SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as
of February 1, 2021, between United
States Antimony Corporation, a Montana corporation (the
“Company”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including
its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as to
the Shares and (ii) an exemption from the registration requirements
of Section 5 of the Securities Act contained in Section 4(a)(2)
thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder as to the Warrants, the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the
Company, 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 each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for
all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring
Person” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
“Action” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under
Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“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; provided, however, for clarification,
commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required
by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”,
“shelter-in-place”, “non-essential
employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions
or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of
any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer
systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The
City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such
day.
“Closing” means the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to
Section 2.1.
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“Closing Date” means the
Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to
pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s
obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been
satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the second
(2nd)
Trading Day following the date hereof.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter
be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents”
means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right,
option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the
holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company Counsel” means
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, with offices located at 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000.
“Disclosure Schedules”
means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“Disclosure Time” means,
(i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day
or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New
York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time)
on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, unless
otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent,
and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York
City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day,
no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof,
unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement
Agent.
“EGS” means Ellenoff
Xxxxxxxx & Schole LLP, with offices located at 0000 Xxxxxx xx
xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
“Evaluation
Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Exempt Issuance” means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the
members of a committee of non-employee directors established for
such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities
upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities
issued hereunder, warrants to the Placement Agent in connection
with the transactions pursuant to this Agreement, if any, and any
securities upon exercise of warrants to the Placement Agent, if
any, and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or
convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on
the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not
been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the
number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price,
exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than
in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the
term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of
the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such
securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as
defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require
or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection
therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.11(a) herein,
and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or
to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its
subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a
business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall
provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the
investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which
the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of
raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing
in securities.
“FCPA” means the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“GAAP”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(p).
“Legend Removal Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien,
charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first
refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Lock-Up Agreement” means
the Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among
the Company and the directors and officers of the Company, in the
form of Exhibit B
attached hereto.
“Material Adverse Effect”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(n).
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“Per Share Purchase Price”
equals $0.70, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar
transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this
Agreement.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Placement
Agent” means Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC.
“Proceeding”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an informal investigation or
partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“Prospectus” means the
final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.
“Prospectus Supplement”
means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b)
of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and
delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the
Closing.
“Purchaser Party” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registration Statement”
means the effective registration statement with Commission File No.
333-252193 which registers the sale of the Shares to the
Purchasers.
“Required Approvals” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the
Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the shares
of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to
this Agreement.
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“Short Sales” means all
“short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act (but shall not
be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription
Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate
amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as
specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page
of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription
Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds.
“Subsidiary” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), and shall,
where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of
the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“Trading Market” means any
of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE
American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents”
means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Lock-Up Agreements, all
exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
Direct Transfer, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company,
with a mailing address of Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 and a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000, and
any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Variable
Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.11(b).
“VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30
a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)),
(b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or
OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in The
Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other
cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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“Warrants” means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable six (6) months after the date
of issuance and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years
after becoming exercisable, in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
“Warrant Shares” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company
agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly,
agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $______ of Shares and
Warrants. Each Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth
on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser shall be
made available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement
with the Company or its designee. The Company shall deliver to each
Purchaser its respective Shares and a Warrant as determined
pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser
shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable
at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions
set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any
time on or after the time of execution of this Agreement by the
Company and an applicable Purchaser, through, and including the
time immediately prior to the Closing (the
“Pre-Settlement
Period”), if such
Purchaser sells to any Person all, or any portion, of any Common
Stock to be issued hereunder to such Purchaser at the Closing
(collectively, the “Pre-Settlement
Shares”), such Purchaser
shall, automatically hereunder (without any additional required
actions by such Purchaser or the Company), be deemed to be
unconditionally bound to purchase, and the Company shall be deemed
unconditionally bound to sell, such Pre-Settlement Shares to such
Purchaser at the Closing; provided, that the Company shall not be
required to deliver any Pre-Settlement Shares to such Purchaser
prior to the Company’s receipt of the Subscription Amount for
such Pre-Settlement Shares hereunder; provided, further, that the
Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the forgoing shall not
constitute a representation or covenant by such Purchaser as to
