SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as
of April 11, 2017, between AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and the
purchaser identified on the signature page hereto (the
“Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”), and/or Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the
Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser 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 the Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a)
capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein),
and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this
Section 1.1:
“ABS” means AzurRx BioPharma SAS (formerly ProteaBio Europe SAS), a company
incorporated in October 2008 under the laws of France and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company.
“Acquiring Person” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“Action” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed
under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any
day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of Illinois 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(a).
“Closing Date” means the
Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto pursuant
to Section 2.2(a), (b) and (c), and all conditions precedent to (i)
the Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Purchase Price as to
the Closing and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the
Securities as to the Closing have been satisfied or
waived.
“Closing Statement” means
the Closing Statement in the form on Annex A attached
hereto.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter
be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
“Company Counsel” means
the Disclosure Law Group, a Professional Corporation.
“Conversion Price” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Debenture.
“Conversion Shares” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debenture.
“Debenture” means the 12%
Senior Secured Original Issue Discount Convertible Debenture issued
by the Company to the Purchaser hereunder in the form of
Exhibit A attached
hereto, having a maturity date of November 11, 2017 (the
“Maturity
Date”), which shall be (a) automatically accelerated
to the fifth (5th) Business Day following the receipt by the
Company or ABS of the Tax Credit (the “Acceleration Date”) and
(b) extended, at the election of the Company, for a period of eight
(8) months from the Maturity Date (i.e., July 11, 2018) (i)(A) so
long as the Tax Credit has been received in full, and (B) the
Company is not in default under the terms of any of the Transaction
Documents after receipt of notice from the Purchaser of the same
(subject to any cure periods) and (C) subject to and in accordance
with the terms herein and in the Debenture.
“Effective
Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) the
initial Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
Commission, (b) all of the Underlying Shares have been sold
pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without
the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the
current public information required under Rule 144 and without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (c) following the one year
anniversary of the Closing Date provided that a holder of the
Underlying Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company or (d) all of
the Underlying Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from
registration under Section 4(1) of the Securities Act without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company Counsel has
delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion
that resales may then be made by such holders of the Underlying
Shares pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.
“Evaluation Date” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Exempt Issuance” means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the
members of a committee of non-employee directors established for
such purpose for services rendered to the Company or the
Subsidiaries, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or
conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other
securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into
shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this
Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended
since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such
securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or
conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with
stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such
securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall
only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is,
itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an
owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of
the Company and shall provide to the Company additional 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.
‘Extension” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“Extension Notice” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“Extension Notice Date”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.1(b).
“Extension Right” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“FCPA” means the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FDA” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“FDCA” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“GAAP” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(p).
“Legend Removal Date” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien,
charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first
refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“Material Permits” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Maximum Rate” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.15.
“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.
“Pharmaceutical Product”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(kk).
“Purchase
Price” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.1(a).
“Principal
Amount” means, as to the Purchaser, the amount set
forth below the Purchaser’s signature block on the signature
pages hereto next to the heading “Principal Amount,” in
United States Dollars, which shall equal the Purchase
Price.
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“Proceeding”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an informal investigation or
partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“Public Information
Failure” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.3(b).
“Public Information Failure
Payments” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.3(b).
“Purchaser Party” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchaser, 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 the Purchaser as provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Required Approvals” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“Required Minimum” means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable
upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of the
Debenture (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment of
interest on the Debenture), ignoring any conversion or exercise
limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is
at all times on and after the date of determination seventy-five
percent (75%) of the then Conversion Price on the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date of determination.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially
the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the
Debenture, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Security Agreement” means
a security agreement executed by the Company and/or ABS pledging to
Purchaser ABS’s bank account into which the Tax Credit shall
be received in a form acceptable to Purchaser in its sole and
absolute discretion.
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“Series A Warrants” means
the five (5) year Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchaser at Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Series A Warrants shall be exercisable immediately upon
issuance in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto.
