STRATOS RENEWABLES CORPORATION SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
STRATOS
RENEWABLES CORPORATION
THIS
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”)
is
made as of July 25, 2008, by and among Stratos Renewables Corporation, a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”),
and
the person or entity listed on the schedule of purchasers attached hereto as
Schedule I
(the
“Purchaser”).
RECITALS
A. On
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Purchaser is willing
to purchase from the Company, and the Company is willing to sell to such
Purchaser, a senior secured promissory note in the principal amount of
$2,000,000, and warrants to acquire up to 714,286 shares of Company common
stock, as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I
hereto.
B. Capitalized
terms not defined when first used shall have the meaning provided in
Exhibit
A.
AGREEMENT
NOW
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the foregoing, and the representations, warranties, and
conditions set forth below, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Note and Warrants.
(a) Issuance
of Note and Warrants.
At the
Closing, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and, subject
to
all of the terms and conditions hereof, the Purchaser agrees to purchase a
senior secured convertible promissory note in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B
(the
“Note”)
in the
principal amount set forth opposite the Purchaser’s name on Schedule I
hereto.
In conjunction with the sale of the Note, at the Closing, the Company also
agrees to issue warrants for the purchase of 714,286 shares of Company common
stock (“Common
Stock”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C
(the
“Warrants”).
The
Company and [Subsidiary Name Redacted],
shall
also execute and delivered to the Purchaser (i) two Security Interest Guarantee
Agreements dated as of the date hereof, the form of which is attached hereto
as
Exhibit D-1 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time
to
time, the “Peruvian Security Agreements”) and (ii) two Security Agreements dated
as of the date hereof, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D-2
(as
the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
“US
Security Agreements”,
and
with the Peruvian Security Agreements, the “Security
Agreements”)
and
Purchaser shall have the rights and obligations hereunder and
thereunder
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Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.
(b) Delivery.
The
sale and purchase of the Note and Warrants shall take place at a closing (the
“Closing”)
to be
held on July 25, 2008 (the “Closing
Date”)
at
such place as the Company and the Purchaser may determine. At the Closing,
the
Company will deliver the Note and Warrants to the Purchaser. The Note and
Warrants will be registered in such Purchaser’s name in the Company’s
records.
(c) Payments.
The
Company will make all cash payments due under the Note in immediately available
funds on the date such payment is due in the manner and at the address for
such
purpose specified below the Purchaser’s name on Schedule I
hereto,
or at such other address as a Purchaser or other registered holder of the Note
may from time to time direct in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything to the contrary in the Note, any default of this Section
1(c)
shall
not constitute a default or an event of default hereunder independent of the
event of default provisions set forth in Section 4(a) of the Note.
2. Covenants.
The
Company covenants that so long as the Note is outstanding:
(a) Compliance
with Law.
The
Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with all
Requirements of Law to which each of them is subject, including, without
limitation, environmental laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all
licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other authorizations from third
parties and Governmental Authorities necessary to the ownership of their
respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in
each
case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such
Requirements of Law or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses,
certificates, permits, franchises and other authorizations would not reasonably
be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Materially Adverse
Effect.
(b) Reporting
Requirements.
The
Company shall furnish Purchaser:
(i) As
soon
as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year
of the Company, audited annual financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries with the unqualified opinion of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company and
acceptable to Purchaser, which annual financial statements shall include the
balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal
year and the related statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, prepared on
a
consolidating and consolidated basis, all in reasonable detail and prepared
in
accordance with GAAP, together with a certificate of the Company’s chief
financial officer, stating that such financial statements have been prepared
in
accordance with GAAP and whether or not such officer has knowledge of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and, if so, stating
in
reasonable detail the facts with respect thereto.
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(ii) As
soon
as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter of the Company, an unaudited interim balance sheet and statement of
income, cash flow and retained earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as
at the end of and for such fiscal quarter and for the year-to-date period then
ended, prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis, in reasonable detail
and stating in comparative form the budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for such fiscal quarter and for the year-to-date period then ended and the
figures for the corresponding date and periods in the previous year, all
prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments; and
accompanied by a certificate of the Financial Officer, stating (i) that
such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject
to
year-end audit adjustments, and (ii) whether
or not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or Event
of
Default hereunder not theretofore reported and remedied and, if so, stating
in
reasonable detail the facts with respect thereto.
