15,857,141 Shares of Common Stock and Warrants to Purchase up to 7,135,713 Shares of Common Stock ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC. Common Stock (par value $0.001) PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
15,857,141 Shares of Common Stock
and Warrants to Purchase up to 7,135,713 Shares of Common Stock
ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC.
Common Stock (par value $0.001)
Common Stock (par value $0.001)
PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
November 6, 2009
XXXXXXX XXXX PARTNERS LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
1. Introduction. Arcadia Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the purchasers, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Placement Agent Agreement (this “Agreement”) and the Subscription
Agreements in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Subscription Agreements”)
entered into with the purchasers identified therein (each a “Purchaser” and, collectively,
the “Purchasers”), up to an aggregate of 15,857,141 units (the “Units”), with each
Unit consisting of (a) one share of common stock (a “Share” and, collectively, the
“Shares”), $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company and (b)
one warrant to purchase 0.45 of a share of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). Units will not
be issued or certificated. The Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued
separately. The terms and conditions of the Warrants are set forth in the form of Exhibit
B attached hereto. The Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to herein as
the “Warrant Shares” and, together with the Units, the Shares and the Warrants, are
referred to herein as the “Securities.” The Company hereby confirms that Xxxxxxx Hill
Partners LLC (“BHP” or the “Placement Agent”) acted as the Placement Agent in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
2. Agreement to Act as Placement Agent; Placement of Units. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained, and subject to all the
terms and conditions of this Agreement:
2.1 The Company has authorized and hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent has
acted as its exclusive agent to solicit offers for the purchase of all or part of the Units
from the Company in connection with the proposed offering of the Units (the
“Offering”). Until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing
Date (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Company shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Placement Agent, solicit or accept offers to purchase Units otherwise than
through the Placement Agent.
2.2 The Company hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent, as agent of the Company,
used its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Units from the Company on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below). The
Placement Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining
performance by each Purchaser whose offer to purchase Units was solicited by the Placement
Agent and accepted by the Company, but the Placement Agent shall not, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, be obligated to disclose the identity of any potential purchaser
or have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for
any reason. Under no circumstances will the Placement Agent be obligated to underwrite or
purchase any Units for its own account and, in soliciting purchases of Units, the
Placement
Agent acted solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and except as otherwise provided in Section 2.3, it is understood and agreed
that the Placement Agent (or its affiliates) may, solely at its discretion and without any
obligation to do so, purchase Units from the Company as principal and any such purchases by
the Placement Agent (or its affiliates) shall be disclosed to the Company (including the
identity of such purchaser).
2.3 Subject to the provisions of this Section 2, offers for the purchase of Units were
solicited by the Placement Agent as agent for the Company at such times and in such amounts
as the Placement Agent deemed advisable. The Placement Agent communicated to the Company,
orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Units received by it as agent of the
Company. The Company shall have the sole right in its absolute discretion to accept offers
to purchase the Units and to reject any such offer, in whole or in part. The Placement
Agent has the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, subject to giving prior notice
to the Company, to reject any offer to purchase Units received by it, in whole or in part,
and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement.
2.4 The Units are being sold to the Purchasers at a price of $0.70 per Unit. The
purchases of the Units by the Purchasers shall be evidenced by the execution of the
Subscription Agreements by the parties thereto.
2.5 As compensation for services rendered, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4
hereof), the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account or accounts designated by the Placement Agent, an aggregate
amount (the “Placement Fee”) equal to six and one-half percent (6.5%) of the gross
proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Units on such Closing Date.
2.6 The parties acknowledge and agree that in connection with a Subsequent Financing
(as defined in the Subscription Agreements) pursuant to Section 6 of the Subscription
Agreements whereby any of the Purchasers participate in such Subsequent Financing, the
Placement Agent shall receive the Placement Fee allocable to such Purchasers participation
in the Subsequent Financing.
2.7 No Units which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement and the
Subscription Agreements shall be deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the
Company, until such Shares and Warrants included in the Units shall have been delivered to
the Purchaser thereof against payment by such Purchaser. If the Company shall default in
its obligations to deliver the Shares and Warrants to a Purchaser with whom it has entered
into a binding Subscription Agreement, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Placement
Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage or expense arising from or as a result of
such default by the Company in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 8(c)
herein.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, the Placement Agent and the Purchasers that:
(a) The Company has prepared and filed in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and published rules and
regulations thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”) adopted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a “shelf” Registration Statement (as
hereinafter defined) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-160928), which became effective as of
September 23, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), including a base prospectus relating to
the Shares (the “Base Prospectus”), and such amendments and supplements thereto as
may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The term “Registration
Statement” as used in this Agreement means the registration statement
(including
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all
exhibits, financial schedules and all documents and information deemed to be a part of the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations), as amended
and/or
supplemented to the date of this Agreement, including the Base Prospectus. The
Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the
use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission.
The Company, if required by the Rules and Regulations of the Commission, will file the
Prospectus (as defined below), with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations. The term “Prospectus” as used in this Agreement means the prospectus,
in the form in which it is to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
Rules and Regulations, or, if the prospectus is not to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b), the prospectus in the form included as part of the Registration Statement as
of the Effective Date, except that if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall
be provided to the Placement Agent by the Company for use in connection with the offering
and sale of the Units which differs from the Prospectus (whether or not such revised
prospectus or prospectus supplement is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule
424(b) of the Rules and Regulations), the term “Prospectus” shall refer to such revised
prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first
provided to the Placement Agent for such use. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations is hereafter called a “Preliminary
Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or before the
last to occur of the Effective Date, the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, or the date of
the Prospectus, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment,” or “supplement”
with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any document under the Exchange
Act after the Effective Date, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the
Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated by reference and (ii) any such
document so filed. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to
register additional securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Rules and Regulations (the
“462(b) Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the Registration
Statement shall also be deemed to include such 462(b) Registration Statement.
(b) The conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities as contemplated hereby have been satisfied. The Registration Statement
meets, and the offering and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby complies with, in
all material respects, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act (including,
without limitation, Rule 415(a)(4) and (a)(5) of the Rules and Regulations).
(c) As of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date, neither
(i) any General Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) issued at or prior to the
Applicable Time, and the Pricing Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included
on Schedule A hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General
Disclosure Package”), (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as
defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time nor (iii) the bona fide electronic
road show (as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) of the Rules and Regulations), if any, that has been
made available without restriction to any person, when considered together with the General
Disclosure Package, included or will include, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or as of the Closing Date will omit, to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties
as to information contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free
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Writing Prospectus, in
reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the
Placement Agent specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties
hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as defined in Section
17). As used in this paragraph (b) and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement.
“General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that
is identified on Schedule A to this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations relating to the Units in the form filed or
required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form
retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Rules and Regulations.
“Limited Use Free Writing Prospectuses” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
“Pricing Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, and the Base
Prospectus, each as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time,
including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement
deemed to be a part thereof.
(d) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the Offering has been issued by the
Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities
Act has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission,
and each Preliminary Prospectus (if any), at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations,
and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted
from any Preliminary Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion
therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s
Information (as defined in Section 17).
(e) At the time the Registration Statement became effective, at the date of this
Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations 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, at the time the Prospectus was issued and at the
Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an 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; provided, however, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this
paragraph (e) shall not apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as
defined in Section 17).
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(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Units or until
any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Placement Agent as described in
Section 5(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and
any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or
modified, or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would 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 were made, not
misleading. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as
defined in Section 17).
(g) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became
effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and none of such documents contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(h) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute
any offering material in connection with the Offering other than any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Securities Act and
consistent with Section 5(b) below. The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection
with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. The Company
will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (other than a “road
show,” as defined in Rule 433(d)(8) of the Rules and Regulations), if any, in the time and
manner required under Rules 163(b)(2) and 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations.
(i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 15) have been duly
organized and are validly existing as corporations in good standing (or the foreign
equivalent thereof) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good
standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification
and have all power and authority (corporate or other) necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where
the failure to so qualify or have such power or authority (i) would not have, singularly or
in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, assets, or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, or (ii) impair in any material respect the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (any such effect as described in
clauses (i) or (ii), a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company owns or
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controls,
directly or indirectly, only the corporations, partnerships, limited liability partnerships,
limited liability companies, associations or other entities set forth on Exhibit C.
(j) The Company has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and each of the Subscription Agreements and to perform and to discharge its obligations
hereunder and thereunder; and this Agreement and each of the Subscription Agreements has
been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and except as
enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(k) The Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold by the Company to the Purchasers
hereunder and under the Subscription Agreements have been duly and validly authorized and,
when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein and in the
Subscription Agreements, and the Warrant Shares, when issued and delivered against payment
therefor as provided in the Warrants, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights and will conform to the
description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing
Prospectus, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have
been issued in compliance in all material respects with federal and state securities laws,
and conform to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. As of November 5, 2009, there were 161,858,403 shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001, of the Company issued
and outstanding and 10,868,595 shares of Common Stock were issuable upon the exercise of all
options, warrants and convertible securities outstanding as of such date. Since such date,
the Company has not issued any securities, other than Common Stock of the Company issued
pursuant to the exercise of stock options previously outstanding under the Company’s stock
option plans or the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock purchase plans. All
of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities
for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and
were issued in compliance in all material respects with U.S. federal and state securities
laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities of the Company, except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied
or waived. There are no authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock, options,
warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity
or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those described above or accurately
described in the General Disclosure Package. The description of the Company’s stock option,
stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted
thereunder, as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately
and fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with
respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(m) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have
been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except to the
extent set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are owned by the
Company directly or indirectly through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries, free and clear
of any claim,
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lien, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or transfer or
any other claim of any third party.