“Series B Warrants” means
the five (5) year Common Stock purchase warrants which shall be
delivered to the Purchaser in the event that the Company exercises
its Extension Right to extend the Maturity Date in accordance with
Section 2.1(b) hereof and in accordance with the other terms herein
and in the Debentures, which Series B Warrants shall be exercisable
immediately upon issuance in the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto.
“Short Sales” means all
“short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating
and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
“Subsidiary”
means ABS and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or
indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the
date hereof.
“Subsidiary Guarantee”
means a guarantee executed by ABS in favor of the Purchaser in a
form acceptable to Purchaser in its sole and absolute
discretion.
“Tax Credit” means the
2016 French research and development tax credits which the Company
or ABS is expected to receive within nine (9) months following
December 31, 2016.
“Trading Day” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“Trading Market” means any
of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT,
the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX
(or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Debenture, the
Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security
Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee, all exhibits and schedules
hereto and thereto and any other documents or agreements executed
in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
Transhare
Corporation, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
telephone: (000) 000-0000, and any successor transfer agent
of the Company.
“Underlying Shares” means
the Warrant Shares and shares of Common Stock issued and issuable
pursuant to the terms of the Debenture, including without
limitation, shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of
the cash payment of interest on the Debenture in accordance with
the terms of the Debenture, in each case without respect to any
limitation or restriction on conversions of the Debenture or the
exercise of the Warrants.
“Variable Rate
Transaction” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
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“VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30
a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)),
(b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or
OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the
“Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (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 Purchaser of a
majority in interest of the Debenture and Warrants then outstanding
and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants” means,
collectively, the Series A Warrants and the Series B
Warrants.
“Warrant Shares” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing
and Extension.
(a) Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company
agrees to sell, and the Purchaser, agrees to purchase, a Debenture
in the principal aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and the Series A
Warrants as set forth herein (collectively, the “Purchase Price”). At
Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire
transfer of immediately available funds, the Purchase Price, and
the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser the Debenture and the
Series A Warrants, and the Company and the Purchaser shall deliver
the other items which are deliverable at Closing as set forth in
Section 2.2. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of counsel to the Purchaser, K&L Gates LLP, 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
(b) Extension
of Maturity Date. At any time prior to the Maturity Date,
the Company shall have the right to extend the Maturity Date to
July 11, 2018 (the “Extension Right”), so
long as (i) the Company or ABS has received the full amount of the
Tax Credit, (ii) the Purchaser receives written notice (the
“Extension
Notice”) from the Company, on or prior to the
Acceleration Date (the “Extension Notice Date”),
of its intent to extend in accordance with the terms herein
(including, without limitation, Section 5.3), together with the
deliverables set forth in Section 2.2(b) herein, and (iii) on the
Notice Date, the Company shall not be in default under any terms of
the Transaction Documents after notice of default by the Purchaser
of the same (the “Extension”).
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date (except as noted), the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to the Purchase Price,
registered in the name of the Purchaser;
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(iii)
the Series A Warrant registered in the name of the Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to $636,000
divided by $3.9133, subject to adjustment as set forth in the
Series A Warrant, with an exercise price equal to $4.3046, subject
to adjustment therein (such Series A Warrant may be delivered
within three (3) Trading Days of the Closing Date);
and
(iv)
the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the
Company.
(b) Upon
the exercise of the Extension Right in accordance with the terms
herein, on the Extension Notice Date (except as noted), the Company
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the
following:
(i) the
Series B Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser effective
as of the Extension Notice Date to purchase up to a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to $636,000 divided by $3.9133,
subject to adjustment as set forth in the Series B Warrant, with an
exercise price equal to 110% of the 10 consecutive day average
closing price of the Common Stock immediately prior to the
Extension Notice Date, subject to adjustment therein (such Series B
Warrant may be delivered within three Trading Days of the Extension
Notice Date); and
(ii)
(A) an officer’s certificate certifying the accuracy in all
material respects of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein and the compliance in all material
respects with the covenants of the Company contained herein and (B)
a bring-down of the Disclosure Schedules.
