our television campaign is initiated. The Company
anticipates that this wholesale distribution will create wide-spread awareness
and market penetration.
Carts/Kiosks
Retail Locations
An
additional retail approach that has already been tested and proven to be
successful for the invisibleSHIELD product is that of carts and kiosks in malls.
Malls have heavy foot traffic and create an opportunity for potential customers
to see a live demonstration of the invisibleSHIELD. As of the date hereof,
the
Company has 11 licensed retail mall carts established averaging approximately
$15,000 per month in retail sales. These carts and kiosks also offer our
customers the added benefit of performing the installation of the
invisibleSHIELD for an added fee. Although relatively easy to install,
approximately 80% of kiosk customers utilize the kiosk installation option.
To
take advantage of the full margins offered by the invisibleSHIELD, the Company
plans to open approximately 18 corporate carts through the end of 2008. The
Company anticipates that these corporate carts will contribute approximately
$15,000 each in revenue. Corporate owned kiosk locations will also allow the
Company to easily add additional product offerings at each location allowing
the
Company to realize full retail margins on these products.
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International
Expansion
The
Company’s internet presence xxx.XxxxxxXxxx.xxx and xxx.xxxxxxxxxXXXXXX.xxx have
consistently produced an average of over $170,000 a month in revenue for the
past several months. Approximately 10% of the Company’s online revenue is
already derived from European customers. With no current marketing or retail
presence in Europe, the Company sees great opportunity for growth in the
European marketplace. The Company anticipates that by duplicating current and
implementing future marketing initiatives and operations used in our current
operations should also be effective in the European markets, if executed
correctly. The Company is preparing to begin operations and fulfillment from
a
centralized location in Europe during the third quarter of 2007. Pending the
successful European expansion of the Company’s operations, future offices are
planned for Canada, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Central and South
America.
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