(n) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreements by the Company, the issue and sale of the Units by the Company and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, constitute a default or Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as
defined below)
under, give rise to any right of termination or other right or the cancellation or
acceleration of any right or obligation or loss of a benefit under, or give rise to the
creation or imposition of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, claim or charge upon any
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of (A) the charter
or by-laws (or analogous governing instruments, as applicable) of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or (B) any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with
respect to clause (B), any violation which, singularly or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. A “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or
condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give the holder of
any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s
behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of
such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(o) Except for the registration of the Units under the Securities Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the NYSE Amex Exchange (“Amex”)
in connection with the offering and sale of the Units by the Company, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing, qualification or registration with, any court or
governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, which has not been made, obtained or taken
and is not in full force and effect, is required for the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements by the Company, the offer or sale of the
Units or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(p) BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP, who has audited certain financial statements and related
schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has audited the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, is an independent registered public
accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”). Except as
pre-approved in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 10A of the Exchange
Act, BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP has not been engaged by the Company to perform any “prohibited
activities” (as defined in Section 10A of the Exchange Act).
(q) The financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, included
or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and in the
Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects the financial position and
the results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and other consolidated entities at the respective dates or for the
respective periods therein specified. Such statements and related notes and schedules have
been prepared in accordance
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with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except
as may be set forth in the related notes included or incorporated by reference in the
General Disclosure Package, and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain
footnotes or year-end adjustments required by GAAP. The financial statements, together with
the related notes and schedules, included or incorporated by reference in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, and the Rules and Regulations and the rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act. No other financial statements or supporting schedules or exhibits are
required by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations to be
described, or included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. There is no pro forma or as adjusted
financial information which is required to be included in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package, or the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference
therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations which has not
been included or incorporated as so required.
(r) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General
Disclosure Package, any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the General Disclosure Package; and, since such date, there has not been any
change in the capital stock (other than Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to the
exercise of stock options previously outstanding under the Company’s stock option plans or
the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock purchase plans) or long-term debt of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any material adverse changes, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, assets,
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
(s) Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, there is no legal or
governmental action, suit, claim or proceeding pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which is required to be described in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference
therein and is not described therein, or which, singularly or in the aggregate, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect or prevent or adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and to the Company’s knowledge, except as set forth in the General Disclosure
Package, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others.
(t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in (i) violation of its charter
or by-laws (or analogous governing instrument, as applicable), (ii) default in any respect,
and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained
in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or
assets is subject or (iii) violation in any respect of any statute, law, ordinance,
governmental rule, regulation or court order, decree or judgment to which it or its property
or assets may be subject except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph
(t), for any violations or defaults which, singularly or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries possesses all licenses, certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the
appropriate local, state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies which are
necessary or desirable for the ownership of their respective properties or the conduct of
their respective businesses (including, without limitation, those administered by the Food
and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the
“FDA”) or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory
authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) as described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Governmental
Permits”) except where any failures to possess or
make the same, singularly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with all such Governmental Permits; all such Governmental Permits are
valid and in full force and effect, except where the validity or failure to be in full force
and effect would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All
such Governmental Permits are free and clear of any restriction or condition that are in
addition to, or materially different from, those normally applicable to similar licenses,
certificates, authorizations and permits. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has
received notification of any revocation or modification (or proceedings related thereto) of
any such Governmental Permit and the Company has no reason to believe that any such
Governmental Permit will not be renewed, except as set forth in or contemplated by the
General Disclosure Package.
(v) [Intentionally omitted]
(w) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities, including the issuance, offering and sale of the
Warrant Shares, and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will become an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
(x) Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the
Company’s or its subsidiaries’ officers, directors or affiliates has taken or will take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed or intended to stabilize or manipulate the price
of any security of the Company, or which caused or resulted in, or which might in the future
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company.
(y) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess the right to use all material
patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, software, databases, know-how, Internet
domain names, trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures, and other intellectual property
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on their respective
businesses as currently conducted, and as proposed to be conducted and described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and the Company is not aware of any claim to
the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and its
subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing except for those that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Intellectual Property licenses described in
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are valid, binding upon, and enforceable
by or against the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms. The Company
and each of its subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with, and are not in
breach nor have received any asserted or threatened claim of breach of, any Intellectual
Property license, except for any such breach that would not individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has no knowledge
of any breach or anticipated breach by any other person of any Intellectual Property
license. The Company’s and
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each of its subsidiaries’ businesses as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted do not and will not infringe or conflict with any valid patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses or other
Intellectual Property or franchise right of any person. To its knowledge, no claim has been
made against the Company or any of its subsidiaries alleging the infringement by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries of any patent, trademark, service xxxx, trade name, copyright,
trade secret, license in or other intellectual property right or franchise right of any
person. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has taken all reasonable steps to protect,
maintain and safeguard its rights in all Intellectual Property, including the execution of
appropriate nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the loss or impairment of or
payment of any additional amounts with respect to, nor require the consent of any other
person in respect of, the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ right to own, use, or hold
for use any of the Intellectual Property as owned, used or held for use in the conduct of
the businesses as currently conducted. With respect to the use of the software in the
Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ businesses as they are currently conducted, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has experienced any material defects in such
software including any material error or omission in the processing of any transactions
other than defects which have been corrected, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such
software contains any device or feature designed to disrupt, disable, or otherwise impair
the functioning of any software or is subject to the terms of any “open source” or other
similar license that provides for the source code of the software to be publicly distributed
or dedicated to the public. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has at all times
complied with all applicable laws relating to privacy, data protection, and the collection
and use of personal information collected, used, or held for use by the Company and any of
its subsidiaries in the conduct of the Company’s and its subsidiaries businesses, except for
any such breach that would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. No claims have been asserted or threatened against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries alleging a violation of any person’s privacy or personal
information or data rights and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
not breach or otherwise cause any violation of any law related to privacy, data protection,
or the collection and use of personal information collected, used, or held for use by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries in the conduct of the Company’s or any of its
subsidiaries’ businesses. The Company and each of its subsidiaries takes reasonable
measures to ensure that such information is protected against unauthorized access, use,
modification, or other misuse.
(z) Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries own any real property. The Company and
each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid
rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property, as described in
the General Disclosure Package, which are material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests, claims and defects that do not, singularly or in the aggregate,
materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for
those liens, encumbrances, security interests, claims and defects that would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has
received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone
adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases
mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to
the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or
sublease.
(aa) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not
aware
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of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its
subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could
reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the
Company or any subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such
subsidiary.
(bb) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)) or “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA (other than
events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day notice requirement under Section 4043
of ERISA has been waived) has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur with respect
to any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which could
reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all
material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. The Company and its
subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably be expected to incur liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan
(as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which
could, singularly or in the aggregate, cause the loss of such qualification.
(cc) The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the
use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and
protection of health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses
(“Environmental Laws”), except where the failure to comply would not, singularly or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been
no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission,
or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due
to, or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any
other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may
otherwise be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute,
ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or
permit, give rise to any liability on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
except for any violation or liability which would not reasonably be expected to have,
singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse
Effect; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind
onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other
wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company has knowledge, except
for any such disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind which would not
reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such discharges and
other releases, a Material Adverse Effect. In the ordinary course of business, the Company
and its subsidiaries conduct periodic reviews of the effect of Environmental Laws on their
business and assets, in the course of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or Governmental
Permits issued thereunder, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such reviews, the Company and its
subsidiaries have reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not
have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(dd) The Company and its subsidiaries, each (i) has timely filed all necessary federal,
state, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested
extensions thereof, and all such returns were true, complete and correct in all material
respects, (ii) has paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments,
governmental or other charges due and payable for which it is liable, including, without
limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third
parties, and (iii) does not have any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed or, to
its knowledge, proposed against any of them, except those, in each of the cases described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (dd), that would not, singularly or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has not engaged in any transaction which is a corporate tax shelter
or which could be characterized as such by the Internal Revenue Service or any other
taxing authority. The accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company and its
subsidiaries in respect of tax liabilities for any taxable period not yet finally determined
are adequate to meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period, and since
December 31, 2008 each of the Company and its subsidiaries has not incurred any liability
for taxes other than in the ordinary course.
(ee) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carries, or is covered by, insurance
provided by recognized and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and covering
such risks as the Company reasonably considers adequate for the conduct of their respective
businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies
engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. The Company has no reason to believe
that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as
and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar
institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and
at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting and other controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the General Disclosure
Package, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A)
no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or
not remediated) and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(gg) The minute books of the Company and each of its subsidiaries that would be a
“significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the
Exchange Act (such a significant subsidiary of the Company, a “Significant
Subsidiary”) have been made available to the Placement Agent and counsel for the
Placement Agent, and such books (i) contain a complete summary of all meetings and actions
of the board of directors (including each board committee) as of November 5, 2009 and
shareholders of the Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as
applicable), and each of its Significant Subsidiaries since the time of its respective
incorporation or organization through the date of the latest meeting and action, and (ii)
accurately in all material respects reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes.
