SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of March 11, 2008 between Capital Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida
corporation (the “Company”),
and
each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including
its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser”
and
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to
each
Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase
from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized
terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such
terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms
have
the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring
Person”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as
such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday
in the
United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New
York
are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed
and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent
to (i)
the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
“Closing
Statement”
means
the Closing Statement in the form Annex
A
attached
hereto.
“Commission”
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other
class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the
holder
thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation,
any
debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that
is at
any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock.
“Company
Counsel”
means
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, with offices located at 000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.
“Debentures”
means
the Variable Rate Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the
terms therein, five years from their date of issuance, issued by the Company
to
the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Discussion
Time”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(f).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Evaluation
Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt
Issuance”
means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers
or
directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted
for
such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors
or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange
of or
conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or
conversion price of such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall
only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating
company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in
which
the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but
shall
not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business
is
investing in securities, and (d) for purposes of Section 4.12 only, an issuance
of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, without registration rights,
for
cash consideration, to the global carrier referenced in the Company’s press
release dated February 20, 2008, provided, however, any such issuance of
Common
Stock Equivalents shall be expressly subordinate to the Debentures pursuant
to a
written subordination agreement with the Purchasers that is acceptable to
each
Purchaser in its sole and absolute discretion.
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“FWS”
means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP with offices located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
“GAAP”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Legend
Removal Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Maximum
Rate”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“Participation
Maximum”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
“Person”
means
an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
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“Pre-Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).
“Pro
Rata Portion”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(e).
“Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Purchaser
Party”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company
and
the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each
Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Required
Minimum”
means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then
issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise in full
of all
Warrants or conversion in full of all Debentures (including Underlying Shares
issuable as payment of interest on the Debentures), ignoring any conversion
or
exercise limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price
is at
all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then Conversion
Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of
determination.
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect
as such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Debentures, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying
Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Security
Agreement”
means
the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
E
attached
hereto.
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“Security
Documents”
shall
mean the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantees and any other documents
and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority
security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided
in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
“Short
Sales”
means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription
Amount”
means,
as
to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount
to be
paid for Debentures and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading
“Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available
funds.
“Subsequent
Financing”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
“Subsequent
Financing Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule
3.1(a)
and
shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Subsidiary
Guarantee”
means
the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date hereof, by each Subsidiary in favor
of
the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
F
attached
hereto.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee, all exhibits and schedules
thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer
Agent”
means
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of
the Company with a mailing address of 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000
and a facsimile number of 212-509-5150, and any successor transfer agent
of the
Company.
“Underlying
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption
of
the Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants and issued and issuable
in lieu
of the cash payment of interest on the Debentures in accordance with the
terms
of the Debentures.
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“Variable
Rate Transaction”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13(b).
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date
(or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from
9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the
OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price
of
the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC
Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for
trading
on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported
in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or
agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent
bid
price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent
appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest
of
the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company,
the
fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants”
means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
at
the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall
be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years from
the
Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit C
attached
hereto.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, in the aggregate, a minimum
of
$14.0 million and a maximum of $19.0 million in principal amount of the
Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer
or a
certified check, immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount
and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture
and a
Warrant, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each
Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable
at
the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2
and
2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of FWS or such other location
as the
parties shall mutually agree.
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2.2 Deliveries
(a) On
the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal
opinion of Company Counsel, in substantially the form of Exhibit
D
attached
hereto;
(iii) a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount,
registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iv) a
Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares
of
Common Stock equal to 50% of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by
$0.50, with an exercise price equal to $0.73,
subject
to adjustment therein;
(v) the
Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary, along
with
all of the Security Documents (including, without limitation, documents and
agreements evidencing the Purchasers’ security interest in the assets of the
Company’s Subsidiary that is organized in the UK), including the Subsidiary
Guarantee, duly executed by the parties thereto; and
(vi) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On
the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company;
(iii) the
Security Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iv) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and
warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
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(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) all
existing debtholders of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Existing
Debtholders”),
shall
each have executed and delivered the Purchasers an agreement whereby each
Existing Debtholders shall agree, that all amounts owed to it shall not
mature
or
require payments of any nature prior to the repayment of all amounts due
under
the Debentures, and whereby such indebtedness is made expressly subordinate
in
right of payment to the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, as reflected
in a written agreement reasonably acceptable to, and approved by, the
Purchasers;
(iv) the
Company shall have received payoff, release and waiver letters, and UCC-3
termination statements, as applicable from Hilco Financial, LLC, the holders
of
the Short Term Notes, the holders of the CGSI Two Year Term Note and the
Company’s lawyers (each as described on Schedule
4.9 attached
hereto),
in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers;
(v) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
the
date hereof; and
(vi) from
the
date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been
suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market (except
for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company,
which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time
prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or
any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in
the
reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable
to
purchase the Securities at the Closing.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except
as
set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be
deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made
herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section
of
the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries.
All of
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule
3.1(a).
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(a),
the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the
issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued
and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights
to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries,
all
other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents
shall be disregarded.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power
and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each
of
the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and
is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction
in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes
such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in
good
standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to
result
in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability
of
any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise)
of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse
effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely
basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii),
a “Material
Adverse Effect”)
and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting
or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into
and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no
further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the
Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the
Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has
been
(or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute
the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company
in
accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar
as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation by it to which it is a party of the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that
with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in
the
creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any
Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any
agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company
or
Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company
or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any
Subsidiary is bound or affected, (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal
and
state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each
of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization
or
order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any
court
or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of the
Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section
4.6, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii)
the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares
for
trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing
of
Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under
applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
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(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company
other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions
on
transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved
from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock
for
issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum
on the
date hereof.
(g) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g),
which
Schedule
3.1(g)
shall
also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and
of
record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has
not
issued any capital stock since its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act,
other
than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s
stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion
and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of
the
most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act or as reflected
on
Schedule
3.1(g).
No
Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation,
or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities or on Schedule
3.1(g),
there
are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls
or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving
any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock,
or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common
Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will
not
obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities
to any
Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any
holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have
been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none
of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights
or
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval
or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required
for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to
the
Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of
the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
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(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required
by
law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including
the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being
collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”)
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and
has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.
As of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the
notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material
Changes.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed
prior
to the date hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development
that
has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in
the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to
GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company
has not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made
any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares
of
its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities
to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any
request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance
of
the Securities contemplated by this Agreement and the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as set forth on Schedule
3.1(i),
no
event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the
Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations
or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
or
deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior
to
the date that this representation is made.
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(j) Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by
any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there
were
an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director
or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim
of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim
of
breach of fiduciary duty, except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(j).
There
has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or
any
current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has
not
issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange
Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company
nor
any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement,
and the
Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company,
is,
or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each
such
executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to any
liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. Except as disclosed
on
Schedule
3.1(k),
the
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state,
local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except
where
the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(l),
neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of
(and
no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse
of
time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary
under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it
is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business
and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could
not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(m) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described
in the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”),
and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title
to Assets.
Except
for the liens set forth on Schedule
3.1(n),
the
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
to all
real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal
property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and
the
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens
as do
not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company
and
the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes,
the
payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or
material for use in connection with their respective businesses and which
the
failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company
or
any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable
and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and
value
of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance
coverage in the amount of $10.0 million. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business
without a significant increase in cost.
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(q) Transactions
with Affiliates and Employees.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity
in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000
other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii)
other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock
option plan of the Company.
(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls.
The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability,
(iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end
of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”).
The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of
the
disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in
the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in
the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(s) Certain
Fees.
No
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(s).
The
Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect
to
any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated
in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents.
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(t) Private
Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set
forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for
the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as
contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does
not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration
Rights.
Other
than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company
to
effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
(w) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge
is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification
that
the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company
has
not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted
to the
effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to
believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance
with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(x) Application
of Takeover Protections.
The
Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result
of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising
their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation
as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership
of the Securities.
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(y) Disclosure.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither
it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers
or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes
or
might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands
and
confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished
by
or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure
Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any
untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in
order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by
the
Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken
as a
whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
and
when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser
makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth
in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No
Integrated Offering.
Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person
acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers
or
sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated
with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act
which
would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities
Act,
or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market
on
which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(aa) Solvency.
Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing
Date
after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the
sale
of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets
exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and
as
proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account
the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company,
and
projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii)
the
projected cash flow of the Company from its future operations, together with
the
proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets,
after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts
are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its
ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing
and
amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company
has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it
will
file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization
laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule
3.1(aa)
sets
forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness
of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary
has
commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means
(x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect
of
indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected
in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value
of
any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
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(bb) Tax
Status.
Except
for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each
Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon,
and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted
or
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
(cc) No
General Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or
sold
any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the
Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule
501 under the Securities Act.
(dd) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person
acting on behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any
funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds,
(iii)
failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by
any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation
of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ee) Accountants.
The
Company’s accounting firm is Xxxxxx Xxxxx. To the knowledge and belief of the
Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm
as
required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect
to
the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the
year ended December 31, 2007.
(ff) Seniority.
As of
the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior
to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or
upon
liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured
by
purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying
assets
covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to
the
property covered thereby).
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(gg) No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers.
There
are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers
formerly or presently employed by the Company and except as noted in
Schedule
3.1(aa),
the
Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers
which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under
any of the Transaction Documents.
(hh) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely
in
the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further
acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of
the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given
by any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby
is
merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company
further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely
on the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(ii) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Trading Activity.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary
(except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged
by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked to agree by
the
Company, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling,
long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based
on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified
term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser,
specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative”
transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement
transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s
publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv)
each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control
over
any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The
Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers
may
engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the
Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods
that the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities
are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce
the
value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and
after
the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute
a
breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
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(jj) Regulation
M Compliance.
The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has,
(i)
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result
in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for,
purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
securities of the Company, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any
compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation
paid to
the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the
Securities.
(kk) Form
S-3 Eligibility.The
Company is eligible to register the resale of the Underlying Shares for resale
by the Purchaser on Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each
Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser if an entity, is an entity duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with
full
right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution
and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such
Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which a Purchaser is a party has
been
duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in
accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Own
Account.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have
not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and
not
with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
has
no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons
to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation
and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant
to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable
federal
and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder
in
the ordinary course of its business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Midsummer
Investment Ltd. (“Midsummer”)
has
been approached by an institutional accredited investor that was introduced
to
Midsummer by the placement agent for this transaction (the “Potential
Purchaser”)
about
purchasing a portion of its Securities purchased hereunder after the Closing
in
a private transaction. Midsummer represents there are no present
understandings or agreements to transfer any of its Securities to such Potential
Purchaser, however, any such transfer otherwise in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.1(a) hereof shall in no way be deemed a breach of
Midsummer’s representations and warranties hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document.
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(c) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, such Purchaser was, and as
of
the date hereof such Purchaser is, and on each date on which such Purchaser
exercises any Warrants or converts any Debentures such Purchaser will be
either:
(i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
(a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is
not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
Exchange Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Purchaser.
Such
Purchaser, either alone or together with his or its representatives, has
such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of
such
investment.
(e) General
Solicitation.
Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published
in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) Short
Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
Other
than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser
has
not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant
to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period
commencing from
the time
that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the
Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material
terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof
(“Discussion
Time”).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions
of
such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply
with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that
made
the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has
maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection
with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company
or
to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in
Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide
to the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall
be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer
does
not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities
Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing
to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement
and
shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement.
(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1,
of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
[NEITHER]
THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE]
[CONVERTIBLE]] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT
TO
AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL
TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
[EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH
A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge
pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer
or
grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of
such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to
the
pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to
approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee,
secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further,
no
notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense,
the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee
or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with
a
pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject
to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation
and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under
the
Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to
appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including
the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security
is
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such
Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares
are
eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company
to be
in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144
as to
such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions
or (iv)
if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities
Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the
staff
of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion
to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the
Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any
portion of a Debenture is converted or Warrant is exercised at a time when
there
is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying
Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144, without
the
requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public
information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission)
then
such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees
that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer
required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading
Days
following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent
of a
certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a
restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend
Removal Date”),
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing
such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company
may
not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer
Agent
that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.
Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall
be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account
of
the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as
directed by such Purchaser.
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(d) In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to
a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
for
each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on
the
date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal
of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading
Day
(increasing to $20 per Trading Day 5 Trading Days after such damages have
begun
to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second Trading Day following the
Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend.
Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for
the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as
required by the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser shall have the
right
to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without
limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive
relief.
(e) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
such
Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with
the
plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal
of the
restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth
in
this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this
understanding.
4.2 Acknowledgment
of Dilution.
The
Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial
under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation,
its
obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off,
counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution
or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of
the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other
stockholders of the Company.
4.3 Furnishing
of Information.
If the
Common Stock is not registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange
Act
on the date hereof, the Company agrees to cause the Common Stock to be
registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on or before the
60th
calendar
day following the date hereof. Until the time that no Purchaser owns Securities,
the Company covenants maintain the registration of the Common Stock under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period)
all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant
to
the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company
is
not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare
and
furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule
144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities
under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities
without
registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption
provided by Rule 144. Upon a cashless exercise of the Warrant, the holding
period for purpose of Rule 144 shall tack back to the original date of issuance
of such Warrants.
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4.4 Integration.
The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities to
the
Purchasers in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities
Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated
with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market.
4.5 Conversion
and Exercise Procedures.
Each of
the form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants and the form of Notice
of Conversion included in the Debentures set
forth
the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise
the Warrants or convert the Debentures. No additional legal opinion, other
information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise
their Warrants or convert their Debentures. The Company shall honor exercises
of
the Warrants and conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver Underlying
Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth
in
the Transaction Documents.
4.6 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
The
Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately
following the date hereof, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing
the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and including the
Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company and each Purchaser
shall
consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect
to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser
shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement
without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release
of
any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect
to
any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be
withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which
case
the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice
of
such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include
the
name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory
agency
or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except:
(a) as required by federal securities law in connection with (i) any
registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement
and
(ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages
thereto) with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this
clause
(b).
4.7 Shareholder
Rights Plan.
No
claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the
Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any
control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or
arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser
could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement,
by
virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any
other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
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4.8 Non-Public
Information.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees
that
neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any
Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company
believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto
such
Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality
and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each
Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions
in securities of the Company.
4.9 Use
of
Proceeds.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
4.9
attached
hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds for:
(a)
the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of
trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior
practices), (b) the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
or (c) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.
4.10 Indemnification
of Purchasers.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold
each
Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role
of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any
other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning
of
Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and
the
directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees
(and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding
such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling person (each, a “Purchaser
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result
of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in
any
capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder
of
the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action
is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or
covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings
such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the
Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser
which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance).
If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of
which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party
shall
promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right
to
assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right
to
employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of
such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof
has
been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company
has
failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ
counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such
separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position
of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more
than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser
Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected
without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a
loss,
claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of
any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such
Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction
Documents.
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4.11 Reservation
and Listing of Securities.
(a) The
Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common
Stock
for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may
then be
required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.
