SECURITIES EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.1
This
Securities Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of August 21, 2008, between MSGI Security Solutions, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”),
and
each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser”
and
collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Sections 3(a)(9) and 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”),
and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to exchange with each
Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to exchange
with the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized
terms
that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms
in
the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the
meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Amended
and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement”
means
that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
January 10, 2008, by and among the Company and the investors signatory
thereto.
“Blocked
Account”
collectively shall mean those certain Blocked Account Control Agreements entered
into in connection with the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement
by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the purchaser
signatories thereto.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday
in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State
of
New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
the
Company's obligations to deliver the Debentures have been satisfied or
waived.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder
thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation,
any
debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
at
any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company
Counsel”
means
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, with offices located at 000 Xxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000.
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.
“Current
Technology Warrants”
the
warrant(s) to purchase up to, in the aggregate, 20 million shares of the common
stock of Current Technology Corporation, in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Purchaser.
“Debentures”
means
the 8% Secured Convertible Debenture(s) due, subject to the terms therein,
May
21, 2010, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, as amended,
supplemented and modified from time to time, in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Evaluation
Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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“Exempt
Issuance”
means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers
or
directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted
for
such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors
or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange
of or
conversion of any Securities issued hereunder (including any warrants (and
shares of Common Stock underlying such warrants) issuable to the placement
agent
for the transaction as described on Schedule 3.1(s) of the Disclosure Schedules)
and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into
shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement
(other than the Notes and Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 13, 2006 (such agreement, the
“December
Purchase Agreement”
and
such Notes, the “Existing
Debentures”,
which
shall be covered by clause (d) below), provided that such securities have not
been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such
securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion price of such
securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic
transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the
Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is,
itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business
synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives
benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a
transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose
of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in
securities and (d) for purposes of Sections 4.11 and 4.12 only, shares of Common
Stock and Common Stock Equivalents issuable upon conversion of the Existing
Debentures, it being understood that the term “Exempt
Issuance”
for
purposes of Section 5 of the Debentures and Section 3 of the Warrants shall
not
include shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents issued or issuable
upon conversion, exchange or exercise of the Existing Debentures to the extent
that the conversion price of such Existing Debentures is less than $1.06
(subject to adjustment only for reverse and forward stock splits and stock
dividends that occur after the Closing Date). For clarity, any such conversion,
exchange, exercise or other issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
of any nature under such Existing Debentures at a price less than $1.06 shall
be
subject to Section 5 of the Debentures and Section 3 of the
Warrants.
“Existing
Securities”
means
the securities held by the Purchaser on the date hereof and set forth on
Schedule
1
attached
hereto.
“FWS”
means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, with offices located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
“GAAP”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
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“Legend
Removal Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Maximum
Rate”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“Participation
Maximum”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“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.
“Pre-Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
“Purchaser
Party”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“Redemption
Payment”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Required
Minimum”
means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then
issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion
in full of all Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment
of
interest), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, and
assuming that the Conversion Price is at all times on and after the date of
determination 75% of the then Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately
prior to the date of determination.
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
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“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Debentures and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Security
Agreement”
means
the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
C
attached
hereto.
“Security
Documents”
shall
mean the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantees and any other documents
and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority
security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided
in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
“Short
Sales”
means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subsequent
Financing”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Subsequent
Financing Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule
3.1(a)
and
shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of
the
Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Subsidiary
Guarantee”
means
the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date hereof, by each Subsidiary in favor
of
the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
D
attached
hereto
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Debentures, the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary
Guarantee, all schedules and exhibits thereto and hereto and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
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“Transfer
Agent”
means
Empire Stock Transfer, with a mailing address of 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx.,
Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, 00000 and a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000,
and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Underlying
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption
of
the Debentures and issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest
on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the Debentures.
“Variable
Rate Transaction”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13(b).
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from
9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if the
Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on a Trading Market and if prices
for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink
Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions
of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock
so
reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the
Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall
be
paid by the Company.
ARTICLE
II.
ISSUANCE,
TRANSFER AND PAYMENT FOR EXCHANGE
2.1 Closing.
On the
Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by
the parties hereto, the Company agrees to issue and deliver to each Purchaser,
(a) a Debenture in the principal amount determined pursuant to Section
2.2(a)(iii) below, (b) such Purchaser’s pro-rata share of $1 million cash
redemption to be released from the Blocked Account (“Redemption
Payment”)
and
(c) transfer the Current Technology Warrants to the Purchasers in exchange
for
the retirement of the Existing Securities held by such Purchaser. Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing
shall occur at the offices of FWS or such other location as the parties shall
mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
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(ii) a
legal
opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto;
(iii) a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to the stated value of Series H
Convertible Preferred Stock, registered in the name of such Purchaser, less
such
Purchaser’s pro-rata share of $1 million;
(iv) such
Purchaser’s pro-rata shares of a cash redemption equal to $1 million to the wire
instructions of such Purchaser as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page
hereto to be released to Purchaser directly from the Blocked
Account;
(v) the
Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary, along
with
all of the Security Documents, including the Subsidiary Guarantee, duly executed
by the parties thereto; and
(vi) such
Purchaser’s pro-rata share of the Current Technology Warrants, registered in the
name of such Purchaser.