(c) On
or prior to the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company, the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser;
(ii)
the Purchase Price by wire transfer; and
(iii)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the
Purchaser.
2.3 Closing
and Extension Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on (or, to the extent
representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be
accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii)
the delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section
2.2(c) of this Agreement.
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(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchaser hereunder in connection
with the Closing and the Extension (if applicable) are subject to
the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent
representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the
applicable Closing Date and Extension Notice Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein);
(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required
to be performed at or prior to the applicable Closing Date and
Extension Notice Date shall have been performed;
(iii)
with respect to the Closing the delivery by the Company of
the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv)
with respect to the Extension the delivery by the Company of the
items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement;
(v) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(vi)
from the date hereof to the applicable Closing and Extension Notice
Date (if applicable), trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal
Trading Market and, at any time prior to the applicable Closing and
Extension Notice Date (if applicable), trading in securities
generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been
suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium
have been declared either by the United States or New York State
authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material
adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to purchase the Securities at Closing and the Extension
Notice Date (if applicable).
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Post-Closing
Covenants. The Company hereby covenants that it shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser (a) a legal
opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E attached
hereto, within two (2) Business Days of the Closing Date, (b) the
Security Agreement executed by the Company and/or ABS within
forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date, and (c) the Subsidiary
Guarantee executed by ABS within forty-five (45) days of the
Closing Date, which Subsidiary Guarantee shall comply in all
material respects with French law.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedules attached hereto, which Disclosure Schedules shall be
deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or
otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in
the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company
hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the
Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing and Extension
Notice Date (if applicable):
(a)
Subsidiaries. All of the direct
and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule 3.1(a).
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other
equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens,
and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no
subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of
them in the Transaction Documents shall be
disregarded.
(b) Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries
is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation 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
the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect
on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect
on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document
(any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”)
and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or
curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
(i) The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of 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 corporate action on the part of the
Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board
of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection
herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general
equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and
(iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
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(ii) With
respect to the Subsidiary Guarantee, each of the Subsidiaries has
the requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter into
and to consummate the transactions contemplated by such agreement
and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The
execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Company, and no further action is required by
the respective Subsidiary, its managers, its members, its directors
or its stockholders, as the case may be, in connection therewith.
The Subsidiary Guarantee has been (or upon delivery will have been)
duly executed by the respective Subsidiaries and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms thereof, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the respective Subsidiary enforceable against
such Subsidiary in accordance with its terms, except: (A) as
limited by general equitable principals and applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, (B) as limited by laws relating to the availability of
specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies
and (C) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may
be limited by applicable law.
(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby do not and will not, subject to the Required Approvals: (i)
conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or
any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the
creation of any Lien (except as contemplated pursuant to the
Transaction Documents) upon any of the properties or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or
Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or
asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in
a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is
subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a
Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)
Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal,
state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the consents,
waivers, authorizations, orders, notices or filings required
pursuant to Section 4.6 of this Agreement or listed on Schedule
3.1(e), (ii) the filings with the Commission pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance
and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Conversion Shares
and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner
required thereby and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission
and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state
securities laws (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
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(f)
Issuance of the
Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with
the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed
by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in
the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for
issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required
Minimum on the date hereof.
(g) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which
Schedule 3.1(g)
also includes the number of shares of Common Stock owned
beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the
date hereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g), the Company
has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act other than pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock
option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees
pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and
pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any
similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g) and as a result
of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe
for or acquire any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of
any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may
become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance
and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any
Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to
any Person (other than the Purchaser) 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.
There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company
or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar
provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings
or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may
become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such
Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights
or “phantom stock” plans or any similar plan or
agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are duly authorized, 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. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among
any of the Company’s stockholders (other than if pursuant to
Voting Agreement).