As
of the Closing Date, the Company has reserved the following amount of its
shares
of Common Stock: (i) 48,000,000 shares underlying the Debentures and (ii)
19,000,000 shares underlying the Warrants. In reserving the foregoing amount
of
shares for the Purchasers of the Debentures and Warrants, the Company: (a)
has
obtained the irrevocable agreement from each of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx
and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx that effective as of the closing of the Purchase Agreement,
they
shall each not exercise their rights to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of
Common Stock (6,000,000 shares in the aggregate) with respect to their
performance options granted in December 2007 to the extent that the issuance
of
the shares underlying such options would reduce the presently reserved shares
for the Purchasers; and (ii) the Company acknowledges and agrees that it
will
only issue shares of its Common Stock toward the payment of interest with
respect to the Debentures if it satisfies all of the Equity Conditions (as
defined in the Debentures) with respect to such payment, including, without
limitation, to the extent that at that time of such payment, it has reserved
a
number of shares equal to the Required Minimum as of such date.
(b) If,
on
any date (including, but not limited to, the Closing Date), the number of
authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock
is
less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors
shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or
articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as
soon as
possible and in any event not later than the 75th day after such
date.
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(c) The
Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the
principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an
additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common
Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application,
(ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be
approved for listing on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter,
(iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing and (iv) maintain
the
listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum
on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.
4.12 Participation
in Future Financing.
(a) From
the
date hereof until the date that the Debentures are no longer outstanding,
upon
any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock, Common
Stock Equivalents, Indebtedness (or a combination of units hereof) (a
“Subsequent
Financing”),
each
Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to an amount of the
Subsequent Financing equal to 30% of the Subsequent Financing (the “Participation
Maximum”)
on the
same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing.
(b) At
least
5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company
shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect
a
Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”),
which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of
such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent
Financing Notice”).
Upon
the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for
a
Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than
1
Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to
such
Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail
the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended
to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such
Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term
sheet
or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.
(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City
time)
on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser
is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the
Purchaser’s participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing,
and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such
5th
Trading
Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it
does
not elect to participate.
(d) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications
by
the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing
(or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than
the
total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Participation Maximum,
Company may effect the remaining portion of the Participation Maximum of
such
Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the
Subsequent Financing Notice.
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(e) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company
receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking
to
purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each
such
Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined
below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro
Rata Portion”
means
the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing
Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.12 and (y) the sum
of the
aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date
by
all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.12.
(f) The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice,
and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth above
in
this Section 4.12, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent
Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth
in
such Subsequent Financing Notice within 30 Trading Days after the date of
the
initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.12 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt
Issuance, or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common Stock.
4.13 Subsequent
Equity Sales.
(a) From
the
date hereof until 90 days after the Effective Date, neither the Company nor
any
Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents;
provided,
however,
the 90
day period set forth in this Section 4.13 shall be extended for the number
of
Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock
is
suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of
the
Underlying Shares.
(b) From
the
date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of the Securities,
the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement
to
effect any Subsequent Financing involving a Variable Rate Transaction.
“Variable
Rate Transaction”
means
a
transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or
include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A)
at a
conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is
based
upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares
of
Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity
securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject
to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt
or
equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events
directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market
for
the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited
to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at
a
future determined price.
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(c) So
long
as the Debentures or Warrants are outstanding, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary shall make any issuance whatsoever of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents at an effective price per share less than $0.50 (subject to
adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, stock dividends and
combinations and similar transactions affecting the Common Stock after the
Closing Date). Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief
against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be
in
addition to any right to collect damages.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt
Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt
Issuance.
4.14 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers.
No
consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall
be
offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification
of
any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration
is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further,
the
Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures
in
amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts
outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification
purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser
by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended
for
the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be
construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect
to the
purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.15 Short
Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof.
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants
that
neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it, will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing
with the Discussion Time and ending at such time the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section
4.6.
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants
that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will
maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction
and
the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure
Schedules. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company
after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first
publicly announced as described in Section 4.6; provided,
however, each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any other
Purchasers, that they will not enter into any Net Short Sales (as hereinafter
defined) from the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the
date
that is the earlier of (x) the 6-month anniversary of the Closing Date or
(y)
the date that such Purchaser no longer holds any Debentures. For purposes
of this Section 4.15, a “Net
Short Sale”
by
any
Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that is marked
as
a short sale and that is made at a time when there is no equivalent offsetting
long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser. For purposes of
determining whether there is an equivalent offsetting long position in Common
Stock held by the Purchaser, Underlying Shares that have not yet been converted
pursuant to the Debentures and Warrant Shares that have not yet been exercised
pursuant to the Warrants shall be deemed to be held long by the Purchaser,
and
the amount of shares of Common Stock held in a long position shall be all
unconverted Underlying
Shares and
unexercised Warrant Shares (ignoring any exercise limitations included therein)
issuable to such Purchaser on such date, plus any shares of Common Stock
or
other Common Stock Equivalents (other than the unconverted Underlying Shares
and
unexercised Warrant Shares described in this sentence) otherwise then held
by
such Purchaser. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions
of
such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with
respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made
the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
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4.16 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings.
The
Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as
required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon
request
of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall
reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or
to
qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under
applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and
shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any
Purchaser.
4.17 Capital
Changes.
Until
the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, other than in connection
with a
Permitted Reverse Stock Split (as defined below), the Company shall not
undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common
Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a majority
in
principal amount outstanding of the Debentures. As used herein, a “Permitted
Reverse Stock Split” is a reverse stock split of the Common Stock that is
approved on or before April 15, 2009 for purposes of satisfying minimum bid
requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the
Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and is effective
contemporaneous with, or immediately prior to, the approval of the Common
Stock
for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the
Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before March 12, 2008;
provided,
however,
that
such termination will not affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach
by
the other party (or parties).
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5.2 Fees
and Expenses.
At the
Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse Enable Capital Management, LLC
(“Enable”)
the
non-accountable sum of $50,000 for its legal fees and expenses, none of which
has been paid prior to the Closing. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser,
prior to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement
attached hereto as Annex
A.
Except
as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each
party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and
other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes
and
duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchasers.
5.3 Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto,
contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth
on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if
such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading
Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
second
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications
shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended
except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company and the Purchasers holding at least 67% in interest of the Securities
then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom
enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default
with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement
shall
be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof,
nor
shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder
in any
manner impair the exercise of any such right.
5.6 Headings.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.7 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign
any
or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser
assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees
in
writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
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5.8 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set
forth
in Section 4.10.
5.9 Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard
to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively
in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party
hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to
the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for
such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute
good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party
for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
5.10 Survival.
The
representations and warranties shall survive the Closing and the delivery
of the
Securities for the applicable statute of limitations.
5.11 Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when
taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered
to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature
shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on
whose
behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
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5.12 Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any
Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations
within
the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw,
in
its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company,
any
relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice
to its
future actions and rights; provided,
however,
that in
the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture or exercise of a
Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock
subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.
5.14 Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation),
or
in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but
only
upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under
such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including
customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement
Securities.
5.15 Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The
parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction
Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for
specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at
law
would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant
to
any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights
thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee,
receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation,
any
bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force
and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff
had not occurred.
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5.17 Usury.
To the
extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon
or
plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts
to
be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action
or
proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right
or
remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and
provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents
for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful
rate
authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”),
and,
without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or
default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in
the
nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the
Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the
maximum
contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction
Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental
action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest
allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents
from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by
applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess
of the
Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to
indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be
applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such
indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess
to be at such Purchaser’s election.
5.18 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several
and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall
be
responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations
of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained
herein
or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser
pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership,
an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a
group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently
protect
and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising
out of
this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in
any
proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own
separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and
their
respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through FWS.
FWS
does not represent all of the Purchasers but only Enable. The Company has
elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents
for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested
to do so by the Purchasers.
5.19 Liquidated
Damages.
The
Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company
and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security
pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due
and
payable shall have been canceled.
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5.20 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.If
the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
5.21 Construction.
The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed
and
had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
5.22 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY
AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO
THE
GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY,
IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories
as of
the date first indicated above.
CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
|
Address
for Notice:
Attention
Chief Executive Officer
000
X. Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
|
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
|
|
Xxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx Ltd.
000
X. Xxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
|
[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO CGSY SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the
date
first indicated above.
Name
of
Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
__________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________
Email
Address of Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________
Facsimile
Number of Authorized Signatory:
__________________________________________
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription
Amount: _____________
Warrant
Shares: _________________
EIN
Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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Annex
A
CLOSING
STATEMENT
Pursuant
to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto,
the
purchasers shall purchase up to $19,000,000 of Debentures and Warrants from
Capital Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”).
All
funds will be wired into an account maintained by the Company. All funds
will be
disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.
Disbursement
Date: March
___, 2008
I.
PURCHASE
PRICE
|
|
Gross
Proceeds to be Received
|
$
|
II. DISBURSEMENTS
|
|
|
$
|
|
$
|
$
|
|
$
|
|
$
|
|
Total
Amount Disbursed:
|
$
|
WIRE
INSTRUCTIONS:
|
|
To:
_____________________________________
|
|
To:
_____________________________________
|
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EXHIBIT
A
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE
HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM,
OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS
EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT,
THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED
IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
Original
Issue Date: March ___, 2008
Original
Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.50
$_______________
VARIABLE
RATE SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE
MARCH ___, 2013
THIS
SENIOR SECURED DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly
issued Variable Rate Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of Capital Growth
Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation, (the “Company”),
having its principal place of business at 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, designated as its Variable Rate Senior Secured
Convertible Debenture due March ___, 2013 (this debenture, the “Debenture”
and,
collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “Debentures”).
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to ________________________ or its
registered assigns (the “Holder”),
or
shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of
$_______________ on March ___, 2013 (the “Maturity
Date”)
or
such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid
as
provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate
unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in
accordance with the provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the
following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the
purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture,
(a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set
forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
1
“Alternate
Consideration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
“Bankruptcy
Event”
means
any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
(as
such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences
a case
or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation
or
similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed
within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other
order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or
any
Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or
the
like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged
or
stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or
any
Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit
of
creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a
meeting
of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or
restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate
or
other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
“Base
Conversion Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Beneficial
Ownership Limitation”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii).
“Business
Day”
means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which shall be a federal
legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in
the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action
to close.
“Buy-In”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
“Change
of Control Transaction”
means
the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the
date
hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule
13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether
through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by
contract or otherwise) of in excess of 40% of the voting securities of the
Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures
and the
Securities issued together with the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into
or
consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates
with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders
of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 60% of
the
aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such
transaction, or (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all
of
its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction own less than 60% of the aggregate voting power
of the
acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at
one
time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of
the
Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals
who
are members of the Board of Directors on the date hereof (or by those
individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date
whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of
the
members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or
(e)
the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party
or
by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses
(a)
through (d) above.
2
“Conversion”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.
“Conversion
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion
Schedule”
means
the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule
1
attached
hereto.
“Conversion
Shares”
means,
collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this
Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Debenture
Register”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Dilutive
Issuance”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Dilutive
Issuance Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Equity
Conditions”
means,
during the period in question, (a)
the
Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled
to
occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the
Holder,
if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other
amounts
owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture, (c)(i)
there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder
is
permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares
of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company
believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted
for
the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant
to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume
or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements
as
determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter
to
such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder,
(d)
the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable
pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on
such
Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of
the
Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable
future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the
shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing
Event of Default or no existing event which, with the passage of time or
the
giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance
of the
shares in question (or, in the case of an Optional Redemption, the shares
issuable upon conversion in full of the Optional Redemption Amount to the
Holder
would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) herein, (h)
there
has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction
or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the Holder
is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that
constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (j) for
each
Trading Day in a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable
date in question, the daily trading volume for the Common Stock on the principal
Trading Market exceeds 300,000 shares per Trading Day (subject to adjustment
for
forward and reverse stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions of the Common
Stock that occur after the Original Issue Date).
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“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“First
Year Optional Redemption”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“First
Year Optional Redemption Amount”
means
105% of the sum of (a) 25% of the then outstanding principal amount of the
Debenture, (b) accrued but unpaid interest, (c) an amount equal to all interest
that would have accrued if the principal amount subject to such First Year
Optional Redemption had remained outstanding through the Maturity Date and
(d)
all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of the
Debenture.
“First
Year Optional Redemption Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“First
Year Optional Redemption Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“First
Year Optional Redemption Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“First
Year Optional Redemption Period” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Fundamental
Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
“Interest
Conversion Rate”
means
the
lesser of (a) the Conversion Price or (b) 90%
of
the lesser of (i) the average of the VWAPs for the 20 consecutive Trading
Days
ending on the Trading Day that is immediately prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date or (ii) the average of the VWAPs for the 20 consecutive Trading
Days ending on the Trading Day that is immediately prior to the date the
applicable Interest Conversion Shares are issued and delivered if such delivery
is after the Interest Payment Date.
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“Interest
Conversion Shares”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest
Notice Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest
Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest
Share Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Late
Fees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Mandatory
Default Amount”
means
the sum of (a) the greater of (i) the outstanding principal amount of this
Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the
Conversion Price on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either (A) demanded
(if demand or notice is required to create an Event of Default) or otherwise
due
or (B) paid in full, whichever has a lower Conversion Price, multiplied by
the
VWAP on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either (x) demanded or
otherwise due or (y) paid in full, whichever has a higher VWAP, or (ii) 120%
of
the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus 100% of accrued
and
unpaid interest hereon, (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated
damages due in respect of this Debenture and (c) an amount equal to all interest
that would have accrued if the principal amount subject to such Mandatory
Default had remained outstanding through the Maturity Date.
“New
York Courts”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
“Notice
of Conversion”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Optional
Redemption”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional
Redemption Amount”
means
the sum of (a) 100% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debenture,
(b) accrued but unpaid interest, (c) an amount equal to all interest that
would
have accrued if the principal amount subject to such Optional Redemption
had
remained outstanding through the Maturity Date and (d) all liquidated damages
and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture.
“Optional
Redemption Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional
Redemption Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
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“Optional
Redemption Period” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Original
Issue Date”
means
the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers
of
any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued
to
evidence such Debentures.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
means (a) the
indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, (b) the Indebtedness existing on
the
Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule
3.1(aa)
attached
to the Purchase Agreement and (c) lease obligations and purchase money
indebtedness of up to $250,000, in the aggregate, incurred in connection
with
the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly
acquired or leased assets.
“Permitted
Lien”
means
the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens
for
taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested
in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in
the
good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established
in
accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in
the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually
or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or
assets
or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of
the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of
preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property
or
asset subject to such Lien; (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted
Indebtedness under clause (a) thereunder; and (d) Liens incurred in connection
with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (c) thereunder, provided that such
Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other
than
the assets so acquired or leased.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2008 among the Company
and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time
in accordance with its terms.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase
Agreement, among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified
or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement that registers the resale of all Conversion Shares
and
Interest Conversion Shares of the Holder, names the Holder as a “selling
stockholder” therein, and meets the requirements of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Share
Delivery Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).
“Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date
(or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on
a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City
time)); (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not
then
quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common
Stock
are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices),
the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or
(d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder
and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Section
2. Interest.
a) Payment
of Interest in Cash or Kind.
