SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is dated as of May 9, 2019, between RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada
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 an exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of
the Securities Act (as defined below) contained in Section 4(a)(2)
thereof and/or Regulation D 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, for all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Action”
means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation pending or threatened before or by any court,
arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory
authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign).
“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 any Saturday, any 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 Shares pursuant
to Section
2.1.
“Closing
Date” means the
Trading Day on which all of the Subscription 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 Shares,
in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later
than the third Trading Day following the date hereof.
“Concurrent 144A Offering”
means the offering and sale by the Company pursuant to Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of the Company’s Convertible Senior
Notes due 2024 under that certain Purchase Agreement by and between
the Company and JMP Securities LLC, as initial purchaser, in a
transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Common
Stock” means the
Class B 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.
“Company
Counsel” means
Akerman LLP, with offices located at 000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000.
“Disqualification Events”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Effectiveness Period”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(b).
“Event
Date” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such terms in Section
5.1(c).
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Initial Filing Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(a).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(q).
“Investor
Questionnaire”
means the investor questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“GAAP”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Liens”
means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right
of first refusal, preemptive right or other
restriction.
“Lock-up Agreement” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means (i)
a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Subscription 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 Subscription Document.
“Per Share Purchase
Price” equals
$5.00, 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 date of this Agreement but
before the Closing Date.
“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.
“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.
“Registrable Securities”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(a).
“Registration Statement”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(a).
“Required
Approvals” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Risk
Factors” means the
risk factors attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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“Rule
144” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or
any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“Rule
424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or
any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities
Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issued to each Purchaser pursuant
to this Agreement.
“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).
“Solicitor”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(o).
“Subscription
Amount” means, as
to each Purchaser, the amount to be paid for Shares 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.
“Subscription
Documents” means
this Agreement, any other documents or agreements executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“S-1 Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section
5.1(a).
“S-3 Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section
5.1(a).
“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the SEC
Reports, and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or
indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the
date hereof.
“Trading
Day” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“Trading
Market” means any
of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT,
the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction
Documents” means
the Company’s presentation dated May 2019.
“Transfer
Agent” means West
Coast Stock Transfer, Inc., the current transfer agent of the
Company, with a mailing address of 000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, and any successor transfer agent of
the Company.
“Variable Rate
Transactions” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section
4.9.
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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On the
Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of
1,900,000 Shares (for a purchase price of $9,500,000) in increments
of $100,000, subject to lesser amounts being accepted at the
Company’s discretion; provided, however, that the number of Shares sold
pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed 19.9% of the
Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common
Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and Common Stock
at the time of Closing, on a pre-transaction basis. On the Closing
Date, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company such
Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount via wire transfer of immediately available funds and the
Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares 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. Upon
satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in
Sections 2.2 and
2.3, the Closing
shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to 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; and
(ii) a
copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent
instructing the Transfer Agent to issuance in book entry form the
Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the
Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser.
(b) On or prior to the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
the following:
(i) to the Company, a
completed Investor Questionnaire;
(ii) to
the Company, this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
and
(iii) to
the Company, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire
transfer of immediately available funds.
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2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The obligations of
the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to
the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties
of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date
therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such
date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The respective
obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date
hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not
have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at
any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or
limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on
securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any
Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared
either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or other national or international calamity of such
magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any
financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of
such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the Shares 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 SEC
Reports, which SEC Reports shall be deemed a part hereof and shall
qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent
of the disclosure contained in the SEC Reports, the Company hereby
makes the following representations and warranties to each
Purchaser:
(a) 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 described in the SEC Reports. 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 a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Subscription
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
of the other Subscription Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection
herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. This Agreement and each other Subscription Document to
which the Company 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.