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(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period
as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto
and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely
basis, except as set forth on Schedules 3.1(h), or has
received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any
such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As
of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when
filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the
Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in
the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be
otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not
contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments.
Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a
subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof and as set
forth on Schedule
3.1(i): (i) there has been no event, occurrence or
development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A)
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not
required to be reflected in the Company’s financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the
Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend
or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued
any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except
pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does
not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition,
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j)
Litigation. Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(j), there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of
violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign)
(collectively, an “Action”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director or officer thereof, is or
has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation
of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim
of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the
knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any
current or former director or officer of the Company. The
Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending
the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the
Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
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(k) Labor
Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of
the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates
to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such
Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and
its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive
officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to
be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the
continued employment of each such executive officer does not
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(l)
Compliance. Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(l), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in
default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that
has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim
that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has
been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order
of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii)
is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or
regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to
taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety,
product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except
in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)
Environmental Laws.
The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all
federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment (including ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively,
“Hazardous
Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands,
or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or
notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued,
entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”);
(ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in
each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply or to
have received could be reasonably expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) Regulatory
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate
federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary
to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports, except where the failure to possess such certificates,
authorizations and permits could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.
(o) Title
to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by
them that is material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for
(i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to
be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and
(ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for
which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance
with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor
subject to penalties and (iii) Liens set forth in Schedule 3.1(o). Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
in compliance, except for any failure to be in compliance that
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p)
Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as
necessary or required for use in connection with their respective
businesses and which the failure to so have could have a Material
Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that
any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or
been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be
abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this
Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim, has
been accused or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual
Property Rights violate or infringe (and will not infringe) upon
the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be
expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and
its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect
the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of
any facts that would preclude it from having valid license rights
or clear title to the Intellectual Property Rights. The
Company has no knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain
any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual Property Rights that
are necessary to conduct its business.
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(q) Insurance.
The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including,
but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at
least equal to the Purchase Price. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
(r) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the
SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or
any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to
any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from providing for the borrowing of money
from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of
$120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees
for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(s)
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal
Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof
and as of the Extension Notice Date (if applicable), and any and
all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission
thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the
Extension Notice Date (if applicable). Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(s),
the Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(s), the Company and the Subsidiaries have established
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries
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 disclosure
controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of
the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The Company
presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on
their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)
that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of
the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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(t)
Certain Fees. Except as set
forth on Schedule
3.1(t), no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions
are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any
broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The
Purchaser 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.
(u)
Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s
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 Purchaser as
contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities
hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the
Trading Market.
(v)
Investment Company.
The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately
after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an
Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The
Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not
become an “investment company” subject to registration
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w)
Registration
Rights. Other than the Purchaser and except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(w), no
Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company or any Subsidiaries.
(x)
Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(x), (i) the
Company has not, in the twelve (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 and (ii) 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. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic
transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation and the Company is current in
payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other
established clearing corporation) in connection with such
electronic transfer.
(y)
Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have
taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable
any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other
similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s
certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the
laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become
applicable to the Purchaser as a result of the Purchaser and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights
under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Purchaser’s ownership of the Securities.
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(z)
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 the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any
information that it believes constitutes or might constitute
material, non-public information. The Company understands and
confirms that the Purchaser will rely on the foregoing
representation in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the
Company to the Purchaser regarding the Company and its
Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this
Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months
preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(aa) No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor
any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited
any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would
cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior
offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act
which would require the registration of any such securities under
the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval
provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of
the Company are listed or designated.
(bb) Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of
Closing and the Extension Notice Date (if applicable), after giving
effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the
Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to
be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and
other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they
mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital
needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of
the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected
capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii)
the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds
the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets,
after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would
be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its
liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company
does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts
as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash
to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe
that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the
bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one
year from Closing and the Extension Notice Date (if applicable).
