SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of ______________among IBSG International, Inc., a Florida corporation
(the “Company”),
and
the Investors 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 Senior Secured Convertible Notes (as defined herein), and (b) the following
terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
“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 144 under the Securities
Act.
With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, 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.
“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 appropriate Senior Secured Convertible
Notes have been satisfied or waived.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, 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
Xxxxxx X. Emas, Esq.
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes.
“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.
“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
by a
majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company
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 (including but not limited to those
securities disclosed in the SEC Reports), 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 any
such
securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to mergers, acquisitions or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors,
provided 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.
“Force
Majeure”
shall
mean the following acts or omissions provided that they are beyond the direct
control of the Company: an act of God, an act of war, terrorism, natural
disaster or prolonged and systematic failure of communication or electrical
services. Force Majeure shall not include any act or omission by the Commission
or the Trading Market.
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“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 investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
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“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.
“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.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated hereunder.
“Senior
Secured Convertible Notes”
means,
the 10% Senior
Secured Convertible Notes due,
subject to the terms therein, 30 months from their date of issuance, issued
by
the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit
A
hereto.
“Short
Sales”
shall
include 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 Senior Secured Convertible Notes 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.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“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 Nasdaq Capital Market, the American
Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or
the
OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes,
the
Registration Rights Agreement, and any other documents or agreements executed
in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Underlying
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption
of
the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes.
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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,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by
the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser agrees to
purchase in the aggregate, severally and not jointly, the amount of principal
amount of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes subscribed to, payable via wire
transfer an immediate available funds to the Company equal to their Subscription
Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser their respective Senior
Secured Convertible Notes (closing). Upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in herein, the Closing shall occur at the offices of the Company, or
such
other location as the parties shall mutually agree. The Company shall have
the
right, but not the obligation, to raise up to $3,000,000 pursuant to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
each
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Purchaser the following:
(i)
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this Agreement duly executed by the
Company;
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(ii) a
Senior
Secured Convertible Note with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iii) the
Warrant; and
(iv) 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 (except as noted) the following:
(i)
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this
Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser;
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(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the Company;
and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
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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 when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by the Purchasers 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 on the Closing Date of the representations
and
warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iii) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
the
date hereof; and
(iv) 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 Financial Markets 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 Senior Secured Convertible Notes at the Closing.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company hereby make the representations and warranties set forth below 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 (as applicable), 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 or 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 its 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 its
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”).
(b) 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 board
of directors of the Company have approved the terms and consummation of the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents. The execution
and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by each of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further
action is required by the Company, its board of directors or stockholders in
connection therewith. Each Transaction Document 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 of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company and each of the Acquisition Subsidiaries
of
the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not:
(i)
conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’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 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 debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which
the
Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company 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
is
subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by
which any property or asset of the Company 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.
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(d) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is 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.
(e) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Underlying Shares 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, 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. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of
the
Underlying Shares.
(f) Capitalization.
The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined
below). 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. The issuance and sale of the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes 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 of the Company or others is required for the issuance
and
sale of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes.
(g) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it 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 and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, 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.
(h) 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, (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.
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(i) Litigation.
Except
as disclosed to the Purchasers in writing, 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.
(j) 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 employees
is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the
Company, and the Company is not a party to a collective bargaining agreement,
and the Company believes that its relationships with their employees are good.
(k) 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 currently 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.
(l) Brokers
Fees.
The
Company agrees to pay a placement fee to Bristol Investment Group. The fee
will
be equal to 8% of the cash received by the Company and 8% of the warrants issued
by the Company to the investor upon closing as defined above. Issuance of
warrants shall occur at the point of conversion by the Purchasers of the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes or their redemption by the Company. 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.
(m) 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.
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(n) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, 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.
(o) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company’s 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.
(p) 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. 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.
(q) 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.
(r) 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.
(s) 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 the Company is current with
respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers.
(t) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely
in
the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further
acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of
the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by
any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is
merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company
further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on
the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
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3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each
Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser 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, delivery and
performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the
part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has
been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser
in
accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Notes as
principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or
reselling such Senior
Secured Convertible Notes 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
Senior
Secured Convertible Notes 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Notes (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.
Such
Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any
other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the
Senior
Secured Convertible Notes.
(c) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes,
it was,
and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts any Senior
Secured Convertible Notes it 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 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Notes,
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 Senior
Secured Convertible Notes as
a
result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding
the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes 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.
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(f) Short
Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
Other
than the transaction 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 disposition, including Short
Sales, in 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 setting forth the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion
Time”).
(g) Reliance.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes are
being
offered and sold in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the
Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s
compliance with, the representations, warranties and covenants of such Purchaser
set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions
and
the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Senior
Secured Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares 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, 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares 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 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(b), of a legend on any of the Senior
Secured Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares in
the
following form:
[NEITHER]
THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
[EXERCISABLE] [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. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
[EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH
A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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(c) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
the
removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Senior
Secured Convertible Notes and Underlying Shares as
set
forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the
Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption there from, 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.
