SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of June 9, 2011 among Zurvita Holdings, Inc., a Delaware (the “Company”), and Vicis Capital Master Fund (the “Purchaser”).
ARTICLE I
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one (1) or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance” means: (a) shares of Common Stock or options to purchase Common Stock issued to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b) securities issued upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities (including the stock rights set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)) exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that, unless set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion price of any such securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the directors, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company, as determined by a majority of the directors, and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
“Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
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“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Public Information Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.14 (b).
“Public Information Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.14(b).
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Required Minimum” means, as of any date, one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion in full of the Series C Warrant and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (including a reasonable reserve for Underlying Shares issuable as payment of dividends), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Securities” means the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, the Series C Warrant, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
“Series C Convertible Preferred Stock” means the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company and such designations, preferences and limitations as are set forth in the Series C Designations.
“Series C Designations” means the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the State of Delaware on June 9, 2011.
“Series C Warrant” means the Series C Common Stock Purchase Warrant, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, delivered to the Purchaser at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(v) hereof.
“Short Sales” shall include all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
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“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the NYSE Amex, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the OTC Bulletin Board, or “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Series C Designations, the Series C Warrant, the Escrow Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Underlying Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Series C Warrant.
“VWAP” of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall mean the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if shares of Common Stock are traded on a national securities exchange (an “Exchange”), the weighted average of the closing sale price of a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the last five (5) Trading Days prior to the Determination Date reported on such Exchange as reported in The Wall Street Journal (weighted with respect to the trading volume with respect to each such day); (b) if shares of Common Stock are not traded on an Exchange but trade in the over-the-counter market and such shares are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System (“NASDAQ”), the weighted average of the closing sale price of a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the last five (5) Trading Days prior to the Determination Date reported on NASDAQ as reported in The Wall Street Journal (weighted with respect to the trading volume with respect to each such day); (c) if such shares are an issue for which last sale prices are not reported on NASDAQ, the average of the closing sale price, in each case on the last five (5) Trading Days (or if the relevant price or quotation did not exist on any of such days, the relevant price or quotation on the next preceding Business Day on which there was such a price or quotation) prior to the Determination Date as reported by the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTCBB”), or any other successor organization; (d) if no closing sales price is reported for the Common Stock by the OTCBB or any other successor organization for such day, the average of the closing sale price, in each case on the last five (5) Trading Days (or if the relevant price or quotation did not exist on any of such days, the relevant price or quotation on the next preceding business day on which there was such a price or quotation) prior to the Determination Date as reported by the “pink sheets” by the Pink Sheets, LLC, or any successor organization, (e) if no closing sales price is reported for the Common Stock by the OTCBB or any other successor organization for such day, then the average of the high and low bid and asked price of any of the market makers for the Common Stock as reported on the OTCBB or in the “pink sheets” by the Pink Sheets, LLC on the last five (5) Trading Days; or (e) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
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“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series C Warrant.
ARTICLE II
(a) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a certificate evidencing 1,500,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock;
(iii) a Series C Warrant, in the name of the Purchaser, to purchase 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price equal to twenty-five cents ($0.25), subject to adjustment therein, with a term of exercise of seven (7) years;
(iv) any required consents or waivers; and
(v) an officer’s certificate and secretary’s certificate in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
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(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) a waiver from the holders of no-less than fifty one percent (51%) of the outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock consenting to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations and to the preferences and rights of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company as so modified thereby.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The obligations of the Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement; and
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of the balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) included in the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2010 (the “Form 10-K”).
ARTICLE III
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(z) Schedule 3.1(z) sets forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business) in excess of $25,000, (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $25,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE IV
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement.
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(b) The Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company, provided, however, the Company may require the Purchaser to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer or pledge does not require registration of such transferred or pledged Securities under the Securities Act. At Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.
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(a) The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.
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(b) If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the ninetieth (90th) day after such date.
(a) From the date hereof until the date that is the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a “Subsequent Financing”), Purchaser shall have the pro-rata right to participate in the Subsequent Financing on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing.
(b) At least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”). Upon the request of Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder, the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which shall be a term sheet or similar document relating thereto.
(c) If Purchaser desires to participate in such Subsequent Financing, Purchaser must provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 10th Trading Day after Purchaser has received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the Purchaser’s participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such tenth (10th) Trading Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate.
(d) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the Purchaser has received the Pre-Notice, notifications by Purchaser of its willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to cause its designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.9 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt Issuance, and (ii) shares of Common Stock issued solely in connection with dividends required to be paid under the terms and conditions of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, if any.
(a) Until the earliest of the time that (i) Purchaser does not own any Securities or (ii) the Series C Warrant has expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchaser 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.
(b) At any time during the period commencing from the one year anniversary of the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (i) at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and (ii) two years from the date hereof, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities, an amount in cash equal to one percent (1%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchaser to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.0% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
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ARTICLE V
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5.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Hillsborough County, Florida. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Hillsborough County, Florida for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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Address for Notice:
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By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer
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000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Vicis Capital Master Fund
By: Vicis Capital LLC, its investment advisor
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name of Authorized Signatory: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title of Authorized Signatory: Chief Financial Officer
Email Address of Purchaser: _____________________________________________
Facsimile Number of Purchaser: _____________________________________________
Jurisdiction of Organization of Purchaser: Cayman Islands
Address for Notice of Purchaser:
Vicis Capital Master Fund
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Vicis Capital Master Fund
Attn: Xxxx Xxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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