SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 3
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of July 2, 2007, by
and among Grill Concepts, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (the “Selling
Stockholder”) and the undersigned prospective investor (the “Investor”) who is subscribing for
shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.00004 per share (the “Common Stock”), and
warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Sellers” shall mean the Company and the Selling Stockholder. For purposes of this Agreement, a
“Unit” shall mean (A) twenty shares of Common Stock and (B) a warrant, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof (each, a “Warrant”), entitling the holder thereof to purchase seven shares
of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant).
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF UNITS; CLOSING
1.1 Purchase and Sale of the Units.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Investor agrees to purchase
from the Sellers the number of Units indicated on Schedule A hereto (the “Subscription Amount”) at
a purchase price per Unit equal to $140.88 (the “Unit Price”) for an aggregate purchase price
indicated on Schedule A hereto (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”). Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Sellers shall issue or sell (as the case may be) to the Investor
the number of Units equal to the Subscription Amount. For each twenty shares of Common Stock sold
by the Selling Stockholder to the Investor hereunder, the Company shall issue and deliver to the
Investor a Warrant, entitling the holder thereof to purchase seven shares of Common Stock from the
Company (subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant).
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, within three business days after
the date of this Agreement, the Investor shall deliver the Aggregate Purchase Price by wire
transfer to The Bank of New York, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), in accordance with the wire
transfer instructions attached hereto as Exhibit B.
1.2 Aggregate Number of Units Offered. The Sellers have entered and intend to enter
into this same form of Subscription Agreement, with only those differences reflected on Schedule
1.2 attached hereto (the “Other Agreements”), with certain other investors (the “Other Investors”),
who are not acting in concert or as a group with the Investor, and desire to offer and sell (the
“Offering”) up to an aggregate of 105,000 Units (the “Offering Amount”). The Investor hereby
acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Company
dated June 6, 2007 (the “Memorandum”), relating to the Offering.
1.3 Aggregate Purchase Price Escrow Account. All payments for Units made by the
Investor as contemplated by Section 1.1 hereof will be held by the Escrow Agent for the Investor’s
benefit in a non-interest bearing escrow account. As contemplated by the terms of the Escrow
Agreement, the payment will be returned promptly, without interest or deduction, if the conditions
in Section 1.7 hereof are not satisfied or waived by the Investor or this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 1.4 on or after the Termination Date.
1.4 Binding Effect of this Agreement.
(a) The Investor acknowledges Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. is acting as senior placement agent
(“Xxxxxxxxxxx) and Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC is acting as co-placement agent (together with
Xxxxxxxxxxx, the “Placement Agents”) in connection with the Offering. In the event the Closing
shall not have occurred on or prior to July 17, 2007 (the “Termination Date”) this Agreement may be
terminated by any non-breaching party and be of no force and effect. Until the Termination Date,
no party is entitled to cancel, terminate or revoke this Agreement or any of their respective
agreements hereunder. Notwithstanding any such termination, the Company shall remain obligated to
reimburse the Investor for the expenses in accordance with Section 6.12 below. Nothing contained in
this Section 1.4 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such
party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or to impair the right of any party to compel
specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The Investor and its direct and indirect transferees of the Securities (as defined herein)
will be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, to be dated as of the Closing Date among the parties hereto (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company shall agree, among other things, to file a shelf
registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act covering the resale, by the holders thereof, of all the shares of Common Stock
purchased from the Selling Stockholder and all the Common Shares (as defined herein) and Warrant
Shares (as defined herein).
1.5 Delivery of Units at Closing.
(a) The completion of the purchase and sale of the Units (the “Closing”) shall occur, subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 1.6 hereof and Section 1.7
hereof (other than those intended to be satisfied at Closing), at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
on the first (1st) business day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in
Sections 1.6 and 1.7 are satisfied or waived (the “Closing Date”) at the offices of O’Melveny &
Xxxxx LLP, 000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, or such other time, date or place is agreed
to by the parties.
(b) At the Closing, (i) the Sellers shall authorize the Company’s transfer agent to issue or
transfer, as applicable, and the transfer agent shall issue or transfer, as applicable, to the
Investor one or more stock certificates registered in the name of the Investor, or in such name of
nominee(s) designated by the Investor in writing, representing the number of shares of Common Stock
set forth on Schedule A and (ii) the Company shall issue a Warrant to purchase the number
of shares of Common Stock set forth on Schedule A, in each case, against payment
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of the Aggregate Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1.1 hereof.
1.6 Conditions to the Sellers’ Obligation to Complete Purchase and Sale. The Sellers’
obligation to issue or sell (as the case may be) the Units to the Investor at Closing is subject to
the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided
that these conditions are for the Sellers’ sole benefit and may be waived by the Sellers at any
time in their sole discretion by providing the Investor with prior written notice thereof:
(a) Payment of Purchase Price. The Investor shall have delivered to the Escrow Agent
the Aggregate Purchase Price;
(b) Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The representations and warranties of
the Investor set forth in Article III hereof shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date (which shall be true and correct as of such date)), and the Investor
shall have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required
by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investor on or prior to the
Closing Date;
(c) Deliveries. The Investor shall have duly executed and delivered to the applicable
Sellers each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and
(d) Minimum Offering Amount. The aggregate purchase price paid to the Company for all
of the Units in the Offering by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Investors
pursuant to the Other Agreements at or prior to the Closing hereunder shall not be less than $14.8
million.
1.7 Conditions to the Investor’s Obligation to Complete Purchase and Sale. The
obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase the Units from the Sellers at the Closing is
subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions,
provided that these conditions are for the Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by the
Investor at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Sellers with prior written notice
thereof:
(a) Opinion of Counsel. Receipt by the Investor of an opinion letter of Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Investor.
(b) Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in Article II hereof shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that
speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct as of such date), and the Company shall
have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company on or prior to the
Closing Date. The representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder set forth in Article
III hereof, shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which
shall be true and correct as of such date), and the Selling
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Stockholder shall have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and
conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Selling
Stockholder on or prior to the Closing Date;
(c) Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate, dated
the Closing Date, duly executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer certifying
as to the satisfaction of conditions set forth in clauses (b) (with respect to the Company), (e),
(f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of this Section 1.7. The Selling Stockholder shall have delivered to the
Investor a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by the Selling Stockholder
certifying, with respect to the Selling Stockholder, as to the satisfaction of conditions set forth
in clauses (b), (e), (g), (h) and (j) of this Section 1.7;
(d) Secretary’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary,
certifying that the attached copies of the Company’s articles of incorporation, by-laws and the
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company approving this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, are all true, complete and correct and remain unamended and in full force and
effect;
(e) No Litigation. On the Closing Date, no legal action, suit or proceeding shall be
pending or overtly threatened which seeks to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(f) No Suspension, Etc. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by
any stock exchange or market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading or
quotation, as applicable, or the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (and suspension
shall not have been threatened by the SEC or the Principal Market (as defined below), and, at any
time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Markets (“Bloomberg”) shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have
been established on securities whose trades are reported by Bloomberg, or on Nasdaq, nor shall a
banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities.
