SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.1
THIS
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of January 26, 2010, by and among Novo Energies Corp., a Florida corporation,
with headquarters located at Europa Place d’Armesa 000, Xxxx xx Xxxxx x’Xxxxx
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx, XX X0X 0X0, Xxxxxx (the “Company”) and
Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund, FIS (the “Buyer”).
(d) The
Debentures shall contain provisions that provide that in the event the Euro
strengthens against the U.S. Dollar during the life of the Debentures, the Buyer
shall be afforded an adjustment to compensate for any such movement in either
conversions or redemptions.
The Buyer
represents and warrants that:
thereunder;
and (C) neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to
register such securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to
comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE
TO COMPANY’S COUNSEL, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”
The
legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a
certificate without such legend within three (3) business days to the holder of
the security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state
securities laws: (i) in connection with a sale transaction, provided
the securities are registered under the 1933 Act or (ii) in connection with a
sale transaction, after such holder provides the Company with an opinion of
counsel, which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope reasonably
acceptable to counsel for the Company, to the effect that a public sale,
assignment or transfer of the securities may be made without registration under
the 1933 Act.
The
Company represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date
to the Buyer that:
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of
equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement
of creditors’ rights and remedies. The Company knows of no reason why
the Company cannot perform any of the Company’s obligations under this
Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any related agreements.
issuance of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Debentures upon
conversion) and thereby will not (A) result in a violation of the Articles of
Incorporation or the Bylaws or (B), to the best knowledge of the Company,
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 result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including United States federal and state securities laws and
regulations) 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. To the best knowledge of the Company, neither the
Company nor its subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under
its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or their organizational charter or
bylaws, respectively, or, any material contract,
agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or
order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its
subsidiaries. The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not
being conducted, and shall not be conducted in violation of any material law,
ordinance, or regulation of any governmental entity. Except as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act
and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain
any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with,
any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform
any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement in accordance
with the terms hereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings
and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the
preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date
hereof, except for any required post-Closing notice filings under applicable
United States federal or state securities laws, if any.
(i) Any
real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and 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 and its
subsidiaries.
(ii) The
Company and its Subsidiaries 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 and encumbrances, other
than those in favor of the Buyer.
requiring
payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any
officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an
officer, director, trustee or partner.
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). No
information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyer contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstance under which they are or were made and not misleading.
(i) The
Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act and has filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act during the 12 months prior to the date hereof (or for such shorter
period that the issuer was required to file such reports), other than Current
Reports on Form 8-K;
(ii) Until
the time that Buyer no longer owns Debentures, Commitment Shares or Common Stock
underlying such Debentures or Commitment Shares, the Company covenants to
maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and
file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the
Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act and such reports
shall conform to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the SEC for filing
thereunder. As long as any Buyer owns Securities, if the Company is
not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and
furnish to the Buyer and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c)
such information as is required for the Buyer to sell the Securities under Rule
144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent
required from time to time to enable such person to sell such Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption
provided by Rule 144.
(iii) The
Company shall furnish to the Buyer, so long as the Buyer owns the Debentures,
the Commitment Shares and/or the Common Stock underlying the Debentures or the
Commitment Shares, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company
that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, (ii) a copy of
the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports
and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may
be reasonably requested to permit the Buyer to sell such securities pursuant to
Rule 144 without registration; and
subsidiary
of the Company to incur any additional debt without the Buyer’s prior written
consent. Any debt in the Company or any debt which is assumed or
generated as a result of any acquisition, including seller carry back notes must
be approved by the Buyer and in all cases shall be fully subordinated to the
Debentures.
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Debentures to the
Buyer is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions within
four (4) business days of the Closing, provided that these conditions are for
the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its
sole discretion:
(a) The
Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and
delivered the same to the Company.
(b) The
Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for Debentures to
be purchased at the Closing (minus
the fees and expenses as set forth herein which shall be paid directly from the
Escrow
Funds
(as that term is defined in the Escrow Agreement) at Closing)
in accordance with the terms herein and in the Escrow Agreement.
