Exhibit 10.14
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of December 17, 2001, between DirectPlacement, Inc.
(the "Company") and GCA Strategic Investment Fund Limited ("Purchaser").
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell and issue to Purchaser, and
Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company $350,000 principal amount of the
Company's 10% Convertible Debentures due December 17, 2003 (the "Convertible
Debentures") in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth in the
form of Convertible Debenture attached hereto as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, the Convertible Debentures will be convertible into shares of
the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock");
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Purchaser to enter into the
transactions described in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue to the
Purchaser an aggregate of 35,000 warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock
upon the Closing (as defined herein) on the terms and conditions described in
the form of the common stock purchase warrant attached hereto as Exhibit E (the
"Warrants"); and
WHEREAS, Purchaser will have certain registration rights with respect
to such shares of Common Stock issuable as interest under, and upon conversion
of, the Convertible Debentures (the "Debenture Shares") and upon exercise of the
Warrants (the "Warrant Shares," the Debenture Shares and the Warrant Shares
being collectively referred to herein as the "Conversion Shares") as set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE 1.1 Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have the
following meanings:
"Additional Shares of Common Stock" has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.6.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person (the "Subject Person"),
(i) any other Person (a "Controlling Person") that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls the Subject Person or (ii) any
other Person (other than the Subject Person or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the
Subject Person) which is Controlled by or is under common Control with a
Controlling Person.
"Agreement" means this Securities Purchase Agreement, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
"Asset Sale" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.
"Balance Sheet Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
"Benefit Arrangement" means at any time an employee benefit plan within
the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan
and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by the Company.
"Benefit Plans" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(b).
"Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law
to close.
"Capital Reorganization" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5.
"Change in Control" means (i) after the date of this Agreement, any
person or group of persons (within the meaning of Sections 13 and 14 of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission relating to such
sections) other than Purchaser shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act) of 33"% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company without the prior written consent of Purchaser; (ii) any sale or
other disposition (other than by reason of death or disability) to any Person of
more than 75,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company by any executive officers
and/or employee directors of the Company without the prior written consent of
Purchaser; (iii) individuals constituting the Board of Directors of the Company
on the date hereof (together with any new Directors whose election by such Board
of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company
was approved by a vote of at least 50.1% of the Directors still in office who
are either Directors as of the date hereof or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved), cease for any reason to constitute at
least two-thirds of the Board of Directors of the Company then in office.
"Closing Bid Price" shall mean for any security as of any date, the
lowest closing bid price as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. ("Bloomberg") on the
principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or
traded or, if the foregoing does not apply, the lowest closing bid price of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for
such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no lowest trading price is
reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the bid prices of
any market makers for such securities as reported in the "Pink Sheets" by the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the lowest closing bid price cannot be
calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the
lowest closing bid price of such security on such date shall be the fair market
value as mutually determined by Purchaser and the Company for which the
calculation of the closing bid price requires, and in the absence of such mutual
determination, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith.
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"Closing Date" means the date on which all of the conditions set forth
in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 shall have been satisfied and Convertible Debentures in
the aggregate principal amount of $350,000 are issued by the Company to
Purchaser.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any entity
succeeding to all of its material functions.
"Common Stock" means common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the
Company.
"Company" means DirectPlacement, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors.
"Company Corporate Documents" means the certificate of incorporation
and bylaws of the Company.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means at any date the total shareholder's
equity which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company
prepared as of such date.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means at any date with respect to any Person
or Subsidiary or other entity, the accounts of which would be consolidated with
those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements if such statements
were prepared as of such date.
"Control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
"Controlling," "Controlled by" and under "common Control with"), as used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
"Conversion Date" shall mean the date of delivery (including delivery
via telecopy) of a Notice of Conversion for all or a portion of a Convertible
Debenture by the holder thereof to the Company as specified in each Convertible
Debenture.
"Conversion Price" has the meaning set forth in the Convertible
Debentures.
"Conversion Shares" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
"Convertible Debentures" means the Company's 10% Convertible Debentures
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
"Deadline" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
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"Debt" of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (i) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments
issued by such Person, (iii) all obligations of such Person as lessee which (y)
are capitalized in accordance with GAAP or (z) arise pursuant to sale-leaseback
transactions, (iv) all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of
letters of credit or other similar instruments, (v) all Debt of others secured
by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is otherwise an
obligation of such Person and (vi) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person.
"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would,
unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Derivative Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
"Discounted Equity Offerings" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
"Directors" means the individuals then serving on the Board of
Directors or similar such management council of the Company.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local and
foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or other
governmental restrictions relating to the environment or to emissions,
discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum
products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into
the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or
industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes or the cleanup or other
remediation thereof.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or any successor statute.
"ERISA Group" means the Company and each Subsidiary and all members of
a controlled group of corporation and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Company or any
Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under the Code.
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Article XII hereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Financing" means a public or private financing consummated (meaning
closing and funding) through the issuance of debt or equity securities (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for debt or equity securities) of
the Company, other than Permitted Financings.
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"Fixed Price(s)" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
"GAAP" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.