whether or not such Purchaser will elect to sell any Pre-Settlement
Shares during the Pre-Settlement Period. The decision to sell
any shares of Common Stock will be made in the sole discretion of
such Purchaser from time to time, including during the
Pre-Settlement Period. Unless otherwise directed by the Placement
Agent, settlement of the Shares shall occur via “Delivery
Versus Payment” (“DVP”) (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall
issue the Shares registered in the Purchasers’ names and
addresses and released by the Transfer Agent directly to the
account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Purchaser;
upon receipt of such Shares, the Placement Agent shall promptly
electronically deliver such Shares to the applicable Purchaser, and
payment therefor shall be made by the Placement Agent (or its
clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein and a Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto, the number of Shares purchased by a Purchaser (and its
Affiliates) hereunder shall not, when aggregated with all other
shares of Common Stock owned by such Purchaser (and its Affiliates)
at such time, result in such Purchaser beneficially owning (as
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) in
excess of 9.9% of the then issued and outstanding Common Stock
outstanding at the Closing (the “Beneficial Ownership
Maximum”), and such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, to the extent it would
otherwise exceed the Beneficial Ownership Maximum immediately prior
to the Closing, shall be conditioned upon the issuance of Shares at
the Closing to the other Purchasers signatory hereto. To the extent
that a Purchaser’s beneficial ownership of the Shares would
otherwise be deemed to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Maximum,
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount shall automatically be
reduced as necessary in order to comply with this
paragraph.
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2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date (except as indicated below), the
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser
the following:
(i) this Agreement duly
executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto;
(iii) subject
to the third to last sentence of Section 2.1, the Company shall
have provided each Purchaser with the Company’s wire
instructions, on Company letterhead and executed by the Chief
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;
(iv) subject
to the third to last sentence of Section 2.1, a copy of the
irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the
Transfer Agent to deliver on an expedited basis via The Depository
Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system
(“DWAC”) Shares equal to
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share
Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(v) a Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to 50% of such Purchaser’s
Shares, with an exercise price equal to $0.85, subject to
adjustment therein;
(vi) on
the date hereof, the duly executed Lock-Up Agreements, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent; and
(vii) the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in
accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
(b) On or prior to the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company, the following:
(i) this Agreement duly
executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, which shall be made
available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement with
the Company or its designee.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties
of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date
therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such
date);
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(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b)
of this Agreement.
(b) The respective
obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of
this Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date
hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not
have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s
principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing
Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported
by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking
moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each
case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure
Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any
representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the
disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure
Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties to each Purchaser:
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(a) Subsidiaries.
All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set
forth on Schedule
3.1(a). The Company owns,
directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other
references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction
Documents shall be disregarded.
(b)
Organization and
Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is
an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of
its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and
the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect
on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect
on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document
(any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”)
and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or
curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company, the Board of
Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection
herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general
equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and
(iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
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(d) No Conflicts. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance
and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s
or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar
adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to
the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or
other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which
the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal,
state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings
required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing
with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii)
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of
the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the
Commission and such filings as are required to be made under
applicable state securities laws (collectively, the
“Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities;
Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has
reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and
the Warrants. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration
Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act, which became effective on January 27, 2021 (the
“Effective
Date”), including the Prospectus, and such amendments
and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of
this Agreement. 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, shall file the Prospectus with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and
any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this
Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and
any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at
the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Company was at the time of the filing of
the Registration Statement eligible to use Form S-3. The Company is
eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities Act and it meets the
transaction requirements with respect to the aggregate market value
of securities being sold pursuant to this offering and during the
twelve (12) months prior to this offering, as set forth in General
Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.
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(g) Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(g),
which Schedule
3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common
Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the
Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any
capital stock since its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than
pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the
Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee
stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise
of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a
result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe
for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of
any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may
become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance
and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any
Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to
any Person (other than the Purchasers). There are no outstanding
securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any
provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities
by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding
securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that
contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a
security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not
have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock”
plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws,
and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among
any of the Company’s stockholders.
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(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company
was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the
foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and
the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as
the “SEC
Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never
been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be
otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not
contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events,
Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports,
except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), (i) there has
been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed
in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared
or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to
its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the
Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.
Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this
Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial
condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is
made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
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(j) Litigation. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(j),
there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding
or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an
“Action”). None of the
Actions set forth on Schedule 3.1(j), (i) adversely
affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could,
if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is
or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or
a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the
knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any
current or former director or officer of the Company. The
Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending
the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the
Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
(k) Labor Relations. No labor
dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a
member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. To the
knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or
any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment
of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the
foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the
failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) Compliance.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or
in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is
in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court,
arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been
in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(m) Environmental
Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in
compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating
to pollution or protection of human health or the environment
(including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or
subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or
wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)
into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all
authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters,
orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated
or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”);
(ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in
each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company
and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the
failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company
and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in
all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of
federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have
been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of
which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
in compliance.
(p) Intellectual Property. The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights
necessary or required for use in connection with their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to
so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual
Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise)
that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired,
terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate
or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this
Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise
has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or
infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or
reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To
the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights
are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another
Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and
its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect
the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(q) Insurance. The Company and the
Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company
and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to,
directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the
aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
(r) Transactions with Affiliates and
Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(r), none of the
officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the
knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or
any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by,
providing for rental of real or personal property to or from,
providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or
otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or
such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member
or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i)
payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii)
reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and
(iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements
under any stock option plan of the Company.
(s) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal Accounting
Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance
with any and all applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all
applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission
thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date. The Company and the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance 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 asset accountability, (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 the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the
Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company
in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the
Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by
the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act
(such date, the “Evaluation
Date”). The Company
presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on
their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control
over financial reporting of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
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(t) Certain Fees. Except as set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement, no brokerage or finder’s
fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any
Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to
any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(u) Investment Company. The Company
is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an
“investment company” subject to registration under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights. No Person
has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company or any Subsidiary.
(w) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the
date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(w),
the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in
the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently
eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust
Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company
is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company
(or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with
such electronic transfer.
(x) Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have
taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable
any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other
similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s
certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the
laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become
applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights
under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
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(y) Disclosure. Except with respect
to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms
that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has
provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any
information that it believes constitutes or might constitute
material, non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed
in the Prospectus Supplement. The Company understands and confirms
that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the
disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the
Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their
respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and
correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases
disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the
date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No Integrated Offering.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any
of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf
has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to
be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
(i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of the
Warrants or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, or (ii) any
applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on
which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
(aa) Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of
the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company
of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the
fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the
amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital
to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the
Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and
capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of
the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive,
were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all
amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into
account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in
respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. Schedule
3.1(aa) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding
secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has
commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in
excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements
and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of
others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto),
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
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(bb) Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i)
has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income
and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject,
(ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and
charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due
on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside
on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all
material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes
in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any
Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(cc) Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or
other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has
(i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is
in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any
provision of FCPA.
(dd) Accountants.
The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(dd) of the
Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company,
such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as
required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion
with respect to the financial statements to be included in the
Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2020.
(ee) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is
acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser
with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no
Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the
Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and
any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective
representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely
incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The
Company further represents to each Purchaser that the
Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent
evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
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(ff) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein
to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and
4.13 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company
that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to
agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or
selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or
“derivative” securities based on securities issued by
the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii)
past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser,
specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or
“derivative” transactions, before or after the closing
of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively
impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded
securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser
is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a
“short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each
Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or
control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may
engage in hedging activities at various times during the period
that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation,
during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable
with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such
hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time
that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not
constitute a breach of any of the Transaction
Documents.
(gg) Regulation
M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its
knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities,
(ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or
agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another
to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the
Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of
the Securities.
(hh) Stock
Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under
the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance
with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii)
with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered
granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted
under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The
Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no
Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior
to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options
with, the release or other public announcement of material
information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
financial results or prospects.
(ii) Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”).
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(jj) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and
has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s
request.
(kk) Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of
the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the
BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(ll) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules
and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”),
and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
threatened.
(mm) Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no
registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and
sale of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares by the Company to the
Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(nn) No
General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person
acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the
Warrant or Warrant Shares by any form of general solicitation or
general advertising. The Company has offered the Warrants and
Warrant Shares for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other
“accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501
under the Securities Act.
