SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”)
is
dated as of May 16, 2007, by and among Neoview Holdings Inc. (the “Company”)
and
each of the investors identified on the signature pages hereto (each, a
“Purchaser”
and
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
For
the avoidance of doubt, unless the context otherwise requires, all references
to
the “Company” herein shall include, without limitation, the acquired assets and
business of Jingwei International Investments Limited (“Jingwei”). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
set forth in Section 7 hereof.
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and purusant
to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below) and Rule 506 of Regulation
D promulgated thereunder, the Company intends to sell to each Purchaser, and
each Purchaser intends to purchase units consisting of (i) one share (each
a
“Share”
and,
collectively, the “Shares”)
of the
Company’s Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”)
and
(ii) three-tenths of one warrant to purchase one Share of Common Stock (each,
a
“Warrant”
and,
collectively, the “Warrants”
and,
together with the Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exericise
of the Warrants, the “Securities”)
pursuant to the terms hereof and pursuant to that certain Private Placement
Memorandum dated May 10, 2007, relating to the offering of the Securities,
including all exhibits or attachments thereto (the “Memorandum”)
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:
1. Purchase
and Sale.
On the
Closing Date, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions
described in this Agreement, the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser
(the “Offering”),
and
each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, shall purchase from the Company
(i)
that number of Shares of Common Stock equal to the Subscription Amount of such
Purchaser set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto divided by the Per
Share Purchase Price, and (ii) Warrants to purchase that number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the number of Shares being purchased pursuant to preceding
clause (i) times 30%.
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
set forth in Section 7 hereof.
2. Closing,
Deliverables and Escrow.
(a) Closing.
On the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, and the Company
shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, the Shares and the Warrants as set
forth
in Section 1, and each Purchaser shall pay to the Company in consideration
for
the Shares, its respective Subscription Amount as set forth in Section 1. On
the
Closing Date, the Closing shall occur at _________ a.m., eastern time, at the
offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 or
such other time and location as the parties shall mutually agree.
(b) Deliveries.
(1) On
or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to
the applicable Purchaser the following:
i. |
this
Agreement duly executed by the
Company;
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ii. |
a
certificate evidencing the Shares registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
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iii. |
a
certificate evidencing the Warrants registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
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iv. |
the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among
the
Company and the Purchasers (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”),
duly executed by the Company; and
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v. |
The
Share Escrow Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Company,
each of the Shareholders listed therein, Jingwei International Investments
Limited and the Placement Agent on behalf of the Purchasers (the
“Share
Escrow Agreement”
and together with the Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights
Agreement, collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction
Documents”).
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(2) On
or
prior to the Closing Date, each of the Purchasers shall deliver or cause to
be
delivered to the Company the following:
i. |
this
Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser;
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ii. |
the
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to an account designated
in writing by the Company; and
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iii. |
the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such
Purchaser.
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(c) Closing
Conditions.
(1) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
i. |
the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of each of the Purchasers contained
herein;
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ii. |
all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each of the Purchasers required
to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
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iii. |
the
delivery by each of the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section
2(b)(2) of this Agreement.
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(2) The
obligations of each of the Purchasers in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
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i. |
the
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement
of
even date herewith between and among Jingwei International Investments
Limited, Synergy Business Consulting LLC and the Company (the
“Share
Exchange”)
immediately prior to the Closing of the transactions contemplated
herein;
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ii. |
the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein;
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iii. |
all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to
be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
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iv. |
the
delivery by the Company to the Purchasers of the items set forth
in
Section 2(b)(1) of this Agreement;
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v. |
there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect as defined in Section
5(b)
hereof with respect to the Company since the date
hereof;
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vi. |
the
delivery by the other Purchasers of the items set forth in Section
2(b)(2)
of this Agreement; and
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vii. |
the
delivery by the Company of a
certificate, executed by the President of the Company dated as of
the
Closing Date, certifying on
behalf of the Company that
the Company has satisfied the
conditions specified in Sections 2(c)(2)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(v).
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3. Acceptance
of Subscription.