There are no material transactions, agreements or other actions of the Company or of its
subsidiaries that are not properly approved and/or recorded in the minute books of the
Company or of its subsidiaries, as applicable.
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(hh) There is no franchise, lease, contract, agreement or document required by the
Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations to be described in the General Disclosure
Package and in the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein or to be filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or a document incorporated by reference therein
which is not described or filed therein as required; and all descriptions of any such
franchises, leases, contracts, agreements or documents contained in the Registration
Statement or in a document incorporated by reference therein are accurate and complete
descriptions of such documents in all material respects. Other than as described in the
General Disclosure Package, no such franchise, lease, contract or agreement has been
suspended or terminated for convenience or default by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of the other parties thereto, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received notice nor does the Company have any other knowledge
of any such pending or threatened suspension, termination or non-renewal, except for
such pending or threatened suspensions, terminations or non-renewals that would not
reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and any
of its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders (or analogous
interest holders), customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their affiliates on the other hand, which is required to be described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and
which is not so described.
(jj) No person or entity has the right to require registration of shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries because of the filing or
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, except for persons and entities who have
expressly waived such right in writing or who have been given timely and proper written
notice and have failed to exercise such right within the time or times required under the
terms and conditions of such right. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package,
there are no persons with registration rights or similar rights to have any securities
registered by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the Securities Act.
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries own any “margin securities” as
that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the “Federal Reserve Board”), and none of the proceeds of the sale of the Units
will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally
incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause
any of the Units to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meanings of Regulation T, U
or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
(ll) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract,
agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement and any letter of
understanding between the Company and the Placement Agent) that would give rise to a valid
claim against the Company or the Placement Agent for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or
like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Units or any transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus.
(mm) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the General Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been
disclosed other than in good faith.
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(nn) The Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Common Stock
is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is listed on Amex, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of,
terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the
Common Stock from Amex, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or
Amex is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing, notification or registration with, Amex is required
for the listing and trading of the shares of Common Stock on Amex, except for (i) a
Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares and (ii) a Notification Form: Change in the
Number of Shares Outstanding.
(oo) The Company is in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing
the provisions thereof (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”).
(pp) The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that it is in compliance
with all applicable corporate governance requirements set forth in the NYSE Amex Rules and
Company Guide.
(qq) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has not made any
contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state,
local or foreign office in violation of any law (including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
of 1977, as amended) or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or a document incorporated by
reference therein.
(rr) There are no transactions, arrangements or other relationships between and/or
among the Company, any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act) and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any structured
finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity that could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ liquidity or the
availability of or requirements for their capital resources required to be described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference
therein which have not been described as required.
(ss) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business
expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the
Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective family members, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(tt) The statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that
the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
(uu) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary nor any of their affiliates (within the
meaning of FINRA Conduct Rule 2720(b)(1)(a)) directly or indirectly controls, are controlled
by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of
Article I, Section 1(ee) of the By-laws of FINRA) of, any member firm of FINRA.
(vv) No approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of
Amex is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Purchasers the Units.
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Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Placement Agent
or to counsel for the Placement Agent shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by
the Company to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.
4. The Closing. The time and date of closing and delivery of the documents required
to be delivered to the Placement Agent pursuant to Sections 5 and 7 hereof shall be at 10:00 A.M.,
New York time, on a date specified by the Company and the Placement Agent that is not later than
November 17, 2009 (such specified date, the “Closing Date”) at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the Placement Agent and
the Purchasers:
(a) To prepare the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if necessary, in a form approved
by the Placement Agent and file such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission
no later than the first business day following the date hereof; to prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Placement Agent
containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration
Statement in reliance on rules 430A, 430B and 430C of the Rules and Regulations and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations not later than the
second (2nd) business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations;
to notify the Placement Agent immediately of the Company’s intention to file or prepare any
supplement or amendment to any Registration Statement or to the Prospectus and to make no
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or to
the Prospectus to which the Placement Agent shall reasonably object by notice to the Company
after a reasonable period to review; to advise the Placement Agent, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to any Registration Statement has
been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Placement Agent
copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be; to file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
(or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations) is
required in connection with the offering or sale of the Units; to advise the Placement
Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification
of the Units for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, and
promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order.
(b) The Company represents and agrees that it has not made and, unless it obtains the
prior consent of the Placement Agent, it will not, make any offer relating to the Units that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and
Regulations unless the prior written consent of the Placement Agent has been received (each,
a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of
the Placement Agent hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule A hereto. The Company represents that
it has treated and agrees that it will treat each
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the
Rules and Regulations applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the
requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and
will not take any action that would result in the Placement Agent or the Company being
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations a
free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Placement Agent that the Placement
Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(c) If at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Units is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include 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, or the
Registration Statement, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or if
for any other reason it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement any Registration
Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the
Company will promptly notify the Placement Agent, and upon the Placement Agent’s request,
the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company’s expense, an
amendment to the Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus that
corrects such statement or omission or effects such compliance and will deliver to the
Placement Agent, without charge, such number of copies thereof as the Placement Agent may
reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by the Placement Agent.
(d) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Units
at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event
shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable
opinion of the Placement Agent, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General
Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or to make the statements therein
not conflict with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement then on file and not superseded or modified, or if it is necessary at any time to
amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any applicable law, the
Company promptly will either (i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish
to the Placement Agent and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General
Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under
the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package
so that the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or conflict with the
Registration Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply
with applicable law.
(e) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicted or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, including any document incorporated by
reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof and not
superseded or modified or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or would 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
were made, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the
Placement Agent so that any use of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is
amended or supplemented and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at
its own expense, such Issuer Free
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Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict,
untrue statement or omission. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for
inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement
Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 17).
(f) To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX or IDEA system, to furnish
promptly to the Placement Agent and to counsel for the Placement Agent a signed copy of the
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and of each amendment
thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
(g) To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX or IDEA system, to deliver
promptly to the Placement Agent in New York City such number of the following documents as
the Placement Agent shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission (in each case
excluding exhibits), (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus (if any), (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
(iv) the Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv) of this paragraph (g) to be made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the
business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (v) conformed copies
of any amendment to the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits), (vi) any amendment or
supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (the delivery of the
documents referred to in clauses (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (g) to be made not later
than 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day following the date of such amendment or
supplement) and (vii) any document incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto) (the delivery of the documents
referred to in clause (vi) of this paragraph (g) to be made not later than 10:00 A.M., New
York City time, on the business day following the date of such document).
(h) To make generally available to its shareholders as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than eighteen (18) months after the effective date of each Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings statement of
the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company,
Rule 158); and to furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each
fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
certified by independent public accountants) and as soon as practicable after each of the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal quarter
after the effective date of such Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial
information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(i) To take promptly from time to time such actions as the Placement Agent may
reasonably request to qualify the Units for offering and sale under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Placement Agent may designate
and to continue such qualifications in effect, and to comply with such laws, for so long as
required to permit the offer and sale of the Securities in such jurisdictions; provided that
the Company and its subsidiaries shall not be obligated to qualify as foreign corporations
in any jurisdiction in which they are not so qualified or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction.
(j) To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX or IDEA system, upon request,
during the period of five (5) years from the date hereof, to deliver to the Placement Agent
upon request, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other
communications furnished to shareholders, and (ii) as soon as they are available, copies of
any reports and
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financial statements furnished or filed with the Commission or any national
securities exchange or automatic quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted.
(k) [Intentionally omitted]
(l) To supply the Placement Agent with copies of all correspondence to and from, and
all documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the registration of the
Units under the Securities Act or the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
therein.
(m) Prior to the Closing Date, to furnish to the Placement Agent, as soon as they have
been prepared, copies of any unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the
Company for any periods subsequent to the periods covered by the financial statements
appearing in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(n) Prior to the Closing Date, not to issue any press release or other communication
directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its
condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business prospects
(except for routine oral marketing communications in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Placement Agent is
notified), without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, unless in the judgment
of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Placement Agent, such press
release or communication is required by law.
(o) Until the Placement Agent shall have notified the Company of the completion of the
offering of the Units, that the Company will not, and will cause its affiliated purchasers
(as defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act) not to, either alone or with one or more
other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its affiliated
purchasers has a beneficial interest, any Units, or attempt to induce any person to purchase
any Units; and not to, and to cause its affiliated purchasers not to, make bids or purchase
for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in or of raising the price
of the Units.
(p) Not to take any action prior to the Closing Date which would require the Prospectus
to be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 5.
(q) To at all times comply with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act in
effect from time to time.
(r) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Use of Proceeds.”
(s) To use its best efforts to list, effect and maintain, subject to notice of
issuance, the Common Stock on Amex.
(t) To use its best efforts to assist the Placement Agent and its counsel with any
filings with FINRA and obtaining clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation
allowable or payable to the Placement Agent.
