Buyer Address and Facsimile Number Number of Common Shares Number of Series A Warrant Shares Number of Series B Warrant Shares Number of Series C Warrant Shares Purchase Price Legal Representative’s Address and Facsimile Number Cranshire Capital, L.P....
Exhibit
10.1
This
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
January 13, 2011, is by and among Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Nevada
corporation with headquarters located at 0000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx X,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company”), and each of the
investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a
“Buyer” and
collectively, the “Buyers”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company and each Buyer desire to enter into this transaction to purchase the
Common Shares (as defined below) and Warrants (as defined below) set forth
herein pursuant to a currently effective shelf registration statement on Form
S-3, which has at least $20,000,000 of unallocated securities registered
thereunder (which includes Common Stock (as defined below) and warrants)
(Registration Number 333-167906) (the “Registration Statement”),
which Registration Statement has been declared effective in accordance with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
B. Each
Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms stated
in this Agreement, (i) the aggregate number of shares of common stock, $.001 par
value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) set forth
opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which
aggregate amount for all Buyers shall be 5,454,550 shares of Common Stock
and shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Common Shares”), (ii) a
warrant to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of
Buyers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “Series A
Warrants”) (as exercised, collectively, the “Series A Warrant Shares”), (iii) a
warrant to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of
Buyers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B (the “Series B
Warrants”) (as exercised, collectively, the “Series B Warrant Shares”) and (iv) a
warrant to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the Schedule of
Buyers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C (the “Series C
Warrants”) (as exercised, collectively, the “Series C Warrant Shares”). The Series A
Warrants, the Series B Warrants and the Series C Warrants are collectively
referred to herein as the “Warrants.” The Series A
Warrant Shares, the Series B Warrant Shares and the Series C Warrant Shares are
collectively referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares.”
C. The
Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to
herein as the “Securities.”
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby
agree as follows:
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PURCHASE
AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES AND
WARRANTS.
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(a)
Common Shares and
Warrants. The
Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not
jointly, shall purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below),
the aggregate number of Common Shares, as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s
name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, along with (i) Series A
Warrants to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of Series A Warrant
Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule
of Buyers, (ii) Series B Warrants to initially acquire up to the aggregate
number of Series B Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers and (iii) Series C Warrants to initially
acquire up to the aggregate number of Series C Warrant Shares as is set forth
opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the Schedule of
Buyers.
(b)
Closing. The
closing (the “Closing”)
of the purchase of the Common Shares and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur
at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, 00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00
a.m., New York time, on the third (3rd)
Trading Day (as defined in the Warrants) after the date hereof (or such earlier
date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer). As used herein
“Business Day” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New
York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
(c) Purchase
Price. The
aggregate purchase price for the Common Shares and the Warrants to be purchased
by each Buyer (the “Purchase
Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (7) on the Schedule of Buyers.
(d) Payment of Purchase Price;
Deliveries. On the
Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the
Company for the Common Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such
Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions (less, in the case of
Cranshire (as defined below), the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) and
(ii) the Company shall (A) cause StockTrans, a Broadridge Company (together
with any subsequent transfer agent, the “Transfer Agent”) through the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, to credit such aggregate number of Common Shares
that such Buyer is purchasing as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance
account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, (B) deliver
to each Buyer (i) Series A Warrants to initially acquire up to the aggregate
number of Series A Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, (ii) Series B Warrants to initially
acquire up to the aggregate number of Series B Warrant Shares as is set forth
opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers and (iii)
Series C Warrants to initially acquire up to the aggregate number of Series C
Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the
Schedule of Buyers, in each case, duly executed on behalf of the Company and
registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee and (C) deliver to each
such Buyer the other documents, instruments and certificates set forth in
Section 6 duly executed on behalf of the Company.
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2.
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BUYER’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
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Each
Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with
respect to only itself that:
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such
Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) Validity;
Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and
remedies.
(c) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the
consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i)
result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer, (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse
of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement,
indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party or (iii) result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including
federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except, in the case
of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or
violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(d) Certain Trading
Activities. Such Buyer has not directly or indirectly, nor has
any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer,
engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any Short Sales (as defined below) involving the Company’s
securities) during the period commencing as of the time that such Buyer was
first contacted by Maxim (as defined below) regarding the specific investment in
the Company contemplated by this Agreement and ending immediately prior to the
execution of this Agreement by such Buyer. “Short Sales” means all “short
sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (but shall not be
deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common
Stock).
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
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The
Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:
(a) Organization and
Qualification. Each of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they
are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their
properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to
the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means
any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets,
liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, either individually or
taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the
other Transaction Documents or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company to
perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents. Other
than the Persons (as defined below) set forth on Schedule 3(a), the Company has
no Subsidiaries. “Subsidiaries” means any Person
in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (I) owns any of the outstanding
capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (II)
controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or
administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually
referred to herein as a “Subsidiary.”
(b) Authorization; Enforcement;
Validity. The
Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to
issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the
issuance of the Common Shares, the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation
for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and
(other than the filing with the SEC of the prospectus supplement required by the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”)
supplementing the base prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement
(the “Prospectus”) and
any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no
further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board
of directors or its stockholders or other governing body. This Agreement has
been, and the other Transaction Documents will be prior to the Closing, duly
executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and
remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be
limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Warrants, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions (as defined below) and each of the other agreements and instruments
entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to
time.