The
Company shall have no obligation hereunder until the Company shall execute
and
deliver to each Purchaser an executed copy of this Agreement. If a Purchaser’s
subscription is rejected or the Offering is terminated, in each case, prior
to
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement and
all
other documents executed by such Purchaser shall thereafter be of no further
force or effect.
4. Purchaser
Representations and Warranties.
Each
Purchaser hereby for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents, warrants,
acknowledges and agrees as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to
the
Company as follows:
(a) The
Securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the
“Securities
Act”),
or
any state securities laws and, except as set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Company has no present or future obligation to register the
Securities under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. The Purchaser
understands that the offering and sale of the Securities is intended to be
exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by virtue of Section 4(2)
thereof and the provisions of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, or not
subject to such requirement, by virtue of Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act, based, in part, upon the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement.
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(b) The
Purchaser has had access to all SEC Reports (as defined below) via
the
SEC’s XXXXX system and has received all other documents requested by the
Purchaser. The Purchaser has carefully reviewed the SEC Reports and all such
other documents and understands the information contained therein.
(c) Purchaser
hereby acknowledges that all information pertaining to the investment in the
Securities that was provided to such Purchaser is confidential and Purchaser
shall not disclose any such confidential information to any third party other
than as set forth herein, provided however that in the event such Purchaser
shall have established effective information security procedures to prevent
the
misuse of material non-public information in connection with securities trading
activities, then such obligation shall only apply to these representatives
of
Purchaser bound to maintain the confidentiality thereof.
(d) The
Purchaser has had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from a person or persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning
the
offering of the Securities and the business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects of the Company, and all such questions have been
answered to the full satisfaction of the Purchaser. Neither such inquiries
nor
any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Purchaser or its
representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect the Purchaser’s right
to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Company’s representations
and warranties contained in this Agreement or the Memorandum.
(e) In
evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Company, the Purchaser has
not relied upon any representation or other information (oral or written) other
than as stated in this Agreement and in the Memorandum.
(f) The
Purchaser is unaware of, is in no way relying on, and did not become aware
of
the Offering through or as a result of, any form of general solicitation or
general advertising as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities
Act, including, without limitation, any article, notice, advertisement or other
communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio, in connection with the offering and is not subscribing
for Securities and did not become aware of the Offering through or as a result
of any seminar or meeting to which the Purchaser was invited by, or any
solicitation of a subscription by, a person not previously known to the
Purchaser.
(g) With
the
exception of its actions with respect to the Placement Agent, the Purchaser
has
taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage
commissions, finders’ fees or the like relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) The
Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax, and business
matters, and, in particular, investments in securities similar to the Securities
so as to enable the Purchaser to utilize the information made available to
it in
connection with the Offering to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment
in the Securities and the Company and to make an informed investment decision
with respect thereto.
(i) The
Purchaser is not relying on the Company or any of its employees, officers or
agents with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations
as to
an investment in the Securities and the Purchaser has relied on the advice
of,
or has consulted with, only his own advisors.
(j) The
Purchaser is acquiring the Securities solely for the Purchaser's own account
for
investment purposes and not with a view to resale, assignment or distribution
thereof, in whole or in part in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws. The Purchaser has no agreement or arrangement,
formal or informal, with any person to sell or transfer all or any part of
the
Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any state securities laws
and
the Purchaser has no plans to enter into any such agreement or arrangement.
The
Purchaser will not engage in hedging transactions with respect to the Securities
unless in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
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(k) The
Purchaser must bear the substantial economic risks of the investment in the
Securities indefinitely because none of the Securities may be sold, hypothecated
or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the Securities
Act
and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration
is
available.
(l) The
Purchaser has adequate means of providing for its current financial needs and
foreseeable contingencies and has no need for liquidity of the investment in
the
Securities for an indefinite period of time.
(m) The
Purchaser meets the requirements of the suitability standards for an “accredited
investor” as set forth in the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto. The
Purchaser further represents and warrants that it will notify and supply
corrective information to the Company immediately upon the occurrence of any
change occurring prior to the Company's issuance of the Securities that renders
the representation made in the immediately preceding sentence inaccurate.
