Contract
Exhibit
10.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of September 18, 2009, by and between GetFugu, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”), having
an address at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, and the investors
listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Appendix A (each, an
“Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
exemptions from registration under the Securities Act (as defined below), the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor, severally
and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, 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 Investors agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this
Section 1.1:
“Action” as to any
Person, means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding
(including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending
or threatened in writing against or affecting such Person, any of such Person’s
Subsidiaries or any of such Person’s or such Subsidiaries’ respective
properties, before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative
agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), stock
market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“Additional Shares”
shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 4.14
(a).
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Available Undersubscription
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(c).
“Basic Amount” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.13(b).
“Business Day” means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or State of Nevada
are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Buy-In” has the meaning set
forth in Section
4.1(c).
“Closing” means the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares on the Closing Date.
“Closing Date” means
September 18, 2009, or such other date as the parties may agree.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified or for which it may
be exchanged as a class.
“Company” has the meaning set
forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Company Entities”
means the Company and any entities which hereafter become Subsidiaries of the
Company.
“Common Stock
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which
entitle the holder thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time, including
without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or
other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock or other
securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common
Stock.
“Company Counsel”
means Xxxx Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX
00000.
“Company Deliverables”
has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a).
“Company Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section
4.8.
“Disclosure Materials”
has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(h).
“Effective Date” means
the date that the Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Evaluation Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section
3.1(t).
“Exchange” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” means U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
“Intellectual Property
Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(q).
“Investment Amount”
means, with respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement, which is also reflected on the
Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Appendix
A.
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“Investor
Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(b).
“Investor Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section
4.7.
“Investor Warrants”
shall mean the warrant certificates in the form of Exhibit A, attached
hereto and made a part hereof, respecting the holders’ rights to purchase
5,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, at a price per share of
$0.01.
“Lien” means any lien,
charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, right of
participation or other restrictions of any kind.
“Losses” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.7.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means any of (i) a material and adverse effect on the legality,
validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, properties, prospects,
business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, or (iii) a
material and adverse impairment to the Company’s ability to perform on a timely
basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“Money Laundering
Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(ee).
“New York Courts”
means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan.
“Notice of Acceptance”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(c).
“Offer” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.13(b).
“Offer Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.13(b).
“Offer Period” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.13(c).
“Offered Securities”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(b).
“OFAC” has the meaning
set forth in Section
3.1(dd).
“Outside Date” means
the fifteenth calendar day (if such calendar day is a Trading Day and if not,
then the first Trading Day following such fifteenth calendar day) following the
date of this Agreement.
“Per Share Purchase
Price” equals $0.50.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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“Refused Securities”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(d).
“Registrable
Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Shares , the Warrant Shares,
and the Additional Shares.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, among the Company and the Investors, in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the
Investors of the Registrable Securities.
“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.
“SEC Reports” has the
meaning set forth in Section
3.1(h).
“Securities” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.1(c).
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share Delivery Date”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.1(c).
“Shares” means the
10,000,000 shares of Common Stock being issued and sold to the Investors by the
Company hereunder (not including the Warrant Shares).
“Short Sales” include,
without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock
pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar
arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other
transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
“Subsequent Placement”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(a).
“Subsequent Placement
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(f).
“Subsidiary” of any
Person means any “subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(x) of the Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act of such
Person.
“Trading Day” means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market or (ii) if the
Common Stock is not listed or quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the
Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink
Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted as set forth in (i) or (ii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean
a Business Day.
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“Trading Market” means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market
or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading
on the date in question.
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and
any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
Empire Stock Transfer Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company with a
mailing address of 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, and
a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
“Trigger Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.13(a).
“Undersubscription
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(b).
“Warrant Shares” shall
mean, collectively, the Common Stock to be issued under the Investor
Warrants.
ARTICLE
2.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement the Closing shall occur
in two tranches. At the first Closing (the “First Closing”), which
shall occur on the date hereof, the Company shall issue and sell to
the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, Three
Million shares of Common Stock of the total Shares representing such
One Million Five Hundred Thousand ($1,500,000) of the Investor’s Investment
Amount, calculated as the quotient of such portion of Investor’s Investment
Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price. Five
(5) days after the Effectiveness Date (as that date is defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), with regard to all of the Shares and the Warrant
Shares, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall
have the unconditional obligation to purchase from the Company, Seven
Million (7,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the total Shares,
representing Three Million Five Hundred Thousand ($3,500,000) of the
Investor’s Investment Amount, calculated as the quotient of such portion of
Investor’s Investment Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price (the
“Second Closing”). The First Closing shall take place at the offices
of Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP on the Closing Date or at such other
location or time as the parties may agree. The Second Closing shall
take place at the offices of Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP five (5) days
after Effectiveness Date or at such other location or time as the parties may
agree.