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(c) Issuance of Securities;
Registration Statement. The
issuance of the Common Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon
issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or
similar rights, taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the
issue thereof. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock not less than the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any
limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein). The issuance of
the Warrant Shares is duly authorized, and upon exercise in accordance with the
Warrants, the Warrant Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens,
charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the
holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The
issuance by the Company of the Securities has been registered under the 1933
Act, the Securities are being issued pursuant to the Registration Statement and
all of the Securities are freely transferable and freely tradable by each of the
Buyers without restriction that may have arisen due to action or inaction by the
Company. The Registration Statement is effective and available for the issuance
of the Securities thereunder and the Company has not received any notice that
the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop-order with respect to the
Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently,
or intends or has threatened in writing to do so. The “Plan of Distribution”
section under the Registration Statement permits the issuance and sale of the
Securities hereunder and as contemplated by the other Transaction Documents.
Upon receipt of the Securities, each of the Buyers will have good and marketable
title to the Securities. The Registration Statement and any prospectus included
therein, including the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and all other applicable
laws and regulations. At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments
thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at each deemed
effective date thereof pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act, the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto complied and will comply in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and did not and will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
(including, without limitation the Prospectus Supplement), at the time the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing
Date, complied, and will comply, in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1933 Act and did not, and will not, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The Company meets all of the requirements for the use
of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act for the offering and sale of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the SEC
has not notified the Company of any objection to the use of the form of the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(1) under the 1933 Act. The
Registration Statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x)
under the 1933 Act. At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration
Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide
offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the 0000 Xxx) relating to any
of the Securities, the Company was not and is not an “Ineligible Issuer” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act). The Company (i) has not distributed any
offering material in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities
and (ii) until no Buyer holds any of the Securities, shall not distribute any
offering material in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities
to, or by, any of the Buyers (if required), in each case, other than the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement. The Company
has made all filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities.
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(d) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares, the
Warrants and Warrant Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Warrant
Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as
defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificates of designation
contained therein) or other organizational documents of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company, or Bylaws (as defined
below), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign,
federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations
of the OTC Bulletin Board (the “Principal Market”)) applicable
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except, in the case
of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Consents. The
Company is not required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of,
or make any filing or registration with (other than the filing with the SEC of
the Prospectus Supplement and any other filings as may be required by any state
securities agencies), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or
self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver
or perform any of its obligations under, or contemplated by, the Transaction
Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All
consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is
required to obtain at or prior to the Closing have been obtained or effected on
or prior to the Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the
Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or
filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company is not in
violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of
any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or
suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
(f) Acknowledgment Regarding
Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity
of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer
or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate” (as
defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto)
(collectively, “Rule
144”)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to its
knowledge, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock
(as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act). The Company further
acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to
the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the
Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s
decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the
independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
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(g) Placement Agent’s
Fees. The
Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees,
financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged
by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Other than Maxim Group LLC (the “Maxim”), neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in
connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(h) No Integrated
Offering. None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting
on 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 require approval of stockholders
of the Company under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including,
without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated
quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated for quotation. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their
affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps
that would cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with
other offerings of securities of the Company.
(i) Dilutive
Effect. The
Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares will
increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is absolute and unconditional,
regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other stockholders of the Company.
(j) Application of Takeover
Protections; Rights Agreement. The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested
stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation,
any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover
provision under the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational
documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise
which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s
issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement
relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or a
change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(k) SEC Documents; Financial
Statements. During
the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed
by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all
of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included
therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company
has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct
and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the XXXXX
system. As of their respective dates, except for the classification of
certain warrants as equity in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, and September 30,
2010, which should have been properly classified as liabilities as further
described in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 12, 2011, the
SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they
were filed with the SEC, 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. As of their respective dates,
except for the classification of certain warrants as equity in the
Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March
31, 2010, June 30, 2010, and September 30, 2010, which should have been properly
classified as liabilities as further described in the Company’s Form 8-K filed
on January 12, 2011, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC
Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Except for the
classification of certain warrants as equity in the Company’s quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, and
September 30, 2010, which should have been properly classified as liabilities as
further described in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 12, 2011, such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except
(i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they
may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the
dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the
aggregate). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any
of the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the
circumstance under which they are or were made. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in
the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than
those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or
could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) Absence of Certain
Changes. Since
the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in
a Form 10-K, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed subsequent to such
Form 10-K, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse
development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations
(including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Since the date of the Company’s most
recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends on
the Common Stock, (ii) sold any assets outside of the ordinary course of
business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the
aggregate. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps
to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does
the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any
of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy
proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a
creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a
consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing will not be,
Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means, (I) with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (i) the
present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is
less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total
Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are
unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii)
the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur
debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature; and (II)
with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary, individually, (i) the present
fair saleable value of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be)
assets is less than the amount required to pay its respective total
Indebtedness, (ii) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) is unable
to pay its respective debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii)
the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) intends to incur or believes
that it will incur debts that would be beyond its respective ability to pay as
such debts mature. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged
in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any
business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s
remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital.
(m) No Undisclosed Events,
Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. No
event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is
reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities,
prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or
otherwise) that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with
the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and
which has not been publicly announced, (ii) could have a material adverse effect
on any Buyer’s investment hereunder or (iii) could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(n) Conduct of Business;
Regulatory Permits. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in
default under its Articles of Incorporation, any certificate of designation,
preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter,
certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws,
respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of
any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the
foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any
of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting
or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable
future. Since January 1, 2008, (i) the Common Stock has been listed or
designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common
Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the
Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the
Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from
the Principal Market. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the
failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the
Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or
permit.