The
Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and
then
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 5% per annum
until
the second anniversary of the Original Issue Date and 10% per annum thereafter,
payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning
on the
first such date after the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as
to
that principal amount then being converted), on each Optional Redemption
Date
(as to that principal amount then being redeemed), on each First Year Optional
Redemption Date (as to that principal amount then being redeemed) and on
the
Maturity Date (each such date, an “Interest
Payment Date”)
(if
any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment
shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or, at the Company’s
option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
shares
of Common Stock at the Interest Conversion Rate (the dollar amount to be
paid in
shares, the “Interest
Share Amount”)
or a
combination thereof; provided,
however,
that
payment in shares of Common Stock may only occur if (i) all of the Equity
Conditions have been met (unless waived by the Holder in writing) during
the 20
Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date (the
“Interest
Notice Period”)
and
through and including the date such shares of Common Stock are actually issued
to the Holder, (ii) the Company shall have given the Holder notice in accordance
with the notice requirements set forth below and (iii) as to such Interest
Payment Date, prior to such Interest Notice Period (but not more than five
(5)
Trading Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Notice Period), the
Company shall have delivered to the Holder’s account with The Depository Trust
Company a number of shares of Common Stock to be applied against such Interest
Share Amount equal to the quotient of (x) the applicable Interest Share Amount
divided by (y) the lesser of the (i) then Conversion Price and (ii) the Interest
Conversion Rate assuming for such purposes that the Interest Payment Date
is the
Trading Day immediately prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice
Period
(the “Interest
Conversion Shares”).
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b) Company’s
Election to Pay Interest in Cash or Shares of Common Stock.
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest
hereunder in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof shall
be at
the sole discretion of the Company. Prior to the commencement of any Interest
Notice Period, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of
its
election to pay interest hereunder on the applicable Interest Payment Date
either in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof and the Interest
Share Amount as to the applicable Interest Payment Date, provided that the
Company may indicate in such notice that the election contained in such notice
shall apply to future Interest Payment Dates until revised by a subsequent
notice. During any Interest Notice Period, the Company’s election (whether
specific to an Interest Payment Date or continuous) shall be irrevocable
as to
such Interest Payment Date. Subject to the aforementioned conditions, failure
to
timely deliver such written notice to the Holder shall be deemed an election
by
the Company to pay the interest on such Interest Payment Date in cash. At
any
time the Company delivers a notice to the Holder of its election to pay the
interest in shares of Common Stock, the Company shall timely file a prospectus
supplement pursuant to Rule 424 disclosing such election. The aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Holder on an Interest
Payment Date shall be reduced by the number of Interest Conversion Shares
previously issued to the Holder in connection with such Interest Payment
Date.
c) Interest
Calculations.
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of
twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the
Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together
with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts
which
may become due hereunder, has been made. Payment of interest in shares of
Common
Stock (other than the Interest Conversion Shares issued prior to an Interest
Notice Period) shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii) herein
and,
solely for purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the Interest Payment
Date shall be deemed the Conversion Date. Interest shall cease to accrue
with
respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually
delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section
4(d)(ii) herein. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name
this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding
registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture
Register”).
Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company pays interest
partially in cash and partially in shares of Common Stock to the holders
of the
Debentures, then such payment of cash shall be distributed ratably among
the
holders of the then-outstanding Debentures based on their (or their
predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
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d) Late
Fee.
All
overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late
fee
at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 16% per annum or the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law (the “Late
Fees”)
which
shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and
including the date of actual payment in full. Notwithstanding anything to
the
contrary contained herein, if, on any Interest Payment Date the Company has
elected to pay accrued interest in the form of Common Stock but the Company
is
not permitted to pay accrued interest in Common Stock because it fails to
satisfy the conditions for payment in Common Stock set forth in Section 2(a)
herein, then, at
the
option of the Holder, the
Company, in lieu of delivering either
shares
of
Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2 or
paying
the regularly scheduled interest payment in cash, shall deliver, within three
(3) Trading Days of each applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash
equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise
deliverable to the Holder in connection with the payment of interest due
on such
Interest Payment Date multiplied by (y) the highest VWAP during the period
commencing on the Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading Day prior
to
the date such payment is actually made. If any Interest Conversion Shares
are
issued to the Holder in connection with an Interest Payment Date and are
not
applied against an Interest Share Amount, then the Holder shall promptly
return
such excess shares to the Company.
e) Prepayment.
Except
as otherwise set forth in this Debenture, the Company may not prepay any
portion
of the principal amount of this Debenture without the prior written consent
of
the Holder.
Section
3. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
a) Different
Denominations.
This
Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures
of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer
or
exchange.
b) Investment
Representations.
This
Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of
the
original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred
or
exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal
and state securities laws and regulations.
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c) Reliance
on Debenture Register.
Prior
to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company
and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture
is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the
purpose
of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether
or
not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent
shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section
4. Conversion.
a) Voluntary
Conversion.
At any
time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer
outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into
shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from
time to
time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(c)
hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company
a
Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex
A
(each, a
“Notice
of Conversion”),
specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted
and
the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the
“Conversion
Date”).
If no
Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date
shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder.
To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically
surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount
of
this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so
converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the
applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records
showing
the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The
Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within 2 Business
Days of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute
or
discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative
in
the absence of manifest error. The
Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and
agree
that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion
of a
portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of
this
Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.
b) Conversion
Price.
The
conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $0.50,
subject
to adjustment herein (the “Conversion
Price”).
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c) Conversion
Limitations.
The
Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall
not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent
that
after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice
of
Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other
person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the
Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the
Holder
and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination
is
being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which
are
issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount
of
this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates
and (B)
exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other
securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation,
any
other Debentures or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its
Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of
this Section 4(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance
with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(c)
applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation
to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and
of
which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole
discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall
be
deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be
converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with
any
Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible,
in each
case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with
this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each
time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has
not
violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall
have
no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.
In
addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall
be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For
purposes of this Section 4(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares
of
Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Company’s
most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be; (B) a more recent
public announcement by the Company; or (C) a more recent notice by the Company
or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the
Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case,
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date
as of
which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The
“Beneficial
Ownership Limitation”
shall
be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less
than
61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(c), provided that the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of
shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture held
by the
Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section
4(c)
shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective
until the 61st
day
after such notice is delivered to the Company. The
Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed
and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the
terms
of this Section 4(c) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which
may
be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation
contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable
to
properly give effect to such limitation.
The
limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder
of
this
Debenture.
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d) Mechanics
of Conversion.
i. Conversion
Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount.
The
number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be
determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal
amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion
Price.
ii. Delivery
of Certificate Upon Conversion.
Not
later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share
Delivery Date”),
the
Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate
or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the
earlier of (i) the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii)
the
Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions
(other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement)
representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion
of this Debenture (including, if the Company has given continuous notice
pursuant to Section 2(b) for payment of interest in shares of Common Stock
at
least 20 Trading Days prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion
is
delivered to the Company, shares of Common Stock representing the payment
of
accrued interest otherwise determined pursuant to Section 2(a) but assuming
that
the Interest Notice Period is the 20 Trading Days period immediately prior
to
the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company and
excluding for such issuance the condition that the Company deliver Interest
Conversion Shares as to such interest payment), (B) a bank check or wire
transfer in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has
elected or is required to pay accrued interest in cash) and (C) a bank check
or
wire transfer in the amount equal to all interest that would have accrued
if the
principal amount subject to such Notice of Conversion had remained outstanding
through the Maturity Date. On or after the earlier of (i) the six month
anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, the Company
shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required
to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) electronically through
the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation
performing similar functions.
iii. Failure
to Deliver Certificates.
If in
the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are
not
delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading
Day
after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written
notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate
or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall
promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company
and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock
certificates representing the principal amount of this Debenture unsuccessfully
tendered for conversion to the Company.
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iv. Obligation
Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages.
The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion
of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce
the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the
recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the
same,
or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any
breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation
to
the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or
any
other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise
limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the
issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided,
however,
that
such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action
the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this
Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal
amount
hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the
Holder
or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any
violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction
from a
court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all
or
part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company
posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of
the
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the
injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of
arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which
shall
be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence
of
such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable,
cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason
to
deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section
4(d)(ii) by the fifth Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Company
shall
pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for
each
$1,000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing
to
$20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th)
Trading
Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after
such fifth (5rd)
Trading
Day until such certificates are delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s
right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to
Section 8 hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within
the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue
all
remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without
limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The
exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to
enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable
law.
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v. Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon
Conversion.
In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails
for
any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the
Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii), and if after such Share
Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in
an
open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise
purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by
the
Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive
upon
the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other
remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the
Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number
of
shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the
conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the
sell
order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any
brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue
(if
surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal
amount
of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares
of
Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied
with
its delivery requirements under Section 4(d)(ii). For example, if the Holder
purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover
a
Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect
to
which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage
commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000
under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall
be
required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In
and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon
conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
vi. Reservation
of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion.
The
Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of
its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of
issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this
Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other
actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the
other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of
shares
of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in
the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments
and
restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal
amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company
covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall,
upon
issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and,
if
the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall
be
registered for public sale in accordance with such Registration
Statement.
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vii. Fractional
Shares.
No
fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon
the conversion of this Debenture. As to any fraction of a share which Holder
would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company
shall
at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction
in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or
round
up to the next whole share.
viii. Transfer
Taxes.
The
issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of
this
Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary
stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery
of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to
pay
any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance
and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than
that
of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be
required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person
or
persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the
amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company
that such tax has been paid.
Section
5. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock
Dividends and Stock Splits.
If the
Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (i) pays a stock
dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares
of
Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which,
for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued
by
the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Debentures),
(ii)
subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares,
(iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares
of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event
of a
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock
of
the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction
of
which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
any
treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event
and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall
become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
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b) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If, at
any time while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary,
as
applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any
right
to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant
or
any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common
Stock
Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an
effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such
lower price, the “Base
Conversion Price”
and
such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”)
(if
the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall
at
any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions,
floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to
warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with
such
issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price
per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be
deemed
to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive
Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base
Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock
or
Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect
of
an Exempt Issuance.
If the
Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition
set
forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion
price
at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall
notify
the Holder in writing, no later than 1 Business Day following the issuance
of
any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b),
indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price,
exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the
“Dilutive
Issuance Notice”).
For
purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive
Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any
Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion
Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such
Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to
the
Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
c) Subsequent
Rights Offerings.
If the
Company, at any time while the Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders)
entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price
per share that is lower than the VWAP on the record date referenced below,
then
the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator
shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date
of
issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares
of
Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date
of
issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered (assuming
delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable upon exercise
of
such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
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d) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, distributes to
all
holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences of its indebtedness
or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe
for or purchase any security (other than the Common Stock, which shall be
subject to Section 5(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price shall
be
adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
to the
record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined
as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be
such
VWAP on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date
of
the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable
to 1 outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall
be
described in a statement delivered to the Holder describing the portion of
assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights
applicable to 1 share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after
the
record date mentioned above.
e) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any
merger
or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company
effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction
or
a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which
holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares
for
other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant
to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for
other
securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”),
then,
upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the
right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable
upon
such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as
it
would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
the holder of 1 share of Common Stock (the “Alternate
Consideration”).
For
purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price
shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based
on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of 1 share of Common
Stock
in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion
Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting
the
relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.
If
holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or
property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall
be
given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon
any
conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction. To the
extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to
the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to
the
Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing
the Holder’s right to convert such debenture into Alternate Consideration. The
terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected
shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply
with the provisions of this Section 5(e) and insuring that this Debenture
(or
any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent
transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
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f) Calculations.
All
calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section
5,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding
as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.
g) Notice
to the Holder.
i. Adjustment
to Conversion Price.
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this
Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting
forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief
statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice
to Allow Conversion by Holder.
If (A)
the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever
form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring
cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or
of any
rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required
in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation
or
merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property
or
(E) the
Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or
winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company
shall
cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered
to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture
Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record
or
effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x)
the
date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be
taken,
the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled
to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective
or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common
Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock
for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the
failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the
20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective
date
of the event triggering such notice.
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h) Other
Adjustments.
On the
210th
calendar
day following the Original Issue Date (the “Trigger
Date”),
the
Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the lesser of (i) the then Conversion
Price and (ii) a price equal to 90% of the average of each of the VWAPs for
the
5 Trading Days immediately prior to the Trigger Date. For clarity, the
Conversion Price can only be adjusted downward pursuant to this Section 5(h).
Section
6. Redemption.
a) First
Year Optional Redemption at Election of Company.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 6(a), at any time prior to the 12-month
anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Company may deliver a notice
to the
Holder (a “First
Year Optional Redemption Notice”
and
the
date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “First
Year Optional Redemption Notice Date”)
of its
irrevocable election to redeem some or all of up to 25% of the then outstanding
principal amount of this Debenture for cash in an amount equal to the First
Year
Optional Redemption Amount on the 5th
Trading
Day following the First Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the
“First
Year Optional Redemption Date”,
such 5
Trading Day period, the “First
Year Optional Redemption Period”
and
such redemption, the “First
Year Optional Redemption”).
The
First Year Optional Redemption Amount is payable in full on the First Year
Optional Redemption Date. The Company covenants and agrees that it will honor
all Notices of Conversion for any principal amount not subject to a First
Year
Optional Redemption Notice that are tendered from the time of delivery of
the
First Year Optional Redemption Notice through the date all amounts owing
thereon
are due and paid in full. The
Company’s determination to effect a First Year Optional Redemption shall be
applied ratably to all of the holders of the then outstanding Debentures
based
on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement.
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b) Optional
Redemption at Election of Company.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 6(b), if after the 12-month anniversary
of the
Original Issue Date, the
VWAP
for each of any 20 consecutive Trading Days, which period shall have commenced
only after the 12-month anniversary of the Original Issue Date (such period
the
“Threshold
Period”),
exceeds $1.00 (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits,
stock
dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Stock
that occur after the Original Issue Date), the Company may, within 1 Trading
Day
after the end of any such Threshold Period, deliver a written notice to the
Holder (an
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
and
the
date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional
Redemption Notice Date”)
of its
irrevocable election to redeem some or all of the then outstanding principal
amount of this Debenture for cash in an amount equal to the Optional Redemption
Amount on the 20th
Trading
Day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Optional
Redemption Date”,
such
20 Trading Day period, the “Optional
Redemption Period”
and
such redemption, the “Optional
Redemption”).
The
Optional Redemption Amount is payable in full on the Optional Redemption
Date.
The Company may only effect an Optional Redemption if each of the Equity
Conditions shall have been met (unless waived in writing by the Holder) on
each
Trading Day during the period commencing on the Optional Redemption Notice
Date
through to the Optional Redemption Date and
through and including the date payment of the Optional Redemption Amount
is
actually made in full.
If any
of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time during the
Optional Redemption Period, then the Holder may elect to nullify the Optional
Redemption Notice by notice to the Company within 3 Trading Days after the
first
day on which any such Equity Condition has not been met (provided that if,
by a
provision of the Transaction Documents, the Company is obligated to notify
the
Holder of the non-existence of an Equity Condition, such notice period shall
be
extended to the third Trading Day after proper notice from the Company) in
which
case the Optional Redemption Notice shall be null and void, ab initio.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Conversion
tendered from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through
the
date all amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full. The
Company’s determination to pay an Optional Redemption in cash shall be applied
ratably to all of the holders of the then outstanding Debentures based on
their
(or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.
c) Redemption
Procedure.