2.2 Closing
Deliveries. (a) At the First Closing, the Company
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor the following (the
“Company
Deliverables”):
(i) a
single certificate, dated the date of the First Closing, issued to each
Investor, respectively, representing 3,000,000 Shares registered in the name of
the Investor;
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(ii) an
Investor Warrant, dated the date of the First Closing, issued to the Investor,
representing the Investor’s right to purchase 1,500,000 aggregate Warrant Shares
at an exercise price per Share of $0.01;
(iii) the
legal opinion of Company Counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the Investors;
and
(b) By
the First Closing, the Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
agreements specified in Section 5.2(d), each
duly signed by the Investor (collectively, the “Investor
Deliverables”).
(c) Upon
receipt of the Company Deliverables on the date of the First Closing, the
Investor shall deliver to the Company, $1,500,000, in United States Dollars and
in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in
writing by the Company for such purpose.
(d) At
the Second Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Investor the following (the “Company
Deliverables”):
(i) a
single certificate, dated the date of the Second Closing, issued to the
Investor, representing 7,000,000 Shares registered in the name of the
Investor;
(ii) an
Investor Warrant, dated the date of the Second Closing, issued to the Investor,
representing the Investor’s right to purchase 3,500,000 aggregate Warrant Shares
at an exercise price per Share of $0.01;
(e) At
the Second Closing, the Investor shall deliver to the Company $3,500,000, in
United States Dollars and in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an
account designated in writing by the Company for such purpose.
ARTICLE
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to each Investor:
(a) Subsidiaries. The
Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries.
(b) Organization and
Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is not in
violation of any of the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws. The Company is duly qualified to conduct its businesses 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, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate and other
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company, and no further action is required by it in connection with
such authorization. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon
delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to,
or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.
(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other understanding to
which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is
bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any United States
court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or
asset of the Company is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses
(ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, 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 United States 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 filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in
accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii)
filings required by state securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale
of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities
Act, (iv) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.4, (v)
filings, consents and approvals required by the rules and regulations of the
applicable Trading Market, (vi) those that have been made or obtained prior to
the date of this Agreement, and (vi) other post closing securities filings or
notifications required to be made under federal or state securities
laws.
(f) Issuance of the Shares and
the Investor Warrants. The Shares and the Investor Warrants
have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the
Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. As of the Closing, the
Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement in order to issue the Shares and the
Investor Warrants.
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(g) Capitalization. The
number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company, and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Company’s various option and incentive plans, is specified in Schedule
3.1(g). Except as specified in Schedule 3.1(g), no
securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and 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 specified in Schedule 3.1(g),
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 exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right
to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common
Stock. The issue and sale of the Shares and the Investor Warrants
hereunder will not, immediately or with the passage of time, obligate the
Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to
any Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company or Subsidiary securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under such securities.
(h) SEC
Reports. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(h) to
this Agreement, the Company has timely filed all reports required to be filed by
it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months preceding the date hereof (or such
shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such reports), (the
foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and,
together with Appendix
B hereto and the schedules to this Agreement, the “Disclosure
Materials”) or has timely filed for 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 or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(i) Financial
Statements. As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports complied as to form in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the applicable
published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in
effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements were prepared
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or
the notes thereto, and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Company 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..
(j) Press
Releases. To the knowledge of the Company, 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.
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(k) Material
Changes. Except as specified on Schedule 3.1(k) or in
the Disclosure Materials, since June 30, 2009 (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, accrued
expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, and (B) liabilities not in excess of $100,000 in
the aggregate not required to be reflected in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings
made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the Company has not declared or
made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders
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.
(l) Litigation. There
is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Shares or the
Warrants, or (ii) if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a loss or liability in an amount in excess of $10,000 or
have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company, nor any director or officer of the
Company (in his or her capacity as such), 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, except as specifically
disclosed in the SEC Reports. There has not been, and to the
knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company or any of its respective current or former
directors or officers (in his or her capacity as such). The
Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(m) Labor
Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(n), the
Company has no employment or labor contracts, agreements or other understandings
with any Person.