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(o) Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on
behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to
any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
(p) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. The
Company and each Subsidiary is in material compliance with all applicable
requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date
hereof, and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC
thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.
(q) Transactions With
Affiliates. Except
as disclosed in the SEC Documents, none of the officers, directors or employees
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary
course services as employees, officers or 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 such officer, director or employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other Person in which any such officer, director or
employee has a substantial interest or is an employee, officer, director,
trustee or partner, other than for (i) compensation for services rendered, (ii)
reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) other
employee benefits, including the grant of stock options under any Approved Share
Plan (as defined below).
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(r) Equity
Capitalization. As of
the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
175,000,000 shares of stock, of which 150,000,000 shares are designated as the
Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares are designated as preferred shares, par value
$.001 per share, of which the Company has established and designated one series
of 13,333,333 shares as its 8% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per
share (the “8% Convertible
Preferred Stock”). 92,768,593 shares of Common Stock are issued and
outstanding and 5,389,996 shares of 8% Convertible Preferred Stock are issued
and outstanding. 33,073,670 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance
pursuant to securities (other than the Common Shares and the Warrants)
exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock. No
shares of Common Stock are held in treasury. All of such outstanding shares are
duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable. 7,873,306 shares of the Company’s issued and
outstanding Common Stock on the date hereof are owned by Persons who are
“affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act and calculated based on the
assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the
Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock are “affiliates” without conceding
that any such Persons are “affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws)
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, no Person
owns 10% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
(calculated based on the assumption that all Convertible Securities (as defined
below), whether or not presently exercisable or convertible, have been fully
exercised or converted (as the case may be) taking account of any
limitations on exercise or conversion (including “blockers”) contained therein
without conceding that such identified Person is a 10% stockholder for purposes
of federal securities laws). (i) None of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any
liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary;
(ii) except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue
additional capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iii) except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no
outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or
other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) except as disclosed in the SEC
Documents and pursuant to this Agreement, there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to
register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act; (v) except for
the 8% Convertible Preferred Stock, there are no outstanding securities or
instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any
redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (vi) there are no securities or instruments containing
anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of
the Securities; and (vii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock
appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan
or agreement. The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete
copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in
effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of Incorporation”), and the
Company’s bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”). The terms of all
securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of
Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto
are all as set forth in the SEC Documents.
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(s) Indebtedness and Other
Contracts. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) except as disclosed in the SEC
Documents, has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party
to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default
under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in
violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or
instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and
defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument
relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the
Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For
purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person
means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all
obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) (other than trade
payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement
or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other
similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures
or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to
any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the
event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all
monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in
connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied
for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all
indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which
owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of
such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness
or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G)
above; (y) “Contingent
Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability,
contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease,
dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent
of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to
provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be
paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied
with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in
part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any
department or agency thereof.
(t) Absence of
Litigation. There
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the
Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or
any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers or directors which is outside
of the ordinary course of business or individually or in the aggregate material
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There has not been, and to the
knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
current of former director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933
Act or the 1934 Act, including, without limitation, the Registration
Statement.
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(u) Insurance. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor
any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied
for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe
that it will be unable 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 at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(v) Employee
Relations. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company believes that its and
its Subsidiaries’ relations with their respective employees are
good. No executive officer (as defined in Rule 501(f) promulgated
under the 0000 Xxx) or other key employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer
intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such
officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary. No executive
officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or
is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement,
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer or other
key employee (as the case may be) 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
federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor,
employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would
not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Title. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property, and have good and marketable title to all personal property,
owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
defects except such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(x) Intellectual Property
Rights. The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use
all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service xxxx registrations, service
names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works, inventions, licenses,
approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual
property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual Property Rights”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted, except where failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not
received any written notice that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by
the Company or its Subsidiaries violates or infringes upon the rights of any
Person. The Company has no knowledge of any infringement by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no
claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries regarding their Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is
not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the
foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings which could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(y) Environmental
Laws. The
Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are, to the knowledge of the Company, in
compliance with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) have received
all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval
where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so
comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. “Environmental Laws” means all
federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(z) Subsidiary
Rights. The
Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and
(subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and
distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the
Company or such Subsidiary.
(aa) Tax
Status. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all foreign,
federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all
taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations,
except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books
provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods
subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.
There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing
authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its
Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The Company is not operated in
such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign investment company, as defined
in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(bb) Internal Accounting and
Disclosure Controls. The
Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as such term is
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 0000 Xxx) that is effective to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, including 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 generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or
incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
difference. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such
term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 0000 Xxx) that are effective in
ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the
SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure
that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it
files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and
its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant or
other Person relating to any potential material weakness or significant
deficiency in any part of the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting (whether on a consolidated basis or otherwise).
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(cc) Off Balance Sheet
Arrangements. There
is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that
is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so
disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(dd) Investment Company
Status. The
Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be,
an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company
controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(ee) Acknowledgement Regarding
Buyers’ Trading Activity. It is
understood and acknowledged by the Company that (i) following the public
disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in
accordance with the terms thereof, none of the Buyers have been asked by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to desist from effecting any transactions in
or with respect to (including, without limitation, purchasing or selling, long
and/or short) any securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on
securities issued by the Company or to hold any of the Securities for any
specified term; and (ii) any Buyer, and counterparties in “derivative”
transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly,
presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock which was established
prior to such Buyer’s knowledge of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. The Company further understands and acknowledges that
following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents pursuant to the Press Release (as defined below) one or
more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times
during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without
limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number of the Warrant
Shares deliverable with respect to the Securities are being determined and (b)
such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the
existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time
the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not
constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any
of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.