Schedule 3.1(bb)
sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for
which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the
purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x)
any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of
$50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary
course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other
contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others,
whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto),
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(bb), neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
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(cc) Tax
Status. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(cc) and 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 its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United
States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and
franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any
jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and
other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(cc), there are no
unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing
authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or
of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(dd) 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 Purchaser and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act.
(ee)
Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to
the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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 any Subsidiary (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
FCPA.
(ff)
Accountants. The
Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(ff) of the
Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company,
such accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as
required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion
with respect to the financial statements to be included in the
Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2016.
(gg) Seniority.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(gg), no
Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the
Debenture in right of payment, whether upon liquidation or
dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by
purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to
underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations
(which is senior only as to the property covered
thereby).
(hh)
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 which could affect the Company’s ability to perform
any of its obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents.
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(ii)
Acknowledgment Regarding
Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser 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 Purchaser’s
purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the
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.
(jj) Regulation
M Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(jj), the Company
has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i)
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of
the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any
compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or
(iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company,
other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation
paid to any placement agent in connection with the placement of the
Securities.
(kk)
FDA. As to
each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder (“FDCA”) that is
manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or
marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such
product, a “Pharmaceutical Product”),
such Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged,
labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company
in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and
similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration,
investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application
approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices,
good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling,
advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the
failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration,
or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge,
complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from
the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the
premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the
uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of,
the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any
Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests
the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the
withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating
to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on
any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter
into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of
any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate,
would have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties,
business and operations of the Company have been and are being
conducted in all material respects in accordance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA. The
Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit
the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any
product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the
Company nor has the FDA expressed any concern as to approving or
clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to
be developed by the Company. To the Company’s
knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings relating
to the FDC act, the Public Health Services Act or any regulations
of the FDA pending or threatened to which the Company is a party,
nor is it aware of any material violations of such acts or
regulations by the Company.
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(ll) Stock
Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under
the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance
with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii)
with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered
granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted
under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The
Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no
Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior
to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options
with, the release or other public announcement of material
information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
financial results or prospects.
(mm)
Office of Foreign Assets
Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the
Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to
any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(nn) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and
has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s
request.
(oo) Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or to the Company’s knowledge Affiliates is
subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the
“BHCA”)
and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or to the Company’s knowledge Affiliates owns or
controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the
outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five
percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or to the
Company’s knowledge Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(pp) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules
and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”),
and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
threatened.
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(qq) No
Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to
be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the
Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any
affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer
of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any
beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding
voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power,
nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the
time of sale (each, an "Issuer Covered Person" and,
together, “Issuer
Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the "Bad Actor"
disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under
the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”),
except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or
(d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine
whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification
Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its
disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the
Purchaser a copy of any disclosures provided
thereunder.
(rr) Other
Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person
(other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be
paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of
purchaser in connection with the sale of any Regulation D
Securities.
(ss) Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the
Purchaser in writing, prior to Closing and the Extension Notice
Date (if applicable) of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to
any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the
passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any
Issuer Covered Person.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby
represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the
applicable Closing and Extension Notice Date (if applicable) to the
Company as follows (unless as of a specific date
therein):
(a)
Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an
entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and
to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents
and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
similar action, as applicable, 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.
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(b) Own
Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and
not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities
or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or
indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law (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). Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.
(c) Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each
date on which it exercises any Warrants or converts any Debentures
it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities
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
Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an
investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e)
General
Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not, to such
Purchaser’s knowledge, purchasing the Securities as a result
of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or
similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at
any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained
in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such
Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction
Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and
federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of
Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration
statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a
Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section
4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide
to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of
which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to
the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such
transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of
transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement
and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
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(b) The
Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this
Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following
form:
[NEITHER] THIS
SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS
[EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE]] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF
ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE]
[CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER
LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED
INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
(c)
Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any
legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof):
(i) while a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under
the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Underlying
Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Underlying Shares are
eligible for sale under Rule 144 without the Company to be in
compliance with the current public information requirements under
Rule 144 or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Transfer Agent if required by the Transfer Agent to
effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any portion
of a Debenture is converted or Warrant is exercised at a time when
there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of
the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold
under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in
compliance with the current public information required under Rule
144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by
the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be
issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the
Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required
under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than the earlier of
(i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days
comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below)
following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as
applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading
Day, the “Legend
Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to
such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free
from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make
any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer
Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section 4. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend
removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the
Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime
broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement
Period” means the standard settlement period,
expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s
primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in
effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing
Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive
legend.