(c) No Conflicts.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the other Subscription Documents to which it is a
party, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and
will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, (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, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Conduct of Business. Since
December 31, 2018, the Company has conducted its business in the
ordinary course materially consistent with past practice. Since
December 31, 2018, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect
with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor has
there occurred any event that is reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(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 Subscription Documents, other than: (i) the filings
required pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement,
(ii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner
required thereby, and (iii) 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
Shares. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and
paid for in accordance with the applicable Subscription Documents,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free
and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
(g) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC
Reports, except to the extent affected by the Concurrent 144A
Offering. Except as provided for in the Transaction Documents, the
Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant
to the vesting and delivery of awards under the Company’s employee equity plans outstanding
as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive
right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate
in the transactions contemplated by the Subscription
Documents.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. Since January 9, 2017, 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
(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) Disclosure Controls. The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures as required by
Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure
controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all
information required to be disclosed by the Company is recorded and
reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the
preparation of the SEC Reports and other public disclosure
documents. The Company maintains internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable,
under the Exchange Act). Such internal control over financial
reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP
and includes policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the
maintenance of records that are in reasonable detail and accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets
of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and
expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and
(iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the
Company’s assets that could have a material effect on its
financial statements. No attorney representing the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a violation of
securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by
the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents
pursuant to the rules adopted pursuant to Section 307 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(j) Internal Controls. The Company
has disclosed, based on the most recent evaluation by its chief
executive officer and its chief financial officer prior to the date
hereof, to the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of
Board of Directors (i) any significant deficiencies in the
design or operation of its internal controls over financial
reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information and has identified for the Company’s
auditors and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors any material
weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and
(ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The
Company has delivered to the Company prior to the date hereof
(A) a complete and correct summary of any such disclosure and
(B) any material communication made by management or the
Company’s auditors to the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors required or contemplated by listing standards of Trading
Market, the Audit Committee’s charter or professional
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. No
material complaints from any source regarding accounting, internal
accounting controls or auditing matters, and no concerns from the
Company’s employees regarding questionable accounting or
auditing matters, have been received by the Company or, to the
knowledge of the Company, the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm.
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(k) Trading Market. The Company is
in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing
and corporate governance rules and regulations of Trading Market.
From January 1, 2017 through the date hereof, the Company has not
received any comment letter from the Commission or the staff
thereof or, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, any
correspondence from the Trading Market or the staff thereof
relating to the delisting or maintenance of listing of Common Stock
on Trading Market, other than such disclosures or documents that
can be obtained on the Commission’s website at xxx.xxx.xxx.
The Company has not taken and will not take any action designed to
or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in an
unlawful manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(l) Certain Fees.
Except with respect to the placement agency fees of $665,000
payable to JMP Securities and associated expense reimbursement, no
brokerage or finder’s
fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any
Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the Subscription
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to
any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Subscription Documents.
(m) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares, will not be or
be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an
“investment
company” subject to
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(n) Registration
Rights. Except (i) as set forth in the SEC Reports, the
Transaction Documents, and Section 4.10 and Section 5.1 of this
Agreement and (ii) in connection with the Concurrent 144A Offering,
no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to
effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities
of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(o) No “Bad Actor”
Disqualification. The Company has exercised reasonable care,
in accordance with Commission rules and guidance, and has conducted
a factual inquiry, the nature and scope of which reflect reasonable
care under the relevant facts and circumstances, to determine
whether any Covered Person (as defined below) is subject to any of
the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule
506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act
(“Disqualification
Events”). To the Company’s knowledge, after
conducting such sufficiently diligent factual inquiries, no Covered
Person is subject to a Disqualification Event, except for a
Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3) under
the Securities Act. The Company has complied, to the extent
applicable, with any disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) under
the Securities Act. “Covered Persons” are
those persons specified in Rule 506(d)(1) under the Securities Act,
including the Company; any predecessor or affiliate of the Company;
any director, executive officer, other officer participating in the
offering, general partner or managing member of the Company; any
beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding
voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power;
any promoter (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of the sale
of the Shares; and any person that has been or will be paid
(directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of
purchasers in connection with the sale of the Shares (a
“Solicitor”), any general
partner or managing member of any Solicitor, and any director,
executive officer or other officer participating in the offering of
any Solicitor or general partner or managing member of any
Solicitor.
(p) Information Provided. The
Company confirms that, to its knowledge, with the exception of the
proposed sale of the Shares under this Agreement and the
Subscription Documents relating hereto, neither the Company nor any
other persons acting on its behalf has provided any of the
Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information.