(u) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or
performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all
conditions precedent to the delivery of the Units.
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6. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the
Placement Agent, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated: (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation
and delivery of the Units to the Purchasers and any taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs
incident to the Registration of the Units under the Securities Act; (c) the costs incident to the
preparation, printing and distribution of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, any amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto or any document incorporated by
reference therein and the costs of printing, reproducing and distributing any transaction document
by mail, telex or other means of communications; (d) if applicable, the fees and expenses
(including related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Placement Agent) incurred in
connection with securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Units and any
filings made with FINRA; (e) any applicable listing, quotation or other fees; (f) the reasonable
fees and expenses (including related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Placement
Agent) of qualifying the Units under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided
in Section 5(i) and of preparing, printing and distributing wrappers, Blue Sky Memoranda and Legal
Investment Surveys; (g) the cost of preparing and printing stock certificates; (h) all fees and
expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Units; (i) the reasonable fees,
disbursements and expenses of counsel to the Placement Agent not to exceed $75,000, and (j)
all other costs and expenses incident to the offering of the Units or the performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the fees and
expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s independent accountants and the travel and
other expenses incurred by Company personnel in connection with any “road show” including, without
limitation, any expenses advanced by the Placement Agent on the Company’s behalf (which will be
promptly reimbursed)); provided that, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 6 and
in Sections 8 and 10, the Placement Agent shall pay its own costs and expenses, including the fees
and expenses of its counsel.
7. Conditions to the Obligations of the Placement Agent and the Purchasers, and the Sale
of the Units. The respective obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder and the Purchasers
under the Subscription Agreements, and the Closing of the sale of the Units, are subject to the
accuracy, when made and as of the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date, of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company
made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof, preventing or suspending the use of any Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any part thereof
shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under
the Securities Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and all
requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise)
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agent; the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and
the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations and in
accordance with Section 5(a), and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, shall have
become effective immediately upon its filing with the Commission; and FINRA shall have
raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The Placement Agent shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or
prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the
Placement Agent, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such
counsel, is material and
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is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an
untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material or omits to
state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary in order
to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form and validity of each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Units, the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
if any, and the Prospectus and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects
to counsel for the Placement Agent, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all
documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(d) Ice Xxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxxxxx Traurig LLP shall have furnished to the Placement
Agent such counsel’s written opinion and negative assurances statement, as counsel to the
Company, addressed to the Placement Agent, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.
(e) The Placement Agent shall have received from Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Placement Agent, such opinion or opinions and negative assurances statement,
addressed to the Placement Agent, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as
the Placement Agent may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they request for enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) [Intentionally omitted]
(g) [Intentionally omitted]
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, of its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice President and its
chief financial officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto, at the Applicable Time and as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Closing Date did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as
of the Closing Date, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the
Closing Date, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective
date thereof and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii)
since the effective date of the initial Registration Statement, no event has occurred which
should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) to the their knowledge, as of the
Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true
and correct and the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and
satisfied in all material respects all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and (iv) there has not been, subsequent to the
date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference
in the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the financial position or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or any change or
development that, singularly or in the aggregate,
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would involve a material adverse change or
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, business or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole, except as set forth in the Prospectus.
(i) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General
Disclosure Package or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package as of the
date hereof, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained any
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, and
(b) there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than Common Stock of
the Company issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options previously outstanding under
the Company’s stock option plans or the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock
purchase plans) or long-term debt of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, or any change,
or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general
affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth in the
General Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (a) or
(b) of this paragraph (i), is, in the judgment of the Placement
Agent, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the sale or delivery of the Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
General Disclosure Package.
(j) No action shall have been taken and no law, statute, rule, regulation or order
shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would
prevent the issuance or sale of the Units or materially and adversely affect or potentially
materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other
nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued which
would prevent the issuance or sale of the Units or materially and adversely affect or
potentially materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have
occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, Nasdaq or Amex or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of
the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or
materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices or maximum range for prices shall have been
established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or
market or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities or a material
disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services
in the United States, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, or
the subject of an act of terrorism, or there shall have been an outbreak of or escalation in
hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a
national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a
material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the
effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be
such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Placement Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the sale or delivery of the Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) The Company shall have filed a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares with
Amex and shall have received no objection thereto from Amex.
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(m) The Company shall have entered into Subscription Agreements with each of the
Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect.
(n) The Placement Agent shall have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of
compensation allowable or payable to the Placement Agent as described in the Pricing
Prospectus.
(o) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent
such further information, opinions, certificates (including a Secretary’s Certificate),
letters or documents as the Placement Agent shall have reasonably requested.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Placement Agent.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its affiliates
and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees,
representatives and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Placement Agent within
the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
(collectively, the “Placement Agent Indemnified Parties,” and each a “Placement
Agent Indemnified Party”) against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability
whatsoever (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or
several, to which such Placement Agent Indemnified Party may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability,
action, investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (A) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
therein, (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
therein, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made or (C) any
breach of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, or the failure
of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or pursuant to any law, and shall
reimburse the Placement Agent Indemnified Party promptly upon demand for any legal fees or
other expenses reasonably incurred by that Placement Agent Indemnified Party in connection
with investigating, or preparing to defend, or defending against, or appearing as a third
party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any such loss, claim,
damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding, as such fees and expenses
are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in, or omission or alleged omission
from any Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent
specifically for use therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the
Placement Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 17). This indemnity agreement is not
exclusive and will be in addition to any liability, which the Company might otherwise have
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available at law or in
equity to each Placement Agent Indemnified Party.
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(b) The Placement Agent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its
directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties,” and each a
“Company Indemnified Party”) against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability
whatsoever (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or
several, to which such Company Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action,
investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
“issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and
Regulations, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, but in each
case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for use therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is
limited to the Placement Agent’s Information as defined in Section 17, and shall
reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating or preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as
third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action,
investigation or proceeding, as such fees and expenses are incurred. This indemnity
agreement is not exclusive and will be in addition to any liability, which the Placement
Agent might otherwise have and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available at law or in equity to each Company Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 8(b), in no event shall any indemnity by the Placement Agent
under this Section 8(b) exceed the total compensation received by the Placement Agent in
accordance with Section 2.5.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of
the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify such indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure;
and, provided, further, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section 8. If any such action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly
notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense of such action with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party (which counsel shall not, except with the written
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party). After notice from
the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of
such action, except as provided herein, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the
indemnified party under Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
the indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action other than reasonable
costs of investigation; provided, however, that any indemnified party shall have the right
to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense of such
action but the fees and expenses of such counsel (other than reasonable costs of
investigation) shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company in the case of a
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claim
for indemnification under Section 8(a) or Section 2.6 or BHP in the case of a claim for
indemnification under Section 8(b), (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by
its counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the indemnifying
party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of the
commencement of the action or the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action
after assumption of the defense, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the
indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of
the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the
defense of (or, in the case of a failure to diligently defend the action after assumption of
the defense, to continue to defend) such action on behalf of such indemnified party and the
indemnifying party shall be responsible for legal or other expenses subsequently reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action; provided,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or
separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out
of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties (in
addition to any local counsel), which firm shall be designated in writing by BHP if the
indemnified parties under this Section 8 consist of any Placement Agent Indemnified Party or
by the Company if the indemnified parties under this Section 8 consist of any Company
Indemnified Parties. Subject to this Section 8(c), the amount payable by an indemnifying
party under Section 8 shall include, but not be limited to, (x) reasonable legal fees and
expenses of counsel to the
indemnified party and any other reasonable expenses in investigating, or preparing to
defend or defending against, or appearing as a third party witness in respect of, or
otherwise incurred in connection with, any action, investigation, proceeding or claim, and
(y) all amounts paid in settlement of any of the foregoing. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of judgment with respect to any pending or threatened action or any
claim whatsoever, in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under
this Section 8 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties
thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional
release of each indemnified party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of any indemnified party. Subject to the provisions of the following sentence, no
indemnifying party shall be liable for settlement of any pending or threatened action or any
claim whatsoever that is effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with its written consent, if its consent
has been unreasonably withheld or delayed or if there be a judgment for the plaintiff in any
such matter, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In
addition, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying
party reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying
party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated herein
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than
forty-five (45) days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the request for
reimbursement, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with
such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), then
each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to
the amount paid, payable or otherwise incurred by such indemnified party as a result of such
loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action, investigation or proceeding in
respect thereof), as incurred, (i)
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in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the
other hand from the offering of the Units, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i)
of this Section 8(d) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) of this
Section 8(d) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Placement
Agent on the other with respect to the statements, omissions, acts or failures to act which
resulted in such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action, investigation or
proceeding in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the
other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering of the Units purchased under this Agreement (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total Placement Fee received by the
Placement Agent in connection with the Offering, in each case as set forth in the table on
the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Placement Agent on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or the Placement Agent on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement, omission, act or failure to act; provided that the parties hereto agree that the
written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent for use in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, consists solely of the Placement Agent’s Information as defined in
Section
17. The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation
or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding
referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this
Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as a
third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any such loss,
claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 8(d), the Placement Agent shall not be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the total compensation received by the Placement Agent in accordance
with Section 2.5 less the amount of any damages which the Placement Agent has otherwise paid
or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement, omission or
alleged omission, act or alleged act or failure to act or alleged failure to act. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 1 1(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
9. Termination. The obligations of the Placement Agent and the Purchasers hereunder
and under the Subscription Agreements may be terminated by the Placement Agent, in its absolute
discretion by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Units if, prior
to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(i), 7(j) or 7(k) have occurred or if the
Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Units for any reason permitted under this Agreement or the
Subscription Agreements.