The
payment of cash pursuant to an Optional Redemption or a First Year Optional
Redemption shall be payable on the Optional Redemption Date or First Year
Optional Redemption Date, as applicable. If any portion of the payment pursuant
to an Optional Redemption or First Year Optional Redemption shall not be
paid by
the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at
an
interest rate equal to the lesser of 16% per annum or the maximum rate permitted
by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything
herein contained to the contrary, if any portion of the Optional Redemption
Amount or First Year Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such
date,
the Holder may elect, by written notice to the Company given at any time
thereafter, to invalidate such Optional Redemption or First Year Optional
Redemption, ab initio,
and,
the Company shall have no further right to exercise such Optional Redemption
or
First Year Optional Redemption, as applicable. The
Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture
pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption
under
this Section 6 by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the
Company.
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Section
7. Negative
Covenants.
As long
as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the holders
of at
least 67% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall have
otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the Original
Issue Date) to, directly or indirectly:
a) other
than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee
or
suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including,
but
not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or
assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or
profits
therefrom;
b) other
than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any
Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now
owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
c) amend
its
charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects
any rights of the Holder;
d) repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a
de minimis
number
of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than as to
(i)
the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares as permitted or required under the
Transaction Documents and (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided
that
such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers
and
directors during the term of this Debenture;
e) repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness,
other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled
principal and interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original
Issue Date, provided that such payments shall not be permitted if, at such
time,
or after giving effect to such payment, any Event of Default exist or
occur;
f) pay
cash
dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;
g) enter
into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required
to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such
transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than
a
quorum otherwise required for board approval); or
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h) enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
Section
8. Events
of Default.
a) “Event
of Default”
means,
wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for
such
event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected
by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court,
or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
i. any
default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B)
interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any
Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on
a
Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which
default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under
clause
(B) above, is not cured within 5 Trading Days;
ii. the
Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement
contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the Company of its
obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion,
which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured,
if
possible to cure, within the earlier to occur
of
(A)
7
Trading
Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other
Holder
to the
Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have
become aware of such failure;
iii. a
default
or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the
applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any of
the
Transaction Documents or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document
or
instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered
by clause (vi) below);
iv. any
representation
or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any
written
statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement
or
certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall
be
untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed
made;
v. the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w)
of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
vi. the
Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any
mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring
agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which
there
may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money
due
under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an
obligation greater than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or
shall
hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
due and payable;
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vii. the
Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on
a
Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for
trading thereon within five Trading Days;
viii. the
Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental
Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 40%
of its
assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or
not
such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);
ix. the
Company does not meet the current public information requirements under Rule
144
in respect of the Registrable Securities (as defined under the Registration
Rights Agreement);
x. if,
during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), either (a) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses
for any reason or (b) the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the
Registration Statement for a period of more than 30 consecutive Trading Days
or
45 non-consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period; provided,
however,
that if
the Company
is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or
substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction and, in the written
opinion of counsel to the Company, the Registration Statement would be required
to be amended to include information concerning such pending transaction(s)
or
the parties thereto which information is not available or may not be publicly
disclosed at the time, the Company shall be permitted an additional 10
consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period pursuant to this Section
8(a)(x);
xi. the
Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior
to
the seventh Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(d)
pursuant to Section 6(d) or the Company shall provide at any time notice
to the
Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to
not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the
terms hereof; or
xii. any
monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed
against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or
other
assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process
shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar
days.
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b) Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture,
plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing
in
respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s
election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount.
Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results
in
the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture
shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 16% per annum or
the
maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of
the
Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture
to
or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described
herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder
may
immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all
of
its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it
under
applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder
at any
time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a
holder
of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment
pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect
any
subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
9. Miscellaneous.
a) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder
hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall
be in
writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally
recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address
set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company
may
specify for such purpose by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance
with
this Section 9(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
to
be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered
personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier
service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the
Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number
or
address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder. Any notice
or
other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature
page prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date immediately
following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered
via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page between
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any
date,
(iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt
by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
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b) Absolute
Obligation.
Except
as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter
or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to
pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable,
on
this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein
prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This
Debenture ranks pari passu
with all
other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth
herein.
c) Lost
or Mutilated Debenture.
If this
Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall
execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
of a
mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen
or
destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture
so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence
of
such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof,
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
d) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Debenture shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers,
shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New
York Courts”).
Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the New
York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein
(including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents),
and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action
or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of
such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient
venue
for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address
in
effect for notices to it under this Debenture and agrees that such service
shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
and
all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating
to
this Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall
commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture,
then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed
by
the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred
in
the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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e) Waiver.
Any
waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this
Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other
breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this
Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not
be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist
upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver
by
the Company or the Holder must be in writing.
f) Severability.
If any
provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance
of
this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable
to
any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all
other
Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other
amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing
usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically
be
lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable
law.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
shall
not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take
the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law
which
would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent
it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage
of any
such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder,
but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law
has
been enacted.
g) Next
Business Day.
Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day
other
than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day.
h) Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of
this Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
i) Assumption.
Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental
Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all
of the
obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction
Documents pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Holder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and
(ii)
issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor entity evidenced by
a
written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this
Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest
rate equal to the principal amount and the interest rate of this Debenture
and
having similar ranking to this Debenture, which shall be satisfactory to
the
Holder (any such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The
provisions of this Section 9(i) shall apply similarly and equally to successive
Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations
of this Debenture.
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j) Secured
Obligation.
The
obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by all assets
of the
Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as
of
March 5, 2008 between the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company and the
Secured Parties (as defined therein).
k) Amendments.
This
Debenture may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with
the
prior written consent of the Company and Holders holding Debentures at least
equal to 67% of the aggregate principal amount then outstanding under all
Debentures.
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[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed
by a
duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Facsimile
No. for delivery of Notices: _______________
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Variable Rate Senior
Secured Convertible Debenture due March ___, 2013 of Capital Growth Systems,
Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
into
shares of common stock (the “Common
Stock”),
of
the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.
If
shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than
the
undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably
requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged
to the
holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
By
the
delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants
to
the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts
specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance
with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
The
undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under
the
applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid
shares of Common Stock.
Conversion
calculations:
Date
to
Effect Conversion:
Principal
Amount of Debenture to be Converted:
Payment
of Interest in Common Stock __ yes __ no
If
yes,
$_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.
Number
of
shares of Common Stock to be issued:
Signature:
Name:
Address
for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:
Or
DWAC
Instructions:
Broker
No:
Account
No:
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Schedule
1
CONVERSION
SCHEDULE
The
Variable Rate Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due on March ___, 2013
in the
original principal amount of $____________ is issued by Capital Growth Systems,
Inc., a Florida corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions
made
under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.
Dated:
Date
of Conversion
(or
for first entry, Original Issue Date)
|
Amount
of Conversion
|
Aggregate
Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or
original Principal Amount)
|
Company
Attest
|
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EXHIBIT
B
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of March 11, 2008, between Capital Growth Systems,
Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”)
and
each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a
“Purchaser”
and,
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This
Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
as of the
date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase
Agreement”).
The
Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
1.
Definitions
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase
Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Advice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Effectiveness
Date”
means,
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, the 60th
calendar
day following the earlier of (i) the Filing Date or (ii) the date such
Registration Statement is initially filed with the Commission (or, in the
event
of a “full review” by the Commission, the 90th
calendar
day following the earlier of (i) the Filing Date or (ii) the date such
Registration Statement is initially filed with the Commission) and with
respect
to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant
to
Section 3(c), the 60th
calendar
day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is
required
to be filed hereunder; provided,
however,
that in
the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of
the
above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject
to
further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration
Statement shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the
Company
is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required
above.
“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Event
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Filing
Date”
means,
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder,
the
earlier of (a) May 1, 2008 and (b) the 15th
calendar
day following the date the Company files its Annual Report with the Commission
for its year ended December 31, 2007, and, with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c),
the
earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance
to
file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable
Securities.
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“Holder”
or
“Holders”
means
the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial
Registration Statement”
means
the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Initial
Shares”
means
a
number of Registrable Securities equal to the lesser of (i) the total number
of
Registrable Securities and (ii) one-third of the number of issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock that are held by non-affiliates of the
Company on the day immediately prior to the filing date of the Initial
Registration Statement.
“Losses”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan
of Distribution”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prospectus”
means
the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted
from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon
Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act),
as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the
terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by
a
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities”
means
(a) all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in full
of the
Debentures (assuming on the date of determination the Debentures are converted
in full without regard to any conversion limitations therein), (b) all
shares of
Common Stock issuable as interest or principal on the Debentures assuming
all
permissible interest and principal payments are made in shares of Common
Stock
and the Debentures are held until maturity, (c) all Warrant Shares (assuming
on
the date of determination the Warrants are exercised in full without regard
to
any exercise limitations therein), (d) any additional shares of Common
Stock
issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Debentures
or
the Warrants (in each case, without giving effect to any limitations on
conversion set forth in the Debentures or limitations on exercise set forth
in
the Warrants) and (e) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock
split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with
respect
to the foregoing; provided, however,
that
the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness, or file
another
Registration Statement hereunder with respect to any Registrable Securities
that
are not subject to the current public information requirement under Rule
144 and
that are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions
without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by
the
Commission pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed,
delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected
Holders.
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“Registration
Statement”
means
any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section
2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section
3(c),
including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to
any such
registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference
or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration
statement.
“Rule
415”
means
Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such
Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule
or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule
424”
means
Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such
Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule
or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling
Stockholder Questionnaire”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“SEC
Guidance”
means
(i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements
or
requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
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2.
Shelf
Registration
(a) On
or
prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all or such
maximum
portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided
that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission
for
the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with
the SEC
Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations D.29) that are not then registered on an effective
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis
pursuant
to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form
S-3
(except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall
be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless
otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders)
substantially the “Plan
of Distribution”
attached hereto as Annex
A.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts
to cause
a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities
Act as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to
the
applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until all
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
sold, or
may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule
144,
without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current
public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel
to
the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed
and
acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”).
The
Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement
as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall
immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness
of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company
telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall
be the
date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company
shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the Trading Day after the effective
date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission
as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within 1 Trading
Day of
such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus
as
foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(b). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated
damages pursuant to Section 2(b), if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation
on
the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular
Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent
efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or
a greater
portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing
by a
Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities
to
be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by
Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case
that
some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis
based
on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders),
and
second by Registrable Securities represented by Conversion Shares (applied,
in
the case that some Conversion Shares may be registered, to the Holders
on a pro
rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Conversion Shares
held by
such Holders); provided,
however,
that,
prior to any reduction in the number of Registrable Securities included
in a
Registration Statement as set forth in this sentence, all shares of Common
Stock
set forth on Schedule
6(b)
hereto
shall be reduced first. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company
shall
give the Holder at least 5 Trading Days prior written notice along with
the
calculations as to such Holder’s allotment.
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(b) If:
(i)
the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing
Date
(if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording
the
Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by
Section
3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause
(i)),
or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration
of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by
the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of
the date
that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier)
by the
Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not
be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a
Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment
and
otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect
of
such Registration Statement within ten calendar days after the receipt
of
comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required
in
order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv)
as to,
in the aggregate among all Holders on a pro-rata basis based on their purchase
of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a Registration Statement
registering for resale all of the Initial Shares is not declared effective
by
the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of the Initial Registration Statement,
or (v) all of the Registrable Securities are not registered for resale
pursuant
to one or more effective Registration Statements on or before September
30, 2008
or (vi) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration
Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to
all
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the
Holders
are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell
such
Registrable Securities, (A) because the Company is negotiating a merger,
consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets
or
a similar transaction which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors, requires the Registration Statement to be amended to include
information in connection with such pending transaction (including the
parties
thereto) and such information is not yet available or publicly disclosable,
for
more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days (which need not be consecutive
days)
during any 12-month period or (B) for any reason (including (A) above),
more
than an aggregate of 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar
days) during any 12-month period or (vii) the Company shall fail for any
reason
to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144 as
to the
applicable Registrable Securities (any such failure or breach being referred
to
as an “Event”,
and
for purposes of clauses (i), (iv), (v) and (vii), the date on which such
Event
occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading
Day
period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date which such
ten
calendar day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (vi), the date
on
which such 30 or 60 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being
referred to as “Event
Date”),
then,
in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under
applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary
of each
such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such
date)
until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder
an
amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal
to 2%
of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such
Holder.
The parties agree that (1) the Company shall not be liable for liquidated
damages under this Agreement with respect to any unexercised Warrants or
Warrant
Shares and (2) the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Holder
under this Agreement shall be 12% of the aggregate Subscription Amount
paid by
such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If the Company fails to
pay any
partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven
days
after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate
of 16%
per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by
applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial
liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon,
are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms
hereof
shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior
to the
cure of an Event.
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3.
Registration
Procedures.
In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) Not
less
than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement
and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document
that
would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference),
the
Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed
to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to
be
incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders,
and
(ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered
public
accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the
reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall
not
file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments
or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company
is
notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days
after
the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or
one (1)
Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related
Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to
furnish
to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement
as Annex
B
(a
“Selling
Stockholder Questionnaire”)
on a
date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date
or by
the end of the fourth (4th)
Trading
Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in
accordance with this Section.
(b) (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration
Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all
of the
Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended
or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms
of this
Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to
Rule
424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received
from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true
and
complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating
to a
Registration Statement (provided that, the Company may excise any information
contained therein which would constitute material non-public information
as to
any Holder which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the
Company),
and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period
in
accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods
of
disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement
as
so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
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(c) If
during
the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time
exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in
a
Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional
Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than
the
number of such Registrable Securities.
(d) Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant
to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction
to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made) as
promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not
less than
one Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person)
confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following
the day
(i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when
the
Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such
Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing
on such
Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement
or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus
or for
additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any
other
federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv)
of the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening
of any
Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage
of
time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement
ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as
the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were
made, not misleading and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending
corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes
may
be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not
in the
best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration
Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any and all of such information
shall
remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes
public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provided,
further,
that
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is
material,
non-public information.
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(e) Use
its
best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of
(i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f) Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person,
and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available
on the XXXXX system need not be furnished in physical form.
(g) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use
of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except
after
the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h)
The
Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes
to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA
Corporate Financing Department pursuant to NASD Rule 2710, as requested
by any
such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such
filing
within two (2) Business Days of request therefor.
(i) Prior
to
any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling
Holders
in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from
the
Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale
by
the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions
within
the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep
each
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during
the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the
Company
shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material
tax in
any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general
consent
to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(j) If
requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities
to
be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement,
of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to
be in
such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may
request.
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(k) Upon
the
occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably
possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith
assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders
of
the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment,
including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to
be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document
so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made,
not misleading. If
the
Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi)
of
Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite
changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend
use of
such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the
use of
the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company
shall
be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the
availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the
payment
of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(b),
for a
period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days)
in
any 12 month period.
(l) Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
(m) The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by such
Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof
that have
voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that
the
Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails
to
furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any
liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only
shall
be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such
delay
shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered
to the Company.
4.
Registration
Expenses.