(n) Each
Purchaser that is not an entity represents that he or she has full power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements
or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to
purchase and hold the Securities, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered on behalf of the Purchaser and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance
with its terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’
rights and remedies generally and general principles of equity and the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser will not violate or be in conflict
with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling document to
which
Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser is bound.
(o) Each
Purchaser that is an entity represents that it is a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or partnership, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, and that (A) the Purchaser
was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, (B) the
Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (C) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a
violation of law or the charter or other organizational documents of the
Purchaser, (D) the Purchaser has full power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry
out
the provisions hereof and thereof and to purchase and hold the Securities,
(E)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all
necessary action of the Purchaser, (F) this Agreement, when executed and
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser
in
accordance with its terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally and general principles of equity and
(G) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser will not violate
or be in conflict with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling
document to which Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser is
bound.
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(p) The
Purchaser represents to the Company that any information which the undersigned
has heretofore furnished or furnishes herewith to the Company is accurate and
may be relied upon by the Company in determining the availability of an
exemption from registration under Federal and state securities laws in
connection with the Offering. The Purchaser further represents and warrants
that
it will notify and supply corrective information to the Company relating thereto
immediately upon the occurrence of any change therein occurring prior to the
Company's issuance of the Securities.
(q) The
Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities
and, at the present time, has a sufficient net worth to sustain a complete
loss
of such investment in the Company in the event such a loss should occur. The
Purchaser’s overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable
is not excessive in view of its net worth and financial circumstances and the
purchase of the Securities will not cause such commitment to become excessive.
(r) THE
SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES AND ARE BEING OFFERED
AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM, OR IN TRANSACTIONS NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES OFFERED
HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED AND SUCH LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED
BY THE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY
AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED
THE
MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
UNLAWFUL.
5. Company
Representations and Warranties. The
Company hereby represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date to each of the Purchasers as follows:
(a) Subsidiaries.
Schedule 5(a) sets forth, with respect to each direct or indirect subsidiary
of
the Company following the Share Exchange (each, a “Subsidiary”
and
collectively, the “Subsidiaries”),
its
type of entity and the jurisdiction of its organization. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, except as set forth on Schedule
5(a),
owned
by the Company or another Subsidiary, and, are free and clear of all Liens
and
were not issued in violation of, nor subject to, any preemptive, subscription
or
similar rights. There are no outstanding warrants, options, subscriptions,
calls, rights, agreements, convertible or exchangeable securities or other
commitments or arrangements relating to the issuance, sale, purchase, return
or
redemption, voting or transfer of any shares, whether issued or unissued, of
any
capital stock, equity interest or other securities of any Subsidiary. The
Company and the Subsidiaries do not own any equity interests in any person,
other than the Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization
and
has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties
and to conduct its business.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with the requisite
power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on
its
business as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation of any of
the
provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws. The Company is duly
licensed or qualified to do business, and in good standing, in each other
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires licensing,
qualification or good standing, except for any failure to be so licensed or
qualified or in good standing such as would not, individually or in the
aggregate (a) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of
the
Offering, (b) have or result in a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, assets, prospects, business or condition (financial or otherwise)
of
the Company, taken as a whole, or (c) adversely impair the Company's ability
to
perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement (any of
(a), (b) or (c), a “Material
Adverse Effect”);
provided,
however,
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that, in and of itself, neither
(x) any changes in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock nor (y) the
receipt by the Company from its auditors of a “going concern” qualification to
its audit of the Company’s financial statements shall be deemed to be a Material
Adverse Effect for purposes of this Agreement.
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(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or
certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to
consummate the Offering. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders,
and
no further consent or action is required by the Company, other than the Required
Approvals (as defined below). This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document, when executed and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof,
will
each constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally
and general principles of equity.