(iii) Promptly,
and in any event within 10 days following the issuance of any Equity Capital
by
any Issuer Party
(excluding Equity Capital to employees related to options or warrants which
when
fully exercised would result in the issuance of equal to or less than 1,500,000
shares of Common Stock or options to purchase Common Stock),
a
statement of the authorized Equity Capital of such Issuer Party showing each
Person owning more than five percent of any class of Equity Capital on a fully
diluted basis.
(iv) Immediately
after the commencement thereof, notice of all litigation and of all proceedings
before any Governmental Authority affecting any Issuer Party or which
(i) seek
a monetary recovery against any Issuer Party in excess of $100,000 or
(ii) if
determined adversely to such Issuer Party, could reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) As
promptly as practicable (but in any event not later than 3 Business Days) after
an officer of the Company obtains knowledge of the occurrence of a Default
or
Event of Default hereunder, notice of such occurrence, together with a detailed
statement by a responsible officer of the Company setting forth the steps being
taken by the Company to cure the effect of such Default or Event of
Default.
(vi) Promptly
upon obtaining knowledge thereof, notice of the violation by Issuer Party of
any
law, rule or regulation, the non-compliance with which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Promptly
upon their distribution, copies of all proxy statements which the Company sends
to its shareholders.
(viii) Promptly
after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all regular and periodic
financial reports which the Company delivers to any other lender.
(ix) Promptly,
such additional information concerning each Issuer Party as Purchaser may
reasonably request.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary within this Agreement or any of the other Note
Documents, neither the Company nor any other Person acting on its behalf shall
be obligated to furnish the Purchaser or its respective agents or counsel with
any information that constitutes material, nonpublic information regarding
the
Company or its securities (the “Nonpublic Information”), unless (a) the
Purchaser signs an agreement (reasonable and customary in scope) representing
that they will hold such Nonpublic Information confidential; (b) the disclosure
of such Nonpublic Information is required under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise by law; or (c) the information in such Nonpublic Information
has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in
violation of this or any other agreement of which the Purchaser has knowledge.
Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company
and the Purchaser) shall be deemed to limit the Purchaser’s ability to sell
Securities in this Company in a manner which is otherwise consistent with
applicable laws and regulations.
All
required deliveries pursuant to this Section
2(b)
shall be
made, to the extent possible, by electronic means (e-mail transmission),
followed by actual, originally executed (if required hereunder) paper copies
thereof.
(c) Insurance.
The
Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their
respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies,
of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles,
co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with
respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established
reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly
situated.
(d) Maintenance
of Properties.
The
Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and keep,
or
cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair,
working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all
times, provided
that
this Section shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing
the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such
discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company
has
concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Materially Adverse Effect.
(e) Payment
of Taxes.
The
Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to file all income tax
or
similar tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and
discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other
taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies payable by any of them,
to
the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before
they have become delinquent, provided
that
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax or assessment
if
(i)
the
amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such
Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings,
and
the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in
accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or
(ii)
the
nonpayment of all such taxes and assessments in the aggregate would not
reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
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(f) Legal
Existence, etc.
The
Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence. The Company will at all times preserve and keep in full
force and effect the legal existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged
into the Company or a Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company
and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the
termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such
corporate existence, right or franchise would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Materially Adverse Effect.
(g) Transactions
with Affiliates.
The
Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly
or
indirectly any material transaction or material group of related transactions
(including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of
properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any affiliate
(other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon
fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary
than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person
not an affiliate.
(h) Merger,
Consolidation, etc.
The
Company will not consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or
series of transactions to any Person unless:
(i) the
successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the
Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of
the
assets of the Company as an entirety, as the case may be, is a solvent
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, if the Company is
not
such corporation, such successor executes and delivers to Purchaser its
assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant
and condition of the Note Documents; and
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default occurs
or continues.
No
such
conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Company
will have the effect of releasing the Company or any such
successor.
(i) Liens.
The
Company shall not grant or permit to exist (voluntarily or involuntarily) any
Liens on any assets of any Issuer Party other than Permitted Liens.
(j) Debt.