The Company shall have filed an additional listing application with the Principal Market to list
all the shares of Common Stock purchased from the Selling Stockholder and all the Common Shares and
Warrant Shares and no other approval of the Principal Market is required (and no other action shall
be required to be taken by the Company) to list all the shares of Common Stock purchased from the
Selling Stockholder and all the Common Shares and Warrant Shares on the Principal Market;
(g) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(h) Material Adverse Effect. No material adverse effect or prospective material
adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, management, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations (including results thereof) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries (defined
below) considered as a whole or (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby
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or in the other Transaction Documents (as defined below), and no event that would prohibit or
otherwise interfere with the ability of the Company or the Selling Stockholder to perform any of
their respective obligations under this Agreement in any material respect (each of the foregoing
being a “Material Adverse Effect”), in each case, shall have occurred or become known at or before
the Closing Date;
(i) Minimum Offering Amount. The aggregate purchase price paid to the Company for all
of the Units in the Offering by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Investors
pursuant to the Other Agreements at or prior to the Closing hereunder shall not be less than $14.8
million; and
(j) Deliveries. Each of the Sellers shall have duly executed and delivered to the
Investor each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the Sellers shall have
delivered to the Investor such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as the Investor or its counsel may reasonably request.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor as follows:
2.1 Subsidiaries; Organization. The Company has no subsidiaries as defined by Rule
405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) except as set forth in
Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (collectively, the
“Subsidiaries”, and each a “Subsidiary”). Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly
organized and validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has full corporate power
and authority to own, operate and occupy its properties and to conduct its business as presently
conducted and is registered or qualified to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which it owns or leases property or transacts business, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have 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.
2.2 Due Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Warrant, and the
Registration Rights Agreement (each, a “Transaction Document” and collectively the “Transaction
Documents”). This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the
Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto,
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except (i) to the extent rights to indemnity and contribution may be
limited by state or federal securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws, (ii)
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights
generally and (iii) enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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2.3 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the
issuance and sale of the Common Shares (as defined herein), the Warrants and the Warrant Shares (as
defined herein) pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the performance by the Company of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not (A) conflict with or constitute a violation of, or default (with or
without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) under, (i) any bond, debenture, note
or other evidence of indebtedness, or under any lease, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be subject, (ii) the
charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iii) any law, administrative regulation, ordinance or order of any court or governmental agency,
arbitration panel or authority applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their
respective properties, or (B) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, encumbrance, claim,
security interest or restriction whatsoever upon any of the material properties or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or an acceleration of indebtedness pursuant to any obligation,
agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness
or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be subject.
No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration, qualification or filing
with, any regulatory body, administrative agency, self-regulatory organization, stock exchange or
market, or other governmental body is required for the execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and the valid issuance and sale of the Units in the Offering and the Common Shares, the
Warrants and the Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, other than such as have been
made or obtained. The Units in the Offering, the Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares
and the shares of Common Stock sold by the Selling Stockholder in the Offering are collectively
referred to herein as the “Securities”).
2.4 Reporting Status. The Company has filed in a timely manner all documents that the
Company was required to file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), during the 24 months preceding the date of this Agreement (all of the foregoing filed prior
to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC
Documents”). The SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the Exchange Act’s and the
SEC’s requirements as of their respective filing dates, and none of the information contained
therein as of the date thereof contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
2.5 Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 13,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 12,000,000 shares are designated
Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares are designated Preferred Stock, including 500 shares designated
as Series II Convertible Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof, there were 6,532,950
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shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, no shares of Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding, and no shares of Series II Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding. As of the date
hereof, 918,658 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding
stock options issued by the Company to certain former and current employees, consultants and
directors of the Company. All outstanding shares of capital stock are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with federal and U.S. state
securities laws. Other than as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no outstanding rights,
options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, agreements, commitments or similar
rights for the purchase or acquisition from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The shares of Common Stock to be sold by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized, and when issued and paid for in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the “Common Shares”) will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all pledges, liens and encumbrances. The Warrants to
be issued pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized. The Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) has been duly authorized and reserved and, when
issued upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all pledges, liens and encumbrances. No
preemptive right, co-sale right, right of first refusal or other similar right exists with respect
to the Securities or the issuance and sale thereof. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder or the Board of Directors of the Company is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. Except for the registration rights held by Eaturna, LLC prior to the date hereof, which
Eaturna, LLC has agreed it will not exercise in connection with any registration statement that
covers any Registrable Shares, no holder of any of the securities of the Company has any rights
(“demand,” “piggyback” or otherwise) to have such securities registered by reason of the intention
to file, filing or effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement. The Company understands and
acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares will increase in certain circumstances. The Company
further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants
in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, absolute and unconditional regardless of the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the
Company. The transactions contemplated hereby will not result in an adjustment or decrease to any
exercise or conversion price contained in any securities issued by the Company. 2,044,178 shares of
the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock on the date hereof are as of the date
hereof owned by Persons who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and
calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the
Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are “affiliates” without conceding that any
such Persons are “affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, as of the date hereof no Person (other than Eaturna, LLC)
owns 10% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (calculated based
on the assumption that all Equivalents (as defined below), whether or not presently exercisable or
convertible, have been fully exercised or converted (as the case may be) without regard to any
limitations on exercise or conversion (including “blockers”) contained therein without conceding
that such identified Person is a 10% stockholder for purposes of federal securities laws).
2.6 Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no action,
suit or proceeding before any court, governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now
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pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against the
Company or its Subsidiaries wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
2.7 No Violations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i) is in
violation of its charter, bylaws, or other organizational document, or in violation of any law,
administrative regulation, ordinance or order of any court or governmental agency, arbitration
panel or authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which violation,
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) is in default (and
there exists no condition which, with or without the passage of time or giving of notice or both,
would constitute a default) in the performance of any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence
of indebtedness in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or any agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or by which the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be
bound, except for those defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
2.8 Governmental Permits, Etc. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all
franchises, licenses, certificates and other authorizations from any foreign, federal, state or
local government or governmental agency, department or body that are necessary for the operation of
their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where such failure to possess would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.9 Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess sufficient
rights to use all patents, patent rights, trademarks, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade
secrets, trade names and know-how that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses
as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have the
right to use, own or possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect (the “Company Intellectual Property”). No intellectual property (other than the Company
Intellectual Property) is necessary or required for the operation of the business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, except where
the failure to own or possess such intellectual property would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, (i) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or has any knowledge of, any
infringement by the Company of intellectual property rights of any third party that, individually
or in the aggregate, could have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any infringement by a third party of any
Company Intellectual Property that, individually or in the aggregate, could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.10 Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, and the related notes thereto included in the SEC Documents, (i) complied as to
form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing, (ii) present
fairly the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the
consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods therein specified and (iii) have
been prepared in compliance with the Securities Act and in accordance with United States
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generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
therein specified; and the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or
obligations, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise (including but not limited to off-balance
sheet obligations), not disclosed in the SEC Documents. Xxxx Xxxxx LLP, which has examined certain
of such financial statements as set forth in its report included in the SEC Documents, is an
independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act for an offering
registered thereunder.