(oo) No
Disqualification Events. With respect to the Warrant and
Warrant Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule
506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its
predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive
officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering
hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the
Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on
the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the
Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an
“Issuer Covered
Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad
Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to
(viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”),
except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or
(d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine
whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification
Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its
disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the
Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided
thereunder.
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(pp) Other
Covered Persons. Other than the Placement Agent, the Company
is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person)
that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration
for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any
Securities.
(qq) Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the
Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any
Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and
(ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, reasonably be
expected to become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer
Covered Person, in each case of which it is aware.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other
Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a
specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is
either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right,
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as
applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction
Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with
the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited
by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by
applicable law.
(b) Understandings
or Arrangements. Such Purchaser
is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and
has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any
other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such
Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such
Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such
Purchaser understands that the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
is acquiring such Securities as principal for his, her or its own
account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Securities 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 Securities in violation of
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has
no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other
persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such
Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting
such Purchaser’s right to sell such Securities pursuant to a
registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws).
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(c) Purchaser
Status. At the time such
Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date
hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants,
it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities
Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Purchaser. Such
Purchaser, 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 Securities, and has so
evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser
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.
(e) Access
to Information. Such Purchaser
acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the
Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the
Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities;
(ii) access to information about the Company and its financial
condition, results of operations, business, properties, management
and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment;
and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information
that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable
effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser
acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any
Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided such Purchaser with
any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is
such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the
Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any
representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities
and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired
non-public information with respect to the Company which such
Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection
with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the
Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial
advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.
(f) Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions
contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person
acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during
the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first
received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any
other Person representing the Company setting forth the material
terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending
immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed
investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the
portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment
decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of
such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above
shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by
the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase
the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other
Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s
representatives, including, without limitation, its officers,
directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents
and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality
of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction
(including the existence and terms of this transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing
contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or
preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares
in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the
future.
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(g) General
Solicitation. Such Purchaser is
not purchasing the Warrants as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Warrants
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the
knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or
general advertisement.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained
in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such
Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction
Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein
shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any
actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to
effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the
future.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Removal
of Legends.
(a) The Warrants and
Warrant Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and
federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of
Warrants or Warrant Shares other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an
Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel
selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant
or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act.
(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this
Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Warrants or Warrant Shares
in the following form:
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS
EXERCISABLE HAS 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. THIS SECURITY
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY 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 OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or
all of the Warrants or Warrant Shares to a financial institution
that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of
such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured
Warrants or Warrant 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 Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and
deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party
of Warrants and Warrant Shares may reasonably request in connection
with a pledge or transfer of the Warrants or Warrant
Shares.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend
(including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i)
while a registration statement covering the resale of such security
is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale
of such Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless
exercise of the Warrants), or (iii) if such Warrant Shares are
eligible for sale under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the
Warrants), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly if required
by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend
hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively. If all or
any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an
effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant
Shares, or if such Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144
(assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) or if such legend is
not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the
Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and
pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such
Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company
agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer
required under this Section 4.1(c), the Company will, no later than
the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of
Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined
below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Warrant Shares, as
applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the
“Legend Removal
Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such
Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from
all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any
notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent
that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section
4. Warrant Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the
account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository
Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein,
“Standard Settlement
Period” means the standard settlement period,
expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s
primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in
effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing
Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend.
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(d) In addition to such
Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not
as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP
of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to
the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend
and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to
$20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have
begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date
until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if
the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate
representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such
Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and
(b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in
an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to
deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any
portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the
number of shares of Common Stock, that such Purchaser anticipated
receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then an
amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase
price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket
expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased
(including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses,
if any) (the “Buy-In
Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Warrant
Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser
by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing
sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period
commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the
Company of the applicable Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and
ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this Section
4.1(d).
(e) The Shares shall be
issued free of legends.
4.1 Furnishing
of Information.
(a) Until the earliest
of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the
Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after
the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is
not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act.
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(b) At any time during
the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the
date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Warrant Shares
(assuming cashless exercise) may be sold without the requirement
for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and
otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144,
if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current
public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever
been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer
in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition
set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information
Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s
other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in
cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason
of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the
Warrant Shares, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of
the aggregate Exercise Price of such Purchaser’s Warrants on
the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth
(30th) day
(pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter
until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure
is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no
longer required for the Purchasers to transfer the Warrant
Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a
Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) are
referred to herein as “Public Information Failure
Payments.” Public Information
Failure Payments shall
be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month
during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the
third (3rd) Business Day after
the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information
Failure Payments is
cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public
Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such
Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at
the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid
in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to
pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such
Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to
it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.2 Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Warrants
or Warrant Shares or that would be integrated with the offer or
sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of
any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval
prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder
approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent
transaction.