(n) Indebtedness;
Compliance. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(n), the
Company is not a party to any indenture, debt, capital lease obligations,
mortgage, loan or credit agreement by which it or any of its properties is
bound. The Company is not (i) 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 such entity under), nor has the
Company 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) in
violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii)
in violation of any statute, rule 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, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is in compliance
with all effective requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder that are applicable to it, except where
such noncompliance could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) Regulatory
Permits. The Company possesses all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its businesses as described
in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
permits.
(p) Title to
Assets. There is no real property that is material to the
respective business of the Company, except as disclosed in the Disclosure
Materials. The Company has good and marketable title in all personal
property owned by it that is material to its business, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of
such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to
be made of such property by the Company. Any real property and facilities held
under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases of which the Company is in compliance, except as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Patents and
Trademarks. Set forth on Schedule 3.1(q) is a
list of patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that
the Company owns or has the rights to use (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). The Intellectual Property Rights constitute all of
the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that are
necessary and material to the business of the Company in connection with its
businesses as described in the Disclosure Materials. The Company has not
received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by it
violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. Except as
otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, 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. To the knowledge of the Company, no former or current
employee, no former or current consultant, and no third-party joint developer of
the Company has any Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary and material
to the business of the Company made, developed, conceived, created or written by
the aforesaid employee, consultant or third-party joint developer during the
period of his or her retention by, or joint venture with, the Company which has
been asserted against the Company. The Intellectual Property Rights and the
owner thereof or agreement through which they are licensed to the Company are
set forth in the Disclosure Materials.
(r) Insurance. The
Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the
businesses it is engaged and in the country in which the Company
operates. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its existing respective insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business on terms consistent with market for the
Company’s lines of business.
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(s) Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees; Customers. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, none of the
officers, directors or 5% or more shareholders of the Company, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company, is presently a
party to any transaction with the Company (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, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
such Person or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any
officer, director, or such employee or 5% or more shareholder has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner. The Company
does not owe any money or other compensation to any of their respective officers
or directors or shareholders, except to extent of contracts and ordinary course
compensation arrangements specified in Schedule
3.1(s). No material customer of the Company has indicated its
intention to diminish its relationship with the Company, and the Company has no
knowledge from which it could reasonably conclude that any such customer
relationship may be adversely affected.
(t) Internal Accounting
Controls. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, the Company
maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company is establishing disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the Company Entities is made known to the
certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which the Company’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, is being
prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures in accordance with Item
307 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act for the Company’s most recently
ended fiscal quarter or fiscal year-end (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed Form
10-K or Form 10-Q the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their
evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
(u) Solvency. Based
on the financial condition of the Company, as of the Closing Date (and assuming
that the Closing shall have occurred), (i) the Company’s assets do not
constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current
fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its
capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the
business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and
capital availability thereof and (ii) 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 debt 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).
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(v) Certain
Fees. Except as described in Schedule 3.1(v), no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Investors shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims (other than
such fees or commissions owed by an Investor pursuant to written agreements
executed by such Investor which fees or commissions shall be the sole
responsibility of such Investor) 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 this Agreement.
(w) Certain Registration
Matters. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 0, no
registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the
Shares and the Warrants by the Company to the Investors under the Transaction
Documents. The Company is eligible to register its Common Stock for
resale by the Investors under Form S-1 promulgated under the Securities
Act. Except as specified in Schedule 3.1(w) the
Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person other than the
Investors pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement any rights (including
“piggy-back” registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have not
been satisfied.
(x) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, the
Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof, received notice
from any Trading Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with
the listing or maintenance requirements thereof. The Company is, and
has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to
be, in compliance with the listing and maintenance requirements for continued
listing of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
currently listed or quoted. The issuance and sale of the Shares or
the Investor Warrants under the Transaction Documents does not contravene the
rules and regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the stockholders of the Company
thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Investors the
Shares and the Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(y) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately following the Closing will not have become, an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(z) Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company has 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 Investors as a result of
the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the
Company’s issuance of the Shares and the Investors’ ownership of the Shares, the
Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares.
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(aa) No Additional
Agreements. The Company has no agreement or understanding with
any Investor with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.
(bb) Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any
agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has, directly or
indirectly, (i) used any funds, or will use any proceeds from the sale of the
Shares, for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to
any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds,
(iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by
any Person acting on their behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in
violation of law, or (iv) has violated in any material respect any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
(cc) PFIC. The
Company is not, and does not intend to become a “passive foreign investment
company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
(dd) OFAC. Neither the
Company, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent,
employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company, is currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the
Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the
Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales
or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country
sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ee) Money Laundering
Laws. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all
times in compliance with the money laundering statutes of applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Company, threatened.