All
fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this
Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any
Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The
fees
and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without
limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation,
fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public
accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B)
with
respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which
the
Common Stock is then listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable
state
securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing
(including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the
Registrable Securities) and (D) if not previously paid by the Company in
connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect to any filing that may be
required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make
sales
of Registrable Securities with the FINRA pursuant to NASD Rule 2710, so
long as
the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in
connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without
limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities),
(iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements
of
counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the
Company
so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons
retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible
for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal
or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on
any
securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company
be
responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except
to
the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or
other
costs of the Holders.
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5.
Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification
by the Company.
The
Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify
and
hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners,
agents,
brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as
principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin
call
of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons
with
a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding
a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who
controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members,
stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with
a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding
a
lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person,
to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all
losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”),
as
incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any
omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus
or
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made)
not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company
of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule
or
regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that
(i)
such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding
such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly
for use
therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder
or such
Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was
reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for
use in a
Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto
for
this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated
or
defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing
that
the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such
Holder
of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the
Holders
promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising
from
or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of
which
the Company is aware.
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(b) Indemnification
by Holders.
Each
Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who
controls
the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and
Section
20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees
of
such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law,
from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of
or based
solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus,
or
in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus,
or
arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein
not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing
by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such information
relates
to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and
was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly
for use
in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved
Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of
the type
specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated
or
defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing
that
the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such
Holder
of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability
of
any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount
of the
net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities
giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct
of Indemnification Proceedings.
If any
Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to
indemnity
hereunder (an “Indemnified
Party”),
such
Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity
is sought
(the “Indemnifying
Party”)
in
writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the
defense
thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the
Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only)
to the
extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such
failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
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An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties
unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees
and
expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume
the
defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory
to such
Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any
such
Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified
Party
and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall
reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist
if
the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying
Party
in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of
the
Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to
assume
the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than
one
separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding
effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending
Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless
such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party
from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent
incurred
in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding
in a
manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified
Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to
the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses
applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially
determined not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(d) Contribution.
If the
indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses,
then
each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such
Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with
the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as
any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among
other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged
untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material
fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as
a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth
in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred
by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party
would
have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification
provided
for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its
terms.
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The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or
by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be
required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the
net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages
that such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in
addition
to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.
6.
Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies.
In the
event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law
and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled
to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and
each
Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation
for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions
of this
Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or
shall
waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No
Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration
Statements.
Neither
the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in
such
capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any
Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities. The Company
shall
not file any other registration statements until all Registrable Securities
are
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective
by
the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the
Company
from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date
of
this Agreement.
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(c) Compliance.
Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with
sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued
Disposition.
By its
acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt
of
a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described
in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement
until
it is advised in writing (the “Advice”)
by the
Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best
efforts
to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as
is
practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during
which
the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable
Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section
2(b).
(e) Piggy-Back
Registrations.
If, at
any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration
Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under
the
Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4
or Form
S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents
relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any
acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in
connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then
the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination
and, if within fifteen days after the date of the delivery of such notice,
any
such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
Holder requests to be registered; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities
pursuant to this Section 6(e) that are eligible for resale pursuant to
Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or that are
the
subject of a then effective Registration Statement.
(f) Amendments
and Waivers.
The
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence,
may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from
the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing
and
signed by the Company and the Holders of 67% or more of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities (including, for this purpose any Registrable Securities
issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security). If a Registration
Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant
to a
waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then
the
number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall
be
reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right
to
designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to
depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates
exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not
directly
or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by such Holder
or
Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent
relates; provided,
however,
that
the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented
except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this
Section
6(f).
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(g) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted
to be
provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(h) Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors
and
permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit
of each
Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the
then
outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective
rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the
Purchase Agreement.
(i) No
Inconsistent Agreements.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof,
nor
shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that
would
have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement
or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth
on
Schedule
3(l),
to the
Purchase Agreement neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights
with
respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied
in
full.
(j) Execution
and Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when
taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered
to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature
shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose
behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
(k) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions
of the
Purchase Agreement.
(l) Cumulative
Remedies.
The
remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
remedies
provided by law.
(m) Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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(n) Headings.
The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute
a part of
the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
(o) Independent
Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible
in
any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder.
Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered
at any
closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto,
shall be
deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders
are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled
to
protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights
arising
out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder
to be
joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
********************
(Signature
Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement
as
of the date first written above.
CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO CGSY RRA]
Name
of
Holder: __________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Holder:
__________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory: __________________________
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Annex
A
Plan
of Distribution
Each
Selling Stockholder (the “Selling
Stockholders”)
of the
common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest
may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock
on the
[principal Trading Market] or any other stock exchange, market or trading
facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These
sales
may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any
one or
more of the following methods when selling shares:
· |
ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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· |
block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares
as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal
to
facilitate the transaction;
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· |
purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
for its
account;
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· |
an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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· |
privately
negotiated transactions;
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· |
settlement
of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part;
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· |
broker-dealers
may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number
of such
shares at a stipulated price per share;
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· |
through
the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions,
whether through an options exchange or
otherwise;
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· |
a
combination of any such methods of sale;
or
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· |
any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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The
Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
if
available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers
engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers
to
participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts
from
the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the
purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but,
except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of
an agency
transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance
with
FINRA NASD Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup
or
markdown in compliance with NASD IM-2440.
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In
connection with the sale of the common stock or interests therein, the
Selling
Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or
other
financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the
common
stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling
Stockholders may also sell shares of the common stock short and deliver
these
securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common
stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling
Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or
more
derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer
or other
financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares
such
broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this
prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such
transaction).
The
Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved
in
selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the
Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions
received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale
of the
shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or
discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed
the
Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.
In no
event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which,
in
the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).
The
Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company
incident to the registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to indemnify
the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Because
Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of
the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, any securities
covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144
under the
Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.
There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with
the
proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.
We
agreed
to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on
which the
shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and
without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of
Rule
144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the
current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any
other
rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant
to this
prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar
effect. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed
brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws.
In
addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they
have
been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption
from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is
complied
with.
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Under
applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged
in
the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in
market
making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted
period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the
distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to
applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases
and
sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any
other
person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling
Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this
prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including
by
compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
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Annex
B
Capital
Growth Systems, Inc.
Selling
Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable
Securities”)
of
Capital Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
a
registration statement (the “Registration
Statement”)
for
the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended (the “Securities
Act”),
of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”)
to
which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement
is
available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below.
All
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed
thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders
and
beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their
own
securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not
being
named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling
Stockholder”)
of
Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities
owned
by it in the Registration Statement.
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The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Name.
(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Stockholder
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above)
through
which Registrable Securities are held:
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(c)
|
Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person
who
directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote
or dispose
of the securities covered by this
Questionnaire):
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2.
Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
Telephone:
|
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Fax:
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Contact
Person:
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3.
Broker-Dealer Status:
(a)
|
Are
you a broker-dealer?
|
Yes
o No
o
(b)
|
If
“yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities
as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company?
|
Yes
o No
o
Note:
|
If
“no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should
be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
|
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(c)
|
Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
|
Yes
o No
o
(d)
|
If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that
you purchased
the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business,
and at the
time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold,
you had
no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with
any person
to distribute the Registrable
Securities?
|
Yes
o No
o
Note:
|
If
“no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should
be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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4.
Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Stockholder.
Except
as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial
or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities
issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(a)
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Type
and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Stockholder:
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5.
Relationships with the Company:
Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates,
officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had
any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
State
any
exceptions here:
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The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or
changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date
hereof
at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion
of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus
and
any
amendments or supplements thereto.
The
undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the
Company
in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement
and the related prospectus.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this
Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its
duly
authorized agent.
Date:
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Beneficial
Owner:
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By:
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Name:
|
|
Title:
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND
RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
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EXHIBIT
C
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM,
OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS
EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT,
THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED
IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
Warrant
Shares: _______
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Initial
Exercise Date: March ___, 2008
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THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”)
certifies that, for value received, _____________ (the “Holder”)
is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof
(the
“Initial
Exercise Date”)
and on
or prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial
Exercise Date (the “Termination
Date”)
but
not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Capital Growth Systems,
Inc.,
a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
up to
______ shares (the “Warrant
Shares”)
of
Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this
Warrant
shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”),
dated
March 11, 2008, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto.
Section
2. Exercise.
a) Exercise
of Warrant.
Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made,
in
whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date
and
on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other
office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing
to the
registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of
the
Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form
annexed hereto; and, within 3 Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise
is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer
or
cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this
Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant
Shares
available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which
case,
the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within
3
Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the
Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion
of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the
effect
of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder
in an
amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder
and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any
objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 2 Business Days of receipt
of
such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the
Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest
error.
The
Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree
that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase
of a
portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available
for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated
on
the face hereof.
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b) Exercise
Price.
The
exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be
$0.73,
subject
to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise
Price”).
c) Cashless
Exercise.
If at
any time after the earlier of (i) the six month anniversary of the date of
the
Purchase Agreement and (ii) the completion of the then-applicable holding
period
required by Rule 144, or any successor provision then in effect, there is
no
effective Registration Statement registering, or no current prospectus available
for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may
also
be exercised at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder
shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A),
where:
(A)
= the
VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
(B)
= the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
(X)
= the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a
cashless exercise.
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall
be
automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section
2(c).
d) Exercise
Limitations.
The
Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall
not
have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section
2 or
otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after
exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together
with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group
together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially
own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).
For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number
of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect
to
which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares
of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining,
nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or
any of
its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation,
any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion
or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned
by the
Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder
that
the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely
responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.
To
the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which
portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of
the
Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be
the
Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to
other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of
which
portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify
or
confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination
as to
any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance
with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(d), in determining the number
of
outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent
periodic or annual report, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (C) any other notice by the Company or the
Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company
shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder
the
number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect
to
the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant,
by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial
Ownership Limitation”
shall
be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice
to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation
provisions of this Section 2(d), provided that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of
Common
Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions
of
this Section 2(d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease
will
not be effective until the 61st
day
after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph
shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict
conformity with the terms of this Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph
(or any
portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.
The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder
of
this Warrant.
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e) Mechanics
of Exercise.
i. Delivery
of Certificates Upon Exercise.
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer
agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s
prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal
Agent Commission (“DWAC”)
system
if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there
is an
effective Registration Statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares
by
the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or
manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical
delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise
within
3 Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise
Form,
surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price as set forth above (the “Warrant
Share Delivery Date”).
This
Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price
is
received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
issued,
and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be
deemed
to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of
the
date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise
Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be
paid
by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance
of
such shares, have been paid. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver
to
the Holder certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice
of
Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the
Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000
of
Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common
Stock
on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day
(increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the seventh Trading Day after such
liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant
Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered.
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ii. Delivery
of New Warrants Upon Exercise.
If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request
of
a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery
of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to
Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased
Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all
other
respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii. Rescission
Rights.
If the
Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a
certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant
to
Section 2(e)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then, the Holder will
have
the right to rescind such exercise.
iv. Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon
Exercise.
In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails
to
cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or
before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder
is
required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to
deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the
Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by
multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required
to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2)
the
price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was
executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion
of
the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise
was
not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock
that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise
and
delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common
Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect
to
an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price
giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the
immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the
amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request
of the
Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit
a
Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or
injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver
certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant
as
required pursuant to the terms hereof.
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v. No
Fractional Shares or Scrip.
No
fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder
would
otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall,
at its
election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction
in an
amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up
to
the next whole share.
vi. Charges,
Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge
to the
Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect
of
the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be
paid
by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the
Holder
or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided,
however,
that in
the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other
than
the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall
be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder
and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
vii. Closing
of Books.
The
Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which
prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
Section
3. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock
Dividends and Splits.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock
dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its
Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable
in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include
any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant),
(ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of
shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock
of
the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by
a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares issuable
upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the
aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment
made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after
the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.
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b) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this
Warrant
is outstanding, shall sell or grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant
any
right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer,
sale,
grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or
Common
Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock,
at an
effective price per share less than the then Exercise Price (such lower price,
the “Base
Share Price”
and
such issuances collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”)
(if
the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall
at
any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions,
floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to
warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with
such
issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price
per share which is less than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed
to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive
Issuance), then, the Exercise Price shall be reduced and only reduced to
equal
the Base Share Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder
shall
be increased such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder, after
taking into account the decrease in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to
the
aggregate Exercise Price prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall
be made
whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made, paid or issued
under this Section 3(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall
notify the Holder, in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the
issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this
Section
3(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset
price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice,
the “Dilutive
Issuance Notice”).
For
purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive
Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b), upon the occurrence of any
Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is
entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share
Price
regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price
in
the Notice of Exercise.
c) Subsequent
Rights Offerings.
If the
Company, at any time while the Warrant is outstanding, shall issue rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders)
entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price
per share less than the VWAP at the record date mentioned below, then, the
Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator
shall
be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance
of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common
Stock
offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be
the
number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance
of such
rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering
price
of the total number of shares so offered (assuming receipt by the Company
in
full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or
warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately
after
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such
rights, options or warrants.
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d) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute
to all
holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders of the Warrants) evidences of
its
indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the Common Stock (which
shall be subject to Section 3(b)), then in each such case the Exercise Price
shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior
to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then per share fair market
value
at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness
so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as
determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the
adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such
subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective
immediately after the record date mentioned above.
e) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger
or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company
effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series
of
related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by
the
Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common
Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities,
cash or property or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the
Common
Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock
is
effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property
(each “Fundamental
Transaction”),
then,
upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right
to
receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise
immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the
number
of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of
the
Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration
(the “Alternate
Consideration”)
receivable as a result of such merger, consolidation or disposition of assets
by
a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to such event. For purposes of any such exercise,
the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to
apply
to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration
issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental
Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the
Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value
of
any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common
Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received
in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice
as
to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant
following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate
the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity
in
such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to exercise such
warrant into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant
to
which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring
any
such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this
Section
3(e) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will
be
similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a
Fundamental Transaction that is (1) an all cash transaction, (2) a “Rule 13e-3
transaction” as defined in Rule 13e-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or (3) a Fundamental Transaction involving a person or entity
not
traded on a national securities exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
Nasdaq Global Market, or the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company or any successor
entity shall pay at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently
with or within 30 days after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction,
an
amount of cash equal to the value of this Warrant as determined in accordance
with the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on
Bloomberg L.P. using (A) a price per share of Common Stock equal to the VWAP
of
the Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of
consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (B) a risk-free interest
rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a 30 day period immediately
prior to the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C)
an
expected volatility equal to the 100 day volatility obtained from the “HVT”
function on Bloomberg L.P. determined as of the Trading Day immediately
following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction
and
(D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public
announcement of such transaction and the Termination Date.
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f) Calculations.
All
calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section
3,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding
as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
g) Notice
to Holder.
i. Adjustment
to Exercise Price.
Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this
Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting
forth
the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement
of
the facts requiring such adjustment. If the Company enters into a Variable
Rate
Transaction, despite the prohibition thereon in the Purchase Agreement, the
Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
at the lowest possible conversion or exercise price at which such securities
may
be converted or exercised.