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(ff) Manipulation of
Price. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, and, to the knowledge of the
Company, no Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, (i) taken
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(gg)
U.S. Real Property
Holding Corporation. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has ever been, and so long as any
of the Securities are held by any of the Buyers, shall become, a U.S. real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company and each Subsidiary shall so
certify upon any Buyer’s request.
(hh) Registration
Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the issuance and sale of
the Securities to the Buyers using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933
Act.
(ii) Transfer Taxes. On
the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or
similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the issuance and
sale of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have
been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such
taxes will be or will have been complied with.
(jj) Bank Holding Company
Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more
of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five
percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any equity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(kk) Public Utility Holding
Act. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
“holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company,” as such terms are
defined in the Public Utility Holding Act of 2005.
(ll) Federal Power
Act. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to regulation as a “public utility” under the Federal Power Act, as
amended.
(mm) No Additional
Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with
any Buyer with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.
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(nn) Illegal or Unauthorized
Payments; Political Contributions. Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge (after
reasonable inquiry of its officers and directors), any of the officers,
directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly
or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money,
property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (a) as
a kickback or bribe to any Person or (b) to any political organization, or the
holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for
personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of
funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(oo) Money Laundering. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously
violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S.
anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the
laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by
the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, without limitation, (i)
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support
Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31
CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.
(pp) Registration
Rights. No holder of securities of the Company has rights to
the registration of any securities of the Company because of the filing of the
Registration Statement or the issuance of the Securities hereunder that could
expose the Company to material liability or any Buyer to any liability or that
could impair the Company’s ability to consummate the issuance and sale of the
Securities in the manner, and at the times, contemplated hereby, which rights
have not been waived by the holder thereof as of the date hereof.
(qq) FDA. As to each
product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(the “FDA”) under the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder
(the “FDCA”) that is
manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “Pharmaceutical Product”), such
Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested,
distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case
may be) in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar
laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use,
pre-market clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing
practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing,
quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except
where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened, action (including, without limitation, any lawsuit,
arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge,
complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning
letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity,
which (i) contests the pre-market clearance, licensure, registration, or
approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging
of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any
Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall,
suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising
or sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii)
imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of
permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (vi)
otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries. The properties, business and operations of the
Company subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA have been and are being conducted
in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations of the FDA. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or
use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or
marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor has the FDA expressed any
concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or
proposed to be developed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(rr) Disclosure. The
Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has
provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public
information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the
existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents. The Company understands and confirms that each of the
Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the
Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each press release
issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months
preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information
exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their
business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results
thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law,
rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or
announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly disclosed. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.
4.
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COVENANTS.
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(a) Maintenance of Registration
Statement For
so long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall use its
best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the
issuance thereunder of the Warrant Shares, provided that if at any time while
the Warrants are outstanding the Company shall be ineligible to utilize Form S-3
(or any successor form) for the purpose of issuance of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall promptly amend the Registration Statement or file a new
registration statement on such other form as may be necessary to effect
registration of the issuance or the resale of the Warrant Shares and shall
maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for this purpose. If
at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement or any such
other registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant
Shares is not effective or is not otherwise available for the issuance or resale
of the Securities or any prospectus contained therein is not available for use,
the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Securities in writing
that the Registration Statement or such other registration statement is not then
effective or a prospectus contained therein is not available for use and
thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the Registration Statement or
such other registration statement (as the case may be) is effective again and
available for the issuance or resale (as the case may be) of the Securities or
such prospectus is again available for use.
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(b) Prospectus Supplement and
Blue Sky. Immediately prior to execution of this Agreement, the Company
shall have delivered, and as soon as practicable after execution of this
Agreement the Company shall file, the Prospectus Supplement with respect to the
Securities as required under, and in conformity with, the 1933 Act, including
Rule 424(b) thereunder. If required, the Company, on or before the Closing Date,
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
Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or
“Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken
to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. Without limiting any other
obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make
all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities
required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation,
all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and
the Company shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws,
statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of
the Securities to the Buyers.
(c) Reporting
Status. Until
the date on which no Warrants are outstanding (the “Reporting Period”), the
Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant
to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer
required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules
and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such
termination.
(d) Use of
Proceeds. The
Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder
solely for general working capital purposes. Without limiting the foregoing,
none of such proceeds shall be used, directly or indirectly, (i) for the
satisfaction of any debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
payment of trade payables incurred after the date hereof in the ordinary course
of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and consistent with prior
practices), (ii) for the redemption of any securities of the Company or (iii)
with respect to any litigation involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, (x) any settlement thereof or (y) the payment of
any costs or expenses related thereto).
(e) Financial
Information. The
Company agrees to send the following to each Buyer during the Reporting Period
(i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through XXXXX and are available
to the public through the XXXXX system, within one (1) Business Day after the
filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any interim reports or any consolidated balance
sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash flow
statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and
any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed
pursuant to the 1933 Act and (ii) copies of any notices and other information
made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally,
contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the
stockholders.
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(f) Listing. The
Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the
case may be) of all of the Common Shares and Warrant Shares upon each national
securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the
Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be)
(subject to official notice of issuance) (but in no event later than the Closing
Date) and shall maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case
may be) of all the shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable under the
terms of the Transaction Documents on such national securities exchange or
automated quotation system. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s
listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) on the Principal
Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Global Select
Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market (each, an “Eligible Market”). Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be
reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock
on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection
with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).