(ff) Disclosure. Neither
the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has provided any Investor or its
respective agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes
constitutes material, non-public information concerning the Company or its
businesses, except insofar as the existence and terms of the proposed
transactions contemplated hereunder may constitute such information. The Company
understands and confirms that the Investors will rely on the foregoing
representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All disclosure provided to the Investors regarding the
Company and its businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, furnished
by or on behalf of the Company (including its representations and warranties set
forth in this Agreement and the disclosure set forth in any diligence report or
business plan provided by the Company or any Person acting on the Company’s
behalf) are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
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Each
Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company has not made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section
3.1.
3.2. Representations and
Warranties of the Investors. Each Investor hereby, for itself
and for no other Investor, represents and warrants to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Investor is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to
enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party or a signatory and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate or, if such Investor is not a corporation, such
partnership, limited liability company or other applicable like action, on the
part of such Investor. Each Transaction Document executed by such
Investor has been duly executed by such Investor, and when delivered by such
Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and
legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(b) Investment
Intent. Such Investor is acquiring the Shares and the Investor
Warrants as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for
distributing or reselling such Shares or Investor Warrants or any part thereof,
without prejudice, however, to such Investor’s right at all times to sell or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Shares or the Investor Warrants in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Subject
to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing contained herein shall be deemed
a representation or warranty by such Investor to hold the Shares or the Investor
Warrants for any period of time. Such Investor is acquiring the
Shares and the Investor Warrants hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business. Such Investor does not have any agreement or understanding, directly
or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Shares or the Investor
Warrants.
(c) Investor
Status. At the time such Investor was offered the Shares, it
was, and at the date hereof it is, a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Such Investor is not a
registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such
Investor has such experience in business and financial matters that it is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Shares. Such Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Shares
is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.
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(d) General
Solicitation. Such Investor is not purchasing the Shares as a
result of any advertisement, article, notice, meeting, or other communication
regarding the Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or
broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.
(e) Access to
Information. Such Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such
questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii)
access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their
respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties,
management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and
(iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company
possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation
conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives or counsel
shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the truth,
accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Certain Trading
Activities. Such Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor
has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Investor, engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company
(including, without limitations, any Short Sales involving the Company’s
securities) since the earlier to occur of (1) the time that such Investor was
first contacted by the Company regarding an investment in the Company and (2)
the 30th day
prior to the date of this Agreement. Such Investor covenants that
neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding
with it will engage in any transactions in the securities of the Company
(including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are publicly disclosed.
(g) Independent Investment
Decision. Such Investor has independently evaluated the merits
of its decision to purchase the Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
and such Investor confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other
Investor’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision.
(h) Rule 144. Such
Investor understands that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless such
Securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from
registration is available. Such Investor acknowledges that it is
familiar with Rule 144 and that such Investor has been advised that
Rule 144 permits resales only under certain circumstances. Such
Investor understands that to the extent that Rule 144 is not available,
such Investor will be unable to sell any Securities without either registration
under the Securities Act or the existence of another exemption from such
registration requirement.
(i) General. Such
Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold in reliance
on a transactional exemption from the registration requirements of federal and
state securities laws and the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of
the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings
of such Investor set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of
such exemptions and the suitability of such Investor to acquire the
Securities. Such Investor understands that no United States federal
or state agency or any government or governmental agency has passed upon or made
any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Investor has made or makes any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section
3.2.
ARTICLE
4.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transferability;
Certificate. (a) The Shares, the Investor Warrants
and the Warrant Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and
federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the
Shares, Investor Warrants or Warrant Shares other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate of an Investor 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, the form and substance of which opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Shares, Investor
Warrants or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act.
(b) Certificates
evidencing Securities (as defined in Section 4.1(c)) will
contain the following legend, until such time as they are not required under
Section
4.1(c):
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that an Investor may from time to time pledge,
and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities pursuant to a
bona fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and, if
required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Investor may
transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured
parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval
or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee,
secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but
such legal opinion may be required in connection with a subsequent transfer
following default by the Investor transferee of the pledge. No notice
shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Investor’s
expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a
pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with
a pledge or transfer thereof including the preparation and filing of any
required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list
of selling stockholders thereunder. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.1(c),
any Securities subject to a pledge or security interest as contemplated by this
Section 4.1(b)
shall continue to bear the legend set forth in this Section 4.1(b) and be
subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section
4.1(a).