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ii. Notice
to Allow Exercise by Holder.
If (A)
the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever
form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring
cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants
to
subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of
any
rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required
in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation
or
merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share
exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property,
or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each
case, the
Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it
shall
appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days
prior
to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of
such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record
is not to
be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record
to be
entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants
are to
be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective
or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common
Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock
for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that
the
failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during
the
period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the
event
triggering such notice.
Section
4. Transfer
of Warrant.
a) Transferability.
Subject
to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set
forth
in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase
Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation,
any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender
of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated
agent,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form
attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and
funds
sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer.
Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute
and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees,
as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such
instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant
evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant
shall
promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised
by a
new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued.
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b) New
Warrants.
This
Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation
hereof
at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with
Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants
in
exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance
with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be
dated
the original Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant
except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant
Register.
The
Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant
Register”),
in
the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem
and
treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof
for the
purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for
all
other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer
Restrictions.
If,
at the
time
of
the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant,
the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant
to an
effective registration
statement under the Securities Act
and
under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale
without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may
require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee
of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply
with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.
Section
5. Miscellaneous.
a) No
Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise.
This
Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights
as a
stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section
2(e)(i).
b) Loss,
Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.
The
Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant
or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to
it
(which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any
bond),
and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate,
if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate
of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant
or
stock certificate.
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c) Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.
If the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such
action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
d) Authorized
Shares.
The
Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it
will
reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number
of
shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise
of
any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that
its
issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers
who are
charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue
the
necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase
rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action
as
may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided
herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any
requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise
of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges
created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes
in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall
not
by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of
incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms
of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all
such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant
against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
will
(i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable
therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value,
(ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that
the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary
to
enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
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Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant
Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the
Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents
thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having
jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
the
Purchase Agreement.
f) Restrictions.
The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of
this
Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by
state
and federal securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver
and Expenses.
No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder
on the
part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice
Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights
hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and
knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results
in
any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such
amounts
as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate
proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto
or
in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.
h) Notices.
Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered
to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
i) Limitation
of Liability.
No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise
this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the
rights
or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the
purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether
such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
j) Remedies.
The
Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law,
including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of
its
rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would
not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of
the
provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the
defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would
be
adequate.
k) Successors
and Assigns.
Subject
to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations
evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder.
The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all
Holders
from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder
or
holder of Warrant Shares.
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l) Amendment.
This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and Holders holding Warrants at least equal
to
67% of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all then outstanding
Warrants.
m) Severability.
Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in
such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining
provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings.
The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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(Signature
Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
indicated.
CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
|
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
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NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full),
and
tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[
] in
lawful money of the United States; or
[
] [if
permitted] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary,
in
accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this
Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection
2(c).
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the
name
of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or
by
physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(4)
Accredited
Investor.
The
undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name
of
Investing Entity:
________________________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
_________________________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
___________________________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________________________
Date:
________________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To
assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this
form
and supply required information.
Do
not
use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and
all
rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated:
______________, _______
Holder’s
Signature: _____________________________
Holder’s
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
Signature
Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE:
The
signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears
on
the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of
corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
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EXHIBIT
E
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 11, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
is
among Capital
Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation (the
“Company”),
all
of the Subsidiaries of the Company
(such
subsidiaries,
the
“Guarantors”
and
together with the Company,
the
“Debtors”)
and
the holders of the Company’s Variable Rate Senior Secured Convertible Debentures
due five years following their initial issuance, in the original aggregate
principal amount of up to $19,000,000 (collectively, the “Debentures”)
signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively,
the
“Secured
Parties”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Debentures), the Secured
Parties have severally agreed to extend the loans to the Company evidenced
by
the Debentures;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a certain Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Guarantee”),
the
Guarantors
have
jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for payment of
such
Debentures; and
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loans evidenced by the
Debentures, each Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured
Parties
this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari passu
with
each other Secured Party and through the Agent (as defined in Section 18
hereof), a security interest in certain property of such Debtor to secure
the
prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s
obligations under the Debentures and the Guarantors’ obligations under the
Guarantee.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Certain
Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
in this
Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are
defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial
tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general
intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”,
“letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have
the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.
(a)
“Collateral”
means
the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest
by
this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of
the
Debtors, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming
into existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto
and
all substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and
accounts thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale
or
transfer of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any
tort
claims in connection therewith,
and all
dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property
at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed
in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Securities (as
defined below):
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(i)
All
goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers,
motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special
and
general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment
of
every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents
of
title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto,
replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of
the
foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with any Debtor’s
businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;
(ii)
All
contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation,
all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities,
rights
under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged
Securities, licenses,
distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”,
licensed from any third party or developed by any Debtor), computer software
development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control
procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, trademarks, service marks, trade
styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, copyrights, and income
tax
refunds;
(iii)
All
accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing
any
of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor
vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title,
security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right
of
stoppage in transit;
(iv)
All
documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;
(v) All
commercial tort claims;
(vi) All
deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit
accounts);
(vii) All
investment property;
(viii) All
supporting obligations; and
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(ix) All
files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs;
and
(x) the
products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses
(i)-(ix) above.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral”
shall
include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership
and/or other equity interests in each Guarantor, including, without limitation,
the shares of capital stock and the other equity interests listed on
Schedule
H
hereto
(as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof),
and any other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any
other
direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor obtained in the future, and,
in each
case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and,
in
each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or
equity
interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect
of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or
in
connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all
dividends, interest and cash.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the sale
or
licensing by Nexvu Technologies, LLC (“Nexvu”),
of
any of its, assets, personal, real or intellectual property on terms and
conditions unanimously approved by the Board of Directors in good faith,
the
Secured Parties agree to release their Lien on the Collateral owned directly
by
Nexvu on the date hereof from its security interest herein to the extent
subject
to such sale or licensing.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment
of any
asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of
applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable
law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden
by
Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable
law);
provided,
however,
that to
the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid
security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law,
this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of
such
asset.
(b)
“Intellectual
Property”
means
the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating
to
intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational
or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights
arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published
or
unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications
in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all
letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications
for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade
names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or
business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing
or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof,
and all
applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent
and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States,
any
State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
or
otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets
arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or
extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing,
and
(vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.
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(c) “Majority
in Interest”
means,
at any time of determination, a 67% or more majority in interest (based on
then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of such
determination) of the Secured Parties.
(d) “Necessary
Endorsement”
means
undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment
duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that
term
is defined below) may reasonably request.
(e)
“Obligations”
means
all of the liabilities
and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several)
due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or
acquired, or owing to, of any Debtor to the Secured Parties, including, without
limitation, all
obligations under this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in
connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter
existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and
whether
or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created
or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that
are
paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended,
supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include,
without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and
the
loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities,
costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to time under
or in
connection with this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in
connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not
limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would
be
payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Debtor.
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(f)
“Organizational
Documents”
means
with respect to any Debtor, the documents by which such Debtor was organized
(such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership
or
articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates
of
designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which
relate to the internal governance of such Debtor (such as bylaws, a partnership
agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement).
(g)
“Pledged
Interests”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(j).
(h)
“Pledged
Securities”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).
(i) “UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable
law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or
any
portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the
intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in
their
broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest
sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms
in
the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if
existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions,
the
existing ones shall be controlling.
2.
Grant
of Security Interest in Collateral.
As an
inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loans as evidenced by the
Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and
discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, each Debtor
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to
the
Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of
set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever
kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “Security
Interest”
and,
collectively, the “Security
Interests”).
3. Delivery
of Certain Collateral.
Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, each Debtor
shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates
and
other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and
(b) any
and all certificates and other instruments or documents representing any
of the
other Collateral, in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements.
The
Debtors are, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent,
or have previously delivered to Agent, a true and correct copy of each
Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.
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4. Representations,
Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtors.
Except
as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules
delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure
Schedules”),
which
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, each Debtor represents
and
warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as
follows:
(a)
Each
Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company
or
other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by
each
Debtor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Debtor and no further
action is required by such Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed
by each
Debtor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of
each Debtor, enforceable against each Debtor in accordance with its terms
except
as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of
equity.
(b)
The
Debtors have no place of business or offices where their respective books
of
account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its
attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located,
except as set forth on Schedule
A
attached
hereto. No Debtor owns any real property. Except as disclosed on Schedule
A,
none of
such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman,
agent or processor.
(c)
Except
for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures) and except as set forth
on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto, the Debtors are the sole owner of the Collateral (except for
non-exclusive licenses granted by any Debtor in the ordinary course of
business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances,
rights
or claims, and are fully authorized to grant the Security Interests. Except
as
set forth on Schedule
C
attached
hereto, there is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority,
agency
or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement,
license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those
that
will be filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement)
covering or affecting any of the Collateral. Except as set forth on Schedule
C
attached
hereto and except pursuant to this Agreement, as long as this Agreement shall
be
in effect, the Debtors shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to
be on
file in any such office or agency any other financing statement or other
document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of
the
Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or as permitted in
connection with any permitted purchase money security interests or capital
leases that are permitted under the Debentures).
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(d)
No
written claim has been received that any Collateral or any Debtor's use of
any
Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse
decision to any Debtor's claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights
to use
the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to any Debtor's right to keep and maintain
such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving
said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of any Debtor, threatened before
any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator
or
other governmental authority.
(e)
Each
Debtor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating
to
the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the
locations set forth on Schedule
A
attached
hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible
Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior
to
such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location
thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that
appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents
have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the
Security Interests to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected
and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.
(f)
This
Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest
in
the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures)
securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making the
filings
described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests
created
hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the
filing
of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the
immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement (as defined in Section 4(p) hereof) with respect to
copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office
referred to in paragraph (m), with respect to patents and trademarks filed
with
the US Patent and Trademark Office with respect to federally registered patents
and trademarks and pending applications for federal registration of patents
and
trademarks, the
execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the
requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit
account of the Debtors,
and the
delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section
3,
no
action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests
created
hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the
filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit
account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection
of
the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the
enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties
hereunder.
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(g)
Each
Debtor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing statements
under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing
and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it.
(h)
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors does
not
(i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of any
Debtor
or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or
arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to any Debtor
or
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice
or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other
instrument (evidencing any Debtor's debt or otherwise) or other understanding
to
which any Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of any Debtor
is
bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation,
from stockholders or creditors of any Debtor) necessary for any Debtor to
enter
into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.
(i)
The
capital stock and other equity interests listed on Schedule
H
hereto
(the “Pledged
Securities”)
represent all of the capital stock and other equity interests of the Guarantors,
and represent all capital stock and other equity interests owned, directly
or
indirectly, by the Company. All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, and the Company is the legal and beneficial
owner
of the Pledged Securities, free and clear of any lien, security interest
or
other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement
and other Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures).
(j)
The
ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability
companies (if any)
included
in the Collateral
(the
“Pledged
Interests”)
by
their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article
8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial
intermediary.
(k)
Except
for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures), each Debtor shall at
all
times maintain the liens and Security Interests provided for hereunder as
valid
and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Collateral
in
favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest
hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 14 hereof. Each Debtor
hereby
agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and
entities. Each Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the
account
of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Agent, each Debtor will sign
and
deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from
time
to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all
public
offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or
desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor shall pay all fees,
taxes
and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security
Interests hereunder, and each Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Agent
from
time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims
and
liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests
hereunder.
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(l)
Except
as
expressly permitted in Section 1 with respect to licenses and transfers by
Nexvu, no Debtor will transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell
or
otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses
granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business and sales of inventory
by
a Debtor in its ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent
of a Majority
in Interest.
(m) Each
Debtor shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible
Collateral in good condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate
any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded
from insurance coverage.
(n) Each
Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance
with respect to the Collateral, including Collateral hereafter acquired,
against
loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against
by
entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated
and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances
by
other such entities and otherwise as is prudent for entities engaged in similar
businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost
thereof. Each Debtor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection
herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the
Agent, that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional
insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed
to
be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer
will
promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective
as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent
of such
notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage
under
the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at
its
election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30)
days of notice from the insurer of such default. If no Event of Default (as
defined in the Debentures) exists and if the proceeds arising out of any
claim
or series of related claims do not exceed $100,000, loss payments in each
instance will be applied by the applicable Debtor to the repair and/or
replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the
extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof
remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the applicable
Debtor; provided,
however,
and
except as set forth below, that payments received by any Debtor after an
Event
of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $100,000 for any occurrence
or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Agent on behalf of
the
Secured Parties and, if received by such Debtor, shall be held in trust for
the
Secured Parties and immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed
in writing by the Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, so long as no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) exists,
Company may apply payments in excess of $100,000 to repair or replace switching
or routing equipment, for the purpose of restoring or establishing new customary
circuits to address the casualty loss related to such equipment. Copies of
such
policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Agent as lender
loss payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Agent at least
annually and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued.
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(o)
Each
Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise
the
Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change
in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a
material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured
Parties’ security interest, through the Agent, therein.
(p)
Each
Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds,
mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other
instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further
action
as the Agent may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion
deem
necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest
in the Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution
and delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to each Debtor’s
Intellectual Property (“Intellectual
Property Security Agreement”)
in
which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder,
substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject
to
all of the terms and conditions hereof.
(q)
Each
Debtor shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect
the
Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice,
and to
make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably
requested by the Agent from time to time.
(r)
Each
Debtor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and
seek
to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and
accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.
(s)
Each
Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon
becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process
levied against any Collateral and of any other information received by such
Debtor that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security
Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties
hereunder.
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(t)
All
information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties
by
or on behalf of any Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and
complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.
(u)
The
Debtors shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their
respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises
material to its business.
(v)
No
Debtor
will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization,
organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate
structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides
at
least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such change
and, at
the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing
statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection
of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.
(w) Except
in
the ordinary course of business, no Debtor may consign any of its inventory
or
sell any of its inventory on xxxx and hold, sale or return, sale on approval,
or
other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the
Agent
which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(x)
No
Debtor
may relocate its chief executive office to a new location without providing
30
days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties and so long
as,
at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing
statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection
of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.
(y) Each
Debtor was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state
set forth next to such Debtor’s name in Schedule
D
attached
hereto, which Schedule
D
sets
forth each Debtor’s organizational identification number or, if any Debtor does
not have one, states that one does not exist.
(z)
(i) The
actual name of each Debtor is the name set forth in Schedule
D
attached
hereto; (ii) no Debtor has any trade names except as set forth on Schedule
E
attached
hereto; (iii) no Debtor has used any name other than that stated in the preamble
hereto or as set forth on Schedule
E
for the
preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into any Debtor or been
acquired by any Debtor within the past five years except as set forth on
Schedule
E.
(aa) At
any
time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments,
certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession
by the
secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable
Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.
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(bb)
Each
Debtor, in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees to comply with any and all
orders and instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent
with
the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of any Debtor as
contemplated by Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further,
each Debtor agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one
that
would confer “control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any
other person or entity.
(cc) Each
Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to
be
delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause
such
tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the
security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral
consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall cause the
underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of
the UCC (or successor section thereto).
(dd) If
there
is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that
can be
perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, the applicable
Debtor shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance
in
each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to
the
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(ee)
To
the
extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the applicable
Debtor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent
to
an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.