(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Transaction
Document by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws,
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice
or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other understanding
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any material
property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) subject to obtaining the Required Approvals (as defined below), result
in
a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
agreement, document, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority as currently in effect to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by
which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or
affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could
not, individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court
or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document other than (i) filings with the
Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and (ii) filings with
state “blue sky” or other securities regulatory authorities (collectively, the
“Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Shares of Common Stock to be issued on the Closing Date or issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid
for
in accordance with this Agreement or the Warrants, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. The Warrants
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
or
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and such enforcement may be
limited by equitable principles of general applicability, regardless of whether
enforcement is sough in a proceeding at law or in equity. Assuming the accuracy
of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 4, no
registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of
the
Securities by the Company to each Purchaser as contemplated hereby. No
shareholder approval is required for the Company to fulfill its obligations
pursuant to this Agreement. As of the Closing, the Company will have reserved
from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
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(g) Capitalization.
Schedule 5(g) hereto sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock and type
of
all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company both as
of
(i) the date hereof and (ii) the date immediately prior to consummation of
the
Share Exchange. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right,
right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the Offering
or
to acquire equity securities of the Company. There are no outstanding options,
warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments, voting
agreements, buy-sell agreements, or other agreements of any character whatsoever
relating to shares of Common Stock, or, rights or obligations convertible into
or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional
shares of Common Stock or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of
Common Stock. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have
been validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in
compliance with 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.
(h) 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 Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (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 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. 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 SEC promulgated thereunder, 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
and its Subsidiaries included in the SEC Reports and in the Memorandum have
been
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results
of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
(i) Material
Changes.
Except
as described on Schedule 5(i) hereto, since May 31, 2006: (i) there has been
no
event, occurrence or development that has had or could reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries have not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other
than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice not to exceed $25,000, (iii) the Company
has not altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv)
the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or
other property to its stockholders except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with prior practice, or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements
to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock except consistent with prior
practice or pursuant to existing Company stock option or similar plans, (v)
the
Company has not issued any equity shares or options or warrants to acquire
equity shares, (vi) the Company and any of its Subsidiaries have not mortgaged,
pledged or subjected to lien any of their respective assets, tangible or
intangible, (vii) the Company and any of its Subsidiaries have not sold,
transferred or leased any of their respective assets except in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with prior practice, (viii) the Company and
any of its Subsidiaries have not cancelled or compromised any debt or claim,
or
waived or released any right, of material value, (ix) the Company and any of
its
Subsidiaries have not suffered any physical damage, destruction or loss (whether
or not covered by insurance) adversely affecting the properties, business or
prospects of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, (x) the Company and any
of
its Subsidiaries have not entered into any transaction other than in the
ordinary course of business except for this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and the related agreements referred to herein and therein, (xi) the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries have not encountered any labor difficulties
or labor union organizing activities, (xii) the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries have not made or granted any wage or salary increase or entered
into any employment agreement, (xiii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has suffered any material change in its business relationship
with
any of its material customers, distributors or suppliers, (xiv) there are no
renegotiations of, or attempt to renegotiate or outstanding rights to
renegotiate, any terms or provision of any Material Contract, or (xv) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement, or
otherwise obligated itself, to do any of the foregoing.
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(j) Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, Proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties or businesses
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
this Agreement or the Offering or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable
decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not nor has it ever been
the
subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under
federal or state securities laws. There has not been, and to the knowledge
of
the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order
or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed
by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Compliance.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of
(and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary
under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that
it
is in default under or that it is in violation of, any material indenture,
loan
or credit agreement or any other material agreement or instrument to which
it is
a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (each, a “Material
Contract,”
as
identified on Schedule 5(k)) (whether or not such default or violation has
been
waived), which default or violation would have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule
or
regulation of any governmental authority, except in the cases of (ii) and (iii)
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and is
binding on the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, as the case may be, and,
to
the Company’s knowledge, is binding upon such other parties, in each case in
accordance with their respective terms and, to the Company’s knowledge, no other
party thereto is in material default under or in violation of any such Material
Contract. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
written notice regarding the termination of any Material Contract.
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(l) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and each Subsidiary possesses or has applied for all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local
or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, except where
the failure to possess such permits would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”),
and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of Proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(m) Title
to Assets.