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(d) In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the
Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of
Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the
date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered
for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section
4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five
(5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each
Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is
delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (i)
issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the
Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the Securities so
delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all
restrictive and other legends and (ii) if after the Legend Removal
Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of
shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common
Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company
without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess
of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the
“Buy-In
Price”) over the product of (A) such number of
Underlying Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such
Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest
closing sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during
the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser
to the Company of the applicable Underlying Shares (as the case may
be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this
clause (ii).
(e) The
Purchaser agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any
Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in
compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and
acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from
certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section
4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this
understanding.
4.2 Acknowledgment
of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of
the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain
market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without
limitation, its obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant
to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and
not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or
reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any
claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of
the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of
the other stockholders of the Company.
4.3 Furnishing
of Information; Public Information.
(a)
Until the time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company
covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after
the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is
not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act.
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(b) At
any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month
anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of
the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company
to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i)
shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information
requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer
described in Rule 144 (i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future,
and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in
Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information
Failure”) then, in addition to the Purchaser’s
other available remedies, the Company shall pay to the Purchaser,
in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by
reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the
Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the
aggregate Purchase Price on the day of a Public Information Failure
and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for
periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the
earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured
and (b) such time that such public information is no longer
required for the Purchaser to transfer the Underlying Shares
pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which the Purchaser
shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to
herein as “Public
Information Failure Payments”. Public
Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the
earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such
Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the
third (3rd) Business Day after
the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information
Failure Payments is
cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public
Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such
Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at
the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid
in full. Nothing herein shall limit the Purchaser’s right to
pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and the
Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to
it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.4 Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities
or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading
Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the
closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is
obtained before the closing of such subsequent
transaction.
4.5 Conversion
and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of Notice of
Exercise included in the Warrants and the form of Notice of
Conversion included in the Debenture set forth the totality of the
procedures required of the Purchaser in order to exercise the
Warrants or convert the Debentures. Without limiting the preceding
sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise or Notice of
Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or
other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise
or Notice of Conversion form be required in order to exercise the
Warrants or convert the Debenture. No additional legal opinion,
other information or instructions shall be required of the
Purchaser to exercise the Warrants or convert the Debenture. The
Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and conversions of
the Debenture and shall deliver Underlying Shares in accordance
with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the
Transaction Documents.
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4.6 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m.
(New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the
date hereof, (a) issue a press release disclosing the material
terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) file a
Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as
exhibits thereto, with the Commission. From and after the issuance
of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchaser that
it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public
information delivered to the Purchaser by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees or agents in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective
upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges
and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations
under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers,
directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and the
Purchaser or Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The
Company and the Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing
any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor the Purchaser
shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such
public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with
respect to any press release of the Purchaser with respect to any
press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably
be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by
law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the
other party with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
publicly disclose the name of the Purchaser, or include the name of
the Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory
agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal securities law in
connection with (i) any registration statement contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the filing of final
Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent
such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations,
in which case the Company shall provide the Purchaser with prior
notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(b).
4.7 Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the
Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that
the Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under
any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar
anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by
the Company, or that the Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the
provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other
agreement between the Company and the Purchaser.