4.2 Acknowledgment
of Dilution.
The
Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Underlying Shares 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 Conversion
and Exercise Procedures.
The
form of Notice of Conversion included in the Senior Secured Convertible
Notes set
forth
the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to convert
the Senior Secured Convertible Notes. No additional legal opinion or other
information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers convert their
Senior Secured Convertible Notes. The Company shall honor exercises of
conversions of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes and shall deliver Underlying
Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth
in
the Transaction Documents.
4.4 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 representations in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.5 Warrants.
Upon
each Closing, the Purchasers will be issued 3-year warrants to purchase up
to
33% of the Principal Amount of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes (on an
as
converted basis) at an exercise price equal to 110% of the Conversion Price.
The
Warrants shall be exercisable on a cashless basis and shall include
anti-dilution provisions.
4.6 Right
Of Participation.
For as
long as over 50% of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes are outstanding,
following the closing of this Offering, (i) the Purchasers shall have a right
of
participation in any new fund raising undertaken by the Company in a percentage
equal to the ratio of the face value of the then outstanding Senior Secured
Convertible Note of that Purchaser to the amount raised in the new financing
and
(ii) the Purchasers shall be entitled at their option, to invest an additional
$1.75 million on the same terms as the investment described
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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 July 5, 2006;
provided,
however,
that no
such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by
the
other party (or parties).
5.2 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 and exhibits.
5.3 Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (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 2nd
Trading
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications
shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.4 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 each Purchaser 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.
5.5 Headings.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.6 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The 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 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”.
5.7 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set
forth
in Section 4.11.
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5.8 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 Florida, 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 State of Florida. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the State of Florida 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. The
parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. 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.
5.9 Survival.
The
representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements contained herein
shall survive the Closing and the delivery, exercise and/or conversion of the
Securities, as applicable for the applicable statue of limitations.
5.10 Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by 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.
5.11 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.
5.12 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.
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5.13 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.
5.14 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.
5.15 Liquidated
Damages.
The
Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company
and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security
pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due
and
payable shall have been canceled.
5.16 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.
(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.
IBSG
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
Address
for Notice:
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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With
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxx
X. Emas
Attorney
at Law
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO CFWH 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 Purchaser:
________________________________________________
Facsimile
Number of Purchaser:
________________________________________________
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription
Amount: $_____________________________
EIN
Number: [PROVIDE
THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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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: ______________
Original
Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.12
per
share
$________
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10%
SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES
DUE
_______________
THIS
SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES is one of a series of duly authorized and
validly issued Senior Secured Convertible Note of IBSG International, Inc.,
a
Florida corporation, having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx. Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (the “Company”),
designated as its 10% Senior Secured Convertible Notes, due in thirty months
from the date herein (this Senior Secured Convertible Note, the “Senior
Secured Convertible Note”
and
collectively with the other such series of Senior Secured Convertible Notes,
the
“Senior
Secured Convertible Notes”).
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to CAMOFI
MASTER LDC or
its
registered assigns (the “Holder”),
or
shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $1,250,000
by _________________(thirty months from the date herein or the date of final
payment), or such earlier date as this Senior Secured Convertible Note is
required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder (the “Maturity
Date”),
and
to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding
principal amount of this Senior Secured Convertible Note in accordance with
the
provisions hereof. This Senior Secured Convertible Note is subject to the
following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the
purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Senior
Secured Convertible Note, (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:
“Alternate
Consideration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).
“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.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, 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).
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock, no par value per share, of the Company and stock of any other
class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified
or
changed into.
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“Conversion
Shares”
means,
collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Senior
Secured Convertible Note in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Mandatory
Default Amount”
means
the sum of (i) the greater of (A) 130% of the outstanding principal amount
of
this Senior Secured Convertible Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest
hereon, or (B) the outstanding principal amount of this Senior Secured
Convertible Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the
Conversion Price on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either demanded
(if
demand or notice is required to create an Event of Default) or otherwise due,
and (ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in
respect of this Senior Secured Convertible Note.
“Original
Issue Date”
means
the date of the first issuance of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes,
regardless of any transfers of any Senior Secured Convertible Note and
regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such
Senior Secured Convertible Notes.