(b) On
the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the following:
(i)
this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) an
executed release of all cash from the Blocked Account other than the $1 million,
in the aggregate, to be paid to the Purchaser’s hereunder;
(iii) the
Security Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iv) the
Existing Securities held by such Purchaser as set forth on Schedule
1
attached
hereto.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
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(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
the
date hereof; and
(v) from
the
date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been
suspended by the Commission or the Company's principal Trading Market (except
for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company,
which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time
prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable
to
purchase the Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries.
All of
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule
3.1(a).
The
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued
and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights
to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all
other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents
shall be disregarded. As used herein and all other Transaction Documents, the
term “Subsidiaries” shall not include Exclesa, S.p.A. that the Company owns
approximately a 19% equity interest in, other than as to representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company as to its ownership of Exclesa, S.p.A.
and the pledge of its interest in Exclesa, S.p.A. to the Purchasers as
contemplated by the Security Agreement
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(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and
to
carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to
conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on
the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, propects
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken
as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to
perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any
Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material
Adverse Effect”)
and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting
or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no
further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the
Company's stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with
the
Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will
have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other
equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
Except
as disclosed in Section 3.1(d) of the Disclosure Schedules, the execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of
the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws
or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any
of
the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others
any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other
instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
any
property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or
a
Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary
is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii),
such
as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.1(e), the Company is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any
filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other
than
(i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the filing with the
Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s)
to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and
such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with
the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
other
than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The
Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear
of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided
for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of
the
Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.
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(g) Capitalization.
The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except as
set
forth on Schedule
3.1(g),
the
Company has not issued any capital stock since its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act,
other
than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company's
stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
to the Company's employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion
or
exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right
of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar
right
to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving
any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common
Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not
obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to
any
Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have
been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval
or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required
for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company's capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge
of
the Company, between or among any of the Company's stockholders.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities
Act. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof
(or
such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file
such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to
herein as the “SEC
Reports”)
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As
of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material
Changes.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed
in
a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been
no
event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with
past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company's
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the
Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv)
the
Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other
property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements
to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has
not
issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except
pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have
pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information. No event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business,
properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be
disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this
representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed
at
least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j) Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by
any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there
were
an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge
of
the Company, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of
any
Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been,
and
to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop
order
or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed
by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
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(k) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company's or its
Subsidiaries' employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee's
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and
the
Company and to the Company’s knowledge, its Subsidiaries believe that their
relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the
knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or
proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other
contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party,
and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of
the
foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all
U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance.
To the
Company’s knowledge, except as set forth in the SEC Reports, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event
has
occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has
the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default
under
or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
of
its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been
waived),
(ii)
is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body,
or
(iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal,
state
and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the
environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”),
and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title
to Assets.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all
real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal
property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and
the
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as
do
not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes,
the
payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(o) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with
their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure
to
so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company
or
any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable
and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value
of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance
coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able
to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or
to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business without a significant increase in cost.
(q) Transactions
with Affiliates and Employees.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors 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 or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000
other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii)
other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock
option plan of the Company.
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(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls.
The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(r), the
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end
of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”).
The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in
the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(s) Certain
Fees.
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 the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or
on
behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may
be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(t) Private
Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers' representations and warranties set
forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for
the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as
contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does
not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Company’s current Trading
Market.
(u) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(v) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to
its
knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
the
Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the 12 months
preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which
the
Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company
is
not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading
Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and
maintenance requirements.
(w) Application
of Takeover Protections.
The
Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company's articles of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result
of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising
their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation
as a
result of the Company's issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers' ownership
of the Securities.
(x) Disclosure.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither
it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers
or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or
might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and
confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished
by
or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure
Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the
Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken
as a
whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
and
when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser
makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(y) No
Integrated Offering.
Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchasers' representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person
acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers
or
sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated
with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act
which
would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities
Act,
or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market
on
which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
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(z) Indebtedness.