(c) Certificates
evidencing Shares or the Investor Warrant Shares (collectively with the Shares,
the “Securities”), shall
not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)):
(i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement)
covering such Securities is then effective, or (ii) following a sale or transfer
of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferee is not an
Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) while such Securities are eligible for sale
by the selling Investor without volume restrictions under Rule
144. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or such
other time as legends are no longer required to be set forth on certificates
representing Securities under this Section 4.1(c), it
will, no longer than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by an
Investor to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing such
Securities containing a restrictive legend, deliver or instruct the Transfer
Agent to deliver to such Investor, Securities which are free of all restrictive
and other legends. If the Company is then eligible, certificates for
Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the
Transfer Agent to an Investor by crediting the prime brokerage account of such
Investor with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Investor. If an Investor shall make a sale or transfer of Securities
either (x) pursuant to Rule 144 or (y) pursuant to a registration statement and
in each case shall have delivered to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent
the certificate representing the applicable Securities containing a restrictive
legend which are the subject of such sale or transfer and a representation
letter in customary form (the date of such sale or transfer and Securities
delivery being the “Share Delivery Date”)
and (1) the Company shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered to such
Investor a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all
restrictive or other legends by the third Trading Day following the Share
Delivery Date and (2) following such third Trading Day after the Share Delivery
Date and prior to the time such Securities are received free from restrictive
legends, the Investor, or any third party on behalf of such Investor, purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver
in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor of such Securities (a “Buy-In”), then, in
addition to any other rights available to the Investor under the Transaction
Documents and applicable law, the Company shall pay in cash to the Investor (for
costs incurred either directly by such Investor or on behalf of a third party)
the amount by which the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result
of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceed the proceeds
received by such Investor as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In
relates. The Investor shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in respect of the
Buy-In. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions
on transfer set forth in this Section.
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4.2 Furnishing of
Information. As long as any Investor owns any Securities, the
Company covenants 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. As long
as any Investor owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Investors and make
publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is
required for the Investors to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The
Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of
Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such Person to sell the Securities without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule
144.
4.3 Integration. The
Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of
the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares in a manner
that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the
Shares to the Investors, or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of
the Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market in a
manner that would require stockholder approval of the sale of the Shares to the
Investors.
4.4 Subsequent
Registrations. The Company may not file any registration
statement with the Commission with respect to any securities of the Company
prior to the time that all Registrable Shares are registered pursuant to one or
more effective Registration Statement(s), and the prospectuses forming a portion
of such Registration Statement(s) is available for the resale of all Registrable
Shares.
4.5 Securities Laws Disclosure;
Publicity. By 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day
following the Closing Date, (a) the Company shall issue a press release,
disclosing the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the
Closing and (b) the Company will file a Form 8-K disclosing the material terms
of the Transaction Documents (and attach as exhibits thereto all existing
Transaction Documents) and the Closing. The Company covenants that
following such disclosure, the Investors shall no longer be in possession of any
material, non-public information with respect to any of the Company
Entities. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and
notices in the manner and time required by the Commission and the Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is listed. The Investor will have the right
to review any press release, the Form 8-K and any other disclosure document
prior to the filing or release of such information pursuant to this Section
4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
publicly disclose the name of any Investor, or include the name of any Investor
in any filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement and any
exhibits to filings made in respect of this transaction in accordance with
periodic filing requirements under the Exchange Act) or any regulatory agency or
Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Investor, except to
the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market
regulations.
4.6 Limitation on Issuance of
Future Priced Securities. During the twelve months following
the Closing Date, the Company shall not issue any “Future Priced Securities” as
such term is described by NASD IM-4350-1.
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4.7 Indemnification of
Investors. In addition to the indemnity provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will jointly and severally indemnify
and hold the Investors and their directors, officers, shareholders, partners,
employees and agents (each, an “Investor 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 in respect thereof (collectively, “Losses”) that any
such Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any
misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement made by the Company in any Transaction
Document. In addition to the indemnity contained herein, the Company
will reimburse each Investor Party for its reasonable legal and other expenses
(including the cost of any investigation, preparation and travel in connection
therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are
incurred. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and
procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 4.7 shall be
the same as those set forth in Section 5 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
4.8 Indemnification of Company
Entities. In addition to the indemnity provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement, each Investor, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold the Company Entities and their directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, employees and agents (each, a “Company Party”)
harmless from any and all Losses that any such Company Party may suffer or incur
as a result of or relating to any misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by such Investor in any
Transaction Document. In addition to the indemnity contained herein,
such Investor will reimburse each Company Party for its reasonable legal and
other expenses (including the cost of any investigation, preparation and travel
in connection therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are
incurred. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and
procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 4.8 shall be
the same as those set forth in Section 5 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
4.9 Non-Public
Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it,
any Company Entity nor any other Person acting on its or their behalf will
provide any Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that the
Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior
thereto such Investor shall have executed a written agreement regarding the
confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands
and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the foregoing
representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
4.10 Listing of
Shares. The Company agrees, (i) if the Company applies to have
the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such
application the Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or
desirable to cause the Shares to be listed on such other Trading Market as
promptly as possible, and (ii) the Company will take all action reasonably
necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading
Market and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting,
filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading
Market.