(g) Fees. The
Company shall reimburse Cranshire Capital, L.P. (“Cranshire”) or its designee(s)
for all costs and expenses incurred by it or its affiliates in connection with
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, all legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith,
structuring, documentation and implementation of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents and due diligence and regulatory filings in
connection therewith) in a non-accountable amount equal to $35,000, which amount
shall be withheld by Cranshire from its Purchase Price at the Closing or paid by
the Company on demand by Cranshire if Cranshire terminates its obligations under
this Agreement in accordance with Section 7 (as the case may be), less $10,000
which was previously advanced to Cranshire by the Company. The Company shall be
responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory
fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer)
relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company
shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket
expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this
Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the
Securities to the Buyers.
(h) Pledge of
Securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Buyer in
connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing
arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall
not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder,
and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the
Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company hereby
agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities
may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such
pledgee by a Buyer.
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(i) Disclosure of Transactions
and Other Material Information. The
Company shall, on or before 9:30 a.m. (but in no event prior to 9:15 a.m.),
New York time, on the date of this Agreement, (x) issue a press release (the
“Press Release”)
reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing all the material terms of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and (y) file a Current
Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act
and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement) and the form of
Warrants) (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after
the issuance of the Press Release, the Company shall have disclosed all
material, non-public information (if any) delivered to any of the Buyers by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material,
non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and
after the issuance of the Press Release without the express prior written
consent of such Buyer. In the event of a breach of any of the foregoing
covenants or any of the covenants contained in Section 4(n) by the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of
such Buyer), in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the
Transaction Documents, such Buyer shall have the right to make a public
disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise,
of such material, non-public information without the prior approval by the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers,
directors, employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure. Subject
to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall
issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be
entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or
other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial
conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is
required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause
(i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such
press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the
prior written consent of the applicable Buyer, the Company shall not (and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of such
Buyer in any filing (other than the 8-K Filing), announcement, release or
otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary
and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company
expressly acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer has had, and no Buyer shall have
(unless expressly agreed to by a particular Buyer after the date hereof in a
written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and such
particular Buyer (it being understood and agreed that no Buyer may bind any
other Buyer with respect thereto)), any duty of confidentiality with respect to,
or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any information regarding the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
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(j)
Additional Issuance of
Securities. The
Company agrees that for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on
the date immediately following the sixty (60) day anniversary of the Closing
Date (provided that such period shall be extended by the number of days during
such period and any extension thereof contemplated by this proviso on which the
Registration Statement is not effective or any prospectus contained therein is
not available for use) (the “Restricted Period”), neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly issue, offer, sell,
grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any
issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other
disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security
(including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined
under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Convertible Securities, any
debt, any preferred stock or any purchase rights) (any such issuance, offer,
sale, grant, disposition or announcement (whether occurring during the
Restricted Period or at any time thereafter) is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(j) shall not apply in respect of
the issuance of (i) (A) shares of Common Stock or standard options to purchase
Common Stock to directors, officers or employees of the Company in their
capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Share Plan (as defined below), provided
that (1) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date hereof pursuant to this
clause (A) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 4,638,430 shares of Common
Stock (adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations and other similar
transactions) and (2) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered,
none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable
thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise
materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (B)
shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible
Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant
to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (A) above) issued prior to
the date hereof, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible
Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant
to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (A) above) is not lowered,
none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase
Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by
clause (A) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable
thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible
Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant
to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (A) above) are otherwise
materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (C)
the issuance of shares of Common Stock as payment of dividends on the 8%
Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms thereof that are in
existence as of the date hereof, (D) the Common Shares and (E) the Warrant
Shares (each of the foregoing in clauses (A) through (E), collectively the
“Excluded Securities”)
or (ii) standard warrants to purchase unregistered shares of Common Stock issued
to consultants of the Company in their capacity as such who provide bona fide
services to the Company (it being expressly understood and agreed that lawyers,
law firms, accountants, accounting firms and other similar professional advisors
and professional advisory firms are not consultants), provided that in no event
shall the exercise price of any of such warrants be less than $1.12 per share
(adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations and other similar transactions)
at any time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for clarification purposes and
without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, it is expressly
understood and agreed that in no event shall any securities of the Company
issued under, pursuant to, with respect to or in connection with that certain
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2010, by and between the Company
and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (the “Lincoln Park Purchase
Agreement”) constitute, or be deemed to constitute, Excluded Securities.
“Approved Share Plan”
means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of
directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to
which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may
be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the
Company in their capacity as such. “Convertible Securities” means
any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly
convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles
the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the
Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(k) Reservation of
Shares. So long
as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action
necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of
issuance, no less than the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of all the Warrants (without regard to any limitations on the
exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).
(l) Conduct of
Business. The
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation
of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where
such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Variable Rate
Transaction. Until none of the Warrants are outstanding, the Company and
each Subsidiary shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement
to effect any Subsequent Placement involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction”
means a transaction in which the Company or any Subsidiary (i) issues or sells
any Convertible Securities 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 Convertible 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 Convertible Securities 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, other than pursuant to a
customary “full ratchet” or “weighted average” anti-dilution provision or (ii)
enters into any agreement (including, without limitation, an “equity line of
credit” or an “at-the-market offering”) whereby the Company or any Subsidiary
may sell securities at a future determined price (other than standard and
customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights). Each Buyer shall be entitled
to obtain injunctive relief against the Company and its Subsidiaries to preclude
any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect
damages. Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, it is expressly
understood and agreed that in no event shall any securities of the Company be
issued under, pursuant to, with respect to or in connection with the Lincoln
Park Purchase Agreement during the period commencing on the date hereof and
ending on the Trading Day immediately following the ten (10) month anniversary
of the Closing Date.