4.8
Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.6, the
Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person
acting on its behalf will provide the Purchaser or its agents or
counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company
reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information,
unless prior thereto the Purchaser shall have consented to the
receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep
such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms
that the Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent
that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to
the Purchaser without the Purchaser’s consent, the Company
hereby covenants and agrees that such purchaser shall not have any
duty of confidentiality to Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any
of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, and of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public
information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to
applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to
any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material,
non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries,
the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the
Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company
understands and confirms that the Purchaser shall be relying on the
foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
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4.9 Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the
sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and
shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any
portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade
payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and
prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding
litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC
regulations.
4.10
Indemnification of
Purchaser. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10,
the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser and its
directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and
agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role
of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title), each Person who controls the Purchaser
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section
20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with
a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all
judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such
Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to
(a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the
Purchaser Party in any capacity, or any of them or their respective
Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company, with respect to any
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
(unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser
Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the
Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such
Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any
violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities
laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes
fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any
action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such
Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and
the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with
counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser
Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the
employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company
in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period
of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in
such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a
material conflict on any material issue between the position of the
Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses
of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be
liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any
settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the
Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to
the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable
to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such
Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction
Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.10 shall
be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the
course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are
received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein
shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any
Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities
the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.11 Reservation
and Listing of Securities.
(a)
The Company shall maintain a reserve of the Required Minimum from
its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to
the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to
fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction
Documents.
(b) If,
on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise
unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required
Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s
certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the
Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event
not later than the 75th day after such date.
(c) The
Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required
by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading
Market an additional shares listing application covering a number
of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on
the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to
cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or
quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter,
(iii) provide to the Purchaser evidence of such listing or
quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common
Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such
date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company
agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for
electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by
timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such
other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.
4.12 Actions
Inconsistent with the Transaction Documents. The Company
hereby covenants that it will not, either directly or indirectly
through any Affiliate or Subsidiary including, without limitation,
ABS take any actions which are inconsistent with the terms of the
Transaction Documents.
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4.13 Subsequent
Equity Sales.
From
the date hereof until the second anniversary of the date hereof,
except for the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Company
shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to
effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or a combination of units
thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction other than in
connection with an Exempt Issuance. The Investor shall be entitled
to seek injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such
issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect
damages, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without
any bond or other security being required. “Common Stock Equivalents”
means any securities of the Company that 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. “Variable Rate
Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company
(i) issues or sells any equity or debt securities that are
convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the
right to receive additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price,
exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with
the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Stock at any
time after the initial issuance of such equity or debt securities
(including, without limitation, pursuant to any “cashless
exercise” provision), or (B) with a conversion, exercise or
exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date
after the initial issuance of such equity or debt security or upon
the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or
indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for
the Common Stock (including, without limitation, any “full
ratchet” or “weighted average” anti-dilution
provisions, but not including any standard anti-dilution protection
for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock
split or other similar transaction), (ii) issues or sells any
equity or debt securities, including without limitation, Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, either (A) at a price that is
subject to being reset at some future date after the initial
issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of
specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to
the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock
(other than standard anti-dilution protection for any
reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or
other similar transaction), or (B) that is subject to or contains
any put, call, redemption, buy-back, price-reset or other similar
provision or mechanism (excluding, without limitation, a
“Black-Scholes” put or call right) that provides for
the issuance of additional equity securities of the Company or the
payment of cash by the Company, or (iii) enters into any agreement,
including, but not limited to, an “equity line of
credit” or other continuous offering or similar offering of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, whereby the Company may
sell Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at a future
determined price. “Exempt Issuance” means
the issuance of (a) Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents to
employees, officers, directors or vendors of the Company pursuant
to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by the
Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of
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 Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date
of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been
amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of
such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price
or conversion price of such securities, (c) securities issued
pursuant to acquisitions, divestitures, licenses, partnerships,
collaborations or strategic transactions approved by the Board of
Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of directors
established for such purpose, which acquisitions, divestitures,
licenses, partnerships, collaborations or strategic transactions
can have a Variable Rate Transaction component, provided that any
such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders
of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an
operating company or an asset in a business synergistic with the
business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional
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, or (d) Common Stock
issued and sold pursuant to an “at-the-market offering”
of Common Stock through a registered broker-dealer.