4.11 Use of
Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale
of the Shares hereunder for capital expenditures, research and development,
marketing, sales and distribution expansion and general working capital
purposes.
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4.12 Further
Assurances. Each Investor will, the Company will, and the
Company will cause its management to, use their respective reasonable best
efforts to satisfy all of the closing conditions under Section 5.1, and
will not take any action which could frustrate or delay the satisfaction of such
conditions. In addition, either prior to or following the Closing,
each Investor signatory will, and the Company will, and the Company will cause
its management to, perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.13 Right of First
Refusal. (a) From the date hereof until the one
year anniversary of the Effective Date (plus one additional day for each Trading
Day following the Effective Date of any Registration Statement during which
either (1) the Registration Statement is not effective or (2) the
prospectus forming a portion of the Registration Statement is not available for
the resale of all Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) (the “Trigger Date”), the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any
option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its equity or equity
equivalent securities, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock
or other instrument or security that is, at any time during its life and under
any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, or if the Company shall receive an
offer regarding the purchase of the Company’s securities and desires to offer
securities consistent with or otherwise in connection with or in furtherance of
such offer (any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being
referred to as a “Subsequent
Placement”) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section
4.13. If the Company desires to engage in a Subsequent
Placement it shall deliver to each of the Investors a written notice requesting
their written approval to receive nonpublic information regarding the
Company. The Investors shall have ten (10) days to deliver to the
Company such approval. Any Investor failing to deliver timely to the
Company such written approval, or who shall have delivered to the Company a
written notice withholding such approval, shall be deemed to have waived its
rights under this Section 4.13 with
regard to such Subsequent Placement. The Investors who, in response
to such request from the Company, shall have delivered timely to the Company a
written approval to receive nonpublic information regarding the Company
(collectively, the “Responding Investors”
and each a “Responding
Investor”), shall receive a written notice that the Company desires to
engage in a Subsequent Placement specifying the general terms of the offering
the Company desires to make (including, without limitation, all information
relating to price, structure and amount of such offering, but not including the
identity of any potential investors therein) and for a period of at least ten
(10) Business Days after the giving of such notice the Company agrees to
negotiate in good faith with the Responding Investors the terms of a sale of the
Company’s securities to the Responding Investors.
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(b) In
the event that a Subsequent Placement contemplated in the last sentence of Section 4.13(a) shall
not have closed by the 30th
Business Day following the delivery to the Responding Investors of the written
notice for such Subsequent Placement, and in any event prior to such Subsequent
Placement, the Company shall deliver to the Responding Investors a
written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the
securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”)
in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (v) identify and describe
the Offered Securities, (x) include the final form of documents and agreements
governing the Subsequent Placement, (y) specify the price and other terms
upon which the Offered Securities are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the
number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, and
(z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Investors all of the
Offered Securities, allocated among such Responding Investors (a) based on such
Responding Investor’s pro rata portion of the total Investment Amount hereunder
attributable to such Responsing Investors (the “Basic Amount”), and
(b) with respect to each of the Responding Investors that elects to purchase its
Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to
the Basic Amounts of other Responding Investors as such Responding Investor
shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Responding Investors
subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription
Amount”), which process shall be repeated until the Responding Investors
shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription
Amount.
(c) To
accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Responding Investor must deliver a
written notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth Business Day after
such Responding Investor’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”),
setting forth the portion of such Responding Investor’s Basic Amount that such
Responding Investor elects to purchase and, if such Responding Investor shall
elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any,
that such Responding Investor elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of
Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all
Responding Investors are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then
each Responding Investor who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its
Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic
Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for;
provided, however, that if the
Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total
of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription
Amount”), each Responding Investor who has subscribed for any
Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the
Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Investor bears to
the total Basic Amounts of all Responding Investors that have subscribed for
Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its
deems reasonably necessary.