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4.3 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The
Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release
disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission
within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the
issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the
Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material,
non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In
addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the
Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or
similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral,
between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on
the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates
on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser
shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither
the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release
nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior
consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any
Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with
respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure
is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall
promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public
statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or
include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission
or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior
written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by
federal securities law in connection with the filing of final
Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent
such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations,
in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior
notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(b).
4.4 Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be
made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the
Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
“Acquiring
Person” under any control
share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover
plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company,
or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of
any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities
under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement
between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.5 Non-Public
Information. Except with
respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed
pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that
neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide
any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes,
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information
and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors,
agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, non-public
information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent,
the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall
not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors,
agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors,
agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such
material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall
remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice
provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or
contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or
any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice
with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The
Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
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4.6 Use
of Proceeds. Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.7
attached hereto, the Company shall use
the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for
working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for
the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other
than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the
redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for
the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of
FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.7 Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the
provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold
each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members,
partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each
Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and
the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or
employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a
“Purchaser
Party”) harmless from any
and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid
in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer
or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the
Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents,
(b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any
capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any
stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such
Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is
solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s
representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party
may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such
Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct
by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to
constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (c)
in connection with any registration statement of the Company
providing for the resale by the Purchasers of the Warrant Shares
issued and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company will
indemnify each Purchaser Party, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses, as incurred,
arising out of or relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such registration
statement, any prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus,
or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission
of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or
supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based
solely upon information regarding such Purchaser Party furnished in
writing to the Company by such Purchaser Party expressly for use
therein, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company
of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities
law, or any rule or regulation thereunder in connection therewith.
If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this
Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company
in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except
to the extent that (x) the employment thereof has been specifically
authorized by the Company in writing, (y) the Company has failed
after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to
employ counsel or (z) in such action there is, in the reasonable
opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue
between the position of the Company and the position of such
Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for
the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate
counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party
under this Agreement (1) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party
effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (2) to the
extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or
liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of
any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents. The
indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by
periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are
incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in
addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser
Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company
may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.8 Reservation
of Common Stock. As of the date
hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to
reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights,
a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of
enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and
Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the
Warrants.
4.9 Listing
of Common Stock. The Company
hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or
quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is
currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company
shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares and Warrant Shares
on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of
the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market. The Company
further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock
traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such
application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take
such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and
Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market
as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action
reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its
Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects
with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations
under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees
to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic
transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by
timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such
other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.
4.10 Subsequent
Equity Sales.
(a) From
the date hereof until ninety (90) days after the Closing Date,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any
agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of
any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents.
(b) From the date
hereof until the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an
agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or a
combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate
Transaction. “Variable Rate
Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company
(i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are
convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the
right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a
conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price
that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or
quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the
initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a
conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being
reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt
or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or
contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of
the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into,
or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not
limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue
securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall be
entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to
preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to
any right to collect damages.
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(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Section 4.11 shall not apply in respect of an
Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be
an Exempt Issuance.
4.11 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No
consideration (including any modification of any Transaction
Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the
Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered
to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For
clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right
granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately
by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the
Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the
Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the
purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or
otherwise.
4.12 Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with
the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate
acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will
execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the
Company’s securities during the period commencing with the
execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with
the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed
by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described
in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of
the existence and terms of this transaction and the information
included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that
(i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any
securities of the Company after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4,
(ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting
any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance
with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of
confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the
Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of
the initial press release as described in Section 4.4.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets
and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other
portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth
above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets
managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision
to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
4.13 Capital
Changes. Until the one year
anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake a
reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common
Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a
majority in interest of the Shares; provided,
however, that no such consent shall be required from Purchasers if
the reason for a reverse stock split is to maintain the
Company’s listing on the Trading Market.