10. Reimbursement of Placement Agent’s Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, if (a) this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 9,
(b) the Company shall fail to tender the Units for delivery to the Purchasers for any reason not
permitted under this Agreement, (c) the Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Units for any
reason permitted under this Agreement or (d) the sale of the Units is not consummated because any
condition to the obligations of the Purchasers or the Placement Agent set forth herein is not
satisfied or because of the refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or to
satisfy any condition or to
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comply with the provisions hereof, then, in
addition to the payment of any amounts in accordance with Section 6, the Company shall reimburse
the Placement Agent for the fees and expenses of the Placement Agent’s counsel and for such other
accountable out-of-pocket expenses as shall have been reasonably incurred by them in connection
with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Units, and upon demand the Company shall pay
the full amount thereof to the Placement Agent.
11. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the Placement Agent’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in
nature, the Placement Agent has been retained solely to act as Placement Agent in connection
with the Offering and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and
the Placement Agent has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Placement Agent has advised or is advising the
Company on other matters;
(b) the price of the Units set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company
following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Placement Agent, and the Company
is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks
and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) it has been advised that the Placement Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a
broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the
Company
and that the Placement Agent has no obligation to disclose such interests and
transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against
the Placement Agent for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and
agrees that the Placement Agent shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the
Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary
duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or
creditors of the Company.
12. Successors; Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the Placement Agent, the Company, and their respective
successors and assigns. This Agreement shall also inure to the benefit of the Purchasers, and each
of their respective successors and assigns, which shall be third party beneficiaries hereof.
Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any
person, other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentences, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this
Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and
exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person; except that the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Company contained in this
Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the Placement Agent Indemnified Parties and the
indemnities of the Placement Agent shall be for the benefit of the Company Indemnified Parties. It
is understood that the Placement Agent’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in
nature and the Placement Agent does not owe the Company, or any other party, any fiduciary duty as
a result of this Agreement.
13. Survival of Indemnities, Representations, Warranties, etc. The respective
indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company
and the Placement Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by them respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of the Placement Agent, the Company, the Purchasers or any person controlling any of them
and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Units. Notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement, including without limitation any termination pursuant to Section 9, the indemnity and
contribution
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agreements contained in Section 8 and the covenants, representations, warranties set
forth in this Agreement shall not terminate and shall remain in full force and effect at all times.
14. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and:
(a) if to the Placement Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, or facsimile
transmission to Xxxxxxx Xxxx Partners LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Senior Managing Director, Fax: 000-000-0000; and
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, or facsimile
transmission to Arcadia Resources, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx (Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy to: Ice Xxxxxx LLP, Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
(Fax: 000-000-0000).
provided, however, that any notice to the Placement Agent pursuant to Section 8 shall be delivered
or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Placement Agent at its address set forth
above, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Placement Agent upon
request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of
receipt thereof, except that any such statement, request, notice or agreement delivered or sent by
email shall take effect at the time of confirmation of receipt thereof by the recipient thereof.
15. Definition of Certain Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “business day”
means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b) “subsidiary”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
16. Governing Law, Agent for Service and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without
limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law. No legal proceeding may be
commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York
located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters,
and the Company and the Placement Agent each hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts and
personal service with respect thereto. The Company and the Placement Agent each hereby consent to
personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any legal proceeding arising out of
or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against the Company or the
Placement Agent. The Company and the Placement Agent each hereby waive all right to trial by jury
in any legal proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of
or relating to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such legal
proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the
Placement Agent and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which the Company is
or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
17. Placement Agent’s Information. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for
all purposes of this Agreement, the Placement Agent’s Information consists solely of the following
information in the Prospectus: (i) the [last] paragraph on the front cover page concerning the
terms of the offering by the Placement Agent; and (ii) the statements concerning the Placement
Agent contained in the [first] and [sixth] paragraphs under the heading “Plan of Distribution.”
18. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section,
paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other section, paragraph, clause or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph, clause or
provision of this Agreement is
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for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there
shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to
make it valid and enforceable.
19. General. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this
Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements,
understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. In this Agreement, the
masculine, feminine and neuter genders and the singular and the plural include one another. The
section headings in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and will not affect
the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended or modified,
and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, only by a writing signed by the
Company and the Placement Agent.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
upon the same instrument and such signatures may be delivered by facsimile.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement between the Company
and the Placement Agent, kindly indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose
below.
Very truly yours, ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC. |
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By: | /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
Accepted as of the date
first above written:
first above written:
XXXXXXX HILL PARTNERS LLC
By:
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/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Title: Senior Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE A
General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
November ___, 2009
Gentlemen:
The undersigned (the “Investor”) hereby confirms its agreement with Arcadia Resources,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), as follows:
1. This Subscription Agreement, including the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Units
attached hereto as Annex I (collectively, this “Agreement”) is made as of the date set
forth below between the Company and the Investor.
2. The Company has authorized the sale and issuance to certain investors of up to an
aggregate of 15,857,141 units (the “Units”), subject to adjustment by the Company’s Board
of Directors or a committee thereof, with each Unit consisting of (a) one share (the
“Share,” collectively, the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “Common Stock”), and (b) one warrant (the “Warrant,” collectively, the
“Warrants”) to purchase 0.45 shares of Common Stock (and the fractional amount being the
“Warrant Ratio”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, for a purchase
price of $0.70 per Unit (the “Purchase Price”). Units will not be issued or certificated.
The Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately. The shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant
Shares” and, together with the Units, the Shares and the Warrants, are referred to herein as
the “Securities”).
3. The offering and sale of the Units (the “Offering”) are being made pursuant to (a)
an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-160928 (the “Registration
Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”), including the Prospectus contained therein (the “Base Prospectus”),
(b) if applicable, certain “free writing prospectuses” (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)), that have been or will be filed, if
required, with the Commission and delivered to the Investor on or prior to the date hereof (the
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), containing certain supplemental information regarding
the Units, the terms of the Offering and the Company and (c) a Prospectus Supplement (the
“Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”)
containing only certain supplemental information regarding the Units and terms of the Offering that
will be filed with the Commission and delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing.
4. The Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from the Company and
the Company will issue and sell to the Investor the Units set forth below for the aggregate
purchase price set forth below. The Units shall be purchased pursuant to the Terms and Conditions
for Purchase of Units attached hereto as Annex I and incorporated herein by this reference as if
fully set forth herein. The Investor acknowledges that the Offering is not being underwritten by
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Partners LLC (“BHP” or the “Placement Agent”) and that there is no
minimum offering amount.
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5. The manner of settlement of the Shares included in the Units purchased by the Investor
shall be effected by crediting the account of the Investor’s prime broker (as specified by such
Investor on Exhibit A annexed hereto) with the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its
Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system, whereby Investor’s prime broker shall
initiate a DWAC transaction on the Closing Date using its DTC participant identification number,
and released by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer
Agent”), at the Company’s direction. NO LATER THAN TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE EXECUTION
OF THIS AGREEMENT BY THE INVESTOR AND THE COMPANY AND COMPLIANCE BY THE COMPANY OF ALL CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CLOSING, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, RECEIPT OF APPROVAL BY THE NYSE AMEX EXCHANGE,
THE INVESTOR SHALL:
(I) | REMIT BY WIRE TRANSFER THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE UNITS BEING PURCHASED BY THE INVESTOR TO THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT: |
[Insert Company Account Information]
(II) | DIRECT THE BROKER-DEALER AT WHICH THE ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS TO BE CREDITED WITH THE SHARES ARE MAINTAINED TO SET UP A DWAC INSTRUCTING THE TRANSFER AGENT TO CREDIT SUCH ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS WITH THE SHARES, AND |
IT IS THE INVESTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO (A) MAKE THE NECESSARY WIRE TRANSFER OR CONFIRM THE PROPER
ACCOUNT BALANCE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND (B) ARRANGE FOR SETTLEMENT BY WAY OF DWAC IN A TIMELY
MANNER. IF THE INVESTOR DOES NOT DELIVER THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE UNITS OR DOES NOT
MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER, THE SHARES AND WARRANTS MAY NOT BE
DELIVERED AT CLOSING TO THE INVESTOR OR THE INVESTOR MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CLOSING ALTOGETHER.
6. The executed Warrant shall be delivered in accordance with the terms thereof.
7. The Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had no position,
office or other material relationship within the past three (3) years with the Company or persons
known to it to be affiliates of the Company, (b) it is not a member of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. or an Associated Person (as such term is defined under the NASD
Membership and Registration Rules Section 1011) as of the Closing, and (c) neither the Investor nor
any group of Investors (as identified in a public filing made with the Commission) of which the
Investor is a part in connection with the Offering of the Units, acquired, or obtained the right to
acquire, 20% or more of the Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common
Stock) or the voting power of the Company on a post-transaction basis. Exceptions:
(If no exceptions, write “none.” If left blank, response will be deemed to be “none.”)