The
Company
shall not, and shall not permit any other Issuer Party to, incur Debt other
than:
(i)
the
Note;
(ii) Debt
in
existence on the date hereof;
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(iii) capitalized
lease obligations and other Debt secured by Liens permitted by clause
(iii)
of the
definition of “Permitted Liens” not to exceed ninety percent of the value of the
assets acquired with the proceeds thereof.
(iv) Debt
of
any Issuer Party to any other Issuer Party.
(v) Debt
incurred or issued by the Company which is subordinate to the Note
in a
manner acceptable to the Purchaser in its reasonable discretion.
3. Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that:
(a) Existence
and Power.
Each
Issuer Party (i) is
a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) is
duly qualified to do business in each additional jurisdiction where the failure
to so qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has
all requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its
businesses as now being conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company
has all requisite corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its
Obligations under the Note Documents.
(b) Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement and each of the other Note Documents to which the Company is a party
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and are, and the Note
when
issued, executed and delivered as contemplated herein will be, the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
(c) Liens
and Security Interests.
The
security interests now or hereafter created pursuant to the Security Agreements
constitute and will constitute legal, valid and (assuming that all actions
shall
have been taken in respect of the perfection of such Liens and security
interests contemplated by this Agreement and the Security Agreements) perfected
first priority Liens and security interests in all of the Collateral purported
to be covered thereby, subject to no Liens.
(d) No
Conflicts with Agreements, Etc.
Neither
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any of the other
Note Documents to which it is a party, nor the offering, issuance or sale of
the
Note or the Warrants nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and
provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with, or result in a breach or
violation of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation of any Lien (other than Liens created pursuant
to the Security Agreements) on any properties or assets of the Company pursuant
to, the Organizational Documents of the Company, or any contract, agreement,
mortgage, indenture, lease or instrument to which it is a party or by which
it
is bound or to which its assets are subject, or any Requirement of Law to which
it or its assets are subject,
which
conflict, breach, violation, default or Lien could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) Consents,
Etc.
Except
for the consent of the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock under
the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation, Powers,
Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock, a true and correct copy
of
which has been delivered to Purchaser, no consent, approval or authorization
of
or declaration, registration or filing with any Governmental Authority or any
nongovernmental Person, including any creditor or stockholder of the Company,
is
required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Company of this
Agreement or the other Note Documents to which the Company is a party, or the
performance by the Company of its Obligations hereunder and thereunder, or
as a
condition to the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or
any
other Note Document.
(f) Material
Contracts.
No
Issuer Party is in breach or violation of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any of its material contracts, and to the best knowledge of the
Company no third party to any of such material contracts is in breach or
violation of any of the terms, conditions or provisions thereof,
which
breach could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
No
Issuer Party has transferred or subordinated any of its rights or interests in
any of its material contracts, and such rights and interests are subject to
no
Liens except Permitted Liens.
(g) Litigation.
(i)
There
are
no actions, suits, or proceedings pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against or affecting any Issuer Party, or any properties or rights
of
any Issuer Party which, if adversely determined, individually or in the
aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) There
are
no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened in writing against the Company which seek to enjoin, or otherwise
prevent the consummation of, the transactions contemplated herein or to recover
any damages or obtain any relief as a result of any of the transactions
contemplated herein in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before
or by any Governmental Authority.
(h) Compliance
With Laws; No Default.
(i) To
the
Company’s knowledge, no Issuer Party is now, nor will be after or as a result of
giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, in default under or
in
violation of any Order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or
of
any federal, state, local or foreign Requirement of Law, which default or
violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(ii) No
Issuer
Party is in default under or with respect to any provision of any security
issued by any such Person, of any of its Organizational Documents, or of any
agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, document or agreement to which any such Person is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound which, individually or together with
all such defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(i) Possession
of Franchises, Licenses, Etc.
Each
Issuer Party possesses all material franchises, certificates, licenses, permits,
registrations, and other authorizations from Governmental Authorities and third
parties, that are necessary for the ownership, maintenance and operation of
its
properties and assets, and for the conduct of its businesses as now conducted,
and no Issuer Party is in violation of any thereof in any material
respect.
(j) Intellectual
Property.