2.11 No Material Adverse Change. Except as publicly disclosed in the SEC Documents,
since January 1, 2007, there has not been (i) any material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in the business, assets, management, condition
(financial or otherwise), operations (including results thereof) or prospects of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) any liability or obligation, direct or indirect, contingent
or otherwise, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, incurred by
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except liabilities and obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business, (iii) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made on the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any loss or damage
(whether or not insured) to the physical property of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole which has been sustained which has had a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its
Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing will not be,
insolvent
2.12 Listing. The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act and is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Principal Market”), and the
Company has taken no action designed to terminate, or likely to have the effect of terminating,
(and the Company has no knowledge of any fact that would result in the termination of) the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or the de-listing of the Common Stock from
the Principal Market, nor to the Company’s knowledge is The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”)
currently contemplating terminating such listing. The Company is not in violation of, and has not
received notice (written or oral) from Nasdaq to the effect that the Company is not in compliance
with, the listing or maintenance requirements of the Principal Market. Assuming the accuracy of the
representations made by the Investor in Article IV hereof, no approval of the shareholders of the
Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver the Securities to the Investor
as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or to issue and deliver the Securities to the Other
Investors as contemplated by the Other Agreements, including such as may be required pursuant to
Nasdaq Rule 4350(i).
2.13 No Manipulation of Stock. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor
any of their respective affiliates has taken or may take directly or indirectly, any action in
violation of applicable law or any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause
or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Common Shares, the Warrant Shares or the shares of Common Stock to be sold by the
Selling Stockholder hereunder. The Company and its 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 Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the jurisdiction of its
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incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to the Investor or any Other
Investor as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Agreements,
including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and ownership of the
Securities by the Investor or the Company’s issuance of Securities and ownership of the Securities
by any Other Investor. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement
relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the
Company.
2.14 Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain and will continue
to maintain insurance in amounts and covering risks as are prudent and customary with industry
practice for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective
properties.
2.15 Tax Matters. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all
material federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise and other tax returns required to
be filed by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and has paid all taxes due in accordance
therewith, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, could have) a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.16 Investment Company. The Company is not an “investment company,” an affiliate of
an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person”
of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” within the meaning of
such terms under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder, and the Company will not be or be required to register as any of
the foregoing under the 1940 Act after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.17 No Registration. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties made
by, and compliance with the covenants of, the Investor in Article III hereof, no registration of
the Units under the Securities Act is required in connection with the offer and sale of the Units
by the Company in the Offering.
2.18 Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, the Memorandum, nor any other documents,
certificates or instruments furnished to the Investor by or on behalf of the Company in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made herein or therein, not
misleading
2.19 No Integrated Offering; No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any of
its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its behalf or their behalf, directly or indirectly has (i)
sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security
(as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities
in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Agreements; or (ii) offered, solicited offers
to buy or sold Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those
terms are used
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in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within
the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The Company does not have any registration
statement pending before the SEC or currently under the SEC’s review.
2.20 Compliance with Law. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been
and is presently being conducted in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local
governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, including but not limited to those relating
to the protection of human health and safety, labor, employment and employment practices and
benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, the environment or hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except for the alleged violation of
California labor laws with respect to providing meal and rest breaks that are the subject of the
pending litigation described in the SEC Documents or except such that, individually or in the
aggregate, the noncompliance therewith would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.21 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and intends to comply with other applicable
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, upon
the effectiveness of such provisions.
2.22 Forward-Looking Statements. The information contained in the SEC Documents
regarding the Company’s expectations, plans and intentions, and any other information that
constitutes “forward-looking” information within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act were made by the Company on a reasonable basis and reflected the Company’s good faith belief
and/or estimate of the matters described therein, in each case as of the date of the SEC Document
containing such information.
2.23 Use of Proceeds. The Company’s proceeds from the sale of the Securities will be
used by the Company (a) to repay a portion of the amounts due under the Company’s revolving credit
facility, (b) to pay amounts owing to Hotel Restaurant Properties, Inc. and affiliated Persons, (c)
to fund acquisitions and new restaurant development, and (d) for general corporate purposes, all as
set forth in the Memorandum, and amounts actually paid under (a) and (b) will not be materially
different from the amounts set forth in the Memorandum.
2.24 Non-Public Information. The Company confirms that neither it nor any Person
acting on its behalf has provided Investor with any information that the Company believes
constitutes material non-public information, except with respect to the existence, terms and
conditions of this offering.
2.25 ERISA. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has, or, after giving effect to
the issuance and sale of the Securities, will have, any liability for any prohibited transaction
(as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)),
accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any complete or partial
withdrawal from a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), with respect to
any plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) as to which the Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries has any liability. With respect to such plans, the Company and its Subsidiaries
are, and, after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, will be, in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Code and ERISA.
2.26 S-3 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to use Form S-3 for the resale of the
Shares and Warrant Shares by the Investor or its transferees.
2.27 Title. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good title to all real and
personal property described in the SEC Documents as being owned by it or which is material to their
respective businesses and valid and enforceable leases for all real and personal property described
therein as being leased by it, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions,
except, in each case, as described in the SEC Documents or such as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All leases, contracts and agreements, including
those referred to in the SEC Documents, to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party
or by which any of them is bound are valid and enforceable against the other party or parties
thereto, except where the invalidity or unenforceability would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a
party to any contract, agreement or instrument, under which any party thereto is presently in
violation thereof or default thereunder (and the Company has no knowledge of any reasonably
foreseeable violation thereof or default thereunder), other than defaults or violations which could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) is in violation of any
term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any indebtedness,
except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Effect. 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 the Investor’s request
2.28 Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there is no strike, labor
dispute, slowdown or work stoppage with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
which is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. No executive officer (as defined
in Rule 501(f) promulgated under the Securities Act) or other key employee of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave
the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the
Company or any such Subsidiary.