8. The Investor represents that it has received (or otherwise had made available to it by the
filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission) the Base Prospectus,
dated November 6, 2009, which is a part of the Company’s Registration Statement and the documents
incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “Disclosure Package”), prior to or in
connection with the receipt of this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that, prior to the
delivery of this Agreement to the Company, the Investor will receive certain additional information
regarding the Offering, including
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pricing information (the “Offering Information”). Such information may be provided to
the Investor by any means permitted under the Act, including the Prospectus Supplement, a free
writing prospectus and oral communications.
9. No offer by the Investor to buy Units will be accepted and no part of the Purchase Price
will be delivered to the Company until the Investor has received the Offering Information and the
Company has accepted such offer by countersigning a copy of this Agreement, and any such offer may
be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time prior to the
Company (or the Placement Agent on behalf of the Company) sending (orally, in writing or by
electronic mail) notice of its acceptance of such offer. An indication of interest will involve no
obligation or commitment of any kind until the Investor has been delivered the Offering Information
and this Agreement is accepted and countersigned by or on behalf of the Company.
10. The Company acknowledges that the only material, non-public information relating to the
Company it has provided to the Investor in connection with the Offering prior to the date hereof is
the existence of the Offering.
Number of Units:
Purchase Price Per Unit: $
Aggregate Purchase Price: $
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in
the space provided below for that purpose.
By: | ||||
Print Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Address: | ||||
Agreed and Accepted
as of the date first above written:
as of the date first above written:
By: |
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Title: |
ANNEX I
Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Units
1. Authorization and Sale of the Units. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Company has authorized the sale of the Units.
2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Units; Placement Agent.
2.1 At the Closing (as defined in Section 3.1), the Company will sell to the Investor,
and the Investor will purchase from the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the number of Units set forth on the last page of the Agreement to which these Terms and Conditions
for Purchase of Units are attached as Annex I (the “Signature Page”) for the aggregate
purchase price therefor set forth on the Signature Page.
2.2 The Company anticipates that other investors (the “Other Investors” will
participate in the Offering, and expects to complete sales of Units to them. The Company agrees
that such Other Investors will execute substantially the same form of Subscription Agreement as
this Agreement. The Investor and the Other Investors are hereinafter sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Investors,” and this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements executed
by the Other Investors are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Agreements.”
2.3 Investor acknowledges that the Company has agreed to pay Xxxxxxx Xxxx Partners LLC
(“BHP” or the “Placement Agent”) a fee of six and one-half percent (6.5%) (the
“Placement Fee”) in respect of the sale of Shares to the Investor.
2.4 The Company has entered into a Placement Agent Agreement, dated November ___, 2009 (the
“Placement Agreement”), with the Placement Agent that contains certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company that may be relied upon by the Investor, which
shall be a third party beneficiary thereof.
3. Closing and Delivery of the Shares, Warrants and Funds.
3.1 Closing. The completion of the purchase and sale of the Units (the
“Closing”) shall occur at a place and time (the “Closing Date”) to be specified by
the Company and BHP, and of which the Investors will be notified in advance by BHP, in accordance
with Rule 15c6-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”). At the Closing, (a) the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver
to the Investor the number of Shares set forth on the Signature Page registered in the name of the
Investor or, if so indicated on the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the
name of a nominee designated by the Investor, (b) the Company shall cause to be delivered to the
Investor a Warrant to purchase a number of whole Warrant Shares determined by multiplying the
number of Shares set forth on the signature page by the Warrant Ratio and rounding up to the
nearest whole number and (c) the aggregate purchase price for the Units being purchased by the
Investor will be delivered by or on behalf of the Investor to the Company.
3.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties.
(a) Conditions to the Company’s Obligations. The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the
Units to the Investor shall be subject to: (i) the receipt by the Company of the purchase price for
the Units being purchased hereunder as set forth on the Signature Page and (ii) the accuracy of
the representations and warranties made by the Investor and the fulfillment of those
undertakings of the Investor to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Conditions to the Investor’s Obligations. The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Units
will be subject to (x) the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Agreements and
the Placement Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date
and the Company shall have fulfilled those undertakings of the Company required to be fulfilled
prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation, those contained in the Placement
Agreement, and (y) that the Placement Agent shall not have: (i) terminated the Placement Agreement
pursuant to the terms thereof or (ii) determined that the conditions to the closing in the
Placement Agreement have not been satisfied. The Investor’s obligations are expressly not
conditioned on the purchase by any or all of the Other Investors of the Units that they have agreed
to purchase from the Company. The Investor understands and agrees that, in the event that BHP in
its sole discretion determines that the conditions to closing in the Placement Agreement have not
been satisfied or if the Placement Agreement may be terminated for any other reason permitted by
such Agreement, then BHP may, but shall not be obligated to, terminate such Agreement, which shall
have the effect of terminating this Subscription Agreement pursuant to Section 15 below.
The Placement Agent shall not have the authority to amend or modify the Company’s representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Placement Agreement or the closing conditions
contained in Section 7 of the Placement Agreement in a manner adverse to the Investor or waive any
provisions or conditions contained therein without the consent of the Investor.
3.3 Delivery of Funds via DWAC. The Shares purchased by such Investor shall be
settled through DTC’s Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”) delivery system, no later
than three (3) business days after the execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the Company.
The Investor shall remit by wire transfer the amount of funds equal to the aggregate purchase
price for the Units being purchased by the Investor to the following account designated by the
Company:
[Insert Company account information]
3.4 Delivery of Shares via DWAC. No later than one (1) business day after the
execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the Company, the Investor shall direct the
broker-dealer at which the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares being purchased by
such Investor are maintained, which broker/dealer shall be a DTC participant, to set up a DWAC
instructing Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company’s “Transfer Agent”, to credit
such account or accounts with the Shares. Such DWAC instruction shall indicate the settlement date
for the deposit of the Shares, which date shall be provided to the Investor by BHP. Simultaneously
with the delivery to the Company of the funds pursuant to Section 3.3 above, the
Company shall direct the Transfer Agent to credit the Investor’s account or accounts with the
Shares pursuant to the information contained in the DWAC.
4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Investor.
The Investor acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the
Placement Agent (as to itself), that:
4.1 The Investor (a) is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is
qualified to make decisions with respect to, investments in shares presenting an investment
decision like that involved in the purchase of the Units, including investments in securities
issued by the Company and investments in comparable companies, (b) has answered all questions on
the Signature Page and the Investor Questionnaire and the answers thereto are true and correct as
of the date hereof and will be true
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and correct as of the Closing Date and (c) in connection with its decision to purchase the
number of Units set forth on the Signature Page, has received and is relying only upon the
Disclosure Package and the documents incorporated by reference therein and the Offering
Information.
4.2 (a) No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by
the Company or the Placement Agent that would permit an offering of the Units, or possession or
distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue of the Securities in any
jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that purpose is required, (b) if the
Investor is outside the United States, it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in
each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its
possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense and (c) the
Placement Agent is not authorized to make and have not made any representation, disclosure or use
of any information in connection with the issue, placement, purchase and sale of the Units, except
as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or any
free writing prospectus.
4.3 (a) The Investor has full right, power, authority and capacity to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and (b) this Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting
parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and except as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution that may
be violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or
state securities law, rule or regulation).
4.4 The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure
Package, the Offering Information or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection
with the purchase and sale of the Units constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor
has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors and made such investigation as it, in its
sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of Units. The
Investor also understands that there is no established public trading market for the Warrants being
offered in the Offering, and that the Company does not expect such a market to develop. In
addition, the Company does not intend to apply for listing the Warrants on any securities exchange.
Without an active market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be limited.
4.5 Since the date on which the Placement Agent first contacted the Investor about the
Offering, the Investor has not disclosed any information regarding the Offering to any third
parties (other than its legal, accounting and other advisors) and has not engaged in any purchases
or sales involving the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales
involving the Company’s securities). The Investor covenants that it will not engage in any
purchases or sales in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed. The Investor agrees that
it will not use any of the Securities acquired pursuant to this Agreement to cover any short
position in the Common Stock if doing so would be in violation of applicable securities laws. For
purposes hereof, “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule
200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and
all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sales contracts, options, puts, calls,
short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act)
and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions
through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.
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5. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants; Third Party Beneficiary.
Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement or by the Placement Agent,
all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Investor
herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Investor of the Shares and
Warrants being purchased and the payment therefor. The Placement Agent shall be a third party
beneficiary with respect to the representations, warranties and covenants of the Investor in
Section 4 hereof.