(i) Each
Issuer Party owns all right, title and interest in and to, or has valid and
enforceable Licenses to use, all of the Intellectual Property used by it in
connection with its business as presently conducted (the “Intellectual
Property”),
which, to the Knowledge of the Company, represents all intellectual property
rights necessary to the conduct of the business of such Issuer Party as now
conducted and as presently contemplated to be conducted. Each Issuer Party
is in
compliance with the material contractual obligations relating to the protection
of such of the Intellectual Property as it uses pursuant to Licenses. To the
Knowledge of the Company, there are no conflicts with or infringements by any
third party of any Intellectual Property, and the conduct of the business of
each Issuer Party as currently conducted or as currently contemplated to be
conducted does not and will not conflict with or infringe any proprietary right
of any third party. There is no material claim, suit, action or proceeding
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Issuer
Party: (i) alleging any such conflict or infringement with any third party’s
proprietary rights; or (ii) challenging the ownership or use by any Issuer
Party, or the validity or enforceability of, any Intellectual
Property.
(ii) To
the
Company’s Knowledge, no Issuer Party will be, as a result of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, in breach of any license, sublicense, or other agreement relating
to
the Intellectual Property.
(k) Broker’s
or Finder’s Commissions.
Except
for a commission payable to Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., no
broker’s
or finder’s fee or commission will be payable by the Company with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Note.
(l) Disclosure.
Neither
this Agreement nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to
the
Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company in connection herewith, contained,
as
of its respective date, or now contains, any untrue statement of a material
fact
or as of any such date omitted, or now omits, to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not
misleading.
4. Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser.
The
Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) Binding
Obligation.
The
Purchaser has full legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement is
a
valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general
application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and general principles of equity.
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(b) Securities
Law Compliance.
The
Purchaser has been advised that the Note has not been registered under the
Securities Act, or any state securities laws and, therefore, cannot be resold
unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws
or unless an exemption from such registration requirements is available. The
Purchaser is aware that the Company is under no obligation to effect any such
registration with respect to the resale of the Note or to file for, or comply
with any exemption from registration for such purpose. The Purchaser has not
been formed solely for the purpose of making this investment and is purchasing
the Note to be acquired by the Purchaser hereunder for its own account for
investment, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale
in
connection with, the distribution thereof. The Purchaser has such knowledge
and
experience in financial and business matters that the Purchaser is capable
of
evaluating the merits and risks of such investment, is able to incur a complete
loss of such investment and is able to bear the economic risk of such investment
for an indefinite period of time. The Purchaser is an accredited investor as
such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities
Act.
(c)
Access
to Information.
The
Purchaser acknowledges that the Company has given the Purchaser access to the
corporate records and accounts of the Issuer Parties and to all information
in
its possession relating to the Issuer Parties, has made its officers and
representatives available for interview by the Purchaser, and has furnished
the
Purchaser with all documents and other information required for the Purchaser
to
make an informed decision with respect to the purchase of the Note.
5. Conditions
to Closing of the Purchaser.
The
Purchaser’s obligations at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment, on or
prior to the Closing Date, of all of the following conditions, any of which
may
be waived in whole or in part by the Purchaser:
(a)
Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 3
hereof
shall have been true and correct when made, and shall be true and correct on
the
Closing Date.
(b)
Transaction
Documents.
The
Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Purchaser or caused the
delivery of the following documents (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”)
each
in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser:
(i) this
Agreement;
(ii) the
Note
issued hereunder;
(iii)
the
Security Agreements and the original certificates representing the collateral
under such Agreement accompanied by undated stock powers;
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(iv) all
UCC-1
financing statements (if
applicable) and
other
documents and instruments that the Purchaser may reasonably request to perfect
its security interest in the collateral described in the Security
Agreements;
(v) the
Warrants issued hereunder;
(vi) an
opinion of counsel with respect to the Peruvian Security
Agreements.
(c) Governmental
Approvals and Filings.
Except
for any notices required
or
permitted to be filed after the Closing Date with certain federal and state
securities commissions, Company shall have obtained all governmental approvals
required in connection with the lawful sale and issuance of the Note and
Warrants.
(d)
Legal
Requirements.
At the
Closing, the sale and issuance by Company, and the purchase by the Purchaser,
of
the Note and Warrants shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations
to
which the Purchaser or Company are subject.
(e) Proceedings
and Documents.
All
corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated
at the Closing and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions
shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the
Purchaser.
(f) Corporate
Documents.