(ff)
To
the
extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the
applicable Debtor shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party
of the
Secured Parties’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best
efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third party
with
respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the
Agent.
(gg) If
any
Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, such Debtor
shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by such Debtor
of
the particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing
a
security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms
of
this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Agent.
(hh) Each
Debtor shall immediately provide written notice to the Secured Parties of
any
and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority
and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status
of the
Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and
deliver to the Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate
with the Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under
the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute
or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests
in
such accounts and proceeds thereof.
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(ii) Each
Debtor shall cause each subsidiary
of such
Debtor to immediately become a party hereto (an “Additional Debtor”), by
executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the
form
of Annex
A
attached
hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Debtors.
Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall deliver replacement schedules
for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred to in) this
Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall supersede, or
supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect. The Additional Debtor
shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing resolutions, good
standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational documents,
financing statements and other information and documentation as the Agent
may
reasonably request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent, the Additional
Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same rights
and
obligations as the Debtors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to the same
extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to
have
made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as of
the
date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and all
references herein to the “Debtors” shall be deemed to include each Additional
Debtor.
(jj)
Each
Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and
agreements set forth herein and in the Debentures.
(kk) Each
Debtor shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on
the
books of such Debtor. Each Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities
to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of
the
Secured Parties on the books of such issuer. Further, except with respect
to
certificated securities delivered to the Agent, the applicable Debtor shall
deliver to Agent an acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate,
shall
comply with the requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection
by
registration) signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities,
which
acknowledgement shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its
books and records; and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the continuation
of an Event of Default, such issuer will transfer the record ownership of
such
Pledged Securities into the name of any designee of Agent, will take such
steps
as may be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other
instructions of Agent regarding such Pledged Securities without the further
consent of the applicable Debtor.
(ll)
In
the
event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all
or
any of the Pledged Securities to another party or parties (herein called
the
“Transferee”)
or
shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, each Debtor
shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee,
as the
case may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock
certificate books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements,
evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other
Organizational Documents and records of the Debtors and their direct and
indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of
the
persons then serving as officers and directors of the Debtors and their direct
and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts
to
obtain any approvals that are required by any governmental or regulatory
body in
order to permit the sale of the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the
purchase or retention of the Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the
Transferee or Agent to continue the business of the Debtors and their direct
and
indirect subsidiaries.
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(mm) Without
limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Debtors hereunder,
each
Debtor shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright
Office all of its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest
contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered
at the
United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office
to
be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice
whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any
additional material Intellectual Property.
(nn) Each
Debtor will from time to time, at the joint and several expense of the Debtors,
promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents,
and
take all such further action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the
Agent
may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest
granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Secured Parties
to
exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and with respect
to any
Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this
Agreement.
(oo) Schedule
F
attached
hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by any of the
Debtors as of the date hereof. Schedule
F
lists
all material licenses in favor of any Debtor for the use of any patents,
trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof. All material
patents and trademarks of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtors
have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.
(pp) Except
as
set forth on Schedule
G
attached
hereto, none of the account debtors or other persons or entities obligated
on
any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or
rule
in respect of such Collateral.
5. Effect
of Pledge on Certain Rights. If
any of
the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or
ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights)
that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the
occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer
of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that
the
pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or
the
enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the
type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding
any
provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which any Debtor
is
subject or to which any Debtor is party.
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6.
Defaults.
The
following events shall be “Events
of Default”:
(a)
The
occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) under the
Debentures;
(b)
Any
representation or warranty of any Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to
have
been incorrect in any material respect when made;
(c)
The
failure by any Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder
for
five Business Days after delivery to such Debtor of notice of such failure
by or
on behalf of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot
be cured within such time frame and such Debtor is using best efforts to
cure
same in a timely fashion; or
(d)
If
any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared
to
be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested
by any Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Debtor, or by any
governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Debtor, seeking to establish
the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Debtor shall deny that
any
Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this
Agreement.
7. Duty
To Hold In Trust.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, each Debtor
shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income,
dividend, interest
or other
sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the
Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or
other
instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in
trust
for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such
sums
or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to
their
respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Debentures for
application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Debenture
is not
outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining
Debentures).
(b) If
any
Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or
other
property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or
instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof,
or
any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates
representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any
recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or
issued in connection with any reorganization of such Debtor or any of its
direct
or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as
an
addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities
or
otherwise), such Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the
Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit
of
the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or
instruments evidencing the same to Agent on or before the close of business
on
the fifth business day following the receipt thereof by such Debtor, in the
exact form received together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held
by
Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.
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8. Rights
and Remedies Upon Default.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured
Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of
the
remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and the Secured Parties
shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC.
Without
limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have
the
following rights and powers:
(i)
The
Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for
that
purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where
the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same,
and each Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the
Agent
at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Debtor's
premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all
of
such Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent
taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or
disposable form.
(ii) Upon
notice to the Debtors by Agent, all rights of each Debtor to exercise the
voting
and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise
and
all rights of each Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it
would
otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon such notice,
Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at
the
option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent’s discretion all voting rights
pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with
respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof,
including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole
discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger,
reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning
or involving the Collateral or any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect
subsidiaries.
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(iii)
The
Agent shall have the right to operate the business of each Debtor using the
Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale
or
otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for
cash
or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such
time
or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions
as the
Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required
by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon
or
notice to any Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby
expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer
of
Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless
prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any
part of
the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims,
right
of redemption and equities of any Debtor, which are hereby waived and
released.
(iv) The
Agent
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors
and
any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the
Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtors’ rights
against such account debtors and obligors.
(v) The
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated
to)
direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any
investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, or its designee.
(vi) The
Agent
may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property
registered in the name of any Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any
designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.
(b) The
Agent
shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of
Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect
the
commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell
the
Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such
warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtors
will
only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition,
each
Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in
advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder,
including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to
take
immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies
with respect thereto.
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(c) For
the
purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under
this
Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, each Debtor
hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured
Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment
of
royalty or other compensation to such Debtor) to use, license or sublicense
following an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including
in
such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be
recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof.
9. Applications
of Proceeds.
The
proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral
hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring
any
portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking,
holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like
(including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred
in
connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights
hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the
Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the
Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures
at
the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts
required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to
the
applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other
disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay
all
amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtors will
be
liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of
16%
per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default
Rate”),
and
the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect
such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Debtor waives
all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of
the
repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely
to
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined
by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
10. Securities
Law Provision.
Each
Debtor recognizes that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale
to
the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain
prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal
or
state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities
Laws”),
and
may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of
purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities
for
their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution
or
resale thereof. Each Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and
on
terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public,
and
that Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities
for the
period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the
public under the Securities Laws. Each Debtor shall cooperate with Agent
in its
attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including,
without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable
to
the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.
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11. Costs
and Expenses.
Each
Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses
incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without
limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation
statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto
or
any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Agent. The Debtors
shall
also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of
the
Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the
Collateral or the Security Interests therein. The Debtors will also, upon
demand, pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts
and
agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur
in
connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure,
collection or enforcement of the Security Interest and the preparation,
administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and
pay
to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the
reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents,
which
the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties
may
incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the
custody
or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization
upon,
any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the
rights
of the Secured Parties under the Debentures. Until so paid, any fees payable
hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Debentures and shall
bear interest at the Default Rate.
12. Responsibility
for Collateral.
The
Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all
Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished
by
reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral
or its
unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before
or
after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral
or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation
to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) each Debtor
shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included
in
the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Debtor thereunder. Neither
the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under
any
such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement
or the
receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any
of the
Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any
manner
to perform any of the obligations of any Debtor under or pursuant to any
such
contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of
any
payment received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral
or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract
or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce
any
performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been
assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled
at any time or times.
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13. Security
Interests Absolute.
All
rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder,
shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity
or enforceability of this Agreement, the Debentures or any agreement entered
into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof;
(b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to any departure from the Debentures or any other agreement
entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release
or
nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver
of
or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee,
or any
other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the
Secured
Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any
insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral;
or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal
or
equitable defense available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part
of
the Security Interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been
paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue
even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without
limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Each
Debtor
expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice
of
nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any
transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties
hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction
to
have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy
or
insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise
due to
any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, each Debtor’s
obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation
of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable
in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Each Debtor waives all
right
to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or
entity
or
to
apply
any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal
assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Each Debtor waives any defense arising
by
reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation
secured hereby.
14.
Term
of Agreement.
This
Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which
all
payments under the Debentures have been indefeasibly paid in full and all
other
Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all
indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full
force
and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.
15.
Power
of Attorney; Further Assurances.
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(a)
Each
Debtor authorizes the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint
the
Agent and its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of
substitution, as such Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in
the name of the Agent or such Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts,
money
orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under
or in
respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may
come
into possession of the Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement
pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of lading,
storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents
relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security
interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened
against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise,
settle
and xxx for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any
Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property;
and (vi) generally, at the option of the Agent, and at the expense of the
Debtors, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and
all
documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Agent deems
necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security
Interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement
and
the Debentures all as fully and effectually as the Debtors might or could
do;
and each Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do
or
cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with
an
interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter
as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The
designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any
inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents
or
agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is a party.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically
authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer
and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual
Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United
States Copyright Office.
(b)
On
a
continuing basis, each Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file
and
record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies
in any
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated
on
Schedule
C
attached
hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably
be
deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to
perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out
the
intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to
the
Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the
Collateral under the UCC.
(c)
Each
Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact,
with full authority in the place and instead of such Debtor and in the name
of
such Debtor, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and
to execute any instrument which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable
to
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole
discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments
thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of such
Debtor
where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe
the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like
import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney
is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this
Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be
outstanding.
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16. Notices.
All
notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject
to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined
in
the Debentures).
17. Other
Security.
To the
extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other
than
the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other
person,
firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in
its
sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other
action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any
of
the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.
18. Appointment
of Agent.
The
Secured Parties hereby appoint Enable Growth Partners, LP to act as their
agent
(“Enable”
or
“Agent”)
for
purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties
hereunder. Such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by a
Majority
in Interest, at which time a Majority in Interest
shall
appoint a new Agent, provided that Enable may not be removed as Agent unless
Enable shall then hold less than $250,000 in principal amount of
Debentures;
provided,
further,
that
such removal may occur only if each of the other Secured Parties shall then
hold
not less than an aggregate of $500,000 in principal amount of Debentures.
The
Agent
shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Annex
B
hereto.
19. Miscellaneous.
(a)
No
course
of dealing between the Debtors and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to
exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties,
any
right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Debentures shall operate
as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power
or
privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise
thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
(b)
All
of
the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral,
whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by any other agreements,
instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singly or concurrently.
(c)
This
Agreement,
together with the exhibits and schedules hereto, contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with
respect
to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this
Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended
except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Debtors and the Secured Parties holding 67% or more of the principal amount
of
the Debentures then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.
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(d)
If
any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(e)
No
waiver
of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of
this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver
of
any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise
any
right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
(f)
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company and the Guarantors may
not
assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior
written consent of each Secured Party (other than by merger). Any Secured
Party
may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement) to whom such Secured Party assigns or
transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to
be
bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of
this
Agreement that apply to the “Secured Parties.”
(g)
Each
party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further
documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the
provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
(h)
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each Debtor agrees that all proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (whether brought against
a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in
the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
Each Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is
not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding
is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of
process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing
a
copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with
evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it
under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(i)
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature
is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid
binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
were the original thereof.
(j) All
Debtors shall jointly and severally be liable for the obligations of each
Debtor
to the Secured Parties hereunder.
(k) Each
Debtor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured
Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers,
directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles
that
have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”)
from
and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties,
suits,
costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the
cost
of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred
by or
asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or
alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses,
claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which
result
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined
by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.
This
indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any
other
indemnification provision in the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement (as such
term is defined in the Debentures) or any other agreement, instrument or
other
document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
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(l) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Agent or any Secured Party
to
liability as a partner in any Debtor or any if its direct or indirect
subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in any Debtor or any of
its
direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor
shall
Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under
any
partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable,
of
any such Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise,
unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted
for such Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant
hereto.
(m)
To
the
extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the
enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of
any
partner or member, as applicable, of any Debtor or any direct or indirect
subsidiary of any Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the
Organizational Documents, the Debtors hereby grant such consent and approval
and
waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security
Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above
written.
CAPITAL
GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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FNS
2007, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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NEXVU
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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20/20
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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20/20
TECHNOLOGIES I, LLC
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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CENTREPATH,
INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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MAGENTA
NETLOGIC, LIMITED
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO CGSY SA]
Name
of
Investing Entity: __________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity:
_________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory: __________________________
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
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ANNEX
A
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
FORM
OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER
Security
Agreement dated as of March ___, 2008 made by
Capital
Growth Systems, Inc.
and
its
subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtors
to
and in
favor of
the
Secured Parties identified therein (the “Security
Agreement”)
Reference
is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such
terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder
to the Secured Parties referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an
Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and
obligations of the Debtors under the Security Agreement as fully and to the
same
extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be
deemed
to have made the representations and warranties set forth therein as of the
date
of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE
SECURED PARTIES A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH
IN
THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
PROVISIONS SET FORTH THEREIN.
Attached
hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement,
as applicable.
An
executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Parties,
and the
Secured Parties may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the
date
hereof. This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated without
the
prior written consent of the Secured Parties.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in
the
name and on behalf of the undersigned.
[Name
of Additional Debtor]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address:
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Dated:
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ANNEX
B
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THE
AGENT
1.
Appointment. The
Secured Parties (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to
which
this Annex B is attached (the "Agreement")),
by
their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate Enable
Growth Partners, LP (“Enable”
or
“Agent”)
as the
Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement. Each Secured Party
shall
be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on its behalf
under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Transaction Document
(as
such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and to exercise such powers
and
to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated
to
or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties
hereunder by or through its agents or employees.
2.
Nature
of Duties.
The
Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set
forth
in the Agreement. Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members,
shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for
any
action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or
in
connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any
oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused
solely
by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a
final
judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature;
the
Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or any other Transaction
Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Debtor or any Secured
Party;
and nothing in the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, expressed
or
implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent
any
obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document
except
as expressly set forth herein and therein.
3.
Lack
of Reliance on the Agent.
Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to
the
extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its
own
independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Company
and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s investment in the
Debtors, the creation and continuance of the Obligations, the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of
any
action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the
creditworthiness of the Company and its subsidiaries, and of the value of
the
Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no duty or
responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any
Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect thereto,
whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred or
at any
time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be responsible to the Debtors
or
any Secured Party for any recitals, statements, information, representations
or
warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered
in
connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity,
enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or sufficiency of the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or for the financial condition
of
the Debtors or the value of any of the Collateral, or be required to make
any
inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions or conditions of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
or
the financial condition of the Debtors, or the value of any of the Collateral,
or the existence or possible existence of any default or Event of Default
under
the Agreement, the Debentures or any of the other Transaction
Documents.
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4.
Certain
Rights of the Agent.