6. Subsequent Financings.
(a) For a period of eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, the Company covenants and
agrees to promptly notify in writing (a “Rights Notice”) the Investor of the terms and
conditions of any proposed offer or sale to, or exchange with (or other type of distribution to)
any third party (a “Subsequent Financing”), of Common Stock or any debt or equity
securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock; provided,
however, prior to delivering to the Investor a Rights Notice, the Company shall first
deliver to the Investor a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing
(“Pre-Notice”) within three (3) business days of receiving an applicable offer, which
Pre-Notice shall ask the Investor if it wants to review the details of such financing. Upon the
request of the Investor, and only upon a request by the Investor within three (3) business days of
receipt of a Pre-Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than three (3) business days
after such request, deliver a Rights Notice to the Investor. The Rights Notice shall describe, in
reasonable detail, the proposed Subsequent Financing, the names and investment amounts of all
investors participating in the Subsequent Financing (if known), the proposed closing date of the
Subsequent Financing, which shall be within twenty (20) calendar days from the date of the Rights
Notice, and all of the terms and conditions thereof and proposed definitive documentation to be
entered into in connection therewith. The Rights Notice shall provide the Investor an option (the
“Rights Option”) during the ten (10) business days following delivery of the Rights Notice
(the “Option Period”) to inform the Company whether the Investor will purchase up to the
greater of (i) its investment amount pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) its pro rata portion of
thirty percent (30%) of the aggregate purchase price of all of the securities being offered in such
Subsequent Financing, on the same, material terms and conditions as contemplated by such Subsequent
Financing. If the Investor elects not to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the Other
Investors may participate on a pro-rata basis so long as such participation in the aggregate does
not exceed the greater of (i) the aggregate investment amount of the Investor and the Other
Investors pursuant to the Agreements and (ii) thirty percent (30%) of the aggregate purchase price
of all of the securities being offered in such Subsequent Financing; provided,
however, the Company in its sole discretion may permit the Investor to participate in
excess of such amount. For purposes of this Section, all references to “pro rata” means,
for any Investor electing to participate in such Subsequent Financing, the percentage obtained by
dividing (x) the total number of Shares purchased by the Investor at the Closing by (y) the total
number of Shares purchased by the Investor and the Other Investors at the Closing. Delivery of any
Rights Notice constitutes a representation and warranty by the Company that there are no other
material terms and conditions, arrangements, agreements or otherwise except for those disclosed in
the Rights Notice, to provide additional compensation to any party participating in any proposed
Subsequent Financing, including, but not limited to, additional compensation based on changes in
the purchase price or any type of reset or adjustment of a purchase or conversion price or to issue
additional securities at any time after the closing date of a Subsequent Financing. If the Company
does not receive notice of exercise of the Rights Option from the Investor within the Option
Period, the Company shall have the right to close the Subsequent Financing on the
scheduled closing
date with a third party; provided that all of the material terms and conditions of the
closing are substantially similar to those provided to the Investor in the Rights Notice. If the
closing of the proposed Subsequent Financing does not occur within thirty (30) days following the
proposed date disclosed in the Rights Notice, any closing of the contemplated Subsequent Financing
or any other Subsequent Financing shall be subject to all of the provisions of this
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Section 6(a), including, without limitation, the delivery of a new Rights Notice. The
provisions of this Section 6(a) shall not apply to issuances of securities in a Permitted
Financing.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, a Permitted Financing (as defined hereinafter) shall not
be considered a Subsequent Financing. A “Permitted Financing” shall mean (i) securities issued
(other than for cash) in connection with a merger, acquisition, or consolidation, (ii) securities
issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities issued or
outstanding on or prior to the date hereof or issued pursuant to the Agreements (so long as the
conversion or exercise price in such securities are not amended to lower such price and/or
adversely affect the Investors), (iii) the Warrant Shares, (iv) the issuance of securities in
connection with acquisitions, leasing arrangements, collaborations, licensing arrangements,
strategic investments or other partnering arrangements, the primary purpose of which is not to
raise capital, (v) Common Stock issued or the issuance or grants of options to purchase Common
Stock pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans as approved by
the Company’s Board of Directors, and (vi) any warrants or other securities issued to the placement
agent and its designees for the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
7. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder will be in
writing, will be mailed (a) if within the domestic United States by first-class registered or
certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by
facsimile or (b) if delivered from outside the United States, by International Federal Express or
facsimile, and (c) will be deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified
mail domestic, three (3) business days after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by nationally recognized
overnight carrier, one (1) business day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International
Federal Express, two (2) business days after so mailed and (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon
electronic confirmation of receipt and will be delivered and addressed as follows:
(a) | if to the Company, to: | ||
Arcadia Resources, Inc. 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
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with copies to: | |||
Ice Xxxxxx LLP Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq. Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
(b) if to the Investor, at its address on the Signature Page hereto, or at such other address
or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.
8. Changes. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to an instrument in
writing signed by the Company and the Investor.
9. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and will not be deemed to be part of this Agreement.
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10. Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law
that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
will constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, will constitute but one
instrument, and will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party
hereto and delivered to the other parties. The Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that
the Company shall deliver its counterpart to the Investor along with the Prospectus Supplement (or
the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission).
13. Confirmation of Sale. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that such Investor’s receipt
of the Company’s signed counterpart to this Agreement, together with the Prospectus Supplement (or
the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission), shall constitute
written confirmation of the Company’s sale of Units to such Investor.
14. Press Release. The Company and the Investor agree that the Company shall, prior to the
opening of the financial markets in New York City on the business day immediately after the date
hereof, (a) issue a press release announcing the Offering and disclosing all material information
regarding the Offering and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission including a form of this Agreement and a form of Warrant as exhibits thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor or
any affiliate or investment adviser of the Investor, or include the name of the Investor or any
affiliate or investment adviser of any Investor in any press release or filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written
consent of such Investor, except (i) as required by federal securities law and (ii) to the extent
such disclosure is required by law or trading market regulations, in which case the Company shall
provide the Investor with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this sub-clause
(ii). From and after the issuance of the press release described above, the Investor shall not be
in possession of any material, non public information received from the Company, any subsidiary of
the Company or any of their respective officers, directors or employees.
15. Termination. In the event that the Placement Agreement is terminated by the Placement
Agent pursuant to the terms thereof, this Agreement shall terminate without any further action on
the part of the parties hereto. The Investor shall have the right to terminate this agreement if
the Closing has not occurred on or before November 17, 2009.
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EXHIBIT A
Investor Questionnaire
Pursuant to Section 3 of Annex I to the Agreement, please provide us with the following
information:
1. The exact name that your Shares and Warrants are to be
registered in. You may use a nominee name if appropriate: |
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2. The relationship between the Investor and the registered holder
listed in response to item 1 above: |
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3. The mailing address of the registered holder listed in response
to item 1 above: |
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4. The Social Security Number or Tax Identification Number of the
registered holder listed in the response to item 1 above: |
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5. Name of DTC Participant (broker-dealer at which the account or
accounts to be credited with the Shares are maintained): |
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6. DTC Participant Number: |
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7. Name of Account at DTC Participant being credited with the
Shares: |
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8. Account Number at DTC Participant being credited with the Shares: |
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Warrant
EXHIBIT B
Form of Warrant
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Warrant No.:
Number of Shares of Common Stock:
Date of Issuance: November ___, 2009 (“Issuance Date”)
Number of Shares of Common Stock:
Date of Issuance: November ___, 2009 (“Issuance Date”)
Arcadia Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
[INVESTOR NAME], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price
(as defined below) then in effect, upon compliance with the provisions of Section 1(a) and, to the
extent applicable Section 1(d) hereof, at any time or times on or after May ___, 2010 [the date that
is 6 months and one day following the Issuance Date] (the “Exercisability Date”), but not
after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), [
( )]1 fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below)
(the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), shall have the meanings set forth
in Section 15. This Warrant is the Warrant to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to (i)
Section 2 of that certain Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), dated as
of November ___, 2009 (the “Subscription Date”), by and between the Company and the Holder
(the “Subscription Agreement”) and (ii) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File number 333-160928) (the “Registration Statement”).
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant
may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Exercisability Date, in whole or in part,
by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise
Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company
of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as
to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by
wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) provided the conditions for cashless exercise
set forth in Section 1(d) are satisfied, written notice to the Company that this Warrant is
being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder
shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.
Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares
shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant
evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first
(1st) Business Day following the date on which the Company has received each of the Exercise Notice
and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) (the “Exercise Delivery
Documents”), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of
receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to the Holder and [ ] (the
“Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which
the Company has received all of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the “Share Delivery
Date”), the Company shall (x) provided that the
1 | Insert a number of shares equal to 45% of the number of shares of Common Stock purchased under the Subscription Agreement. |
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Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of
Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (y)
if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program,
issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a
certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee,
for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes
to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has
been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC
account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may
be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section
1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is
greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall
as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at
its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under
this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised.
No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather
the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and
delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means
$0.95, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for
any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Business Days of receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents in compliance with the terms of this Section 1, a certificate
for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares
of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC
for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s
exercise of this Warrant, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the
Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after
the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares
of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation
to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly
honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such
Warrant Shares and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid
Price on the date of exercise.
(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if
and only if either (i) a registration statement covering the Warrant Shares that are the subject of
the Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”), or (ii) an exemption from
registration, is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares, the Holder may,
in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash
payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the
Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of
Common Stock determined according to the
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following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):
Net Number =
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A | = | the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised. | |
B | = | the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices of the shares of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice. | |
C | = | the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise. |
(e) Rule 144. For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be
deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be
deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the
Subscription Agreement.