“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.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement 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 among the Company and the original Holders,
dated as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, 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, who shall be named as a “selling
stockholder” therein, and meets the requirements of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the principal Trading Market 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 National Market, the New York Stock Exchange or
the
OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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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 Senior Secured Convertible Note at the
rate
of 10% per annum, payable on the one year anniversary of the Original Issue
Date, on each Conversion Date (as to that principal amount then being
converted), on each Company Optional Redemption Date (as to that principal
amount then being converted), on each Optional Redemption Date (as to that
principal amount then being redeemed) and on the Maturity Date (except that,
if
any such date is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due on the
next
succeeding Business Day) and on the Maturity Date but no interest payment will
be do by the Company until after one year from the final closing date and
(except that, if any such date is not a Business Day, then such payment shall
be
due on the next succeeding Business Day) (each such date, an “Interest
Payment Date”),
in
cash. If the Purchaser and the Company agree, the payment of interest can apply
to shares, see
(b) below for conditions
(the
amount to be paid in shares, the “Interest
Share Amount”),
or a
combination, thereof; provided,
however,
that as
to such Interest Payment Date, prior to such Interest Notice Period (but not
more than 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 then Conversion Price (the
“Interest
Conversion Shares”).
b) Company’s
Election to Pay Interest in Kind.
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest
hereunder in cash or shares of Common Stock shall be at the discretion
of the Company and the Purchaser (it is intended to be a cash payment so in
the
case of disagreement, cash payment (s) will be made as specified above.
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 provide such written notice 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 and shall accrue
daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the
principal sum, 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). Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person
in
whose name this Senior Secured Convertible Note is registered on the records
of
the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Senior Secured
Convertible Note (the “Senior
Secured Convertible Note 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
Senior Secured Convertible Notes, then such payment shall be distributed ratably
among the holders of the then-outstanding Senior Secured Convertible Notes
based
on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Senior Secured
Convertible Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
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 18% per annum or the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law (“Late
Fees”)
which
shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and
including the date of 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 able to
pay
accrued interest in Common Stock because it fails to satisfy the conditions
for
payment in Common Stock set forth above, 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 five
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 average reported stock price during
the period commencing on the Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading
Day
prior to the date such payment is 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.
The
Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Senior Secured
Convertible Note without the prior written consent of the Holder.
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Section
3. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
a) Different
Denominations.
This
Senior Secured Convertible Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal
amount of Senior Secured Convertible Notes 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
Senior Secured Convertible Note 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.
c) Reliance
on Senior Secured Convertible Note Register.
Prior
to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Senior Secured
Convertible Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person
in whose name this Senior Secured Convertible Note is duly registered on the
Senior Secured Convertible Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose
of
receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or
not
this Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note
is
no longer outstanding, this Senior Secured Convertible Note 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
(a
“Notice
of Conversion”),
specifying therein the principal amount of this Senior Secured Convertible
Note
to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (a
“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 Senior Secured Convertible Note to the Company unless the entire
principal amount of this Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note 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 1 Business Day 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note,
acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph,
following conversion of a portion of this Senior Secured Convertible Note,
the
unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Senior Secured Convertible
Note
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 $0.12
(subject
to adjustment herein) (the “Conversion
Price”).
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c) Conversion
Limitations.
The
Company shall not effect any conversion of this Senior Secured Convertible
Note,
and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Senior
Secured Convertible Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the
conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder
(together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting
as a group together with such Holder or any of such 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 such Holder and its affiliates shall include
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Senior
Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Note beneficially owned by such 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 Senior Secured Convertible Notes) beneficially
owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(c)(ii), 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 applies, the determination of whether this Senior
Secured Convertible Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned
by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount
of
this Senior Secured Convertible Note is convertible shall be in the sole
discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall
be
deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether this Senior Secured
Convertible Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by
such
Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Senior
Secured Convertible Note is convertible, in each case subject to such aggregate
percentage limitations. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each 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, in determining the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock, a 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 Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, 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 such 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Note, by such 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note held by the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation
provisions of this Section 4(c)(ii) may be waived by such Holder, at the
election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the
Company, to change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 4(c)(ii)
shall continue to apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further waived by such Holder. The
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)(ii)
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
Senior Secured Convertible Note.
d) Mechanics
of Conversion.
i. Conversion
Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount.
The
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall
be
determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal
amount of this Senior Secured Convertible Note to be converted by (y) the
Conversion Price.
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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 (unless a delay
is a result of a Force Majeure, provided the Company continues to use
commercially reasonable efforts to ultimately perform its obligations hereunder)
(A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which,
on
or after 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 shares of Common Stock being acquired
upon
the conversion of this Senior Secured Convertible Note (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 Conversion Notice 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 Payment Period is the 20 Trading
Days period immediately prior to the date on which the Conversion Notice is
delivered to the Company and excluding for such issuance the condition that
the
Company deliver Interest Conversion Shares as to such interest payment) and
(B)
a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has
elected or is required to pay accrued interest in cash). On or after the
Effective Date or after resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) is permitted (subject
to
the delivery of the requisite and customary documentation), the Company shall
use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to
be
delivered by the Company under this Section 4 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note
delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return the Common Stock
certificates representing the principal amount of this Senior Secured
Convertible Note tendered for conversion to the Company.
iv. 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note and payment
of
interest on this Senior Secured Convertible Note, 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 Senior Secured Convertible
Notes), 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note 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.
v. Fractional
Shares.