Company
shall have delivered to the Purchaser each of the following:
(i) A
Certificate of Good Standing or comparable certificate as to Company, certified
as of a recent date prior to the Closing Date by the Secretary of State of
Nevada; and
(ii) A
certificate of the Secretary of Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying
(A) that
attached thereto are true and correct copies of resolutions duly adopted by
the
Board of Directors of Company (of a duly constituted committee thereof) and
continuing in effect, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance
by
Company of this Agreement, the Note and the Warrants and the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and (B) that
there are no proceedings for the dissolution or liquidation of Company
(commenced or threatened).
6. Conditions
to Obligations of the Company.
The
Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Note and Warrants at the Closing is
subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following
conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the
Company:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in Section 4
hereof
shall be true and correct when made, and shall be true and correct on the
Closing Date.
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(b) Transaction
Documents.
The
Purchaser shall have duly executed and delivered to the Company this
Agreement.
(c) Purchase
Price.
The
Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price in respect
of
the Note.
7. Events
of Default.
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events constitutes an event
of
default (each, an “Event of Default”) under this Agreement:
(a) Note.
An
Event of Default (as defined in the Note occurs and continues).
(b) Voluntary
Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Company
shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its
property, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its
debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the
benefit of its or any of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated,
(v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined or interpreted under any
applicable statute), (vi) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself
or
its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking
possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other
proceeding commenced against it, or (vii) take any action for the purpose
of effecting any of the foregoing.
(c) Involuntary
Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Proceedings
for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of Company
of all or a substantial part of the property thereof, or an involuntary case
or
other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to Company or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order
for
relief entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within
thirty (30) days of commencement.
(d) Note
Documents. Any
Note
Document or any material term thereof shall cease to be, or be asserted by
Company not to be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Company enforceable
in accordance with its terms or if the Liens of Purchaser in the Collateral
(as
defined in the Security Agreements) shall cease to be or shall not be valid,
first priority perfected Liens or Company shall assert that such Liens are
not
valid, first priority and perfected Liens.
(e) Cross
Default.
A
default or event of default occurs under any other Note Document and the Company
fails to cure any such default or event of default within any applicable period
of grace.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Usury
Limitations.
It is
the intention of the Company and the Purchaser to conform strictly to applicable
usury laws. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or the Note, amounts constituting interest under applicable law and
contracted for, chargeable or receivable hereunder or under the Note shall
under
no circumstances, together with any other interest, late charges or other
amounts which may be interpreted to be interest contracted for, chargeable
or
receivable hereunder or thereunder, exceed the maximum amount of interest
permitted by law, and in the event any amounts were to exceed the maximum amount
of interest permitted by law, such excess amounts shall be deemed a mistake
and
shall either be reduced immediately and automatically to the maximum amount
permitted by law or, if required to comply with applicable law, be canceled
automatically and, if theretofore paid, at the option of the Purchaser, be
refunded to the Company or credited on the principal amount of the Note then
outstanding.
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(b) Punitive
Damages.
Each
party to this Agreement agrees that it shall not have a remedy of punitive,
special, exemplary, indirect or consequential damages against any other party
to
this Agreement in connection with any claim or dispute arising hereunder and
hereby waives any right or claim to any such damages that such party now has
or
which may arise in the future in connection with any such claim or dispute,
whether such claim or dispute is resolved by arbitration or
judicially.
(c) Waivers
and Amendments.
Any
provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived or modified only upon the
written consent of the Company and Purchaser. The failure of a party to exercise
any of its rights under this Agreement or to require the performance of any
term
or provision of this Agreement, or the waiver by a party of a breach of this
Agreement, shall not prevent a subsequent exercise or enforcement of such rights
or be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other term
or
provision of this Agreement. A waiver of any right under this Agreement shall
be
effective only if in writing and signed by the party against which such waiver
is to be enforced.
(d) Governing
Law.
This
Agreement and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of
California, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the State
of
New York or of any other state.
(e) Survival.
The
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and be deemed to be material to
and
relied upon by the Purchaser, regardless of any investigation made by the
Purchaser or on its behalf.
(f) Successors
and Assigns.
Subject
to the restrictions on transfer described in Sections 6(i)
and 6(j) below,
the rights and obligations of the Company and the Purchaser shall be binding
upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees
of the parties.
(g) Registration,
Transfer and Replacement of the Note.