The
Company and each Subsidiary has title in fee simple to all real property owned
by them that is material to the business of the Company and such Subsidiary
and
title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business
of
the Company and such Subsidiary, in each case free and clear of all Liens,
except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and
do
not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment
of
federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor
subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is held by them under valid leases of which
the Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance, except as would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries either own, free and clear of all Liens
and
encumbrances, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
domain names, software databases, computer programs, licenses and other similar
rights that are necessary or material for use in connection with their
respective businesses and which the failure to so own or have such rights could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively,
the
“Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have (i) received any notice
or
other claim, written or oral, that the Intellectual Property Rights owned or
used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries violate or infringe upon the
rights of any Person, or (ii) received any invitation to license any
intellectual property rights of any Person in order to avoid such a violation
or
infringement. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no existing infringement
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights by any Person. The Company has taken
reasonable measures to protect and preserve its Intellectual Property Rights,
including maintaining the secrecy and confidentiality OF its trade
secrets.
(o) Insurance.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks, including, without
limitation, products liability, and in such amounts as are prudent and customary
in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will
not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business on terms consistent with market for the Company’s and
each of its Subsidiaries respective lines of business.
(p) 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. The
Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to
the
certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company presented
in
its most recent periodic report filed with the Commission, the conclusions
of
the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and
procedures. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness
of the Company’s controls and procedures as of February 28, 2007 (the
“Evaluation Date”). Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant
changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term
is defined in Item 307 of Regulation S-B under the Exchange Act) or disclosure
controls or procedures or, to the knowledge of the Company, after reasonable
inquiry, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal
controls or disclosure controls or procedures.
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(q) Lack
of Publicity; Integration.
None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or any person acting on its or their behalf have
engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act
in
the United States with respect to the Securities, including, without limitation,
any article, notice, advertisement or other communication published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio,
regarding the offering, nor did any such person sponsor any seminar or meeting
to which potential investors were invited by, or any solicitation of a
subscription by, a person not previously known to such investor in connection
with investments in the Securities generally. None of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or any person acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will
engage in any form of directed selling efforts (as that term is used in
Regulation S under the Securities Act) with respect to the Securities. None
of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or any person acting on its or their behalf have,
directly or indirectly, made or will make any offers or sales of any security
or
solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would require
registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause the Offering
to
be integrated with any prior offerings for purposes of the Securities
Act
(r) Certain
Fees.
No
brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or the like are or will be payable by the
Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement other than pursuant to the Placement Agent
Agreement dated April 30, 2007 among the Company and the Placement Agent.
(s) Registration
Rights.
Other
than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and other than the
Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
(t) Solvency.
Based
on the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing
Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from
the
sale of the Securities hereunder and the Share Exchange, (i) the fair saleable
value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets exceeds the amount that will
be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities)
as
they mature; (ii) the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal
year
as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs
taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, together with the proceeds the Company
and
its Subsidiaries would receive, were they to liquidate all of their respective
assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be
sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts
are
required to be paid. The Company and its Subsidiaries do not intend to incur
debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account
the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt).
The
Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe
that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date.
Schedule 5(t) set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has commitments. For the purposes of
this
Agreement, “Indebtedness”
shall
mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect
of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected
in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value
of
any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
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(u) Tax
Status.
Except
for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of
its
Subsidiaries has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
franchise tax returns or have timely filed for valid extensions to the filing
deadlines applicable to them with respect to such taxes and has paid or accrued
all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax
deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries.
No Liens
arising from or in connection with Taxes have been filed and are currently
in
effect against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Liens for
Taxes which are not yet due or which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
No audits or investigations are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened with respect to any tax returns or Taxes of the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries.
(v) 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.
(w) Shareholders
Rights Plan; Investment Company Act.
No
claim will be made or enforced by the Company that any Purchaser is an
“Acquiring
Person”
under
any shareholders rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or
hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to
trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Securities. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately
after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate
of,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”).
(x) Disclosure.
The
disclosure provided to each Purchaser regarding the Company, its business and
the transactions contemplated hereby, furnished by or on behalf of the Company,
including the Memorandum, the SEC Reports and the Disclosure Schedules furnished
by the Company with respect to the representations and warranties made herein
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(y) Transactions
With Affiliates.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
5(y),
none of
the officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is presently a party to any transaction in excess of $120,000 with the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for
rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments
to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any corporation, partnership, trust or
other
entity in which any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, other than (i) for
payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement
for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee
benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of
the
Company.