(n) Participation Right.
From the date hereof through the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing
Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or
indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first
complied with this Section 4(n). The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
right set forth in this Section 4(n) is a right granted by the Company,
separately, to each Buyer.
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(i) At
least three (3) Trading Days prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent
Placement, the Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice of its
proposal or intention to effect a Subsequent Placement (each such notice, a
“Pre-Notice”), which
Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation,
material, non-public information) other than: (i) a statement that the Company
proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (ii) a statement that the
statement in clause (i) above does not constitute material, non-public
information and (iii) a statement informing such Buyer that it is entitled to
receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent
Placement upon its written request. Upon the written request of a Buyer
within one (1) Trading Days after the Company’s delivery to such Buyer of such
Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by such Buyer, the Company shall
promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver to
such Buyer an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed
or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities
being offered (the “Offered
Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w)
identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other
terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or
amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify
the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be
offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or
exchange with such Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Offer all of the
Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such
Buyer shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 4(n) shall be (a)
based on such Buyer’s pro rata portion of the aggregate number of Common Shares
purchased hereunder by all Buyers (the “Basic Amount”), and (b) with
respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional
portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other
Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other
Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription
Amount”).
(ii) To
accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice
to the Company prior to the end of the third (3rd)
Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth
the portion of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and,
if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the
Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either
case, the “Notice of
Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less
than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then such Buyer who has set forth an
Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to
purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription
Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription
Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic
Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription
Amount”), such Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount
shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available
Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total
Basic Amounts of all Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts,
subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the
terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period,
the Company may deliver to each Buyer a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period
shall expire on the third (3rd)
Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.
(iii) The
Company shall have five (5) days from the expiration of the Offer Period above
(i) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities
as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Buyer (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant
to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement
Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if
so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without
limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the
acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set
forth in the Offer Notice and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of
such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (b) either (x) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the
termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with
the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement
and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
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(iv) In
the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section
4(n)(iii) above), then such Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole
discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in
its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or
amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to
Section 4(n)(ii) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually
proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued
or sold to Buyers pursuant to this Section 4(n) prior to such reduction) and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered
Securities. In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount
of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not
issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the
Buyers in accordance with Section 4(n)(i) above.
(v) Upon
the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the
Refused Securities, such Buyer shall acquire from the Company, and the Company
shall issue to such Buyer, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified
in its Notice of Acceptance. The purchase by such Buyer of any Offered
Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by
the Company and such Buyer of a separate purchase agreement relating to such
Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Buyer
and its counsel.
(vi) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by a Buyer or other Persons in accordance with
this Section 4(n) may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again
offered to such Buyer under the procedures specified in this
Agreement.
(vii)
The Company and each Buyer agree that if any Buyer
elects to participate in the Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement
with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto
(collectively, the “Subsequent
Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such
Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any
securities of the Company (other than restrictions required by applicable
securities laws on the resale of the specific “restricted securities” (as that
term is defined under Rule 144) being issued in the Subsequent Placement) or be
required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver,
release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously
entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the
Company.
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(viii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4(n) and unless otherwise agreed to by
such Buyer, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Buyer that the
transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall
publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case
in such a manner such that such Buyer will not be in possession of any material,
non-public information, by the fifth (5th)
Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such fifth (5th)
Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the
Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of
such transaction has been received by such Buyer, such transaction shall be
deemed to have been abandoned and such Buyer shall not be in possession of any
material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect
to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Buyer with another
Offer Notice in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of this Section 4(n)
and such Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this
Section 4(n). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one Offer
Notice to such Buyer in any forty-five (45) day period, except as expressly
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4(n)(ii).
(ix) The
restrictions contained in this Section 4(n) shall not apply in connection with
the issuance of any (i) Excluded Securities, (ii) standard warrants to purchase
unregistered shares of Common Stock issued to consultants of the Company in
their capacity as such who provide bona fide services to the Company (it being
expressly understood and agreed that lawyers, law firms, accountants, accounting
firms and other similar professional advisors and professional advisory firms
are not consultants), provided that in no event shall the exercise price of any
of such warrants be less than $1.12 per share (adjusted for stock splits, stock
combinations and other similar transactions) at any time or (iii) shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to a bona fide firm commitment underwritten public
offering with a nationally recognized underwriter that generates gross proceeds
to the Company in excess of $15,000,000 (but expressly excluding “at-the-market
offerings” (as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the 0000 Xxx) and “equity lines
of credit”). The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section
4(n) by providing terms or conditions to one Buyer that are not provided to
all.
(o) Passive Foreign Investment
Company. The Company shall conduct its business in such a manner as will
ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign
investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
5.
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REGISTER;
TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS;
LEGEND.
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(a) Register. The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Securities), a register for the Common Shares and the Warrants in which the
Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Common
Shares and the
Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee),
the number of Common Shares held by such Person and the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall
keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for
inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.
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(b) Transfer Agent
Instructions. The
Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent in the form
previously provided to the Company (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions”) to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable
balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective
nominee(s), for the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as
specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon delivery of the
Common Shares or the exercise of the Warrants (as the case may be). The Company
represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b) will be given by the Company
to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities
shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company.