Upon a
conversion hereunder the Company shall not be required to issue stock
certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock, but may if
otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of
a
share. If the Company elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment,
the
Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share,
1
whole share of Common Stock.
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vi. Transfer
Taxes.
The
issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this
Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note
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.
If the
Company, at any time while this Senior Secured Convertible Note is outstanding
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, this Senior Secured Convertible Note), 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.
b) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while this Senior Secured Convertible Note 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.
“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 Financial L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern 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 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.
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c) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Senior Secured Convertible Note is outstanding, (A) the
Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its
assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (C) 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 (D) 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note, 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note consistent
with
the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to convert such
Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
d) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If the
Company, at any time while this Senior Secured Convertible Note is outstanding,
sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice
its securities, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale,
grant
or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or securities
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 securities 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.
The
Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Business Day
following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject
to this Section 5(d), 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(d), 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. “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
by a
majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company
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 (including but not limited to those
securities disclosed in the SEC Reports), 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 any
such
securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to mergers, acquisitions or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors,
provided 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.
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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.
e) 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 mail 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. If the Company issues a variable rate
security, 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 in the case of a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined
in
the Purchase Agreement).
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 Senior Secured Convertible Note, and shall cause to be
delivered
to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Senior Secured
Convertible Note Register, 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 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice
through the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
Section
6. 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):
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i. any
default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Senior Secured
Convertible Note or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing
to
a Holder on any Senior Secured Convertible Note, 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 7 Trading
Days;
ii. the
Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement
contained in the Senior Secured Convertible Notes (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)
10
Trading
Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other
Holder
and (B)
20 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) which, if possible to cure, within the earlier to
occur
of
(A) 10 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any
other Holder and (B) 20 Trading Days after the Company has become or should
have
become aware of such failure;
iv. any
representation
or warranty made in this Senior Secured Convertible Note, 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 which, if possible to cure, is not cured within the earlier to occur of
(A)
10 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other
Holder and (B) 20 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have
become aware of such material untrue or incorrect disclosure;
v. the
Company shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
vi. the
Company 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;
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 seven Trading Days;
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b) Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Senior Secured
Convertible Note, 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 7 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
that results in the eventual acceleration of this Senior Secured Convertible
Note, the interest rate on this Senior Secured Convertible Note shall accrue
at
an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% 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 Senior Secured
Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note 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
7. Miscellaneous.
a) Security
Obligation
The
obligations of the Company hereunder are secured by a lien on the Collateral
of
the Company (junior to the investment by Xxxxx Investments). "Collateral"
means the
properties, assets and rights of
the
Company (excluding
the subsidiaries),
wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising,
and
all
proceeds and products thereof: all personal property and fixtures of every
kind
and nature assets of the
Company (excluding
the subsidiaries).
b) 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, Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx PH. D. or
such
other address as the Company may specify for such purpose by notice to the
Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9. 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 such 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 in this Section 9 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
in
this Section 9 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.
c) Absolute
Obligation.
Except
as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Senior Secured Convertible
Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note at the time, place,
and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Senior Secured
Convertible Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Senior Secured
Convertible Note ranks pari passu
with all
other Senior Secured Convertible Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms
set forth herein.
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d) Lost
or Mutilated Senior Secured Convertible Note.
If this
Senior Secured Convertible Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed,
the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and
upon
cancellation of a mutilated Senior Secured Convertible Note, or in lieu of
or in
substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Senior Secured Convertible Note,
a
new Senior Secured Convertible Note for the principal amount of this Senior
Secured Convertible Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only
upon
receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Senior Secured
Convertible Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
e) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Senior Secured Convertible Note shall be governed by and construed
and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, 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 State of Florida (the “Florida
Courts”).
Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
Florida 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 Florida Courts, or such Florida 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action
or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Senior Secured Convertible Note,
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.
f) Waiver.
Any
waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Senior
Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder
to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Senior Secured Convertible
Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note. Any waiver by the
Company or the Holder must be in writing.
g) Severability.
If any
provision of this Senior Secured Convertible Note is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the balance of this Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior
Secured Convertible Note 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 impeded 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.
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h) 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.
i) Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of
this Senior Secured Convertible Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.
j) 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note
of
such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar
in
form and substance to this Senior Secured Convertible Note, including, without
limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal
amount and the interest rate of this Senior Secured Convertible Note and having
similar ranking to this Senior Secured Convertible Note, 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 Senior Secured Convertible Note.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Secured Convertible Note
to
be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above
indicated.
IBSG
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Ph. D.
Title:
CEO and President
|
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 10% Senior Secured
Convertible Notes of IBSG International, 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 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
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, specified
under
Section 4 of this Senior Secured Convertible Note.
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 Senior Secured Convertible Note
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:
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Schedule
1
CONVERSION
SCHEDULE
The
10%
Senior Secured Convertible Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of
$____________ issued by IBSG International, Inc. This Conversion Schedule
reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Senior Secured
Convertible Note.