(f) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price
or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder
the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed, and all such disputes shall be resolved
pursuant to Section 12.
(g) Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect the exercise of this Warrant,
and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant, to the extent that after giving
effect to such exercise, such Person (together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially
own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates
shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with
respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of
Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of
this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion
of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned
by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or
convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form
10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any
other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 1(g)
applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities
owned by such Holder) and of which a portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole
discretion of a Holder, and the submission of an Exercise Notice shall be deemed to be each
Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities
owned by such Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in
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each case subject to such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For any reason at any time,
upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days
confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving
effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the
Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or
decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 4.99% specified in such
notice; provided, however, that (i) any such increase will not be effective until
the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such
increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be
construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this
Section 1(g) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or
inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes
or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at
any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, scheme, arrangement or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant
Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription
Date combines (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, scheme,
arrangement or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will
be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased.
Any adjustment under this Section 2(a) shall become effective at the close of business on
the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(b) Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of
this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without
limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with
equity features, other than Options or Purchase Rights (which are covered by Section 4(a) hereof)),
then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and
the number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided,
however, that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) will increase the
Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this
Section 2.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or
other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common
Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of
cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off,
reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a
“Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:
(a) any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record
date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the
Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a
price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall
be the
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Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such
record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board
of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the
Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such
record date; and
(b) the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number
of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date
fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the
Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding
paragraph (a); provided, however, that in the event that the Distribution is of
shares of Common Stock (or common stock) (“Other Shares of Common Stock”) of a company
whose common shares are traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation
system, then the Holder may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Shares of Common Stock in
lieu of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the terms of which shall be identical to those
of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of Other
Shares of Common Stock that would have been payable to the Holder pursuant to the Distribution had
the Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an aggregate
exercise price equal to the product of the amount by which the exercise price of this Warrant was
decreased with respect to the Distribution pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding
paragraph (a) and the number of Warrant Shares calculated in accordance with the first part of this
paragraph (b).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2
above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or
rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of
any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase
Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the
exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant,
issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such
Purchase Rights.
(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be a party to a
Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations
of the Company under this Warrant pursuant to a written agreement and (ii) the Successor Entity is
a company that has a class of equity securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and such security is listed or quoted on a national securities exchange,
national automated quotation system or the OTC Bulletin Board. Upon the occurrence of any
Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that
from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring
to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and
power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with
the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation
of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder written
confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other
securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property
whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would
have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant
been
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exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with
the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights
hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of
shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in
exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make
appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an
exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but
prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash,
assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been
entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. If holders of Common Stock are given any
choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the
Holder shall be given the same choice as to the consideration it receives upon any exercise of this
Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The provisions of this Section shall apply
similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
(c) Black-Scholes Value. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(b), the Company
shall have the right to require that the Holder waive the requirements of Section 4(b) (the
“Waiver”) in exchange for a payment of cash in an amount equal to the Black-Scholes Value
of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction,
with the Waiver becoming effective, and this Warrant cancelled, concurrently with such payment of
such cash amount (the “Fundamental Transaction Amount”) to the Holder upon closing the
Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(c), in no event
may the Company effect a Fundamental Transaction with a non-publicly traded Successor Entity when
the consideration paid upon closing the Fundamental Transaction is anything other than cash.
Notwithstanding anything further to the contrary in this Section 4(c), but subject to the ownership
limitation set forth in Section 1(g), until such time that the Holder receives the Fundamental
Transaction Amount (at which point this Warrant shall be cancelled), this Warrant may be exercised,
in whole or in part, by the Holder prior to closing the Fundamental Transaction, into Common Stock
pursuant to Section 1(a).
5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by
amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this
Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any
shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then
in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as this Warrant is outstanding, take all action
necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock,
solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant, 100% of the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then outstanding (without regard to any
limitations on exercise).
6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall
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not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the
Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon
the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action
(whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger,
conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then
entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this
Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities
(upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon
the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the
Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being
transferred by the Holder and, if less then the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the
Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant.
(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the
surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or
Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will
represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder
at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional
shares of Common Stock shall be given.
(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new
Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with
this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to
purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being
issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by
the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new
Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new
Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions
as this Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise
provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 7 of Annex I to the
Subscription Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all
actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action
and the reason therefore.
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9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant
may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the
Holder.
10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of
this Warrant 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.
11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company
and the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings
of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Warrant.
12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise
Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed
determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of
the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder
and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or
the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic
calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days
submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The
Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to
perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no
later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may
be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in
this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this
Warrant, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive
relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any
failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.
14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the
consent of the Company.
15. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) “Black-Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant obtained from the “OV”
function on Bloomberg using (i) a price per share of Common Stock equal to the greater of (A) the
arithmetic average of the weighted average price of the Common Stock for the five Trading Days
immediately preceding the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (B)
the weighted average price of the Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately preceding the date
of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (ii) a risk-free interest rate
corresponding to
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the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date
of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, and (iii) an expected volatility equal to the 100
day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg determined as of the Trading Day
immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction,
provided, however, in no event shall the volatility be less than 80%.
(b) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(c) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(d) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as
of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such
security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to
operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing
trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of
such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal
Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last
closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities
exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if
the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as
reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported
for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of
any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly
the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be
calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price
or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair
market value as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in the exercise of its good
faith judgment. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock
split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
(e) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any
share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
(f) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options)
directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
(g) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.,
The NYSE Amex, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market.
(h) “Expiration Date” means the date five (5) years following the Exercisability Date
or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place
on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
(i) “Fundamental Transaction” means the Company doing any of the following after the
Issuance Date: (a) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person and the Company shall not be
the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, or (b) permit any other
Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or
surviving Person but, in connection with such consolidation or merger, any securities of the
Company shall be changed into or exchanged for securities of any other Person or cash or any other
property, or (c) transfer
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all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other Person, or (d) effect a
capital reorganization or reclassification of its securities.
(j) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(k) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly,
controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or
listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the
Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(l) “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.
(m) “Principal Market” means The NYSE Amex.
(n) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent
Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so
elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been
entered into.
(o) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock are traded on the
Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common
Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock are
then traded; provided, however, that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on
which the Common Stock are scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or
any day that the Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such
exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of
trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).
(p) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar
volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning
at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by
Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar
volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time,
and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar
volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the
average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market
makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National
Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on
such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date
shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the
Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such
dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price”
being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately
adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly
executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC. |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC.
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase of the shares of
Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Arcadia Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the
“Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:
a “Cash Exercise” with respect to Warrant Shares; and/or
a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to Warrant Shares.
2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with
respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the
Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $ to the Company in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant Shares in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
Date: ___, _____
Name of Registered Holder
By: |
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Title: |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs
[ ] to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated November ___, 2009 from the Company and
acknowledged and agreed to by [ ].
ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
EXHIBIT C
List of Subsidiaries of Arcadia Resources, Inc.
1. | American Oxygen and Medical Equipment, Inc., an Illinois corporation |
d/b/a | Arcadia H.O.M.E. Remedy Therapeutics |
2. | Arcadia Employee Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |
3. | Arcadia Health Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation |
d/b/a | Arcadia Health Care Arcadia Technical Services Arcadia Services Temporary Health Care |
4. | Arcadia Health Services of Michigan, Inc., a Michigan corporation |
d/b/a | Arcadia Metrostaff Bestaff Arcadia HealthCare HHP Staffing Metrostaff Metrostaff Healthcare Services Metrostaff Staffing Services Temporary Health Care |
5. | Arcadia Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
6. | Arcadia Home Health Care Services, Inc. (f/k/a Arcadia Staff Resources, Inc.), a Michigan corporation | |
7. | Arcadia Home Health Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
8. | Arcadia Home Mideast, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
9. | Arcadia Home Northeast, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
10. | Arcadia Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment, Inc., a Michigan corporation |
d/b/a | Arcadia H.O.M.E. Arcadia Medical Products, Inc. |
11. | Arcadia Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
12. | Arcadia Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |
13. | ASR Staffing, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |
14. | Beacon Respiratory Services of Alabama, Inc. a Delaware corporation |
15. | Beacon Respiratory Services of Colorado, Inc. a Delaware corporation | |
16. | BRZ Michigan, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company | |
17. | CareClinic, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
18. | CareClinic of Indiana, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
19. | CareClinic of Michigan, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
20. | Classic Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a New York corporation | |
21. | Critical Home Care, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
22. | ERX, LLC a Minnesota limited liability company | |
23. | Grayrose, Inc., a Michigan corporation |
d/b/a | Arcadia Staff Resources BK Tool, Inc. |
24. | Home Health Professionals, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |
25. | Jascorp, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company | |
26. | O2 Plus, a California corporation | |
27. | PharmaMed, Inc., a California corporation | |
28. | PrairieStone Pharmacy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
d/b/a | Daily Med Pharmacy DailyMed DailyMedRx |
29. | PrairieStone Rx, LLC a Minnesota limited liability company | |
30. | Rite At Home Health Care Products, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company | |
31. | RKDA, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |
32. | SSAC, LLC, a Florida limited liability company |
d/b/a | ArcadiaRX DailyMed DailyMedRx |