The
Note shall be a registered note. The Company will keep, at its principal
executive office, books for the registration and registration of transfer of
the
Note. Prior to presentation of any Note for registration of transfer, the
Company shall treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the
owner and holder of such Note for all purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Note shall be overdue, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the
contrary. Subject to any restrictions on or conditions to transfer set forth
in
any Note, the holder of any Note, at its option, may in person or by duly
authorized attorney surrender the same for exchange at the Company’s chief
executive office, and promptly thereafter and at the Company’s expense, except
as provided below, receive in exchange therefor one or more new Note(s), each
in
the principal amount requested by such holder, dated the date to which interest
shall have been paid on the Note so surrendered or, if no interest shall have
yet been so paid, dated the date of the Note so surrendered and registered
in
the name of such Person or Persons as shall have been designated in writing
by
such holder or its attorney for the same principal amount as the then unpaid
principal amount of the Note so surrendered. Upon receipt by the Company of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any Note and (i) in
the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to
it; or (ii) in
the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof, the Company, at its expense,
will execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Note executed in the same manner
as the Note being replaced, in the same principal amount as the unpaid principal
amount of such Note and dated the date to which interest shall have been paid
on
such Note or, if no interest shall have yet been so paid, dated the date of
such
Note.
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(h) Assignment
by Company.
Neither
the Note nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder nor
thereunder may be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in
part, by the Company without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser.
(i) Notices.
Any
notice, request or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall
be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered
or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized
overnight courier or personal delivery, addressed (i) if to a Purchaser, at
such Purchaser’s address set forth in the Schedule of Purchasers attached as
Schedule I,
or at
such other address as such Purchaser shall have furnished the Company in
writing, or (ii) if to the Company,
to:
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Renewables Corporation
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxxx
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Telephone:
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(000)
000-0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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Offices of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Telephone:
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(000)
000-0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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or
at
such other address as the Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser in
writing.
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(j) Severability
of this Agreement.
If any
provision of this Agreement shall be judicially determined to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
(k) Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement together with the Note, the other Note Documents and exhibits
constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties
with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof,
and
supersede any and all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence,
understandings and communications among the parties, whether written or oral,
respecting the subject matter hereof and thereof.
(l) Remedies.
Except
as
otherwise provided herein, no remedy made available to either party hereto
by
any of the provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any
other
remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition
to every other remedy given hereunder now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity.
(m) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one
instrument.
(n) Telecopy
Execution and Delivery.
A
facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction of this Agreement may be executed
by
one or more parties hereto, and an executed copy of this Agreement may be
delivered by one or more parties hereto by facsimile or similar electronic
transmission device pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such
party can be seen, and such execution and delivery shall be considered valid,
binding and effective for all purposes. At the request of any party hereto,
all
parties hereto agree to execute an original of this Agreement as well as any
facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction hereof.
(o)
Release.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision in any Security Agreement, upon payment
in full of the Note, the Secured Party shall promptly cause the Security
Agreements to be terminated at the Company’s expense and return any Collateral
in its possession to the Company.
(p) WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A JURY IN
ANY
LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OR A RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTE, AND
THE
SECURITY AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their
proper and duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written
above.
COMPANY:
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STRATOS
RENEWABLES
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CORPORATION
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a
Nevada corporation
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By:
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/s/
XXX XXXXXX
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Name:
Xxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
President
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their
proper and duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written
above.
WHITEBOX
HEDGED HIGH YIELD PARTNERS, LP,
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a
British Virgin Islands limited partnership
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By:
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/s/
XXXXXXXX XXXX
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title:
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CFO
/ Director
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE
OF PURCHASERS
Name
and Address
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Note
Amount
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Number
of
Warrants
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Warrant
No.
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Whitebox
Hedged High Yield Partners, LP
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$
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2,000,000
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714,286
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SN-08-001
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[_payment
instructions under separate cover_]
DEFINITIONS
Defined
Terms.
For the
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
“Collateral”
means
the property of the Company in which the Company is granting a Lien or security
interest to the Purchaser pursuant to the Security Agreements.