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__________, among IBSG International, Inc., a
Florida
corporation (the “Company”),
and
the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser is 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:
“Filing
Date”
means,
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the
45th
calendar
day following the closing of this Offering hereunder and, with respect to
any
additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section
3(c), the 30th
day
following the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should
have
known that such additional Registration Statement is required
hereunder.
“Holder”
or
“Holders”
means
the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.
“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 under 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.
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“Registrable
Securities”
means
(i) all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in full of
the
Senior Secured Convertible Notes; (ii) all shares issuable as interest or
principal on the Senior Secured Convertible Notes assuming all permissible
interest and principal payments are made in shares of Common Stock and the
Senior Secured Convertible Notes are held until maturity; and (iii) all shares
of Common Stock underlying the Warrants.
“Registration
Statement”
means
the registration statements required to be filed hereunder and any additional
registration statements contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in each
case)
the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to 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 such registration statement.
“Rule
415”
means
Rule 415 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 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 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.
2.
Shelf
Registration
On
or
prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a “Shelf” Registration Statement covering the resale of of the
Registrable Securities on such Filing Date for an offering to be made on
a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be
on
Form SB-2 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale
the
Registrable Securities on Form SB-2, in which case such registration shall
be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith). 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, and shall use its best efforts to keep
such
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the
earlier of the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement (i) have been sold or (ii) may be sold without volume restrictions
pursuant to Rule 144(k), as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant
to
a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the
Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”).
The
Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement
as of 5:00 pm Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately
notify the Holders via facsimile 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 a Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 am
Eastern
Time on the Trading Day after the Effective Date (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement), file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule
424.
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3.
Registration
Procedures.
In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) Not
less
than three Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement
and
not less than three 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 certified
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 three Trading Days after
the
Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or 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
Shareholder Questionnaire”)
not
less than two Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the
fourth
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 as promptly as reasonably possible provide 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.
(c) 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) 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,
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
the Holders make no acknowledgement that any such information is material,
non-public information.
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(d) Use
its
best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of
(i) any order 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.
(e) Furnish
to each Holder, if requested and 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, such copy to be in XXXXX format.
(f) 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).
(g) If
NASDR
Rule 2710 requires any broker-dealer to make a filing prior to executing
a sale
by a Holder, the Company shall (i) make an Issuer Filing with the NASDR,
Inc.
Corporate Financing Department pursuant to proposed NASDR Rule
2710(b)(10)(A)(i), (ii) respond within seven Trading Days to any comments
received from NASDR in connection therewith, (iii) and pay the filing fee
required in connection therewith.
(h) 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.
(i) If
requested by the Holders, cooperate with the 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 Holders may
request.
(j) Upon
the
occurrence of any event contemplated by this Section 3, 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 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.
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(k) Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
(l) 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.
If the
Company will be unable to meet its obligations hereunder as to a Holder with
respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities as a consequence
of
such Holder’s failure to furnish such information, the Company may exclude such
Holder’s Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement provided that
the Company continues to use reasonable best efforts to obtain such information
from the Holder and include such Registrable Securities in the Registration
Statement or a registration statement when the information becomes available
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 (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B)
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 (C) 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 NASD Regulation,
Inc. pursuant to the 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.
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,
shareholders, 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
form
of 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 such form
of
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
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 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 such form of 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.
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.
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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 to be not 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.
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
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, except in the case of fraud
by
such Holder.
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, will 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.
The
Company shall not file any other registration statements until the initial
Registration Statement required hereunder is declared effective by the
Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company
from
filing amendments to registration statements already filed. The Company and
the
Holder acknowledges that Shares
from the previous SB-2 that are not outside of the 144 period, a small offering
from late 2005 (neither to exceed 4 million shares in total) and the Xxxxx
Investment warrants and conversion stocks shall also be registered.
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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.
Each
Holder agrees by its acquisition of Registrable Securities 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 it
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) 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 each Holder of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. 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 Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights
of
other Holders may be given by 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 immediately preceding sentence.
(f) 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.
(g) 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.
(h) 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.
(i) 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.
(j) Cumulative
Remedies.
The
remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies
provided by law.
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(k) 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.
(l) 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.
(m) 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.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement
as
of the date first written above.
IBSG
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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PAGE OF HOLDERS]
Name
of
Holder: __________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Holder:
__________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory: __________________________
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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
OTC Bulletin Board 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;
|
·
|
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;
|
·
|
purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
for its
account;
|
·
|
an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
|
·
|
privately
negotiated transactions;
|
·
|
settlement
of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part;
|
·
|
broker-dealers
may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number
of such
shares at a stipulated price per
share;
|
·
|
through
the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions,
whether through an options exchange or
otherwise;
|
·
|
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.
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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
NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown
in compliance with NASDR IM-2440.
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 limitations by reason of Rule 144(k) 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.
