Contract
Exhibit
10.19
THIS AGREEMENT (this
Agreement) is dated as of June 10, 2008, among Sahara Media, Inc. a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”) and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx XX (the
“Investor”).
WHEREAS, the Company owes Investor Six
Hundred Sixty Thousand for accrued salary owed to him but not paid to him (the
“Salary”);
WHEREAS, the Investor has agreed to
forgo the Salary in exchange for the Company’s issuing the Investor One Hundred
Thousand (100,000) shares of the Company’s common stock.
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue to the
Investor securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the
mutual covenants contained in this Agreement and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Investor agree as follows:
Issuance of
Shares In consideration for the Investor’s forging the Salary,
the Company shall within five business days of the date hereof issue the
Investor One Hundred Thousand (100,000) shares of the Company’s common stock
(the “Shares”).
Salary In
consideration for the Company’s issuance of the Shares, Investors hereby forgoes
receipt of the Salary and hereby releases the Company from its obligation to pay
Investor the Salary.
Authorization of the
Company The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further
action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in
connection therewith.
Representations and
Warranties of the Investor Investor hereby, for
itself and no other person, represents and warrants as of the date
hereof to the Company as follows:
(a) Investor
understands that the Shares are restricted securities and have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account and not with a view to
or for distributing or reselling such Shares or any part thereof in violation of
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present
intention of distributing any of such Shares in violation of the Securities Act
or any applicable state securities law and has no arrangement or understanding
with any other persons regarding the distribution of such Shares (this
representation and warranty not limiting such Investor’s right to sell the
Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. Such Investor is
acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the
Shares.
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(b) Purchaser
Status. At the time such Investor was offered the Shares, it
was, and at the date hereof it is (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act. Such
Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15
of the Exchange Act.
(c) Experience of Such
Purchaser. Such Investor, either alone or together with its
representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business
and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and
risks of such investment. Such Shares is able to bear the economic
risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(d) General
Solicitation. Such Investor is not purchasing the Shares as a
result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding
the Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general
solicitation or general advertisement.
(e) Such
Investor understands that the Shares are being, issued offered and sold to it in
reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and that they Company is relying in
part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Investor’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of
such Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemptions and the eligibility of such Investor to acquire the
Shares.
(f) No Governmental
Review. Such Investor understands that no United States,
federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has
passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares or the
fairness or suitability of the investment in the Shares nor have such
authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the
Shares.
(i) Adequacy of
Consideration Investor herby acknowledges that adequacy of
the consideration it is receiving pursuant to this Agreement in relation its
obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
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(g) Transfer
Restrictions. The Securities may only be disposed of in
compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any
transfer of the Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration
statement or Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company may
require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel
selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form
and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such
transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of
such transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this
Agreement.
(h) The
Shares will be imprinted so long as is required by this Section of a
legend on any of the Shares in the following form:
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
(i) The
Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities
laws. In connection with any transfer of the Shares other than pursuant to an
effective registration statement or Rule 144, or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in this Shares, the Company may require the transferor thereof to
provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the
Securities Act. As a condition of such transfer, any such transferee
shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have
the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement.
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(j) The
Shares will be imprinted so long as is required by this Section 4.1(b), of a
legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a the holder of the Shares may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered
broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares to a
financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this
Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such holder may
transfer pledged or secured Shares to the pledgees or secured
parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval
of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured
party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further,
no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the
appropriate holder’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver
such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Shares may
reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares,
including, if the Shares are subject to registration, the preparation and filing
of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities
Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend
the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
Investor
on behalf of Investor’s agents, heirs and assigns jointly and severally (the
“Investor Releasing Parties”) unconditionally and irrevocably release
and forever discharge the Company and its successors, assigns,
shareholders, agents, directors, officers, employees, and attorneys,
(collectively, the "Indemnitees") from all Investor Claims, as defined below,
and jointly and severally agree to indemnify Indemnitees, and hold them harmless
from any and all claims, losses, causes of action, costs and expenses of every
kind or character in connection with the Investor Claims. As used in
this Agreement, the term "Investor claims" shall mean any and all possible
claims, demands, actions, costs, expenses and liabilities whatsoever, known or
unknown, at law or in equity, originating in whole or in part, on or before the
date of this Agreement, which the Investor Releasing Parties any of its
officers, directors, shareholders agents or employees, may now or hereafter have
against the Indemnitees, if any, and irrespective of whether any such Investor
Claims arise out of contract, tort, violation of laws, or
regulations.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Section
1.2 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters,
which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
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1.3 Notices. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on a
business day, (b) the next business day after the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a business
day or later than 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto
until changed by notice given in accordance with this Section.
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1.4 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or
amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by
the Company and the Investor or, in the case of a waiver against any other
party, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is
sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing
waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair
the exercise of any such right.
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1.5 Headings. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
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Section
1.6 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The parties may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other
party.
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1.7 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other person, except as otherwise set forth herein.
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1.8 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement or the transaction contemplated
thereby shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of
choice of law and conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that
all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party
hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to
the enforcement of any this Agreement, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees
not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action
or proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient venue for such
proceeding. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action
or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party
shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this
Agreement then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding
shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and
prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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1.9 Survival. The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the delivery of the Shares.
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1.10 Execution. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
electronic or facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an
original thereof.
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1.11 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or will attempt to agree upon
a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and
upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this
Agreement.
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1.12 or
election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and
rights.
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1.13 Remedies. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investor and the
Company will be entitled to specific performance under this. The
parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance of
any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
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1.14 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or an Investor enforces or
exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of
such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged
by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company,
a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without
limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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1.15 Construction. The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and
had an opportunity to revise this Agreement the normal rule of construction to
the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party
shall not be employed in the interpretation of the this Agreement or any
amendments hereto.
The
parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above
written
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ALL
INVESTORS MUST INITIAL ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. I
certify that I am an accredited investor because (i) I had individual income
(exclusive of any attributable to my spouse) or more than $200,000 in each of
the most recent two years and I reasonably expect to have an individual income
in excess of $200,000 for the current year, or (ii) I, together with my spouse,
had joint income in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years and
reasonably expect to have joint income in excess of $300,000 for the current
year.
INITIAL
IF APPLICABLE: ________________
2. I
certify that I am an accredited investor because I have an individual net worth,
or my spouse and I have a joint net worth, in excess of
$1,000,000. For purposes of this questionnaire, “net worth” means the
excess of total assets at market value, including home and personal property,
over total liabilities.
INITIAL
IF APPLICABLE: ________________
_________________________________ ______________________________
Signature
of
Investor State
of Residency
_________________________________ ______________________________
Name of
Investor
(print) Date
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________________
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