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Buyer shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
specific date), and the Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in
all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer at or
prior to the Closing Date.
(d) The
Buyer shall have executed such other documents as are reasonably required by the
Company.
The
obligation of the Buyer to direct the Escrow Agent to disburse to the Company
the net proceeds of the Purchase Price of the Debentures is subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions within four (4) business days
of the Closing, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit
and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
(a) The
Company shall have executed this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the
Debenture, the other Transaction Documents and any other documents relating to
this transaction and delivered the same to the Buyer;
(b) The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyer certified resolutions of the Company’s
Board of Directors authorizing this Agreement, the other Transactions and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(c) The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyer the Commitment Shares required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 4(f)(ii) hereof;
(d) The
Company shall have provided to the Buyer a certificate of good standing from the
secretary of state from the state in which the Company is
incorporated;
(e) The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyer an opinion of counsel from counsel to
the Company in a form satisfactory to the Buyer and its counsel;
(f) All
fees, expenses and disbursements due pursuant to Section 4(f) hereof shall have
been deducted by the Buyer directly out of the proceeds of the Debenture with no
reduction in the amount of Commitment Shares to be delivered at
Closing;
(g) The
completion of satisfactory legal, accounting and financial due diligence on the
Company and its subsidiaries;
(h) The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement, the Security
Agreement, the Debentures and the Transaction Documents shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such
representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section
3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the
Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants,
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied
or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. If
requested by the Buyer, the Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by
the President of the Company, dated as of the respective Closing Date, to the
foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by
the Buyer;
(i) There
shall not have been any change or disruption or any development involving a
prospective change or disruption in the financial or capital markets the effect
of which is, in the Buyer’s sole judgment, so material and adverse as to make it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the purchase of the
Debentures;
(j) There
shall have been no change which the Buyer, in its sole and absolute discretion,
deems to be materially adverse in respect of the business, results of
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), value, prospects, liabilities or
assets of the Company;
(k) The
Company’s management incentive and employment agreements shall be acceptable to
the Buyer and its counsel;
(l) The
Company has received all approvals (governmental and otherwise) and third party
consents of all requisite parties necessary in order for the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents; and
(m) The
Company has not defaulted in any material contracts and there is no material
litigation, as determined by the Buyer as of the Closing Date.
debentures, security agreements, and other agreements including, without
limitation, each of the Transaction Documents, entered into by the Company
with the Buyer and any and all claims that the Company does not know or
suspect to exist, whether through ignorance, oversight, error, negligence, or
otherwise, and which, if known, would materially affect their decision to enter
into this Agreement or the related Transaction Documents.
(a) Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made under and shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida without giving
effect to the principals of conflict of laws thereof. Each of the
parties consents to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court sitting in the
Southern District of the State of Florida or the state courts of the State of
Florida sitting in Miami-Dade County, Florida in connection with any dispute
arising under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and hereby
waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any
objection based on forum non conveniens to the
bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions.
If
to the Company, to:
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Europa
Place x’Xxxxx 000 Xxxx xx Xxxxx x’Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0, Xxxxxx
Attention: Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, CEO
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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If
to the Buyer:
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Trafalgar
Capital Specialized Investment Fund
The
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Street
00
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Chairman of the Board of Trafalgar Capital Sarl, General
Partner
Facsimile: 011-44-207-405-0161
and
001-786-323-1651
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With
Copy to:
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K&L
Gates LLP
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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Each
party shall provide five (5) days’ prior written notice to the other party of
any change in address or facsimile number.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer and the Company have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
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By:
_________________
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Name: Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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BUYER:
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TRAFALGAR
CAPITAL SPECIALIZED
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INVESTMENT
FUND, FIS
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By: Trafalgar
Capital Sarl
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Its: General
Partner
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By:
_____________________
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Name: _____________________
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Title: _____________________
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EXHIBIT
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[FORM
OF DEBENTURE]
EXHIBIT
B
[FORM
OF ESCROW AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT
C
[FORM
OF SECURITY AGREEMENT]