The Company further confirms that until public disclosure of the
events described above, the Purchasers will be restricted by the
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx prohibitions under the Exchange Act from trading or
“tipping” on the basis of such
information.
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(q) Intellectual Property. Except
as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in
the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company owns or
possesses or has valid rights to use all patents, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx
registrations, copyrights, licenses, trade secrets and similar
rights (“Intellectual Property
Rights”), if any, necessary for the conduct of the
business of the Company as currently carried on and as described in
the Company’s SEC Reports. To the knowledge of the Company,
no action or use by the Company necessary for the conduct of its
business as currently carried on and as described in the
Company’s SEC Reports infringes any Intellectual Property
Rights of others. Except as would not reasonably be expected to
result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company has not received any notice alleging any such
infringement with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others.
Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually
or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect (A) to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement,
misappropriation or violation by third parties of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company; (B) there is no
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the
Company in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the
Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis
for any such claim, that would, individually or in the aggregate,
together with any other claims in this Section 3.1(q), reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (C) the
Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed
to the Company, have not been adjudged by a court of competent
jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and
there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging
the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and
the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable
basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the
aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 3.1(q), reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (D) there is no
pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes,
misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property
Rights or other proprietary rights of others, the Company has not
received any written notice of such claim and the Company is
unaware of any other facts which would form a reasonable basis for
any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate,
together with any other claims in this Section 3.1(q), reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (E) to the
Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in
violation in any material respect of any term of any employment
contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment
agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement,
nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a
former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such
employee’s employment with the Company, or actions undertaken
by the employee while employed with the Company and could
reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate,
in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, all
material trade secrets developed by and belonging to the Company
which have not been patented have been kept confidential. The
Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or
agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any
other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the
Company’s SEC Reports and are not described therein. To the
Company’s knowledge, none of the technology employed by the
Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in
violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or
any of its officers, directors or employees, or otherwise in
violation of the rights of any persons.
3.2 Representations and
Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and
for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows
(unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be
accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Each Purchaser is either an individual or an
entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by
such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership,
limited liability company, investment management or similar action,
as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Subscription
Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with
the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’
rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(b) Investment
Purpose. Each Purchaser is
acquiring the Shares for its own account for investment only and
not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the
public sale or distribution thereof. Each Purchaser acknowledges
that the Shares will be issued in book entry form with a notation
of restriction as set forth in Section
4.1.
(c) Experience
of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together
with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and
experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in
the Shares, 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 Shares and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(d) Accredited
Investor Status. Each
Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is
defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as promulgated
under the Securities Act and has delivered to the Company a completed
Investor Questionnaire.
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(e) Reliance
on Exemptions. Each
Purchaser understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to
it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of,
and each Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations,
warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of each
Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability
of such exemptions and the eligibility of each Purchaser to acquire
the Shares.
(f) Information.
Each Purchaser and its representatives, if any, have been furnished
with all materials relating to the business, finances and
operations of the Company and other information each Purchaser
deemed material to making an informed investment decision regarding
its purchase of the Shares, which have been requested by each
Purchaser. Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed a copy
of the Subscription Documents, including the Risk Factors, the
Transaction Documents and the SEC Reports. Each Purchaser and
its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of the Company and its management. Neither such
inquiries, nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by
any Purchaser or its advisors, if any, or its representatives,
shall modify, amend or affect each Purchaser’s right to rely
on the Company’s representations and warranties contained
in Section
3.1. Each Purchaser
understands that its investment in the Shares involves a high
degree of risk. Each Purchaser has sought such accounting,
legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an
informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the
Shares.
(g) General
Solicitation. Each
Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the
Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or
broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or
any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(h) Company Affiliated Investors.
Each Purchaser acknowledges that certain officers and directors of
the Company may purchase Shares pursuant to this
Agreement.
(i) No Governmental Review. Each
Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state
governmental authority has passed on or made any recommendation or
endorsement of the Shares, or the fairness or suitability of the
investment in the Shares, nor have such governmental authorities
passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the
Shares.