The
Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral,
on
behalf of all of the Secured Parties. To the extent practical, the Agent
shall
request instructions from the Secured Parties with respect to any material
act
or action (including failure to act) in connection with the Agreement or
any
other Transaction Document, and shall be entitled to act or refrain from
acting
in accordance with the instructions of a Majority in Interest; if such
instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the Agent
shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action, and if
such
action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification from the
Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent
shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason of so refraining.
Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right
of
action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or
refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
or any other Transaction Document, and the Debtors shall have no right to
question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions given to, the
Agent
pursuant to the foregoing and (b) the Agent shall not be required to take
any
action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose
it to
personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Transaction
Documents or applicable law.
5.
Reliance.
The
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying,
upon
any writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype
or
telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone
message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect
to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it
and
upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected
by
it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation
whatsoever to any Secured Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is
owned
by the Debtors or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted
pursuant to the Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully
created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular
priority.
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6.
Indemnification.
To the
extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtors, the
Secured Parties will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent,
in
proportion to their initially purchased respective principal amounts of
Debentures, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in any way relating to or
arising out of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except for
those
determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court
of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent's own gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Prior to taking any action hereunder as
Agent,
the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums
as
it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and
expenses associated with taking such action.
7.
Resignation
by the Agent.
(a)
The
Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under
the
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days'
prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtors and the
Secured Parties. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment
of a
successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.
(b)
Upon
any such notice of resignation, the Secured Parties, acting by a Majority
in Interest,
shall
appoint a successor Agent hereunder.
(c)
If a
successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period,
the
Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until
such
time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided
above. If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day period,
the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may interplead
the
Debtors and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a
successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary
fees
associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated therewith,
shall be payable by the Debtors on demand.
8.
Rights
with respect to Collateral.
Each
Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that
it
shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to
its
security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement
or
otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any
action against the Agent or any of the other Secured Parties in respect of
the
Collateral or its rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from
the
breach of this Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights
with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement
and the
other Transaction Documents. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent
hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed
to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and
obligations under the Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or
removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of the Agreement including this
Annex
B shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by
it while it was Agent.
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EXHIBIT
F
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEE, dated as of March 11, 2008 (this “Guarantee”), made by each of the
signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party
hereto as provided herein, the “Guarantors”), in favor of the purchasers
signatory (together with their permitted assigns, the “Purchasers”) to that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between
Capital
Growth Systems, Inc.,
a
Florida corporation (the “Company”) and the Purchasers.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase
Agreement”), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the
Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Company’s Variable
Rate Senior
Secured Convertible Debentures, due five years following their issuance (the
“Debentures”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein;
and
WHEREAS,
each Guarantor will directly benefit from the extension of credit to the
Company
represented by the issuance of the Debentures; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Purchasers
to
enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated
thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Purchasers as
follows:
1. Definitions.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement. The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and
not to
any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section and Schedule references
are to this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms
defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms
of such terms. The following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Guarantee”
means this Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Obligations”
means, in addition to all other costs and expenses of collection incurred
by
Purchasers in enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee, all
of
the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent,
sole,
joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter
contracted or acquired, or owing to, of the Company or any Guarantor to the
Purchasers, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Guarantee,
the Debentures and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed
and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether
now
or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute
or
contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with
others,
and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later
increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations
or
liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment
is
avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Purchasers as
a
preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended,
supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include,
without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and
the
loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities,
costs, obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor from time
to
time under or in connection with this Guarantee, the Debentures and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in
connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not
limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would
be
payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company or any Guarantor.
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2. Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee.
(i) The
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably,
guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective successors, indorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance
when
due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations.
(ii) Anything
herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary notwithstanding,
the
maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by
such
Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating
to
the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally (after giving effect to the right of
contribution established in Section
2(b)).
(iii) Each
Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time
exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing
the guarantee contained in this Section
2
or
affecting the rights and remedies of the Purchasers hereunder.
(iv) The
guarantee contained in this Section
2
shall
remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations
of
each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
2
shall
have been satisfied by indefeasible payment in full.
(v) No
payment made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or
any
other Person or received or collected by the Purchasers from the Company,
any of
the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any
action
or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time
or from
time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed
to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment
made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received
or
collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable
for
the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until
the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full.
(vi) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted
non-monetary Obligations the specific performance of which by the Guarantors
is
not reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the Company's Common Stock),
the
Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on a monetary
basis for the Company's failure to perform such Obligations in accordance
with
the Transaction Documents.
(b) Right
of Contribution.
Subject
to Section
2(c),
each
Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid
more
than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor
shall
be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other
Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment.
Each Guarantor's right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of Section
2(c).
The
provisions of this Section
2(b)
shall in
no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the
Purchasers and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Purchasers for the
full
amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
(c) No
Subrogation.
Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off
or
application of funds of any Guarantor by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall
be
entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Purchasers against
the
Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or
right
of offset held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations, nor
shall
any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement
from
the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor
hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Purchasers by the Company on account
of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full. If any amount shall be
paid to
any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all
of the
Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by
such
Guarantor in trust for the Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such
Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned
over
to the Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed
by
such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be applied against the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Purchasers
may
determine.
(d) Amendments,
Etc. With Respect to the Obligations.
Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without
any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations
made
by the Purchasers may be rescinded by the Purchasers and any of the Obligations
continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon
or for
any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right
of
offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part,
be
renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and
the
other Transaction Documents and any other documents executed and delivered
in
connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated,
in
whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem advisable from time to time,
and
any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by
the
Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by them as security for
the
Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section
2
or any
property subject thereto.
(e) Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional.
Each
Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or
accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Purchasers upon the guarantee contained in this Section
2
or
acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section
2;
the
Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created,
contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this Section
2;
and all
dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the
Purchasers, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to
have
been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this
Section
2.
Each
Guarantor waives to the extent permitted by law diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company
or
any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor
understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section
2
shall be
construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment
and
performance without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Purchase
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any of the Obligations or any
other
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any
defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance
or fraud by Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or be asserted
by
the Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company
or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute,
an
equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
2,
in
bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor,
the
Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand
on or
otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as they may have against the Company,
any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security
or
guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto,
and
any failure by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such other
rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Company, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security
or
guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the
Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of
any
obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights
and
remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Purchasers against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall
include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
(f) Reinstatement.
The
guarantee contained in this Section
2
shall
continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored or returned by the Purchasers upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or
any
Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor
or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any
Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though
such payments had not been made.
(g) Payments.
Each
Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the
Purchasers without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. dollars at the address
set
forth or referred to in the Signature Pages to the Purchase
Agreement.
3. Representations
and Warranties.
Each
Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to
Purchasers as of the date hereof:
(a) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Guarantor is a corporation
or
limited liability company,
duly
incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule
1,
with
the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use its properties
and
assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Guarantor
has no
subsidiaries other than those identified as such on the Disclosure Schedules
to
the Purchase Agreement. The Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and
is in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the
nature
of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing,
as
the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) adversely
affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of this Guaranty in
any
material respect, (y) have a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, assets, prospects, or financial condition of the Guarantor or
(z)
adversely impair in any material respect the Guarantor's ability to perform
fully on a timely basis its obligations under this Guaranty (a “Material Adverse
Effect”).
(b) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Guarantor has the requisite corporate or limited liability company power
and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this
Guaranty, and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution
and delivery of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and the consummation by it
of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate or limited liability company action on the part of the Guarantor.
This
Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes
the valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement
of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(c) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and
the
consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated thereby do
not
and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of its Certificate
of
Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents or (ii) conflict
with,
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which the Guarantor is a party, or (iii) result in a violation
of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Guarantor
is
subject (including Federal and State securities laws and regulations), or
by
which any material property or asset of the Guarantor is bound or affected,
except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as
could
not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The business of the Guarantor is not being conducted in violation
of any
law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, except for
violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) Consents
and Approvals.
The
Guarantor is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or
order
of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal,
state,
local, foreign or other governmental authority or other person in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this
Guaranty.
(e) Purchase
Agreement.
The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Purchase
Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor, each of which is hereby incorporated
herein by reference, are true and correct as of each time such representations
are deemed to be made pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, and the Purchasers
shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth
herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty
to
the Company's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section
3,
be
deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge.
(f) Foreign
Law.
Each
Guarantor has consulted with appropriate foreign legal counsel with respect
to
any of the above representations for which non-U.S. law is applicable. Such
foreign counsel have advised each applicable Guarantor that such counsel
knows
of no reason why any of the above representations would not be true and
accurate. Such foreign counsel were provided with copies of this Subsidiary
Guarantee and the Transaction Documents prior to rendering their advice.
4. Covenants.
(a) Each
Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that, from and after the
date
of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid
in
full, such Guarantor shall take, and/or shall refrain from taking, as the
case
may be, each commercially reasonable action that is necessary to be taken
or not
taken, as the case may be, so that no Event of Default (as defined in the
Debentures) is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from
taking such action by such Guarantor.
(b) So
long
as any of the Obligations are outstanding, unless Purchasers holding at least
67%
of
the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall
otherwise consent in writing, each Guarantor will not directly or indirectly
on
or after the date of this Guarantee:
(i) other
than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer
to
exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but not
limited
to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now
owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
(ii) other
than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any
liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now
owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
(iii) amend
its
certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to
adversely affect any rights of any Purchaser;
(iv) repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a
de
minimis number of shares of its securities or debt obligations;
(v) pay
cash
dividends on any equity securities of the Company,
provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the payment of
intracompany dividends in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past
practice to any parent owning 100% of the equity securities of the
Guarantor;
(vi) enter
into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Guarantor which would be required
to be disclosed in any public filing of the Company with the Commission,
unless
such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than
a
quorum otherwise required for board approval); or
(vii) enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments
in Writing.
None of
the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified except in writing by the Purchasers holding 67% or
more in
principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding.
(b) Notices.
All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the Purchasers or any Guarantor
hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in the Purchase
Agreement, provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any
Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set
forth
on Schedule
5(b).
(c) No
Waiver By Course Of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.
The
Purchasers shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant
to
Section
5(a)),
delay,
indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy
hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default under the Transaction Documents
or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising,
on the
part of the Purchasers, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as
a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Purchasers of any
right
or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to
any
right or remedy which the Purchasers would otherwise have on any future
occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be
exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights
or
remedies provided by law.
(d) Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification.
(i) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers for, all its costs and
expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee
contained in Section
2
or
otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Guarantee and the
other
Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Purchasers.
(ii) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and
all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and
all
stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to
be
payable in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Guarantee.
(iii) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and
all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect
to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of
this
Guarantee to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to
the
Purchase Agreement.
(iv) The
agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations and
all
other amounts payable under the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents.
(e) Successor
and Assigns.
This
Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor
and
shall inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their respective successors
and
assigns; provided that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any
of its
rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent
of
the Purchasers.
(f) Set-Off.
Each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Purchasers at any time and from
time
to time while an Event of Default under any of the Transaction Documents
shall
have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any
other
Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to set-off
and appropriate and apply any and all deposits, credits, indebtedness or
claims,
in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Purchasers
to
or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor, or any part thereof in
such
amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on account of the obligations
and liabilities of such Guarantor to the Purchasers hereunder and claims
of
every nature and description of the Purchasers against such Guarantor, in
any
currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or otherwise, as the Purchasers may elect, whether or
not
the Purchasers have made any demand for payment and although such obligations,
liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Purchasers shall
notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made
by
the Purchasers of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give
such
notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights
of the Purchasers under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the
Purchasers may have.
(g) Counterparts.
This
Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee
on any
number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
(h) Severability.
Any
provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any
other jurisdiction.
(i) Section
Headings.
The
Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference
only
and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration
in
the interpretation hereof.
(j) Integration.
This
Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents represent the agreement of
the
Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties
by the Purchasers relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly
set forth or referred to herein or in the other Transaction
Documents.
(k) Governing
Laws.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Guarantee shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each of the Company and the Guarantors
agree that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
defense of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting
in
the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated
hereby
or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in
any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such
party
at the address in effect for notices to it under this Guarantee and agrees
that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and
notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any
right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
and
all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating
to
this Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(l) Acknowledgements.
Each
Guarantor hereby acknowledges that:
(i) it
has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(ii) the
Purchasers have no fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Guarantor arising
out of or in connection with this Guarantee or any of the other Transaction
Documents, and the relationship between the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the
Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(iii) no
joint
venture is created hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Guarantors
and the Purchasers.
(m) Additional
Guarantors.
The
Company shall cause each of its subsidiaries formed or acquired on or subsequent
to the date hereof to become a Guarantor for all purposes of this Guarantee
by
executing and delivering an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex
1
hereto.
(n) Release
of Guarantors.
Each
Guarantor will be released from all liability hereunder concurrently with
the
indefeasible repayment in full of all amounts owed under the Purchase Agreement,
the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents.
(o) Seniority.
The
Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder rank senior in priority to
any
other Indebtedness (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of such
Guarantor.
(p) Waiver
of Jury Trial.
EACH
GUARANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be
duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
20/20
Technologies, Inc.
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Magenta
netLogic, Limited
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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Global
Capacity Group, Inc.
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CentrePath,
Inc.
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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Nexvu
Technologies, LLC
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FNS
2007, INC.
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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20/20
TECHNOLOGIES I, LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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GUARANTORS
The
following are the names, notice addresses and jurisdiction of organization
of
each Guarantor.
Guarantor
Name/Notice Address
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Jurisdiction
of Organization
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Company
Owned by Percentage
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20/20
Technologies, Inc.
000
X. Xxxxxxx #0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Delaware
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100%
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||
20/20
Technologies I, LLC
000
X. Xxxxxxx #0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Delaware
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100%(1)
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||
Magenta
netLogic, Limited
Lissadel
Street
Salford
Greater
Manchester, UK M6 6AP
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UK
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100%(2)
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||
Global
Capacity Group, Inc.
000
X. Xxxx Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Texas
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100%
|
||
CentrePath,
Inc.
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx. 00000
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Delaware
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100%
|
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FNS
2000, Inc.
|
Delaware
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100%
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||
Nexvu
Technologies, LLC
000
X. Xxxxxxx #0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Delaware
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100%
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(1)
Owned 100% by 20/20 Technologies, Inc.
(2)
Owned 100% by 20/20 Technologies I, LLC
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ANNEX
1 TO SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENT, dated as of ______________________, made by
______________________________, a ______________ corporation (the “Additional
Guarantor”), in favor of the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in such Purchase Agreement.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
Capital Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) and the
Purchasers have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March
11, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the
“Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Subsidiaries of the Company
(other than the Additional Guarantor) have entered into the Subsidiary
Guarantee, dated as of March 11, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”) in favor of the Purchasers;
WHEREAS,
the Purchase Agreement requires the Additional Guarantor to become a party
to
the Guarantee; and
WHEREAS,
the Additional Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption
Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee;
NOW,
THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Guarantee.
By
executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Guarantor,
as
provided in Section
5(m)
of the
Guarantee, hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee as a Guarantor thereunder
with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes
all obligations and liabilities of a Guarantor thereunder. The information
set
forth in Annex
1
hereto
is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedule
1
to the
Guarantee. The Additional Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that each
of
the representations and warranties contained in Section
3
of the
Guarantee is true and correct on and as the date hereof as to such Additional
Guarantor (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on
and
as of such date.
2. Governing
Law.
THIS
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to
be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
[ADDITIONAL
GUARANTOR]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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1075582_4
A1-1