“Copyright”
means,
with respect to any Person, all of the following in which such Person now holds
or hereafter creates or acquires any interest: (a) all copyrights and
intangible property of like nature (whether registered or unregistered),
including manuscripts, documents, writings, derivative works, tapes, disks,
storage media, computer programs, computer databases, computer program flow
diagrams, source codes, object codes, semiconductor chip product mask works,
and
all tangible property embodying or incorporating the Copyrights, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection
therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the
United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions and renewals thereof; and
(c) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable
under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments
for past, present and future infringements of any Copyright and the right to
xxx
for past, present and future infringements of any Copyright.
“Copyright
License”
means,
with respect to any Person, any and all rights now owned or hereafter acquired
by such Person under any written agreement granting any right to use any
Copyright or registration thereof, including any sublicense
thereof.
“Debt”
means,
as to a particular Person at the specified time of determination, the sum of
the
following, but without duplication, in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
but
excluding any and all unsecured indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course
of
business owed to or for, vendors, employees, consultants, professionals, taxes,
supplies, raw material
and for
other similar purposes;
(b) every
reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities that is issued to support an
obligation for borrowed money or that creates an obligation under a
credit facility pursuant to which obligations for borrowed money are created;
(c) all
obligations that are treated as capitalized lease obligations (other than the
interest component of such obligations) in accordance with GAAP;
and
(d) every
obligation of such Person as a guarantor with respect to the items referenced
in
(a)-(c).
“Default”
means
an event which with the giving of notice or passage of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default.
“Equity
Capital”
means
(a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares,
interests or equivalents in capital stock (whether voting or nonvoting, and
whether common or preferred) of such corporation, and (b) with respect to any
Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership, limited
liability company or other equity interests of such Person that confer on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or the
distribution of assets of, the issuing Person; and in each case, any and all
warrants, rights or options to purchase, and all conversion or exchange rights,
voting rights, calls or rights of any character with respect to, any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, any rights in respect of any change
in
the value of any of the foregoing, including stock appreciation rights and
similar interests.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
7.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in
the
United States of America, applied on a consistent basis.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any nation or government, any state, province, county, city, municipality,
town,
village, department or other political subdivision thereof, any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal
or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any central
bank or similar monetary or regulatory authority), and any corporation or other
entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise,
by
any of the foregoing.
“Intellectual
Property”
means,
with respect to any Person, any and all of the following now owned or hereafter
created or acquired by such Person: (a) Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and
Licenses; (b) systems software and application software, source code, object
code, screen displays and formats, program structures, sequence and
organization, and all documentation for such software, including user manuals,
flow charts, logic diagrams, programmers’ notes, functional specifications,
operations manuals, guides, formulas, processes, ideas and know-how embodied
in
or created in connection with any of the foregoing, whether or not patentable
or
copyrightable; (c) concepts, discoveries, improvements and ideas, whether or
not
patentable or copyrightable; (d) all other know-how, technology, engineering
drawings, diagrams, designs, design information, trade secrets, formulas,
processes, procedures, customer lists, databases, practices, laboratory
notebooks, specifications, test procedures, maintenance manuals, research,
reports, URLs, domain names, and other manufacturing, marketing, merchandising,
selling, purchasing or accounting materials, data or information; and (e) all
goodwill associated with the items described in the foregoing clauses (a),
(b),
(c) and (d).
“Issuer
Party”
means
the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company and
“Issuer
Parties”
means
all of them.
“Knowledge”
means,
with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
“License”
means,
with respect to any Person, any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright
License, or other license or sublicense of rights or interests (including any
license of rights to manufacture, use, reproduce, market or sell any computer
hardware or other equipment, software, technology, trade secrets, know-how,
customer lists, databases or other materials, data or information) now held
or
hereafter created or acquired by such Person, whether as licensor or licensee,
as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, renewed or
extended.
“Lien”
shall
mean, with respect to any property, any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, claim, charge or other encumbrance in, of, or on such property or the
income therefrom, including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or
lessor under a conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title
retention agreement, or any agreement to provide any of the foregoing, and
any
effective financing statement or similar instrument under the Uniform Commercial
Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any change or effect that individually or in the aggregate with other changes
or
effects are materially adverse to (i) the assets, business, operations,
income, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents, or (iii)
the ability of the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement
and
the other Note Documents.