If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities, the Company
shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct the Transfer Agent to
issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance
accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such
Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. The Company acknowledges that
a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to each
Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach
of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the
event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this
Section 5(b), that each Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other
available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and
requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing
economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required.
(c) Legends.
Certificates and any other instruments evidencing the Securities shall not bear
any restrictive or other legend.
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ADDITIONAL
CLOSING DELIVERIES OF THE COMPANY.
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(a) Deliveries. The
Company shall deliver to each Buyer on the Closing Date each of the
following:
(i) The
opinion of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, PC, the
Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form previously provided
to the Company.
(ii) A
copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form previously
provided to the Company, that have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing
by the Transfer Agent.
(iii) A
certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each
of its Subsidiaries in each such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by
the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction of formation
as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.
(iv) A
certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and
good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each
jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is required to so
qualify, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.
(v) A
certified copy of the Articles of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of
State of the Company’s jurisdiction of formation within ten (10) days of the
Closing Date.
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(vi) A
certificate, in the form previously provided to the Company, executed by the
Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s board of
directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles of
Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the
Closing.
(vii) A
letter from the Transfer Agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the Closing Date immediately prior to the Closing.
(viii) Such
other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably
request.
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TERMINATION.
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In the
event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer within
five (5) days after the date hereof, then such Buyer shall have the right to
terminate its obligations under this Agreement with respect to itself at any
time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of such
Buyer to any other party; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 7 shall not be available to such Buyer if the
failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been
consummated by such date is the result of such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement
and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Common Shares and the
Warrants shall be applicable only to such Buyer providing such written notice,
provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the
Company under this Agreement to reimburse such Buyer for the expenses described
in Section 4(g) above. Nothing contained in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms
and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair
the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its
obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents.
8.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Jury Trial. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be governed by the
internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of
law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State 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 under any of the other Transaction Documents or in connection
herewith or therewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or
discussed herein or therein, 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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. 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 to such party at the address for such
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
manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to
preclude any Buyer from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the
Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to
such Buyer or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such
Buyer. EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY
TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
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(b) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
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. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an
e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed
signature page, such signature page 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 signature page were an original
thereof.
(c) Headings;
Gender. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the
masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms
“including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed
broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms
“herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire
Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.
(d) Severability. If any
provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed
amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable,
and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement
as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original
intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited
nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not
substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of
the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations
to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid
provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the
prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
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(e) Entire Agreement;
Amendments. This
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits
attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein
supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the
Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf solely with respect
to the matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto
and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire
understanding of the parties solely with respect to the matters covered herein
and therein; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any
agreements any Buyer has entered into with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made
by such Buyer in the Company or (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any
respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights
of or benefits to any Buyer or any other Person, in any agreement entered into
prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Buyer and all such agreements shall continue in full force
and effect. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or
undertaking with respect to such matters. For clarification purposes, the
Recitals are part of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be
amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and each of
the Buyers. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by
an authorized representative of the waiving party. 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
also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, all holders
of Common Shares or all holders of the Warrants (as the case may be). The
Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers
relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this
Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other
obligation to provide any financing to the Company, any Subsidiary or otherwise.
As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the
Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no due diligence or other
investigation or inquiry conducted by a Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its
representatives shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or
qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, (ii) nothing contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely
on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the
Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document and (iii) unless a provision of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document is expressly preceded by the phrase “except as
disclosed in the SEC Documents,” nothing contained in any of the SEC Documents
shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any
manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document.
(f) Notices. Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service
with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party
to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications
shall be:
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If to the
Company:
Provectus
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0000 Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
With a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Baker,
Donelson, Bearman, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, PC
000 Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
If to the
Transfer Agent:
StockTrans,
a Broadridge Company
00 X.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
If to a
Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers,
with a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, LLP
00 X.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx X. Xxxxx,
Esq.
or to
such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other
Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each
other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided
that Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP shall only be provided copies of notices sent to
Cranshire. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such
notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or
electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time,
date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such
transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable
evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight
courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
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(g) Successors and
Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and assigns, including, as contemplated below, any
assignee of any of the Securities. The Company shall not assign this Agreement
or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each
of the Buyers, including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental
Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) (unless the Company is in compliance
with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in
the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder in
connection with any transfer of any of its Securities without the consent of the
Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder
with respect to such assigned rights.
(h) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees
referred to in Section 8(k).
(i) Survival. The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing.
Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further
Assurances. Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(k) Indemnification.
(i) In
consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the
Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall
defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each holder of any
Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers,
directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing
Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those
retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
(collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against
any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties,
fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith
(irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which
indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”),
incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a)
any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the
Company in any of the Transaction Documents, (b) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of the Company contained in any of the Transaction
Documents or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such
Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action
brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the
execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction
Documents, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities,
(iii) any disclosure properly made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or
(iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the
Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
except, solely with respect to clause (c)(iv), to the extent such Indemnified
Liability arises solely from an Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be
unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to
the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is
permissible under applicable law.