(z) Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements.
There
is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and
an
unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be
disclosed by the Company in its Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed
or
that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(aa) Transfer
Taxes.
On the
Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar
taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer
of
the Securities to be sold to each Purchaser hereunder will be, or will have
been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such
taxes will be or will have been complied with.
(bb) Acknowledgement
Regarding Buyers' Trading Activity.
Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding
(except for Section 6(j) hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the
Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked by the Company or its
Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed with the Company or its
Subsidiaries, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short,
securities of the Company, or "derivative" securities based on securities issued
by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that
any
Purchaser, and counterparties in "derivative" transactions to which any such
Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a "short"
position in the Common Stock, and (iii) that each Purchaser shall not be deemed
to have any affiliation with or control over any arm's length counterparty
in
any "derivative" transaction.
6. Covenants
of each Purchaser and the Company.
(a) Transfer
Restrictions.
(1) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of such securities (or hedging
activities involving such securities) other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement or Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act
(“Rule
144”),
to
the Company or to an affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge
as
contemplated below, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide
to
the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does
not require registration of such transferred securities under the Securities
Act.
(2) Each
Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
6(a),
of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
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THESE
SECURITIES [AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY]
HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH
EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH
A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY
THE
SECURITIES.
(3) Certificates
evidencing Securities shall not contain any legend (including the legend set
forth in Section 6(a)(2)): (i) following the resale of such Securities pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the
resale of such Securities, or (ii) following any resale of such Securities
pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Securities are eligible for resale under
Rule 144(k). The Company agrees that following the time when a legend is no
longer required under this Section 6(a)(3), it will, no later than five (5)
trading days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Company's transfer agent of a certificate representing Securities issued with
a
restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend
Removal Date”),
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s
transferee, as applicable, a certificate representing such Securities that
is
free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any
notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the
Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall
not
be required to effect a removal of a restrictive legend to the extent such
legend is required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
including any rule of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and judicial
interpretations thereof.
(4) Each
Purchaser, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates
representing Securities as set forth in this Section 6(a) is predicated upon
the
Company’s reliance that the Purchaser has sold any Securities pursuant to either
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable
prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
(b) Furnishing
of Information.
As long
as any Purchaser owns any Securities, the Company covenants to use its best
efforts to timely file all reports required to be filed by the Company after
the
date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Company is not required
to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to
the
Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such
information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under
Rule
144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as
the
Purchasers may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to
time
to enable the Purchaser to sell such Securities without registration under
the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule
144.
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(c) Integration.
The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities, in
a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
sale
of the Securities to the Purchasers. The Company shall conduct its business
in a
manner so that it will not become subject to registration under the Investment
Company Act.
(d) Disclosure;
Publicity.
No
Purchaser shall issue any press release or otherwise make any such public
statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the
prior
consent of the Company, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which
case such Purchaser shall promptly provide the Company with prior written notice
of such public statement or communication. The Company shall not publicly
disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in
any
filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without
the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal
securities law in connection with the registration statement contemplated by
the
Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchaser with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under sub clause
(i) or (ii).
(e) 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 of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Purchaser to
purchase Securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser
independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information,
materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations,
assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial
or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or of any Subsidiary which may have
been
made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other
Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its agents or employees shall have any
liability to any other Purchaser (or any other person) relating to or arising
from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained
herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor
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 Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Document. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has
acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment
hereunder and that no other Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser
in connection with monitoring its investment hereunder. 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.
(f) Indemnification
of Purchasers.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 6(f), the Company will indemnify and hold
each
Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees and
agents (each, a “Purchaser
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result
of
or relating to (i) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or (ii) any action
instituted against a Purchaser, or any of them or their respective Affiliates,
by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser,
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
violations by the Company of state or federal securities laws (unless such
action is based upon a breach of the Purchaser’s representation, warranties or
covenants under this Agreement or any agreements or understandings the Purchaser
may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state
or federal securities laws). If any action shall be brought against any
Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this
Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing,
and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel
of its own choosing. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party
except to the extent that (A) the employment thereof has been specifically
authorized by the Company in writing; (B) the Company has failed after a
reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (C)
in
such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a
material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company
and
the position of such Purchaser Party. The Company will not be liable to any
Purchaser Party under this Agreement (I) for any settlement by a Purchaser
Party
effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; or (II) to the extent, but only
to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any
Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements made by the Purchaser in this Agreement..