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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Xxxxx
X
XXXX
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock, no par value per share (the
“Common
Stock”),
of
IBSG International, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
(the
“Registrable
Securities”)
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
a
registration statement on Form SB-2 (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, dated as of April 5, 2006 (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”),
among
the Company and the Purchasers named therein. 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 securityholder 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 securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling
Securityholder”)
of
Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities
owned
by it and listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under such Item
3)
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)
|
Full
Legal Name of Selling
Securityholder
|
(b)
|
Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above)
through
which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are
held:
|
(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 the
questionnaire):
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2.
Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
Telephone:
|
Fax:
|
Contact
Person:
|
3.
Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:
(a)
|
Type
and Principal Amount of Registrable Securities beneficially owned
(not
including the Registrable Securities that are issuable pursuant
to the
Purchase Agreement):
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4.
Broker-Dealer Status:
(a)
|
Are
you a broker-dealer?
|
Yes
No
(b)
|
If
“yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company.
|
Yes
No
Note:
|
If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
|
(c)
|
Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
|
Yes
No
(d)
|
If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you
bought
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
No
Note:
|
If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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5.
Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Securityholder.
Except
as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial
or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable
Securities listed above in Item 3.
(a)
|
Type
and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Securityholder:
|
6.
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:
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 6 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.
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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.
Dated:
Beneficial
Owner:
By:
Name:
Title:
PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT
HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
UNTIL
(i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO OR
(ii) RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER NOR IS SUCH
TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS LEGEND
SHALL
BE ENDORSED UPON ANY WARRANT ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS WARRANT OR ANY
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT.
Date:
____________
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
OF
IBSG
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
IBSG
International, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), is issuing in a
private placement (the “Placement”) units consisting of (i) a 10% Senior Secured
Convertible Note, and (ii) common stock purchase warrants. This Warrant,
together with all of the warrants issued to investors in the Placement,
are
referred to herein collectively as, the “Warrants.”
1. Grant
of Warrant.
The
Company hereby grants to the Warrant holder a warrant to purchase 3,437,500
shares (the “Shares”) of common stock of the Company, no par value, (the “Common
Stock”) (equal to 33% of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes of the Company
subscribed for as of the date hereof, the (“Notes”)) of the Company’s Common
Stock subject to equitable adjustments and other terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
2. Exercise
Price.
The
exercise price of this Warrant is 110% of the Conversion Price of the Notes.
(subject to adjustments hereunder).
3. Term
of Warrant.
This
Warrant shall expire at 5:00 p.m. New York time on ________________(three
years
from the date herein) and shall not be exercisable after such date.
4. Manner
of Exercise of Warrant.
(a) This
Warrant may be exercised in full or in part by the holder (the “Warrant
holder”)
giving
written notice to the Company in the form of Exhibit A hereto and accompanied
by
payment in full for the Shares. Payment shall be in cash, certified or
bank
cashier’s check or checks payable to the order of the Company or shall be made
pursuant to the Net Issue Election as set forth in Section 5. Upon such
exercise, delivery of a certificate for fully paid, non-assessable shares
of
Common Stock shall be made at the principal office of the Company to the
person
exercising this Warrant, within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt
of the
notice by the Company, or at such time, place and manner as may be agreed
upon
by the Company and Warrant holder.
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(b) At
the
time of exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall have available such
number
of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements
of
this Warrant. The Warrant holder shall not have any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company in respect of the Shares until the earlier of
(i) one
or more certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Warrant
holder
upon the due exercise of this Warrant or (ii) thirty (30) days after delivery
of
the notice described in Section 4(a) hereof.
5. Net
Issue Election.
The
Warrant holder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Warrant
holder
of any additional consideration, shares equal to the value of this Warrant
or
any portion hereof by the surrender of this Warrant or such portion to
the
Company at the office of the Company. Thereupon, the Company shall issue
to the
Warrant holder such number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock as is computed using the following formula:
X
= Y
(A-B)
A
where
X
= the
number of shares to be issued to the Warrant holder pursuant to this Section
5.
Y
= the
number of shares covered by this Warrant in respect of which the net issue
election is made pursuant to this Section 5.
A
= the
fair
market value of one share of Common Stock.
B
= the
Exercise Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election
is made pursuant to this Section 5.
Fair
market value shall have the meaning set forth below:
(a) If
the
Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or admitted to
unlisted
trading privileges on such exchange or listed for trading on The Nasdaq
Stock
Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), the current market value shall be the closing price of
the Common Stock on such exchange or market on the Exchange Date or if
no such
sale is made on such day, the average closing bid and asked prices for
such day
on such exchange or market; or
(b) If
the
Common Stock is not so listed or traded, the current market value shall
be the
mean of the last reported bid and asked prices reported by the NASD Electronic
Bulletin Board (or its successor) on the last business day prior to the
Exchange
Date; or
(c) If
the
Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges
and bid
and asked prices are not so reported, the current market value shall be
an
amount determined in such reasonable manner as may be prescribed by the
Board of
Directors of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company shall promptly
respond in writing to an inquiry by the Warrant holder as to the fair market
value of one share of Common Stock.