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4.14 Exercise
Procedures. The form of Notice
of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the totality of the
procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the
Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their
Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original
Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion
guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any
Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the
Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and
shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms,
conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
4.15 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings. The
Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Warrant
and Warrant Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide a
copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company
shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is
necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the
Warrant and Warrant Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the
Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws
of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of
such actions promptly upon request of any
Purchaser.
4.16 Registration
Statement. As soon as
practicable (and in any event within 85 calendar days of the date
of this Agreement), the Company shall file a registration statement
on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form if the Company is not then
S-3 eligible) providing for the resale by the Purchasers of the
Warrant Shares issued and issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants. The Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective
within 181 days following the Closing Date and to keep such
registration statement effective at all times until no Purchaser
owns any Warrants or Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
thereof.
4.17 Lock-Up
Agreements. The Company shall
not amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of any of the
Lock-Up Agreements except to extend the term of the lock-up period
and shall enforce the provisions of each Lock-Up Agreement in
accordance with its terms. If any party to a Lock-Up Agreement
breaches any provision of a Lock-Up Agreement, the Company shall
promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to seek specific
performance of the terms of such Lock-Up
Agreement.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such
Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect
whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other
Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing
has not been consummated on or before the fifth
(5th)
Trading Day following the date hereof; provided,
however,
that no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx
for any breach by any other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees
and Expenses. Except as
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary,
each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other
expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without
limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any
instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice
delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties
levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchasers.
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5.3 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction
Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof 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.
5.4 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 time of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email
address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or
prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the
next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or
email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later
than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
second (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.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this
Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except
in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest
of the Shares based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder
(or, prior to the Closing, the Company and each Purchaser) or, in
the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any
such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment,
modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a
Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such
disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers)
shall also be required. 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 any party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of
any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that
disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and
obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and
obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written
consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment
effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon
each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the
Company.
5.6 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.
5.7 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any
Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement
to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any
Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be
bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
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5.8 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. The
Placement Agent shall be the third party beneficiary of the
representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 and
the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section
3.2. 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 in Section 4.8
and this Section 5.8.
5.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning
the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the
Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state
and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough
of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any
of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient
venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce
any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to
the obligations of the Company under Section 4.8, the prevailing
party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the
non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such Action or
Proceeding.
5.10 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
5.11 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 each other party, it being
understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file,
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 facsimile or
“.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
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5.12 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without
limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election,
demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does
not timely perform its related obligations within the periods
therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in
its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in
part without prejudice to its future actions and rights;
provided,
however,
that in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the
applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of
Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice
concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate
exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the
restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares
pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of
a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored
right).
5.14 Replacement
of Securities. If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated,
lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft
or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance
of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific
performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert
in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that
the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant
to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser 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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5.17 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and
Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint
with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall
be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of
the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction
Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of
entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way
acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce
its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of
this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it
shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its
review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective
counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS.
EGS does not represent any of the Purchasers and only represents
the Placement Agent. The Company has elected to provide all
Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the
convenience of the Company and not because it was required or
requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly
understood and agreed that each provision contained in this
Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the
Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and
the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the
Purchasers.
5.18 Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s
obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of
the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial
liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding
the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such
partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable
shall have been canceled.
5.19 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any
action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such
right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
5.20 Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, 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
Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each
and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in
any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and
other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the
date of this Agreement.
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5.21 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY
PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND
INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY
WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION
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Address for Notice:
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By:
/s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Interim Chief
Executive Officer
With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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E-Mail:
Fax:
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO UAMY SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
Name of
Purchaser:
________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser: _________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
_______________________________________________
Title
of Authorized Signatory:
________________________________________________
Email
Address of Authorized
Signatory:_________________________________________
Address
for Notice to Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Warrants to Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription
Amount: $_________________
Shares:
_________________
Warrant
Shares: __________________ Beneficial Ownership Blocker ☐
4.99% or ☐ 9.99%
EIN
Number: _______________________
☐
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the
above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement
to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the
obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the
above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing
shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the second
(2nd)
Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any
condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to
being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by
the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument,
certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no
longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional
obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to
deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or
purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing
Date.
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