(j) Certain Transactions
and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the
transactions contemplated hereunder, each Purchaser has not, nor
has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding
with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases
or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company
during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser
first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or
any other Person representing the Company setting forth the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and
ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Other than to
other Persons party to this Agreement or to such
Purchaser’s
representatives, including, without limitation, its officers,
directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents
and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality
of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction
(including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
ARTICLE IV
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer and Restrictive
Legend.
(a) The Shares may only
be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities
laws. In connection with any transfer of Shares other than pursuant
to an effective registration statement, 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 Shares
under the Securities Act.
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(b) The Purchasers
agree to a restrictive notation on the Shares to be issued in book
entry form as follows:
THESE
SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FROM THE ISSUER WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”) AND ARE RESTRICTED SHARES AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED UNDER
RULE 144, PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THESE SHARES MAY
NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, DISTRIBUTED, OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN ANY MANNER UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS (I) REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR
RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT, OR (III) SOLD PURSUANT TO A VALID
EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AS EVIDENCED BY AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER, STATING
THAT THE TRANSFER DOES NOT INVOLVE A TRANSACTION REQUIRING
REGISTRATION OF SUCH SHARES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
4.2 Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Shares in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Shares or
that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for
purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such
that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of
such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained
before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.3 Securities Laws
Disclosure; Publicity. On the Trading Day immediately
following the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current Report
on Form 8-K (the “Announcement
8-K”), including
the Subscription Documents and the Transaction Documents with the
Commission. From and after the filing of the Announcement 8-K, the
Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly
disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of
the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of
their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Subscription
Documents and the Transaction Documents.
4.4 Use of
Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the
sale of the Shares hereunder as set forth in the Transaction
Documents and for working capital purposes.
4.5 Reservation of Common
Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and
the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all
times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue
Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
4.6 Listing of Common
Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to
maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the
Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently
with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of
the Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing
of all of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further
agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on
any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application
all of the Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary
to cause all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other
Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take
all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading
of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all
respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The
Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for
electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by
timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such
other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.
4.7 Certain Transactions
and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not
jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor
any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding
with it will execute any purchases, sales or effect any other
transactions, including Short Sales of any of the
Company’s securities
during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement
and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by the
Subscription Documents and Transaction Documents are first publicly
announced pursuant to the filing of the Announcement 8-K as
described in Section
4.3. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the
other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the
transactions contemplated by the Subscription Documents and
Transaction Documents are publicly disclosed by the Company
pursuant to the filing of the Announcement 8-K as described in
Section 4.3, such
Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and
terms of this transaction and the information included in the
Subscription Documents and Transaction Documents.
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4.8 Form D; Blue Sky
Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with
respect to the Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide
a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company
shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is
necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the
Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable
securities or “Blue
Sky” laws of the states
of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions
promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.9 Restriction on Variable Rate
Transactions. From the date hereof until the one-year
anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall be prohibited
from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any issuance
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of Common Stock or any
outstanding convertible instruments, options or warrants or similar
securities (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable
Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate
Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company
issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible
into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to
receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a
conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price
that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or
quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the
initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a
conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being
reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt
or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or
contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of
the Company or the market for the Common Stock. For the avoidance
of doubt, the issuance of a security which is subject to customary
anti-dilution protections, including where the conversion, exercise
or exchange price is subject to adjustment as a result of stock
splits, reverse stock splits and other similar recapitalization or
reclassification events, shall not be deemed to be a
“Variable Rate Transaction.” 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.