2.29 No Brokerage or Finder’s Fees. Except as described in the engagement letter
dated May 22, 2007 with Xxxxxxxxxxx, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be
payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant,
finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other third Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Investor shall have no obligation with respect to
any fees or with respect to any claims (other than such fees or commissions owed by the Investor
pursuant to written agreements executed by the Investor which fees or commissions shall be the sole
responsibility of the Investor) made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type
contemplated in this Section 2.29 that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
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2.30 Books and Records. The Company (i) makes and keeps accurate books and records
and (ii) maintains internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that (A)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization, (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access
to its assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization and (D) the reported
accountability for its assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the
certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the
Company’s most recently filed period report under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being
prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of 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
significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of
Regulation S-K) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect
the Company’s internal controls.
2.31 Other Transactions. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, none of the
Company’s officers, directors, or, to the Company’s knowledge officers, the employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than for services as
employees, officers and directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act
2.32 Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor
any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or
other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
2.33 No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. No event,
liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably foreseeable to
exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective business,
properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial
or otherwise), that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities
laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC
relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been
publicly announced (other than
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the existence of the Offering, which will be disclosed pursuant to
Section 5.2 below) or which would have a material adverse effect on the Investor’s investment in
the Company hereunder.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed a joint and several representation and warranty by the
Company and its Subsidiaries to the Investor as to the matters covered thereby.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDER
The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to the Investor as follows:
3.1 Due Authorization. This Agreement has been validly executed and delivered by the
Selling Stockholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Selling Stockholder enforceable
against the Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except (i) to the extent rights to
indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal securities laws or the public policy
underlying such laws, (ii) enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and
contracting parties’ rights generally and (iii) enforceability may be limited by general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
3.2 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transfer and
sale of the Common Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement, the
performance by the Selling Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or constitute a violation of, or
default (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) under, (i) any bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or under any lease, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling
Stockholder is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, or (ii) any law, administrative
regulation, ordinance or order of any court or governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority
applicable to the Selling Stockholder or the Selling Stockholder’s properties. No consent,
approval, authorization or other order of, or registration, qualification or filing with, any
regulatory body, administrative agency, self-regulatory organization, stock exchange or market, or
other governmental body in the United States is required for the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the sale of the Common Stock to be sold pursuant to this Agreements by the Selling
Stockholder, other than such as have been made or obtained.
3.3 Title. The Selling Stockholder holds good and marketable title to all of the
Common Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement, free and clear of any
liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests or other restrictions. The Selling Stockholder
possesses full authority and legal right to sell, transfer and assign to Investor the shares of
Common Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement. At the time of
transfer to Investor by the Selling Stockholder of such shares of Common Stock, Investor will
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own
such shares of Common Stock free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests
or other restrictions. There are no claims pending or, to the Selling Stockholder’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company or the Selling Stockholder that concern or affect title to any of
the shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement, or that seek
to compel the transfer or issuance of such Common Stock.
3.4 Legal Proceedings. There is no action, suit or proceeding before any court,
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Selling
Stockholder, threatened against the Selling Stockholder wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the
authority or ability of the Selling Stockholder to perform its obligations under, this Agreement.
3.5 No Broker. Other than the fee to be paid by the Selling Stockholder to the
Placement Agents, the Selling Stockholder has not incurred any liability for any finder’s or
broker’s fee, or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE INVESTOR
The Investor represents and warrants to the Sellers (and covenants with the Company with
respect to Sections 4.5 and 4.6 below) as follows:
4.1 Securities Law Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities
Act and the Investor has the knowledge, sophistication and experience necessary to make, and is
qualified to make decisions with respect to, investments in shares presenting an investment
decision like that involved in the purchase of the Securities, including investments in securities
issued by the Company and investments in comparable companies, can bear the economic risk of a
total loss of its investment in the Securities and has requested, received, reviewed and considered
all information it deemed relevant in making an informed decision to purchase the Securities. Such
Investor is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act
and such Investor is not a broker-dealer;
(b) The Investor is acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment only and not
with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof;
provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Investor does not
agree, or make any representation or warranty (except as set forth in Section 5.9), to hold any of
the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the
Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption
under the Securities Act;
(c) The Investor was not organized for the specific purpose of acquiring the
Securities (or if the Investor was organized for the specific purpose of acquiring the
Securities, then all of its equity owners are “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D
under the Securities Act);
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(d) The Investor will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise
dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any of
the Securities except in compliance with the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws and
the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(e) The Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance
on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States federal and state
securities laws and that the Sellers are relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor’s
compliance with, representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of
the Investor set forth herein and in the applicable Warrant in order to determine the availability
of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Securities;
(f) The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the
Securities or the fairness or suitability of an investment in the Securities nor have such
authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities; and
(g) The Investor acknowledges that the Sellers have represented that no action has been or
will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Sellers that would permit an
offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with
the issue of the Securities, in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that
purpose is required. If the Investor is located or domiciled outside the United States it agrees
to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it
purchases, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes any
offering material, in all cases at its own expense.
4.2 No Change of Control. The purchase by such Investor of the Units issuable to it
at the Closing will not result in such Investor (individually or together with other Person with
whom such Investor has identified, or will have identified, itself as part of a “group” in a public
filing made with the Commission involving the Company’s securities) acquiring, or obtaining the
right to acquire, in excess of 19.9% of the Common Stock or the voting power of the Company
immediately following the Closing (assuming that the Closing shall have occurred). Such Investor
does not presently intend to, alone or together with others, make a public filing with the
Commission to disclose that it has (or that it together with such other Persons have) acquired, or
obtained the right to acquire, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby (when added to
any other securities of the Company that it or they then own or have the right to acquire), in
excess of 19.9% of the Common Stock or the voting power of the Company immediately following the
Closing (assuming that the transactions contemplated hereby shall have occurred). The Investor
does not as of the date hereof, and will not immediately following the Closing (assuming that the
Closing occurs and assuming the sale of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 735,000 Warrants in
the Offering), own 15% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
(calculated based on the assumption that all
Equivalents owned by the Investor, whether or not presently exercisable or convertible, have
been fully exercised or converted (as the case may be) but taking into account any limitations on exercise or conversion (including “blockers”) contained therein).
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4.3 [Intentionally Omitted]
4.4 Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Investor has full right, power,
authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor
enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except (i) to the extent rights to
indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal securities laws or the public policy
underlying such laws, (ii) enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and
contracting parties’ rights generally and (iii) enforceability may be limited by general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
4.5 Certain Trading Limitations. The Investor (i) represents that on and from the
date the Investor first became aware of the Offering until the date hereof he, she or it has not
and (ii) covenants that for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the day the
Offering is publicly announced as contemplated by Section 5.2 below, he, she or it will not, engage
in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or could reasonably be expected to lead to
or result in, or be characterized as, a sale, an offer to sell, a solicitation of offers to buy,
disposition of, loan, pledge or grant of any right with respect to (collectively, a “Disposition”)
Common Stock of the Company by the Investor or any other Person in violation of the Securities Act.
Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation effecting any short
sale or having in effect any short position (whether or not such sale or position is against the
box and regardless of when such position was entered into) or any purchase, sale or grant of any
right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to the Common Stock of the
Company or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that
includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the Common Stock of the
Company.
4.6 No Sale of Securities. The Investor hereby covenants with the Company not to make
any sale of the Securities without (i) complying with the provisions of this Agreement, or (ii)
without satisfying the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, including, without limitation, causing the prospectus delivery requirement under the
Securities Act to be satisfied, if applicable.
4.7 Investor Suitability Questionnaire. The information contained in the Investor
Suitability Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D delivered by the Investor in
connection with this Agreement is complete and accurate in all material respects.
4.8 No Advice. The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other
materials presented to the Investor in connection with the purchase and sale of the Units
constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and
investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in
connection with its purchase of the Units.
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4.9 Independent Investment. Unless a Schedule 4.9 is attached hereto and then only as
otherwise set forth thereon, the Investor has not agreed to act with any Other Investor for the
purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of the Securities hereunder for purposes of
Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act, and the Investor is acting independently with respect to its
investment in the Securities.
The Sellers acknowledge and agree that the Investor does make or has not made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those
specifically set forth in this Article IV and Section 5.9.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
5.1 Form D. The Company agrees to file one or more Forms D with respect to the
Securities on a timely basis as required under Regulation D under the Securities Act to perfect its
claim to the exemption provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D.
5.2 Form 8-K; Press Release. The Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City
Time, on the fourth (4th) business day after the date of this Agreement, issue a press
release (the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Investor and the Placement Agents
disclosing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
agreements contemplated hereby and the Other Agreements. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York City
Time, on the fourth (4th) business day following the date of this Agreement, the Company
shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the Other Agreements in the
form required by the Exchange Act and attaching all the material agreements (including, without
limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), and the form of Warrant and the
Registration Rights Agreement). The Company agrees, as soon as practicable after the Closing Date,
but in no event later than one business day after the Closing Date, to issue a press release and to
file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the sale of the Units to the Investor
under this Agreement and to the Other Investors under the Other Agreements (and contain all of the
information and disclosure contemplated above if the Closing Date occurs on or prior to the fourth
(4th) business day after the date of this Agreement), which such press release and
Current Report shall be subject to prior review and comment by the Placement Agents and the
Investor. Upon the issuance of the Press Release, to the knowledge of the Company, the Investor
will not be in possession of any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or its
Common Stock. The Company agrees that, after the execution of this Agreement, none of the Company’s
communications to the Investor will include (and the Company shall not and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to
provide to the Investor) any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and the Investor or except as
contemplated by Section 5.10. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company,
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good
faith judgment of the Investor), in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in any other
agreement contemplated hereby, the Investor shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in
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the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic
information without the prior approval by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or
their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. The Investor shall not have any
liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers,
directors, employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure. The Company shall not
publicly disclose the name of the Investor, or include the name of the Investor in any filing with
the Commission (other than in the Shelf Registration Statement and any exhibits to filings made in
respect of this transaction in accordance with periodic filing requirements under the Exchange Act)
or any regulatory agency or Nasdaq, without the prior written consent of such Investor, except to
the extent such disclosure is required by law or trading market regulations, in which case the
Company shall provide the Investor with prior notice of such disclosure.
5.3 Certain Future Financings and Related Actions. Commencing on the date hereof and
for a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days following the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement which covers all of the securities required to be covered thereunder, the
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the holders of a at least 70% in interest
of the shares of Common Stock issued or sold in connection with the Offering on the Closing Date,
directly or indirectly offer, sell, issue, contract to sell or issue, grant any option to purchase,
or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, contract, grant or any option to
purchase or other disposition of) (or engage any Person to assist the Company in taking any such
action) any capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into, exchangeable for or
otherwise entitling the holder to acquire, any capital stock of the Company, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any
time and under any circumstances convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the
holder thereof to receive, capital stock and other securities of the Company (collectively with
such capital stock or other securities of the Company, “Equivalents”) (any such issuance, offer,
sale, grant, contract, disposition or announcement being referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”);
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.3 shall prohibit the Company from
issuing (i) Common Stock upon exercise or conversion, exchange, purchase or similar rights issued,
granted or given by the Company that are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (provided
that none of the foregoing shall be amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder or
to lower the exercise or conversion price thereof and the Company shall not otherwise materially
change the terms or conditions thereof in any manner that adversely affects the Investor) or (ii)
Common Stock or standard options to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers, employees
or consultants of the Company in connection with their service as directors or officers of the
Company, their employment by the Company or their retention as consultants by the Company pursuant
to an equity compensation program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (or the
compensation committee of the Board of Directors of the Company), provided that all such issuances
after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (ii) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the number
shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance under such equity compensation program
as of the date hereof (each of the foregoing in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively the “Excluded
Securities”). For clarification purposes and without implication that the contrary would otherwise
be true, any Subsequent Placement which has been consented to as contemplated above shall still be
subject to the provisions of Section 5.10 below.
5.4 Legends.
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The Company shall cause the Securities to bear (and all securities issued in exchange
therefor or in substitution thereof, including the Warrant Shares, shall bear) a legend in
substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE
OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a new certificate
evidencing the applicable Security of like tenor and aggregate number of shares and which shall not
bear the restrictive legends required by this Section 5.4: (i) with respect to Common Stock (which
for clarification purposes shall include Warrant Shares), if Common Stock has been resold or
transferred pursuant to any registration statement effective at the time of such transfer, (ii)
while a registration statement (including the Shelf Registration Statement) covering the resale of
such Security is effective under the Securities Act, (iii) if such Security is eligible to be sold,
assigned or transferred under Rule 144(k) (promulgated under the Securities Act) or (iv) if, in
connection with a sale transaction, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that a public sale, assignment or transfer of
the applicable Securities may be made without registration under the Securities Act. The Company
shall not require such opinion of counsel for the sale of the Securities in accordance with Rule
144(k) of the Securities Act in the event that the Investor provides such representations that the
Company shall reasonably request confirming compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(k).
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor may from time to time pledge, and/or
grant a security interest in some or all of the Units pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in
connection with a bona fide margin account and, if required under the terms of such agreement or
account, such Investor may transfer pledged or secured Shares or Warrant Shares to the pledgees or
secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the
Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be
required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may be required in connection with a
subsequent transfer following default by the Investor transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be
required of such pledge. At the Investor’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such
reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in
connection with a pledge or transfer of such securities.