The
Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts
as
they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable
on
or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization
or
liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction
within one year from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports sets forth as of the
date
hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or
any
Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For
the
purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means
(a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect
of
indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected
in
the Company's balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value
of
any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
(aa) Tax
Status.
Except
for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each
Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon,
and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted
or
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
(bb) No
General Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold
any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the
Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule
501 under the Securities Act.
(cc) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person
acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii)
failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation
of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
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(dd) Accountants.
The
Company's accounting firm is set forth in the SEC Reports. To the knowledge
and
belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public
accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its
opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending June 30, 2007.
(ee) Seniority.
No
Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Debentures
in
right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or
dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money
security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered
thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property
covered thereby).
(ff) No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers.
There
are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers
formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with
respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect
the
Company's ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents.
(gg) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers' Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely
in
the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further
acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of
the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by
any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is
merely incidental to the Purchasers' purchase of the Securities. The Company
further represents to each Purchaser that the Company's decision to enter into
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on
the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(hh) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers' Trading Activity.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary
(except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged
by the Company that (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked to agree by the
Company, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling,
long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based
on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified
term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser,
specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative”
transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement
transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company's
publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock; and (iv)
each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control
over
any arm's length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company
further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Purchasers may engage
in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities
are
outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value
of
the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being
determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value
of
the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the
time
that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that
such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of
the
Transaction Documents.
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(ii) Regulation
M Compliance.
The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has,
(i)
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in
the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for,
purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
securities of the Company or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any
compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid
to
the Company's placement agent in connection with the placement of the
Securities.
(jj) 144
Holding Period of the Debentures.
Pursuant to Rule 144, the holding period of the Debentures and the Underlying
Shares tacks back to January 10, 2008. The Existing Securities were issued
on
January 10, 2008.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each
Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of
the
Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may
be
limited by applicable law.
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(b) Own
Account.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have
not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not
with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
has
no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons
to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation
and warranty not limiting such Purchaser's right to sell the Securities pursuant
to a registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder
in
the ordinary course of its business.
(c) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
it is, and on each date on which it converts any Debentures it will be either:
(i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
(a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is
not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
Exchange Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Purchaser.
Such
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such
investment.
(e) General
Solicitation.
Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in
any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) Short
Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.
Other
than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has
not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant
to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period
commencing from the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet
(written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company
setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder
until the date hereof (“Discussion
Time”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have
no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers
managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the representation set
forth
above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the
portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities
covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement,
such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to
it
in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
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(g) Non-Affiliation
with Company.
Neither
such Purchaser, nor any Affiliate of such Purchaser is, or ever was, an officer,
director, employee, control person or Affiliate of the Company.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company
or
to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in
Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to
the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does
not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities
Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing
to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser
under this Agreement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser
may
from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the
Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound
by
the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such
arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the
pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject
to
approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee,
secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further,
no
notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser'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 of the Securities.
(b) Certificates
evidencing the Debentures and the Underlying Shares shall not include any
legend. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the
Transfer Agent promptly upon request by a Purchaser if required by the Transfer
Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. Upon conversion of the
Debentures, Underlying Shares shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to
the
Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser's prime broker with the
Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. The Company
may
not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent
that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.
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(c) In
addition to such Purchaser's other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to
a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for
each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on
the
date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal
of the restrictive legend, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading
Day 5 Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading
Day
after the fifth Trading Day following the date such Underlying Shares are
delivered to the Company or the Transfer Agent until such certificate is
delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser's right
to
pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to deliver certificates
representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and such
Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law
or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
injunctive relief.
4.2 Acknowledgment
of Dilution.
The
Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial
under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation its
obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off,
counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution
or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other
stockholders of the Company.
4.3 Furnishing
of Information.
(a) Until
the
time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to maintain the
registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange
Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within
the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company
after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser
owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to
the
Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly
available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for
the
Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants
that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably
request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to
sell
such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
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(b) At
any
time during the period following the date hereof and ending at such time that
all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to
be
in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or
limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company shall fail for any reason to
satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) (a
“Public
Information Failure”)
then,
in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
by
reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities,
an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the principal amount of the
Debentures then held by such Purchaser on the day of a Public Information
Failure and on every thirtieth (30th)
day
(pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the
earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such
time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers
to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144; provided,
however,
such
damages shall not accrue during any periods that such Purchaser is an Affiliate
of the Company (and for the 90 day period immediately following any such period
that such Purchaser is an Affiliate of the Company) solely as a result of the
Purchaser purchasing shares of Common Stock in the open market or waiving the
beneficial ownership limitations included in any of the Common Stock Equivalents
held by the Purchaser. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled
pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to herein as “Public
Information Failure Payments.”