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(ii) Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 8(k) of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or
proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Section
8(k), deliver to the Company a written notice of the commencement thereof, and
the Company shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the
Company so desires, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel
mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that
an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and
expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (i) the Company has
agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the Company shall have
failed promptly to assume the defense of such Indemnified Liability and to
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in any such
Indemnified Liability; or (iii) the named parties to any such Indemnified
Liability (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnitee and the
Company, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict
of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnitee and the Company (in which case, if such Indemnitee notifies the
Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of
the Company, then the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense
thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company), provided
further, that in the case of clause (iii) above the Company shall not be
responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate
legal counsel for such Indemnitee. The Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate
with the Company in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such
action or Indemnified Liability by the Company and shall furnish to the Company
all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee which relates to such
action or Indemnified Liability. The Company shall keep the Indemnitee
reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any
settlement negotiations with respect thereto. The Company shall not be liable
for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior
written consent, provided, however, that the Company shall not unreasonably
withhold, delay or condition its consent. The Company shall not, without the
prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such
Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified
Liability or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as
to fault on the part of the Indemnitee. Following indemnification as provided
for hereunder, the Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee
with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter
for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice
to the Company within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action
shall not relieve the Company of any liability to the Indemnitee under this
Section 8(k), except to the extent that the Company is materially and adversely
prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
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(iii) The
indemnification required by this Section 8(k) shall be made by periodic payments
of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and
when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.
(iv) The
indemnity agreement contained herein shall be in addition to (A) any cause of
action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the Company or others, and (B)
any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to the law.
(l) Construction. The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will
be applied against any party. No specific representation or warranty shall limit
the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty.
Each and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any other
numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically
adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar
transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this
Agreement.
(m) Remedies. The
parties hereto shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction
Documents and all rights and remedies that have been granted at any time under
any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which the parties have
under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this
Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting
a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.
Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that the Company fails to
perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents, and each Buyer recognizes that in the event such Buyer
fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to
the Company or Buyers. The Company, on one hand, and each Buyer, on the other
hand, therefore agrees that the Company and each Buyer shall be entitled to seek
specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or
other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case
without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or
other security.
(n) Withdrawal
Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any
similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer 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 Buyer 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.
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(o) Payment Set Aside;
Currency. To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or
pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce
or exercise their rights hereunder or 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, foreign, 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. Until the Warrants
are no longer outstanding, the Company shall not effect any stock combination,
reverse stock split or other similar transaction (or make any public
announcement or disclosure with respect to any of the foregoing) without the
prior written consent of each of the Buyers. Unless otherwise expressly
indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts
owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in
U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be
converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange
Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to
any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this
Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal
on the relevant date of calculation.
(p) Independent Nature of
Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible
in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any
Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company
acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a
presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group or
entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that the
Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert
any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The decision of each Buyer to
purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such
Buyer independently of any other Buyer. Each Buyer acknowledges that no other
Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer in connection with such Buyer making its
investment hereunder and that no other Buyer will be acting as agent of such
Buyer in connection with monitoring such Buyer’s investment in the Securities or
enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. The Company and each Buyer
confirms that each Buyer has independently participated with the Company in the
negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own
counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and
enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of
this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement to
effectuate the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby was
solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Buyer,
and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was
required or requested to do so by any Buyer. It is expressly
understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in
each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Buyer, solely, and
not between the Company and the Buyers collectively and not between and among
the Buyers.
[signature pages
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
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PROVECTUS
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer and
Chief
Operating
Officer
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYER:
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||
CRANSHIRE
CAPITAL, L.P.
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||
By:
|
Downsview
Capital, Inc.
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|
Its:
|
General
Partner
|
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
By:
|
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Its:
|
Chief Operating Officer |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYER:
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|
FREESTONE
ADVANTAGE PARTNERS,
L.P.
|
|
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
By:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
Its:
Manager
|
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
IROQUOIS
MASTER FUND LTD.
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
By:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Authorized
Signatory
|
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
AQR
DIVERSIFIED ARBITRAGE FUND
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
By:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
Its:
Vice President & Chief Legal
Officer
|
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
AQR
OPPORTUNISTIC PREMIUM
OFFSHORE FUND, L.P.
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
By:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
Its:
Principal & Co-General Counsel of its
Investment
Manager
|
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
AST
ACADEMIC STRATEGIES ASSET
ALLOCATION
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
By:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
Its:
Principal & Co-General Counsel of its
Investment
Manager
|
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and
the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
|
|
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
By:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
SCHEDULE
OF BUYERS
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
||||||||||
Buyer
|
Address
and Facsimile Number
|
Number
of Common Shares
|
Number
of
Series
A Warrant Shares
|
Number
of
Series
B Warrant Shares
|
Number
of
Series
C Warrant Shares
|
Purchase
Price
|
Legal
Representative’s
Address
and Facsimile Number
|
||||||||||
Cranshire
Capital, L.P.
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
1,203,210
|
481,284
|
842,247
|
336,899
|
$ | 1,125,001.35 |
Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig, LLP
00
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||
Freestone
Advantage Partners, LP
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
133,690
|
53,476
|
93,583
|
37,433
|
$ | 125,000.15 |
Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig, LLP
00
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.
|
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xx.
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
802,140
|
320,856
|
561,498
|
224,599
|
$ | 750,000.90 |
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xx.
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||
AQR
Diversified Arbitrage Fund
|
c/o
AQR Capital Management
Two
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
2,203,894
|
881,558
|
1,542,726
|
617,090
|
$ | 2,060,640.89 |
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||
AQR
Opportunistic Premium Offshore Fund, L.P.
|
c/o
AQR Capital Management
Two
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
236,344
|
94,538
|
165,441
|
66,176
|
$ | 220,981.64 |
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||
AST
Academic Strategies Asset Allocation
|
c/o
AQR Capital Management
Two
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
233,560
|
93,424
|
163,492
|
65,397
|
$ |
218,378.60
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
|||||||||
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
|
641,712
|
256,685
|
449,198
|
179,679
|
$ |
600,000.72
|
Elected
Not To Provide
|