4.10 Restriction
on Future Issuances. The Company agrees that, without the
prior written consent of JMP Securities LLC, it will not, for a
period of ninety (90) days after the date of the Closing Date, (a)
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract
to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock
of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, (b) file
or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission
relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company (except for
registration statements on Form S-4 or Form S-8, a resale
registration statement on Form S-3 for the shares of capital stock
of the Company issued hereunder, a resale registration statement on
Form S-3 (or Form S-1, if the Company is unable to use Form S-3)
for the notes and shares of Common Stock underlying the notes
issued in the Concurrent 144A Offering, and a resale registration
statement on Form S-3 for the 540,358 shares of Common Stock issued
or to be issued by the Company as consideration in connection with
the Company’s purchase of AutoSport USA, Inc., as described
in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
SEC on April 1, 2019) or (c) enter into any swap or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the
Company, whether any such transaction described in clause
(a), (b) or (c) above is to be settled by
delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The restrictions contained in
this Section 4.10
shall not apply to (i) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (ii) the
issuance by the Company of shares of capital stock of the Company
upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the conversion or
vesting of a security outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) the
issuance by the Company of equity awards of the Company under any
equity compensation plan of the Company, (iv) the issuance by the
Company of shares of capital stock of the Company or securities
convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to
receive shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with
the acquisition by the Company of the securities, business,
technology, property or other assets of another person or entity,
(v) the entry into the purchase agreement governing the Concurrent
Rule 144A Offering or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
the conversion of the securities issued in the Concurrent Rule 144A
Offering, (vi) the sale of shares of capital stock of the Company
to cover the payment of exercise prices or the payment of taxes
associated with the exercise or vesting of equity awards under any
equity compensation plan of the Company, or (vii) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Company’s registration
statements on Forms S-3 (Reg. Nos. 333-223425, 333-225217 and
333-226514) and Forms S-8 (Reg. No. 333-219203, 333-223428 and
333-226440) with the Commission to maintain effectiveness of such
registration statements, provided that in each of (ii) and (iii) above, the underlying
shares of capital stock of the Company held by the Company’s
directors and officers shall be restricted from sale pursuant to
the Lock-up Agreement (defined below). In connection with the
Concurrent Rule 144A Offering, the Company has caused to be
delivered to JMP Securities LLC prior to the date of this Agreement
a letter from each of the Company’s directors and executive
officers restricting certain acquisitions and dispositions of
Company securities (each, a “Lock-Up Agreement”). The
Company will enforce the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and issue
stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common
Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction
that would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable
Lock-Up Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
5.1 Registration Procedures and Expenses;
Liquidated Damages for Certain Events.
(a) The Company shall
prepare and file with the Commission, as promptly as reasonably
practicable following Closing, but in no event later than 30 days
following the date hereof (the “Initial Filing Date”), a
registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor to Form S-3),
covering the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined
below) (the “S-3
Registration Statement”) and as soon as reasonably
practicable thereafter but in no event later than 90 days following
the date hereof (180 days in the event of a review of the S-3
Registration Statement by the SEC), to effect such registration and
any related qualification or compliance with respect to all
Registrable Securities held by the Purchasers. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Registrable Securities”
shall mean (i) the Shares; and (iii) any Common Stock of the
Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of
any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend
or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in
replacement of, any Shares. In the event that Form S-3 (or any
successor form) is or becomes unavailable to register the resale of
the Registrable Securities at any time prior to the expiration of
the Purchasers’ registration rights pursuant to Article V, the Company shall
prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably
practicable following the Closing but in no event later than the
Initial Filing Date, a registration statement on Form S-1 (or any
successor to Form S-1), covering the resale of the Registrable
Securities (the “S-1
Registration Statement” and collectively the S-3
Registration Statement, the “Registration Statement”)
and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter but in no event
later than 60 days following the date hereof (120 days in the event
of a review of the S-1 Registration Statement by the SEC), to
effect such registration and any related qualification or
compliance with respect to all Registrable Securities held by the
Purchasers. If the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3 at
Initial Filing Date, and the Company subsequently becomes eligible
to use Form S-3 during the Effectiveness Period (as defined below),
the Company shall file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, a
new S-3 Registration Statement covering the resale of the
Registrable Securities and replace the S-1 Registration Statement
with the new S-3 Registration Statement upon the effectiveness of
the new S-3 Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall,
during the Effectiveness Period, use its reasonable best efforts
to:
(i) prepare and file
with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary or advisable to keep the Registration
Statement current and effective for the resale of the Registrable
Securities held by a Purchaser for a period ending on the earlier
of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date on
which all Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144
during any three-month period without the requirement for the
Company to be in compliance with the current public information
required under Rule 144(c)(1) or (iii) such time as all Registrable
Securities have been sold pursuant to a registration statement or
Rule 144 (collectively, the “Effectiveness Period”).