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(g) Indemnification
of Company.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 6(g), each of the Purchasers, severally and
not jointly will indemnify and hold the Company and its directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, employees and agents including, without limitation,
the
Placement Agent (each, a “Company
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Company Party may suffer or incur as a result of
or
relating to (i) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements made by the Purchaser in this Agreement or (ii) any action
instituted against the Company, or any Company Party or their respective
Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company, with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement if such action is based upon a
breach of the representation, warranties or covenants of such Purchaser under
this Agreement or any violation by such Purchaser of state or federal securities
laws (unless such action is based upon a breach of the Company’s representation,
warranties or covenants under this Agreement or any agreements or understandings
the Company may have with any such stockholder). If any action shall be brought
against any Company Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to this Agreement, such Company Party shall promptly notify the applicable
Purchaser in writing, and such Purchaser shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Company Party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in
the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Company Party except to the extent that (A) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying Purchaser in
writing; (B) the indemnifying Purchaser has failed after a reasonable period
of
time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (C) in such action there
is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict
on
any material issue between the position of the indemnifying Purchaser and the
position of such Company Party. The Purchaser will not be liable to any Company
Party under this Agreement (I) for any settlement by a Company Party effected
without the indemnifying Purchaser’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; or (II) to the extent, but only
to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any
Company Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements made by the Company in this Agreement.
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(h) Pledge
of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a
Purchaser in connection with a bona fide margin agreement with a registered
broker-dealer or other loan or financing arrangement with a financial
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act that is secured by the Securities. Prior to any foreclosure
thereon, he pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale
or
assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Purchaser effecting a pledge
of
Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof
or
otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company
hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the
Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities
to such pledgee by a Purchaser.
(i) Confidentiality/Public
Announcement.
The
Company undertakes to file a Form 8-K or make a public announcement describing
the Offering not later than the fourth business day after the Closing Date
which
shall include any material non-public information provided to the Purchasers
prior to the Closing Date.
(j) Short
Sales and Confidentiality After the Date Hereof.
Each
Purchaser severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers covenants that
neither it nor any affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period after
the
Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in 6(i). Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 6(i), such Purchaser will
maintain, the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Each
Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any
other
Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of
short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the box” prior to the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement with the Securities is a violation
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under
Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated
July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation
Finance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation,
warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the
securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 6(i).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have
no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers
managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the covenant set forth
above
shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio
manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered
by
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
& Co. Incorporated, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with
respect to activity by the Principal Strategies Group that made the investment
decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement; provided,
however, that all employees of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated who are
managing activities other than those relating to the purchase of Securities
under this Agreement have no direct knowledge of the investment decision made
by
the Principal Strategies Group to purchase the Shares covered by this Agreement.
“Short
Sales”
shall
include all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the
Exchange Act. “Discussion
Time”
shall
mean the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet from the Company
or any other Person setting forth the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereunder until the date hereof .
7. Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: the following terms
have the meanings indicated in this Section 7:
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(a) “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. With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as the Purchaser will
be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Purchaser.
(b) “Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a Federal holiday
or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized
or
required by law or other governmental action to close.
(c) “Closing
Date”
means
May 16, 2007 or such later Trading Day when this Agreement has been executed
and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
(i)
the Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount have been satisfied
or waived and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have
been satisfied or waived.
(d) “Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission..
(e) “Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
(f) “Per
Share Purchase Price”
means
$5.00.
(g) “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.
(h) “Placement
Agent”
means
CRT Capital Group LLC, the placement agent for the Offering.
(i) “Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition).
(j) “Subscription
Amount”
shall
mean, as to each Purchaser, the amount to be paid for the Shares and Warrants
purchased hereunder, as specified on the signature page for each such
Purchaser.