4.14 No
Short Selling. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the
Company that at no time prior to the date of this Agreement has any
of the Purchaser, its agents, representatives or affiliates engaged
in or effected, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly,
any (i) "short sale" (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of
Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock or (ii)
hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with
respect to the Common Stock. The Purchaser agrees that beginning on
the date of this Agreement and ending on the date of termination of
this Agreement, the Purchaser and its agents, representatives and
affiliates shall not in any manner whatsoever enter into or effect,
directly or indirectly, any (i) “short sale” (as such
term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act)
of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes
a net short position with respect to the Common Stock.
4.15 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a
Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation
D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of the
Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall
reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption
for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchaser at the
Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws
of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of
such actions promptly upon request of the Purchaser.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Fees
and Expenses. The Company has agreed to reimburse the
Purchaser up to the sum of $15,000 for its legal fees and expenses,
which shall include French counsel advice in connection with the
Security Agreement and Subsidiary Guarantee. The Company shall
deliver to the Purchaser a completed and executed copy of the
Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. Except as expressly
set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel,
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company
shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation,
any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter
delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise notice
delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties
levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchaser.
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 thereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or
written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
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 or email attachment as set forth
on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day
after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment
as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that
is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day
following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally
recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address
for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the
signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice
provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or
contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such
notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form
8-K.
5.4 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.
5.5
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 the
Purchaser (other than by merger). The Purchaser may assign any or
all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such
transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the
transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction
Documents that apply to the Purchaser.
5.6
No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof
be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in
Section 4.10.
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5.7 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 Delaware, 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,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
Chicago, State of Illinois. Each party hereby irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of Chicago, County of Xxxx, State of Illinois
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 Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such
Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for
such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such
Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to
such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party hereto
shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of
the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of
the Company under Section 4.10, the prevailing party in such Action
or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses
incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of
such Action or Proceeding.
5.8 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
5.9 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being
understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file,
such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed)
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or
“.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
5.10
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.
5.11
Rescission and Withdrawal
Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other
Transaction Documents, whenever the Purchaser exercises a right,
election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the
Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the
periods therein provided, then the Purchaser may rescind or
withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written
notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in
whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and
rights; provided,
however, that in
the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture or exercise
of a Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares
of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or
exercise notice concurrently with the return to the Purchaser of
the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares
and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such
shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including,
issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such
restored right).
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5.12
Replacement of
Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for
and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in
lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument,
but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new
certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay
any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity)
associated with the issuance of such replacement
Securities.
5.13 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the
Purchaser 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 agree to waive and not to assert in any Action
for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
5.14 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to the Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a
Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise
or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by
or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the
extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.15 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 Action or Proceeding
that may be brought by the 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 thereof 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 the Purchaser with respect to
indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess
shall be applied by the 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.
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5.16
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.
5.17 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or
granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be
taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding
Business Day.
5.18
Construction. The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have 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 thereto. In addition, each
and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in
any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and
other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the
date of this Agreement.
5.19
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY
PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND
INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY
WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
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Address for
Notice:
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Fax:
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Esq.
Disclosure Law
Group, a Professional Corporation
Fax:
000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
Name of
Purchaser:
________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser: __________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________
Title
of Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________
Email
Address of Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________
Facsimile Number of
Authorized Signatory:
__________________________________________
Address
for Notice to Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Purchase Price:
$1,120,000
Series
A Warrant Shares: _________________
Series
B Warrant Shares: _________________
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EXHIBIT
A
[FORM
OF DEBENTURE]
EXHIBIT
B
[FORM
OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT
C
[FORM
OF SERIES A WARRANT]
EXHIBIT
D
[FORM
OF SERIES B WARRANT]
EXHIBIT
E
[FORM
OF LEGAL OPINION]
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