6. Representation
Letter and Restrictive Legend.
Upon
the date on which this Warrant is exercised, the person exercising this
Warrant
shall give a written representation to the Company in the form attached
hereto
as Exhibit A and the Company shall place a “restrictive legend” as described in
Exhibit A, upon any certificate for the shares issued by reason of such
exercise; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not place such a “restrictive legend” on Shares which have
been registered for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to Section
8(g) of
this Agreement.
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7. Adjustment
Rights.
The
exercise price per share and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder
are
subject to adjustment, as follows:
a) Stock
Dividends.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding 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, this Warrant), 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.
b) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant 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 7(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. “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 Financial L.P. (based on
a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern 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
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.
c) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any
merger
or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company
effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction
or
a series of related transactions, (C) 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 (D) 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 Warrant, 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 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 convert 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 5(e) and insuring that this Warrant (or any
such
replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction
analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
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d) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, sells or grants
any
option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice its securities,
or
otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option
to
purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or securities 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 securities 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.
The
Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Business
Day
following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
subject
to this Section 5(d), 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 7(d), 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. “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
by a
majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company
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 (including but not limited to
those
securities disclosed in the SEC Reports), 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
any such
securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to mergers, acquisitions
or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors,
provided 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.
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
7,
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.
e) 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 mail 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. If the Company issues a variable
rate
security, 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 in the case of a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined
in
the Purchase Agreement).
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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 Warrant, and shall cause to be delivered
to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register,
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 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 Warrant during the
20-day
period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date
of the
event triggering such notice.
8. Representations,
Warranties And Covenants of the Company.
(a) Reservation
of Warrant Shares.
At the
time of exercise of this Warrant, the Shares issuable upon exercise of
the
Warrants granted under this Warrant Agreement shall have been duly and
validly
reserved and, when issued in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will
be
free of any taxes, liens, charges or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever.
The
Company has made available on request to the Warrant holders true, correct
and
complete copies of its corporate charter and by-laws, as amended to date.
The
issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the
Warrants granted under this Warrant Agreement shall be made without charge
to
the Warrant holders for any issuance tax or transfer tax in respect thereof,
or
other cost incurred by the Company in connection with such exercise and
the
related issuance of Shares.
(b) Due
Authority.
The
execution and delivery by the Company of this Warrant and the performance
of all
obligations of the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Warrant is not
inconsistent with the Company’s corporate charter or by-laws, each as amended to
date, does not contravene any law or governmental rule, regulation or order
applicable to it, does not and will not contravene any provision of, or
constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, contract
or other
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and this Warrant
constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms.
(c) Consents
and Approvals.
No
consent or approval of, giving of notice to, registration with, or taking
of any
other action in respect of any state, Federal or other governmental authority
or
agency is required with respect to the execution, delivery and performance
by
the Company of its obligations under this Warrant.
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(d) Issued
Securities.
All
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and other securities of
the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid
and
nonassessable. All outstanding shares of capital stock and other securities
of
the Company were issued in full compliance with all applicable Federal
and state
securities laws. In addition, no shareholder of the Company has anti-dilution
rights or preemptive rights to purchase new issuances of the Company’s capital
stock that would be triggered in either case in connection with the issuance
or
exercise of the Warrants.
(e) Exempt
Transaction.
Subject
to the accuracy of the Warrant holders’ representations in the investment
representation letter attached hereto as Exhibit A, the issuance of the
Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant will constitute a transaction exempt from
(i) the
registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and (ii) the
qualification requirements of applicable state securities laws.
(f) Compliance
with Rule 144.
At the
written request of any Warrant holder who proposes to sell Shares issuable
upon
the exercise of the Warrants and/or conversion of the Shares in compliance
with
Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company
shall furnish to such Warrant holder, within ten days after receipt of
such
request, a written statement confirming the Company’s compliance with the filing
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission as set forth in
such
Rule, as such Rule may be amended from time to time.
(g) Registration
Rights.
The
Company agrees to register the Shares for resale under the Securities Act
on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement
between
the Company and each of the investors in the Placement.
9. Rights
as a Shareholder.
The
Warrant holder shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any
Shares
unless and until a certificate or certificates representing such shares
are duly
issued and delivered to the Warrant holder. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in Section 7 hereof, no adjustment shall be made for dividends
or other
rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate
is
issued.