(k) “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 New York
Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
Nasdaq Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.
8. Grant
of Authority.
Each
Purchaser hereby irrevocably grants to the Placement Agent full power and
authority to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Purchaser, and to accept
delivery of, on behalf of such Purchaser, such certificates and other documents
as may be deemed by the Placement Agent, in its sole discretion, to be
appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including,
without limitation, the Share Escrow Agreement.
9. Successors
and Assigns.
Each
Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
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10. Modification.
This
Agreement shall not be modified or waived except by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom any such modification or waiver is
sought.
11. Notices.
Any
notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
sent by nationwide overnight courier or delivered against receipt to the party
to whom it is to be given (a) if to Company, at the address set forth above,
or
(b) if to the Purchaser, at the address set forth on the signature page hereof
(or, in either case, to such other address as the party shall have furnished
in
writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section). Any notice or other
communication given by certified mail shall be deemed given at the time that
it
is signed for by the recipient except for a notice changing a party's address
which shall be deemed given at the time of receipt thereof. Any notice or other
communication given by nationwide overnight courier shall be deemed given the
next business day following being deposited with such courier.
12. Assignability.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights,
interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable by any
Purchaser except to an Affiliate of such Purchaser. This Agreement and the
rights, interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable
by the Company.
13. Applicable
Law. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party hereby irrevocably submits
to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder
or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement),
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 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 manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, all rights to a trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
14. Use
of Pronouns.
All
pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to
the
masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person
or
persons referred to may require.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Agreement and its exhibits and schedules constitutes the entire agreement
between each Purchaser and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings, if
any,
relating to the subject matter hereof. The terms and provisions of this
Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only
by
a written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms
or provisions.
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(b) Each
Purchaser's and the Company's covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery
hereof and delivery of the Securities for a period of twelve
months.
(c) Except
as
expressly set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, each of the parties
hereto shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys,
accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with
this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. The Company shall pay all
transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection
with the delivery of any Securities.
(d) This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the
same
instrument. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid, binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(e) Each
provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and, if for any reason
any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid or contrary to
applicable law, such invalidity or illegality shall not impair the operation
of
or affect the remaining portions of this Agreement.
(f) Section
titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the
meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text.
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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.
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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.
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Title:
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if
different from above)
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Investor
Certification
NAME
OF INVESTOR: ____________________
Initial
or Check the appropriate item(s)
The
undersigned further represents and warrants as indicated below by the
undersigned’s initial:
A. |
Individual
investors:
(Please initial one or more of the following statements), I certify
that I
am an accredited investor because:
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1. |
I
have had individual income (exclusive of any income earned by my
spouse)
of more than $200,000 in each of the most recent two years and I
reasonably expect to have an individual income in excess of $200,000
for
the current year.
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2. |
have
had joint income with my spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of
the most
recent two years and reasonably expect to have joint income with
my spouse
in excess of $300,000 for the current
year.
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3. |
I
have an individual net worth, or my spouse and I have a joint net
worth,
in excess of $1,000,000.
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4. |
I
am a director or executive officer of Neoview Holdings
Inc.
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B.
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Partnerships,
corporations, trusts or other entities:
(Please initial one of the following seven statements). The undersigned
hereby certifies that it is an accredited investor because it
is:
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1.
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an
employee benefit plan whose total assets exceed
$5,000,000;
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2.
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an
employee benefit plan whose investments decisions are made by a plan
fiduciary which is either a bank, savings and loan association or
an
insurance company (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Securities Act)
or an
investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers
Act of
1940;
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3.
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a
self-directed employee benefit plan, including an Individual Retirement
Account, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are
accredited investors;
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4.
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an
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code
of 1986, as amended, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring
the
Securities, with total assets in excess of
$5,000,000;
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5.
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a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, other entity or similar business trust, not formed for
the
specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets excess
of
$5,000,000;
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6.
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a
trust, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities,
with total assets exceed $5,000,000, whose purchase is directed by
a
person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
an
investment in the Securities; or
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7.
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an
entity (including a revocable grantor trust but other than a conventional
trust) in which each of the equity owners qualifies as an accredited
investor.
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