If a legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no later than two (2)
trading days following the delivery by the Investor to the Company or the transfer agent (with
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notice to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such Securities (endorsed or with
stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the
reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries from the Investor as
may be required above in this Section 5.4, as directed by the Investor, either: (A) deliver (or
cause to be delivered to) the Investor a certificate representing such Securities that is free from
all restrictive and other legends or (B) credit the balance account of the Investor’s or the
Investor’s nominee with DTC with a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares
of Common Stock or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) represented by the certificate so delivered
by the Investor (the date by which such certificate is required to be delivered to the Investor or
such shares are required to be so credited pursuant to the foregoing is referred to herein as the
“Required Delivery Date”). If the Company fails to (i) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered)
to the Investor by the Required Delivery Date a certificate representing the Securities so
delivered to the Company or transfer agent (as the case may be) by the Investor that is free from
all restrictive and other legends or (ii) credit the balance account of the Investor or the
Investor’s nominee with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock or Warrant Shares so
delivered to the Company, and if on or after the Required Delivery Date the Investor purchases (in
an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Investor of shares of Common Stock that the Investor anticipated receiving from the
Company without any restrictive legend (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies
available to the Investor, the Company shall, within three (3) trading days after the Investor’s
request and in the Investor’s sole discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Investor in an amount
equal to the Investor’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation
to deliver such certificate or credit the Investor’s balance account shall terminate and such
shares shall be cancelled, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Investor a
certificate or certificates or credit the Investor’s DTC account representing such number of shares
of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company timely complied with its obligations
hereunder and pay cash to the Investor in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock or Warrant Shares (as the case
may be) that the Company was required to deliver to the Investor by the Required Delivery Date
times (B) the VWAP of the Common Stock for the five (5) trading day period immediately preceding
the Required Delivery Date.
For purposes of this Section 5.4, “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar
volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal
Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities
exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded) during the period beginning
at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City Time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City Time, as reported by
Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar
volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City Time,
and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City Time, as reported by
Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by
Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask
price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets
LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If VWAP cannot be calculated for
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such security
on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the
fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Investor. If the Company and the
Investor are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then they shall agree in
good faith on a reputable investment bank to make such determination of fair market value, whose
determination shall be final and binding and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.
All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or
other similar transaction during such period.
The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent in form reasonably
acceptable to the Investor (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”), and any subsequent
transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of the Investor or its respective
nominee(s), for the shares of Common Stock and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from
time to time by the Investor to the Company upon delivery of the Common Stock or the exercise of
the Warrant. The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5.4 will be given by the Company to its
transfer agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely
transferable on the books and records of the Company, as applicable, to the extent provided in this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If the Investor effects a sale, assignment or
transfer of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement, the Company shall permit the transfer
and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares
to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by
the Investor to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment
or transfer involves Common Stock or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an
effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 144 (promulgated under the Securities
Act), the transfer agent shall issue such shares to the Investor, assignee or transferee (as the
case may be) without any restrictive legend in accordance with this Section 5.4. The Company
acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the
Investor. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its
obligations under this Section 5.4 will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or
threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5.4, that the Investor shall be
entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining
any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic
loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall cause its counsel to
issue the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company’s
transfer agent on each Effective Date. Any fees (with respect to the transfer agent, counsel to the
Company or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of any legends on
any of the Securities shall be borne by the Company.
5.5 Additional Registration Statements. Until the Effective Date (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) of the initial Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement which covers all of
the securities required to be covered thereunder, the Company shall not file a registration
statement under the Securities Act (other than on Form S-8) relating to securities that are not the
Registrable Shares (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
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5.6 Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Investor and all Other Investors
shall have sold all of the Securities issued and sold by the Sellers in connection with this
Agreement and the Securities issued and sold by the Sellers in connection with the Other Agreements
(as the case may be) (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required
to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its
status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the
rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.
5.7 Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable
Shares upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which
the Common Stock is then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such
listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents on such national securities exchange or automated quotation
system. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Principal
Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market
(each, an “Eligible Market”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any
action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common
Stock on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with
satisfying its obligations under this Section 5.7.
5.8 Variable Rate Transaction. From the date hereof until 18 months after the
Effective Date of the initial Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement which covers all of the securities
required to be covered thereunder, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into
an agreement to effect any Subsequent Placement involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable
Rate Transaction” shall mean a transaction in which the Company directly or indirectly (i) issues
or sells any Equivalents either (A) at a conversion, exercise 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 Equivalents, 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 Equivalents 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, other than pursuant to a
customary “weighted average” anti-dilution provision or (ii) enters into any agreement (including,
but not limited to, an equity line of credit) whereby the Company may sell securities at a future
determined price (other than standard and customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights). The
Investor 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. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company may effect a Subsequent Placement involving a Variable Rate Transaction with
the prior written consent of the holders of at least 70% in interest of the shares of Common Stock
issued or sold in connection with the Offering on the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed
for clarification purposes that if such consent is obtained then such Subsequent Placement shall be
subject to Section 5.10 below).
5.9 Trading Restrictions. The Investor represents and warrants to, and covenants with,
the Company that it will not (and its affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
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understanding with it will not) engage in or effect, directly or indirectly, any transactions in
any securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any short sales, “locking-up” borrow
or hedging activities involving the Company’s securities) during the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) one (1) year after the Effective Date (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) of the initial Shelf Registration Statement covering all the
Registrable Shares to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights
Agreement, (ii) two years from the Closing Date and (iii) the date this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 1.4. In furtherance (and without limitation) of the foregoing, during such
restricted period, neither the Investor nor any of such affiliates, (a) will directly or
indirectly, sell, agree to sell, grant any call option or purchase any put option with respect to,
pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, or (b) will establish or
increase any “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease any “call equivalent position” with
respect to any such securities (in each case within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), or otherwise enter into any swap, derivative
or other transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any economic
consequence of ownership of any such securities, whether or not such transaction is to be settled
by delivery of any such securities, other securities, cash or other consideration. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that nothing contained in this Section 5.9 shall
prohibit the Investor (or such affiliates) from (1) purchasing or agreeing to purchase unrestricted
securities of the Company or securities which are covered by an effective registration statement
and the prospectus included therein is available for use on the date of such purchase (including
through block trades or privately negotiated transactions), (2) purchasing or agreeing to purchase
(A) securities of the Company pursuant to Section 5.10 or otherwise from the Company, (B)
securities of the Company from affiliates of the Company or (C) securities of the Company from
affiliates of the Investor, (3) exercising any or all of the Warrant to acquire Warrant Shares or
otherwise acting under or enforcing, or receiving any right or benefit or adjustment under, the
Warrant, (4) selling or agreeing to sell “long” securities of the Company (because the Investor or
such affiliate is “deemed to own such securities” pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 200 under
Regulation SHO), including, without limitation, (I) any Common Stock, Warrant or Warrant Shares
acquired hereunder or pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the agreement
contemplated hereby, (II) securities acquired after the date hereof in accordance with this
paragraph or (III) securities of the Company acquired prior to the date hereof, (5) pledging or
hypothecating any securities of the Company in connection with leverage arrangements engaged in by
the Investor (or such affiliates) without the purpose of transferring economic risk relating to
such securities, (6) from transferring any of the Securities to any affiliate who agrees in writing
to be bound by this Section 5.9, in each case, provided such sale is in compliance with all
applicable securities laws and following the public announcement of the transaction contemplated
hereby pursuant to Section 5.2, or (7) selling or receiving securities of the Company pursuant to
the terms of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrant) or purchasing securities of the
Company in a Fundamental Transaction in accordance with applicable law.