(d) The
Company shall have sixty (60) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer
Period above to (i) offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such
Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the
Responding Investors (the “Refused Securities”),
but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein)
and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or
persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer
Notice and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent
Placement Agreement (as defined below), and (b) either (x) the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the
termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with
the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement
Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits
thereto. If no disclosure has been made by the Company by the end of
the sixty (60) Business Day period referred to in this subsection (d), the
Subsequent Placement shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Responding
Investors shall no longer be deemed to be in possession of any non-public
information with respect to the Company.
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(e) In
the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in this Section 4.13), then
each Responding Investor may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion,
reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of
Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the
Offered Securities that such Responding Investor elected to purchase pursuant to
Section 4.13(c)
above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number
or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or
exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Investors
pursuant to Section 4.13(c)
above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the
original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any
Responding Investor so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered
Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue,
sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the
Responding Investors in accordance with Section 4.13(b)
above.
(f) Upon
the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the
Refused Securities, the Responding Investors shall acquire from the Company, and
the Company shall issue to the Responding Investors, the number or amount of
Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant
to Section
4.13(e) above if the Responding Investors have so elected, upon the terms
and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Responding
Investors of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation,
execution and delivery by the Company and the Responding Investors of a purchase
agreement relating to such Offered Securities substantially the same in form and
substance as the agreement disclosed above in Section 4.13(b)(x)
and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Responding Investors’ counsel (such
agreement, the “Subsequent Placement
Agreement”).
(g) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by the Responding Investors or other persons in
accordance with Section 4.13(f) above
may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the
Investors under the procedures specified in this Agreement.
(h) In
exchange for the Company’s willingness to agree to these procedures, each
Responding Investor hereby irrevocably agrees that it will hold in strict
confidence any and all Offer Notices, the information contained therein, and the
fact that the Company is contemplating a Subsequent Placement, until such time
as the Company is obligated to make the disclosures required by Section 4.13(d), or
unless it notifies the Company in writing that it no longer desires to receive
Offer Notices.
(i) The
rights contained in this Section 4.13 shall
not apply to (i) the issuance and sale by the Company of shares of Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents issued as consideration for the acquisition of
another company or business in which the shareholders of the Company do not have
an ownership interest, and where the primary purpose is not to raise capital for
the Company or any Subsidiary, which acquisition has been approved by the Board
of Directors of the Company, (ii) the issuance of stock options or restricted
stock to directors, employees or consultants for compensatory purposes, where
such issuance has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, (iii)
the exercise or conversion of currently outstanding warrants, options or
convertible instruments pursuant to their current terms, or (iv) additional
borrowings by the Company from Newport Financial Inc. under its outstanding
Revolving Promissory Note (each, an “Exempt
Issuance”).
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4.14 Adjustments for Issuance of
Additional Shares of Common Stock. (a) If, prior to the first
anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company, at any time, shall
issue, grant or sell any additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents (hereinafter defined) (the “New Equity”), at a price per share that
is less than $0.3333, or without consideration, (either being deemed issued at a
“Lower Price”) the Company promptly shall issue additional shares of its Common
Stock (the “Additional Shares”) to each of the Investors (pro rata) in an amount
sufficient to adjust the Per Share Purchase price paid by the Investors,
respectively, to such Lower Price.
(b) No
adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock shall be made under paragraph
this Section upon the issuance of any New Equity issued pursuant to the exercise
of any warrants, options or other subscription or purchase rights outstanding as
of the date hereof or pursuant to the exercise of any conversion or exchange
rights in any Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date hereof , if
any such adjustment shall previously have been made upon the issuance of such
warrants or other rights or upon the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents
(or upon the issuance of any warrant or other rights therefor).
ARTICLE
5.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Investors to Purchase Shares. The
obligation of each Investor to acquire Shares at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the Closing, of each of
the following conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
date when made and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such
date;
(b) Performance. The
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the
Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents;
(d) Adverse
Changes. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no
event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably could have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse change with respect to
the Company or the Subsidiaries;
(e) Opinions. The
Company shall have delivered to the Investors, and the Investors shall be able
to rely upon, the legal opinion of Company counsel with regard to the
enforceability of the Transaction Documents;
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(f) Closing Officer’s
Certificate. At the Closing, the Company shall have delivered
to each Investor an officer’s certificate to the effect that each of the
conditions specified in Sections 5.1(a) -
5.1(e) is satisfied in all respects;
(g) Company
Agreements. The Company shall have delivered or cause to be
delivered:
(i) This
Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(ii) The
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company; and
(h) Company
Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Company
Deliverables in accordance with Section
2.2(a);
(i) Termination. This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance with
Section
6.5.