The Company shall notify each Purchaser promptly upon the
Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto
being declared effective by the Commission and advise each
Purchaser that the form of Prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement or post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be,
at the time of effectiveness meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act or that it intends to file a Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act;
(ii) furnish
to each Purchaser with respect to the Registrable Securities
registered under the Registration Statement such number of copies
of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including
supplemental prospectuses) filed with the Commission in conformance
with the requirements of the Securities Act and other such
documents as such Purchaser may reasonably request, in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of
the Registrable Securities by such Purchaser;
(iii) make
any necessary blue sky filings;
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(iv) pay
the expenses incurred by the Company and the Purchasers in
complying with Article
V, including, all registration and filing fees, FINRA fees,
exchange listing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense
of any special audits incident to or required by any such
registration (but excluding attorneys’ fees of any Purchaser
and any and all underwriting discounts and selling commissions
applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities by the
Purchasers);
(v) advise the
Purchasers, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain
knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission
delaying or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose;
and it will promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal at the
earliest possible moment if such stop order should be issued;
and
(vi) with
a view to making available to the Purchaser the benefits of Rule
144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at
any time permit the Purchasers to sell Registrable Securities to
the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees
to: (i) make and keep public information available, as such term is
understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) such
date as all of the Registrable Securities qualify to be resold
immediately pursuant to Rule 144 or any other rule of similar
effect during any three-month period without the requirement for
the Company to be in compliance with the current public information
required under Rule 144(c)(1) or (B) such date as all of the
Registrable Securities shall have been resold pursuant to Rule 144
(and may be further resold without restriction); (ii) file with the
Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required of the Company under the Securities Act and under the
Exchange Act; and (iii) furnish to any Purchaser upon request, as
long as such Purchaser owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a
written statement by the Company as to whether it has complied with
the reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other
information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail the
Purchaser of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits
the selling of any such Registrable Securities without
registration.
The
Company understands that the Purchasers disclaim being an
underwriter, but acknowledges that a determination by the
Commission that a Purchaser is deemed an underwriter shall not
relieve the Company of any obligations it has hereunder. The
Company will not name any Purchaser as an underwriter in a
Registration Statement or Prospectus.
(c) If (i) the
Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Initial
Filing Date, or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission
a request for acceleration of the Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act, within five
Trading Days after the date the Company is first notified (orally
or in writing) by the Commission that the Registration Statement
will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to
further review or comment, or (iii) prior to the effective date of
the 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 21 days after the receipt of comments by or notice
from the Commission that such amendment or resolution of such
comments is required in order for such Registration Statement to be
declared effective, or (iv) there occurs the issuance of by the
Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or
(v) at any time during the period commencing from the six-month
anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of
the Registrable Securities may be resold during any three-month
period without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance
with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1),
the Company shall fail to satisfy the current public information
requirement under Rule 144(c) (any of the foregoing being referred
to as an “Event”, and for purposes
of clauses (i) and (v), 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 21-day period is exceeded, being the “Event Date”), then except
during any period of time during which the Registrable Securities
may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume limitations, in
addition to any other rights the Purchasers 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 Purchaser an amount in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of
1.0% multiplied by the Purchase Price paid by such Purchaser with
respect to the Registrable Securities affected by such Event and
held by such Purchaser on such Event Date or monthly anniversary
thereof, up to a maximum of 10.0% of the Purchase Price for such
Registrable Securities provided that such maximum shall not apply
if the applicable Event is the Event described in clause (v). If
the Company fails to pay any 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 12% per annum (or
such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by
applicable law) to the Purchasers, accruing daily from the date
such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such
interest thereon, are paid in full. The 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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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 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 May 30, 2019; provided,
however, that
no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for
any breach by any other party (or parties).
6.2 Fees and
Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Subscription
Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and
expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts,
if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees
(including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day
processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and
any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and
other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of
any Shares to the Purchasers.