10. Redemption.
On not
less than 30 days’ written notice (the “Redemption Notice”) to registered
holders of the Warrants being redeemed, the Warrants may be redeemed, at
the
option of the Company, at a price of $.01 per Warrant (the “Call Price”),
provided (i) the fair market value of the Common Stock (determined in accordance
with Section 5 hereof) shall exceed ten times the Exercise Price immediately
preceding the date of the Redemption Notice, (ii) a registration statement
covering the Shares filed under the Securities Act has been declared effective
and remains effective for at least 90 days following the date fixed for
redemption of the Warrants (the “Redemption Date”), (iii) the Equity Conditions
are met and (iv) no lock-up agreement with the Company or its underwriter
or
agent would prohibit the sale or transfer of the Shares. Any right to exercise
a
Warrant shall terminate at 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on the business day
immediately preceding the Redemption Date. On and after the Redemption
Date, the
Warrant holder shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender
of
the Warrant, the Call Price.
For
purposes of this Warrant, the term “Equity Conditions” shall mean, during the
period in question, (i)
the
Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled
to
occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notice of Conversions, if any,
(ii)
all liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect of the Notes
shall
have been paid; (iii)
there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder
is
permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares
issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes,
in
good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the
foreseeable future), (iv) the Common Stock is trading on the Trading Market
and
all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed
for
trading on a 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), (v) 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, (vi) there
is then
existing no Event of Default or event which, with the passage of time or
the
giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (vii) all of the
shares
issued or issuable pursuant to the transaction proposed would not violate
the
limitations set forth in Section 12, (viii)
no
public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction, Change
of
Control Transaction or acquisition transaction has occurred that has not
been
consummated and (ix) the closing price for the Common Stock is at least
115% of
the Conversion Price (as adjusted).
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11. Modification
of Agreement.
The
provisions of this Warrant may from time to time be amended, modified or
waived,
if such amendment, modification or waiver is applicable to all of the
outstanding Warrants and is in writing and consented to by the Company
and the
holders of a majority of the outstanding Warrants and such amendment,
modification or waiver shall be binding upon the holder of this Warrant
(and any
assignee thereof) regardless of whether the Holder consented to such amendment,
modification or waiver; provided that nothing shall prevent the Company
and a
registered holder from consenting to modifications to this Warrant which
affect
or are applicable to such registered Holder only.
12. Exercise
Limitations;
Holder’s
Restrictions.
Anything to the contrary hereunder notwithstanding, the Holder shall not
have
the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, to the extent that after
giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with
the
Holder’s affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, would
beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance. 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
the
determination of such sentence 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 Notes or Warrants) 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 Warrant, beneficial ownership shall be calculated
in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, it being acknowledged
by
Holder that the Company is not representing to Holder that such calculation
is
in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Holder is solely
responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.
To
the extent that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder) and of which a portion of this Warrant
is
exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission
of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be such Holder’s determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned
by
such Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each
case
subject to such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall
have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For
purposes
of this Section, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock
as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB (or
similar form), as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement
by the
Company or (z) 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 the 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 provisions of this Section may be waived
by the
Holder upon, at the election of the Holder, not less than 61 days’ prior notice
to the Company, and the provisions of this Section shall continue to apply
until
such 61st
day (or
such later date, as determined by the Holder, as may be specified in such
notice
of waiver).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed in its
name by
its duly authorized officers.
IBSG
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, PhD., President and Chief Executive
Officer
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EXHIBIT
A
TO
WARRANT AGREEMENT
IBSG
International, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Re:
Notice of Warrant Exercise
Gentlemen:
The
undersigned is the holder of a Warrant dated June 30, 2006 (the “Warrant”)
issued by IBSG International, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”).
Capitalized terms used as defined terms herein, unless otherwise defined,
shall
have the same meaning assigned to them in the Warrant.
Pursuant
to Section 4(a) of the Warrant, the Warrant holder hereby gives notice
to the
Company of the Warrant holder’s exercise of the Warrant. Simultaneous with the
delivery of this notice of Warrant exercise, the Warrant holder has either
(i)
hereby delivered to the Company the total exercise price of $________,
or (ii)
hereby provided notice to the Company that Warrant holder is exercising
the
Warrant pursuant to the Net Issue Election set forth in Section 5 of the
Warrant.
In
connection with foregoing Warrant exercise, the Warrant holder hereby represents
and warrants that the Warrant holder is purchasing said Shares for Warrant
holder’s own account for investment and not with a view to, or for sale in
connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of applicable Federal
or
state securities laws and that Warrant holder will make no transfer of
the same
except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the
rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder as then in force (the “Securities Act”).
The Warrant holder understands that you are relying upon such representation
and
warranty in allowing the issuance and sale of said Shares to the Warrant
holder
without registering the same under the Securities Act. In view of the Warrant
holder’s representation and warranty, the Warrant holder agrees that there may
be affixed to the certificate for the Shares to be issued to the Warrant
holder
and to all certificates issued hereafter representing such Shares (until
in the
written opinion of counsel to the Warrant holder delivered to the Company,
which
opinion must be satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, it is no longer necessary
or required) a legend as follows:
TRANSFER
RESTRICTED
“THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED
(THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED BY
SALE ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THESE SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND
ITS
COUNSEL THAT SUCH A REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE.”
Sincerely,
Signature
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