Public Information Failure Payments
shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during
which such Public Information Failure Payments
are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd)
Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information
Failure Payments
is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information
Failure Payments
in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments
shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months)
until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue
actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall
have
the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including,
without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees not to sell the Securities,
directly or indirectly, pursuant to Rule 144, during the course of any Public
Information Failure.
4.4 Integration.
The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities to the
Purchasers in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities
Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated
with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market.
4.5 Conversion
Procedures.
The
form of Notice of Conversion included in the Debentures sets
forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to
convert the Debentures. No additional legal opinion or other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their Debentures.
The Company shall honor conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver
Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods
set
forth in the Transaction Documents.
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4.6 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
The
Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately
following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms
of the transactions contemplated hereby and within 4 Trading Days file a Current
Report on Form 8-K providing for such disclosure, including the Transaction
Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult
with
each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the
prior
consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser,
or
without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release
of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed,
except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing
party
shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public
statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
not
publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading
Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as
required by federal securities law in connection with (A) a registration
statement acceptable in form in substance to the Purchasers and (B) the filing
of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the
Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading
Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers
with
prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (ii). The Company
is
authorized to permit any broker representing it to publish a “tombstone” for the
transaction after Closing, which identifies the Company, the nature of the
transaction and the broker's role in the transaction.
4.7 Shareholder
Rights Plan.
No
claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the
Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any
control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or
arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser
could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement,
by
virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any
other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.8 Non-Public
Information.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees
that
neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser
or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes
constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser
shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use
of
such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser
shall
be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities
of
the Company.
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4.9 Indemnification
of Purchasers.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold
each
Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role
of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any
other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the
directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling person (each, a “Purchaser
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result
of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in any
capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder
of
the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action
is based upon a breach of such Purchaser's representations, warranties or
covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings
such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the
Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser
which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance).
If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall
promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right
to
assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right
to
employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of
such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has
been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has
failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ
counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such
separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position
of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more
than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser
Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected
without the Company's prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss,
claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party's breach
of
any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such
Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction
Documents.
4.10 Reservation
and Listing of Securities.
(a) The
Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common
Stock
for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may be
required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction
Documents.
(b) If,
on
any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved)
shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then
the
Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the
Company's certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum
at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 75th
day
after such date.
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(c) The
Company shall: (i) as soon as practicable have obtained the listing of the
Common Stock, including all of the Underlying Shares, on a Trading Market other
than the OTC Bulletin Board, (ii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such
listing, and (iii) if approved, maintain the listing of such Common Stock on
any
date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market
or another Trading Market.
4.11 Participation
in Future Financing.
(a) From
the
date hereof until the date that the Debentures are no longer outstanding, upon
any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents (a “Subsequent
Financing”),
each
Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to an amount of the
Subsequent Financing equal to 100% of the Subsequent Financing (the
“Participation
Maximum”)
on the
same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent
Financing.
(b) At
least
5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company
shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect
a
Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”),
which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent
Financing Notice”).
Upon
the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for
a
Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than
2
Trading Days after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such
Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail
the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended
to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such
Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet
or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.
(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser
is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the
Purchaser's participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing,
and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such
5th
Trading
Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does
not elect to participate.
(d) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications
by
the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing
(or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than
the
total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the
remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons
set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company
receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking
to
purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each
such
Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined
below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro
Rata Portion”
means
the ratio of (x) the principal amount of the Debentures acquired on the Closing
Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.12 and (y) the sum of
the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures acquired on the Closing Date by
all
Purchasers participating under this Section 4.12.
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(f) The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice,
and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth above
in
this Section 4.12, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent
Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in
such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the date of the
initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.12 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt
Issuance or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common Stock.
4.12 Subsequent
Equity Sales.
(a) From
the
date hereof until 90 days from the date hereof, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents;
provided,
however,
the 90
day period set forth in this Section 4.12 shall be extended for the number
of
Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock is
suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) if the Underlying Shares may not be
sold under Rule 144 without the requirements for the Company to be in compliance
with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restrictions or limitations
pursuant to Rule 144.
(b) From
the
date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of the Securities, the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to
effect any Subsequent Financing involving a Variable Rate Transaction.
“Variable
Rate Transaction”
means
a
transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or
include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at
a
conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or
varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock
at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or
(B)
with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset
at
some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security
or
upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly
related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or
(ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line
of
credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price.
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(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt
Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt
Issuance.
4.13 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers.
No
consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to
a
waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents
unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of
principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate
to
the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable
time. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right
granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each
Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class
and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or
as
a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or
otherwise.