5.10 Participation Right. From the date hereof until the two year anniversary of the
Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly,
effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section
5.10. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 5.10 is a right
granted by the Company, separately, to the Investor.
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(a) The Company shall deliver to the Investor a written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered
(the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and
describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be
issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or
exchanged, (y) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to
be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with the
Investor in accordance with the terms of the Offer at least 19.9% of the Offered Securities,
provided that the number of Offered Securities which the Investor shall have the right to
subscribe for under this Section 5.10 shall be (a) based on the Investor’s pro rata portion of the
aggregate number of Units purchased hereunder by the Investor and by all Other Investors under the
Other Agreements (but not any Other Investor who does not have similar participation rights
thereunder for exactly 19.9% of the Offered Securities) (each such Other Investor, if any, who has
similar participation rights thereunder for exactly 19.9% of the Offered Securities is referred to
herein as an “Other Eligible Investor” and collectively as the “Other Eligible Investors”) (the
“Basic Amount”), and (b) if the Investor elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional
portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of Other Eligible Investors as
the Investor shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the Other Eligible Investors
subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”).
(b) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, the Investor must deliver a written notice to the
Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) business day after the Investor’s receipt of
the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of the Investor’s Basic Amount
that the Investor elects to purchase and, if the Investor shall elect to purchase all of its Basic
Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that the Investor elects to purchase (in either case,
the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by the Investor and all Other
Eligible Investors are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts (under this Agreement and
all applicable Other Agreements), then if the Investor has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in
its Notice of Acceptance, the Investor shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic
Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided,
however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between
the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available
Undersubscription Amount”), and if the Investor has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount,
then the Investor shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available
Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of the Investor bears to the total Basic Amounts of
the Investor and all Other Eligible Investors that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts,
subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer in
any material respect prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to the
Investor a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the fifth (5th)
business day after the Investor’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.
(c) The Company shall have ten (10) business days from the expiration of the Offer Period
above (i) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which
a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Investor (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a
definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”),
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but only to the offerees described
in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including,
without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not materially more favorable to the
acquiring Person or Persons or materially less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the
Offer Notice and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement
Agreement, and (b) either (x) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent
Placement Agreement or (y) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be
filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any
documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
(d) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any
such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 5.10(c) above), then the
Investor may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the
Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than
the number or amount of the Offered Securities that the Investor elected to purchase pursuant to
Section 5.10(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or
amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including
Offered Securities to be issued or sold to the Investor pursuant to this Section 5.10 prior to such
reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered
Securities. In the event that the Investor so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered
Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more
than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have
again been offered to the Investor in accordance with Section 5.10(a) above.
(e) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused
Securities, the Investor shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the
Investor, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notice of Acceptance. The
purchase by the Investor of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation,
execution and delivery by the Company and the Investor of a separate purchase agreement relating to
such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Investor and its
counsel.
(f) Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Investor or other Persons in accordance with
this Section 5.10 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Investor
under the procedures specified in this Agreement.
(g) The Company and the Investor agree that if the Investor elects to participate in the
Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other
transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall
include any term or provision whereby the Investor shall be required to agree to any restrictions
on trading as to any securities of the Company owned by the Investor prior to such Subsequent
Placement more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions
contained in the this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.10 and unless otherwise agreed
to by the Investor, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Investor
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that the
transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose
its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case in such a manner such that the
Investor will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the tenth
(10th) day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such tenth (10th)
day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been
made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the
Investor, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Investor shall not be
deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the
Offered Securities, the Company shall provide the Investor with another Offer Notice and the
Investor will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 5.10. The Company
shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Investor in any sixty (60)
day period.
The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 5.10 by providing terms or
conditions to any Other Eligible Investors that are not provided to the Investor. The restrictions
contained in this Section 5.10 shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded
Securities.
ARTICLE VI
6.1 Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing, shall be mailed (A) if within United States by first-class registered or certified
airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier (with next day delivery specified),
postage prepaid, or by facsimile, or (B) if delivered from outside the United States, by
International Federal Express or facsimile, and shall be deemed given (i) if delivered by
first-class registered or certified mail domestic, three business days after so mailed, (ii) if
delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one business day after so mailed, (iii) if
delivered by International Federal Express, two business days after so mailed, and (iv) if
delivered by facsimile, upon electric confirmation of receipt, and shall be delivered as addressed
as follows:
if to the Company or the Selling Stockholder to:
Mr. Xxxxxx Xxx
President and CEO
Grill Concepts, Inc.
00000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
President and CEO
Grill Concepts, Inc.
00000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
20333 S.H. 000, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
20333 S.H. 000, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
if to the Investor, at its address on the signature page hereto, or at such other
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address or addresses as may have been furnished to the other parties hereto in
writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.1.
6.2 Headings and Terms. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this
Agreement. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like
import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms
“herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this
entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.
6.3 Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
6.4 No Waiver; Modifications in Writing. No failure or delay on the part of the
Company or the Investor in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be
available to the Company or the Investor at law or in equity or otherwise. No waiver of or consent
to any departure by the Company or the Investor from any provision of this Agreement shall be
effective unless signed in writing by the party entitled to the benefit thereof, provided
that (i) notice of any such waiver shall be given to each party hereto as set forth below,
(ii) Section 5.9 may not be waived or amended by any party hereto and (iii) Section 5.10 may not be
waived or amended by any party hereto unless such section applies to the Investor by its terms.
Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, no provision of this Agreement may be
amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and the Investor. Any amendment,
supplement or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement, any waiver of any provision of
this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by the Company or the Investor from the terms of
any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is specifically required by this
Agreement, no notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other
or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No consideration shall be offered or
paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the
Transaction Documents or Other Agreements unless the same consideration also is offered to all of
the parties to the Transaction Documents and the Other Agreements, the holders of Common Stock
issued in connection with the Offering or holders of any Warrants issued in connection with the
Offering (as the case may be). No Seller has, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any
Other Investor relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Other
Agreements and the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Other Agreements and the
Transaction Documents, and no Other Investor has been given terms or conditions that are more
favorable than the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents.
If any Other Agreement is amended or modified by any Seller or Other Investor, then the
Investor may, in its sole discretion, choose to have such amendment or modification apply to this
Agreement by delivering written notice to the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company
confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, the Investor has not made any
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commitment or
promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.
6.5 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. Notwithstanding any
investigation made by any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Investor herein shall survive the
execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Investor of the Units being purchased and the
payment therefor.
6.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of
law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another
jurisdiction.
6.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in
New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the
purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit,
action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods
as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto
irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding
and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to
the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably
waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN
CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.
6.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrant
and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and
thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, oral or written, other than those set forth or referred to
herein and therein. This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrant supersede
all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the subject thereof. The language used in
this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual
intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
6.9 Finders Fees. Neither the Sellers nor the Investor nor any affiliate thereof has
incurred any obligation which will result in the obligation of the other party to pay any finder’s
fee or commission in connection with this transaction, except for fees payable by the Sellers to
the Placement Agents.
6.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but
one instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed
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by each
party hereto and delivered to the other party. In the event that any executed signature page is
delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail in a .pdf file, such signature page shall
create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.
6.11 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors, heirs, executors and administrators and permitted assigns of the
parties hereto. With respect to transfers that are not made pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, but are otherwise made in accordance with all applicable laws and the terms of this
Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Investor under this Agreement with respect to the
securities so transferred shall be automatically assigned by the Investor to any transferee of all
or any portion of the Investor’s Securities who is a Permitted Transferee (as defined below);
provided, however, that within five business days after to the transfer, (i) the
Company is provided written notice of the transfer including the name and address of the transferee
and the number of Securities transferred; and (ii) that such transferee agrees in writing to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such transferee was the Investor. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Permitted Transferee” shall mean any Person who (a) is an “accredited investor,” as
that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and (b) is a
transferee of at least 5,000 Common Shares, shares of Common Stock, Warrant and/or Warrant Shares.
Upon any transfer permitted by this Section 6.11, the Company shall be obligated to such transferee
to perform all of its covenants under this Agreement as if such transferee was the Investor with
respect to the securities so transferred. “Person” means an individual, a limited liability
company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and
a government or any department or agency thereof.
6.12 Expenses. Each party hereto shall bear its own expenses in connection with the
preparation and negotiation of this Agreement.
6.13 Exculpation. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that O’Melveny & Xxxxx
LLP represented the Placement Agents in the Offering contemplated by this Agreement and has not
represented either the Sellers or the Investor or any other investor who purchases Units in the
Offering pursuant to a Subscription Agreement in substantially the form hereof.
6.14 Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and
performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in
order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.15 Indemnification. In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of
the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the
Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend,
protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and each affiliate of the Investor that holds any
Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and
direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives
(including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by
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this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of
action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in
connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for
which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or
arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement of any of the Sellers in any of the Transaction Documents or (b) any cause of
action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these
purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from
(i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (ii)
any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the
proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure properly made by the Investor
pursuant to Section 5.2, or (iv) the status of the Investor or holder of the Securities as an
investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
provided, that the Investor shall not be entitled to indemnification to the extent any of
the foregoing is caused by its gross negligence, willful misconduct, a material breach of its
representations and warranties under this Agreement or a material breach of any of its covenants
under this Agreement. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be
unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and
obligations under this Section 6.15 shall be the same as those set forth in Section 5 of the
Registration Rights Agreement.
6.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit
of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees
referred to in Section 6.15. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement
shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security),
to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all
other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to
perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Investor. The Company
therefore agrees that the Investor shall be entitled to seek specific performance and/or temporary
and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages
and without posting a bond or other security.
6.17 Independent Nature of the Investor’s Obligations and Rights. The obligations of
the Investor under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any
Other Investor under the Transaction Documents or any Other Agreement, and the Investor shall not
be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Investor under the
Transaction Documents or any Other Agreement.
Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document or any Other Agreement, and no
action taken by the Investor or any Other Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Investor or any Other Investor as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or
any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Investor or any Other Investors
are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by the
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Transaction Documents or any of the Other Agreements or any
matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Investor is not acting in concert or as a group with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any
Other Agreement. The decision of the Investor to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction
Documents has been made by the Investor independently of any Other Investor. The Investor
acknowledges that no Other Investor has acted as agent for the Investor in connection with the
Investor making its investment hereunder and that no Other Investor will be acting as agent of the
Investor in connection with monitoring the Investor’s investment in the Securities or enforcing its
rights under the Transaction Documents. The Company and the Investor confirms that the Investor has
independently participated with the Company in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated
hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. The Investor shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out
of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any
Other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of
the same form of agreement to effectuate the purchase and sale of the Units in the Offering was
solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of the Investor, and was done
solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by
the Investor. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement
and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and the Investor, solely, and not
among the Company, the Investor or any Other Investor collectively and not between and among the
Investor or any Other Investors.
6.18 Delivery of Securities. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document to the contrary, unless otherwise directed in writing by the
Investor, the Company shall, and shall cause its agents and representatives to, deliver all of the
Investor’s securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement (and all securities which are issuable
to the Investor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document) to the
address for delivery of securities set forth on the Investor’s signature page to this Agreement,
and copies of the certificates representing such securities shall be sent to the Investor to the
address of the Investor as set forth on the Investor’s signature page to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Subscription Agreement to be duly executed as
of the date first written above.
“COMPANY” | GRILL CONCEPTS, INC. | |||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxx
President and CEO |
[Signatures of Selling Stockholder on Following Page]
“SELLING STOCKHOLDER”
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
[Signatures of Investor on Following Page]
“INVESTOR” | ||||
GOOD TASTING LLC | ||||
(print full legal name of Investor) | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
(signature of authorized representative) | ||||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Its: Manager | ||||
Address: | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 |
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Telephone: | (000) 000-0000 | |||||
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 | |||||
Email: | ||||||
Tax I.D. or SSN: | ||||||
Address where Units should be sent (if different from above) | ||||||
Same as above | ||||||
[Signature page to Subscription Agreement]
Schedule A
Units Purchased
TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS: 5,678
Seller | Shares of Common Stock | Common Stock Warrants | ||
Grill Concepts, Inc. |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
None | |||
TOTAL: |
113,560 | 39,746 |
AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE: $799,916.64