“Note
Documents”
means
collectively this Agreement, the Note, the Warrants, the Security Agreements,
and any other instruments or documents now or hereafter executed and delivered
pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Obligations”
shall
mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations
existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of this Note,
the
Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents, including, all interest,
fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs and accountants’ fees and
costs chargeable to and payable by Company hereunder and thereunder, in each
case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become
due,
and whether or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under the
United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time (including
post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim
in
any such proceeding.
“Order”
means
any order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, award, determination or written
direction or demand of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority.
“Organizational
Documents”
means
(a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate of incorporation, articles
of incorporation or comparable constitutional or charter document, and by-laws,
of such corporation, (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the
certificate of formation or comparable document filed with the Secretary of
State or comparable official of the jurisdiction of organization of such limited
liability company, and the operating agreement, limited liability company
agreement or comparable constitutive document thereof, (c) with respect to
any
limited partnership, the certificate of limited partnership or comparable
document filed with the Secretary of State or comparable official of the
jurisdiction of organization of such limited partnership and the limited
partnership agreement thereof, (d) with respect to any general partnership
or
joint venture, the partnership agreement or joint venture agreement relating
thereto, (e) with respect to any trust, the trust agreement or comparable
agreement establishing such trust, or (f) with respect to any other business
entity, the comparable constitutive documents, in each case with all amendments,
modifications and supplements thereto from time to time executed or
filed.
“Patent”
means,
with respect to any Person, all of the following in which such Person now holds
or hereafter creates or acquires any interest: (a) all letters patent of
the United States or of any other country, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or of
any
other country (including provisional patent applications), including
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any
State, or any other country; (b) all reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part and extensions thereof; and (c) all income, royalties,
damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect
to any Patent, including damages and payments for past, present and future
infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to xxx for past, present
and
future infringements of any Patent.
“Patent
License”
means,
with respect to any Person, rights under any written agreement now owned or
hereafter acquired by such Person granting any right with respect to any
invention on which a Patent is in existence, including any sublicense
thereof.
“Permitted
Liens” means
(i) any
Lien for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with GAAP, (ii) any
statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of Law
with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any
minor imperfection of title or similar Lien which individually or in the
aggregate with other such Liens could not reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect the ordinary course of business of any Issuer Party,
(iv) materialmen’s,
merchants’, carriers’, worker’s, repairer’s, landlord’s, warehouseman’s or other
like liens arising in the ordinary course of business, (v) pledges
or deposits to secure obligations under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance and social security laws, or to secure the performance of bids,
tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases
or
to secure statutory obligations or surety or appeal bonds, or to secure
indemnity, performance or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) Liens
granted to the Purchaser, (vii) purchase
money liens, including conditional sale agreements, capitalized lease
liabilities or other title retention agreements and leases which are in the
nature of title retention agreements, upon or in property acquired after the
date hereof by an Issuer Party, or Liens existing in such property at the time
of acquisition, provided that: (A) no
such Lien extends or shall extend to or cover any property of an Issuer Party
other than the property then being acquired; and (B) the
aggregate principal amount of the Debt secured by any such Lien shall not exceed
ninety percent of the cost of such property so acquired, (viii) bankers’
liens, rights of set off or similar rights as to accounts maintained with a
financial institution, and (ix) Liens
subordinated to the Liens in favor of the Purchaser in a manner satisfactory
to
the Purchaser in its sole discretion.
“Person”
means
and includes an individual, a corporation (including a business trust), a
partnership, an association, a joint venture, a limited liability company,
a
trust, a syndicate, an unincorporated organization and a Governmental
Authority.
“Requirement
of Law”
means
any statute, ordinance, code, treaty, directive, law, rule or regulation of
any
Governmental Authority, and any Order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority.
“Securities
Act”
means
as of any date the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal
statute then in effect, and a reference to a particular section thereof shall
include a reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such similar
federal statute.
“Security
Agreements”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
1(a)
of this
Agreement.
“Subsidiaries”
means
[Subsidiary
Names Redacted].
“Trademark”
means,
with respect to any Person, all of the following in which such Person now holds
or hereafter creates or acquires any interest: (a) all trademarks, trade
names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos,
domain names, URL’s, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on
which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general
intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection
therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the
United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions and renewals
thereof; (c) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the
foregoing; and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter
due and/or payable under or with respect to any Trademark, including damages
and
payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing
and
the right to xxx for past, present and future infringements of any
Trademark.