4.14 Short
Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof.
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing
at the Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.6.
Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will
maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction
and
the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company
after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first
publicly announced as described in Section 4.6; provided,
however, each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any other
Purchasers, that they will not enter into any Net Short Sales (as hereinafter
defined) from the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date
that is the earlier of (x) the two year anniversary of the Closing Date or
(y)
the date that such Purchaser no longer holds any Debentures.
For
purposes of this Section 4.15, a “Net
Short Sale”
by
any
Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that is marked
as
a short sale and that is made at a time when there is no equivalent offsetting
long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser. For purposes of
determining whether there is an equivalent offsetting long position in Common
Stock held by the Purchaser, Underlying Shares that have not yet been converted
pursuant to the shares of Debentures and Warrant Shares that have not yet been
exercised pursuant to the Warrants shall be deemed to be held long by the
Purchaser, and the amount of shares of Common Stock held in a long position
shall be all unconverted Underlying
Shares and
unexercised Warrant Shares (ignoring any exercise limitations included therein)
issuable to such Purchaser on such date, plus any shares of Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents otherwise then held by such Purchaser. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions
of
such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with
respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made
the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
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4.15 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings.
The
Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as
required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request
of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall
reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to
qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under
applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and
shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any
Purchaser.
4.16 Capital
Change.
Until
the one year anniversary of the date hereof, the Company shall not undertake
a
reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common Stock without
the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding at least 90% or more in
principal amount outstanding of the Debentures.
ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser's
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before August 29, 2008;
provided,
however,
that
such termination will not affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach
by
the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees
and Expenses.
At the
Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse (i) Enable Capital Management,
LLC
(“Enable”)
the
non-accountable sum of $20,000 for its legal fees and expenses. Except as
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes
and
duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchasers.
5.3 Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading
Day,
(b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth
on
the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later
than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd
Trading
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications
shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
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5.5 Amendments;
Waivers.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended
except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company and the Purchasers holding 85% in interest of the Securities then
outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect
to
any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to
be
a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or
a
waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any
delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner
impair the exercise of any such right.
5.6 Headings.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.7 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 each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign
any
or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser
assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in
writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers”.
5.8 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 4.10.
5.9 Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard
to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively
in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to
the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for
such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for
its reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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5.10 Survival.
The
representations and warranties shall survive the Closing and the delivery of
the
Securities for the applicable statute of limitations.
5.11 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 or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature
shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose
behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may
be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any
Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within
the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw,
in
its sole discretion prior to such Purchaser's actual receipt of the Company's
performance of its related obligations, upon written notice to the Company,
any
relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to
its
future actions and rights; provided,
however,
in the
case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture, the Purchaser shall be
required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded
conversion or exercise notice.
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5.14 Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation),
or
in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but
only
upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under
such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including
customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement
Securities.
5.15 Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction
Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for
specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law
would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant
to
any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights
thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee,
receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation,
any
bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force
and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff
had not occurred.
5.17 Usury.
To the
extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon
or
plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts
to
be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action
or
proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right
or
remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and
provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents
for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful
rate
authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”),
and,
without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or
default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the
nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the
Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum
contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction
Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental
action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest
allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents
from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by
applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of
the
Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to
indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be
applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such
indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess
to be at such Purchaser's election.
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5.18 Independent
Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations
of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein
or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser
pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership,
an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect
and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out
of
this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own
separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their
respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through FWS.
FWS
does not represent all of the Purchasers but only Enable. The Company has
elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents
for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested
to do so by the Purchasers.
5.19 Liquidated
Damages.
The
Company's obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company
and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security
pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due
and
payable shall have been canceled.
5.20 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.
If the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
5.21 Construction.
The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed
and
had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
5.22 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY
AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE
GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY,
IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Exchange
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
By:
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES EXCHANGE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Exchange Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name
of
Purchaser: Enable
Growth Partners LP___________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory: Brendan
O'Neil_________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory: Principal
and Portfolio Manager___________________________
Email
Address of Purchaser: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx________________________________
Facsimile
Number of Purchaser: 000-000-0000_______________________________________
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Wire
Instructions:
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Schedule
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EXISTING
SECURITIES
Enable
Growth Partners LP is exchanging the following securities for the Securities
issuable under this Agreement:
The
following securities issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Securities
Purchase Agreement:
(i) 4,000,000
shares of convertible preferred stock of the Company designated as Series
H
Convertible Preferred Stock
with a
stated value equal to $4,000,000;
(ii) warrants
to acquire 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock; and
(iv)
Put
Options to 5,000,000 shares.