(j) Second
Closing. As to the Second Closing, the Investor shall have
received written notice from the Company of the Effectiveness Date with regard
to all of the Shares and the Warrant Shares.
5.2 Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Company to Sell Shares. The obligation of
the Company to sell Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or
waiver by the Company, at or before the Closing, of each of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of each
Investor contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of
such date;
(b) Performance. Each
Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or
prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents;
(d) Investor
Deliverables. Each Investor shall have delivered the
Registration Rights Agreement, each duly executed by such Investor and a
completed Selling Holder Questionnaire (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement); and
(e) Termination. This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance with
Section
6.5.
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ARTICLE
6.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Fees and
Expenses. 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 the Transaction Documents. The Company
shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
sale of the Shares.
6.2 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the
Exhibits, Appendix
A and Appendix
B, and Schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements,
understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect
to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such
documents, exhibits and schedules.
6.3 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 (i) facsimile (provided the sender receives a
machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile
number specified in this Section or (ii) electronic mail (i.e., Email) prior to
6:30 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 (i)
facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section or (ii) electronic
mail (i.e., Email) on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 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, if sent by any means other than facsimile or Email
transmission. The address for such notices and communications shall
be as follows:
If
to the Company:
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000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Attn.: Chief
Executive Officer
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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If
to an Investor:
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To
the address set forth under such Investor’s name on the signature pages
hereof;
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With
a copy to:
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Sichenzia
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
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Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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or such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by
such Person.
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6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No
Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may
be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and
the Investors holding a majority of the Shares at the time of the waiver or
amendment. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing
waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair
the exercise of any such right. No consideration shall be offered or
paid to any Investor to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any
provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also
offered to all Investors who then hold Shares.
6.5 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:
(a) by
written agreement of the Investors and the Company; and
(b) by
the Company or an Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written
notice to the other, if the Closing shall not have taken place by 6:30 p.m.
Eastern time on the Outside Date; provided, that the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 6.5(b)
shall not be available to any Person whose failure to comply with its
obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the
failure of the Closing to occur on or before such time.
In the
event of a termination pursuant to Section 6.5(a) or
6.5(b), each Investor shall have the right to a return of up to its
entire Investment Amount, without interest or deduction. The Company
covenants and agrees to cooperate with such Investor in obtaining the return of
its Investment Amount.
In the
event of a termination pursuant to this Section 6.5, the
Company shall promptly notify all non-terminating Investors. Upon a termination
in accordance with this Section 6.5, the
Company and the terminating Investor(s) shall not have any further obligation or
liability (including as arising from such termination) to the other and no
Investor will have any liability to any other Investor under the Transaction
Documents as a result therefrom.
6.6 Construction. 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. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of
strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement
shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.
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6.7 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Investors. Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights under
this Agreement to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any
Shares, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to
the transferred Shares, by the provisions hereof that apply to the
“Investors.”
6.8 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 4.7 (as
to each Investor Party and Company Party).
6.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all 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, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that
it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or
that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient
forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party
shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such
Proceeding.
6.10 Survival. The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
6.11 Execution. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, 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 signature page
were an original thereof.
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6.12 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.13 Rescission and Withdrawal
Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents,
whenever any Investor 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 such Investor may rescind
or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights.
6.14 Replacement of
Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares
is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, 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 and customary and reasonable indemnity, if
requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under
such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated
with the issuance of such replacement Shares. If a replacement
certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares is requested due to a mutilation
thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or
instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a
replacement.
6.15 Remedies. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors 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 described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
6.16 Payment Set
Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document or an Investor
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.
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6.17 Independent Nature of
Investors’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any
way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any
Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to purchase
Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Investor
independently of any other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in
any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has
acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment
hereunder and that no Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor in
connection with monitoring its investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights
under the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company
acknowledges that each of the Investors has been provided with the same
Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple
Investors and not because it was required or requested to do so by any
Investor.
6.18 Limitation of
Liability. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
each party acknowledges and agrees that the liability of a party arising
directly or indirectly, under any Transaction Document of any and every nature
whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such party, and that
no trustee, officer, other investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of such
party or any investor, shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial interest of
such party shall be personally liable for any liabilities of such
party.
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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.
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Title:
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Chief
Executive
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Appendix
A
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Schedule
of Investors
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Appendix
B
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Disclosure
Schedules
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Investor Warrant
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Registration Rights
Agreement
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