6.3 Entire
Agreement. The Subscription Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or
written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
6.4 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 or email attachment at the facsimile number or email
address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or
prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the
next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the
facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later
than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
second (2nd)
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S.
nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
The address for such notices and communications shall be as set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that
any notice provided pursuant to any Subscription Document
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall
simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a
Current Report on Form 8-K.
6.5 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. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of
any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that
disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and
obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and
obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written
consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment
effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 6.5 shall be binding
upon each Purchaser and holder of Shares and the
Company.
6.6 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.
6.7 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 Shares, provided that such
transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the
transferred Shares, by the provisions of the Subscription Documents
that apply to the “Purchasers.”
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6.8 No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. JMP Securities LLC shall be the third party
beneficiary of the representations and warranties of the Company in
Section 3.1 and the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section 3.2. This Agreement is
intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor
may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except
as otherwise set forth in this Section 6.8.
6.9 Governing Law.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of the Subscription 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
Subscription Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or
its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to
the enforcement of any of the Subscription Documents), and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or
Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is
improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each
party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding
by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the
address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees
that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an Action or
Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Subscription Documents,
then the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be
reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other
costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and
prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.
6.10 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
6.11 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being
understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature
shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing
(or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force
and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
6.12 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.
6.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions
of) any of the other Subscription Documents, whenever any Purchaser
exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Subscription
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.
6.14 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.
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6.15 Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Subscription
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
Subscription Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each
and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in
any Subscription Document shall be subject to adjustment for
reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock
that occur after the date of this Agreement but before the Closing
Date.
6.16 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH
PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES. ACCORDINGLY, 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.
Address for
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LLP
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☐ Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the
above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement
to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the
obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the
above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing
shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the third
(3rd)
Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any
condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to
being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by
the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument,
certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no
longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional
obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to
deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or
purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing
Date.
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EXHIBIT A
INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
IN
CONNECTION WITH RUMBLEON, INC.'S PROPOSED SALE OF CLASS B COMMON
STOCK (THE “SHARES”) , PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU QUALIFY
AS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
(please check all
that apply):
Any
individual whose net worth, or joint net worth with that
person’s spouse, at the time of his or her purchase of the
Shares, exceeds US$1,000,000. For purposes of calculating net worth
under this section, (i) the person's primary residence shall not be
included as an asset; (ii) indebtedness that is secured by the
person's primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value
of the primary residence at the time of the sale of the Shares,
shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of
such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities
exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than
as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount
of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (iii)
indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence in
excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence
at the time of the sale of the Shares shall be included as a
liability.
Any
individual who had an individual income in excess of US$200,000 in
each of the two most recent years or joint income with that
person’s spouse in excess of US$300,000 in each of those
years and reasonably expects to reach the same income level in the
current year.
Any
director or executive officer of RumbleOn, Inc. For purposes of
this section, “executive officer” means the president;
any vice president in charge of a principal business unit, division
or function, such as sales, administration or finance; or any other
person or persons who perform(s) similar policymaking functions for
RumbleOn, Inc..
Any
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or
partnership not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the
Shares, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
Any
trust, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, not formed for
the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares, whose purchase is
directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule
506(b)(2)(ii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Any
bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933,
or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined
in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act of 1933, whether acting
in its individual or fiduciary capacity
Any
broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Any
insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the Securities
Act of 1933.
Any
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 or a business development company as defined in Section
2(a)(48) of such Act.
Any
Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U. S. Small
Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
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Any
plan established and maintained by a state, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such
plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
Any
employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and either the
decision to acquire the Shares has been made by a plan fiduciary,
as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank,
savings and loan association, insurance company or registered
investment advisor, or the employee benefit plan has total assets
in excess of $5,000,000, or if a self-directed plan, investment
decisions are made solely by persons who are accredited
investors.
Any
private business development company as defined in Section
202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Any
entity in which all of the equity owners are Accredited Investors,
as described above. Type of entity:
Names
of Equity Owners:
1. __________________________________
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By
signing below, the Investor confirms that the information in this
Investor Questionnaire is true, correct and complete.
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Name of
Investor
By:
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Signature
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Title:_______________________________
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(if any)
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Date:
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