"Guarantee" by any Person means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing (whether by virtue
of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain a minimum net
worth, financial ratio or similar requirements, or otherwise) any Debt of any
other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Debt or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the
holder of such Debt of the payment thereof or to protect such holder against
loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term Guarantee
shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course
of business. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Hazardous Materials" means any hazardous materials, hazardous wastes,
hazardous constituents, hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum products
(including crude oil or any derivative or fraction thereof), defined or
regulated as such in or under any Environmental Laws.
"Intellectual Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.20.
"Investment" means any investment in any Person, whether by means of
share purchase, partnership interest, capital contribution, loan, time deposit
or otherwise.
"Lien" means any lien, mechanic's lien, materialmen's lien, lease,
easement, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, conditional sale agreement, title
retention agreement, agreement to sell or convey, option, claim, title
imperfection, encroachment or other survey defect, pledge, restriction, security
interest or other adverse claim, whether arising by contract or under law or
otherwise (including, without limitation, any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing
of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law
of any jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing).
"Listing Applications" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
"Majority Holders" means (i) as of the Closing Date, Purchaser and (ii)
at any time thereafter, the holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal
amount of the 10% Convertible Debentures dated December 17, 2001 outstanding at
such time.
"Market Price" shall mean the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock
preceding the date of determination.
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"Material Plan" means at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate
Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $500,000.
"Maturity Date" shall mean the date of maturity of the Convertible
Debentures.
"Maximum Number of Shares" shall mean that percentage that the Company
may issue without shareholder approval under the applicable rules of the
National Market or the applicable OTC Bulletin Board or equivalent entity, of
the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company as of the
applicable date of determination, or such greater number of shares as the
stockholders of the Company may have previously approved.
"NASD" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10.
"Nasdaq Market" means the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market System.
"National Market" means the Nasdaq Market, the Nasdaq Small Cap Market,
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the American Stock Exchange, Inc.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any transaction, the total
amount of cash proceeds received by the Company or any Subsidiary less (i)
reasonable underwriters' fees, brokerage commissions, reasonable professional
fees and other customary out-of-pocket expenses payable in connection with such
transaction, and (ii) in the case of dispositions of assets, (A) actual transfer
taxes (but not income taxes) payable with respect to such dispositions, and (B)
the amount of Debt, if any, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets disposed of
and required to be, and actually repaid by the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection therewith, and any trade payables specifically relating to such asset
or assets sold by the Company or any Subsidiary that are not assumed by the
purchaser of such asset or assets.
"Notice of Conversion" means the form to be delivered by a holder of a
Convertible Debenture upon conversion of all or a portion thereof to the Company
substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the form of Convertible Debenture.
"Notice of Exercise" means the form to be delivered by a holder of a
Warrant upon exercise of all or a portion thereof to the Company substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Warrant.
"Officer's Certificate" shall mean a certificate executed by the
president, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company in
the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
"OTC Bulletin Board" means the over-the-counter bulletin board operated
by the NASD.
"Other Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
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"Permits" means all domestic and foreign licenses, franchises, grants,
authorizations, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents,
certificates, orders and approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the
properties of, and to carry on the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
"Permitted Financings" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock Company,
government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of
any kind.
"Plan" means at any time an employee pension benefit plan which is
covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under
the Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the
ERISA group for employees of any member of the ERISA group or (ii) has at any
time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any
Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA group for employees of the
Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.
"Purchase Price" means the purchase price for the Securities set forth
in Section 2.2 hereof.
"Purchaser" means the entity listed on the signature page hereto and
its successors and assigns, including holders from time to time of the
Convertible Debentures.
"Recourse Financing" means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary which,
by its terms, does not bar the lender thereof from action against the Company or
any Subsidiary, as borrower or guarantor, if the security value of the project
or asset pledged in respect thereof falls below the amount required to repay
such Debt.
"Redemption Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
"Registrable Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(a).
"Registration Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(e).
"Registration Maintenance Period" has the meaning set forth in Section
10.4(c).
"Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(b).
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the agreement between the Company
and Purchaser dated the date hereof substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit B attached hereto.
"Required Effectiveness Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
10.4(b).
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"Reserved Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10(a).
"Restricted Payment" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
dividend or other distribution on any shares of capital stock of such Person
(except dividends payable solely in shares of capital stock of the same or
junior class of such Person and dividends from a wholly-owned direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the Company to its parent corporation), (ii) any payment on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of (a) any shares
of such Person's capital stock or (b) any option, warrant or other right to
acquire shares of such Person's capital stock or (iii) any loan, or advance or
capital contribution to any Person (a "Stockholder") owning any capital stock of
such Person other than relocation, travel or like advances to officers and
employees in the ordinary course of business, and other than reasonable
compensation as determined by the Board of Directors.
"Rights Offering" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.
"Sale Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
"SEC Reports" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
"Securities" means the Convertible Debentures, the Warrants and, as
applicable, the Conversion Shares.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"Share Reorganization" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.
"Solvency Certificate" shall mean a certificate executed by the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Company as to the solvency of the Company,
the adequacy of its capital and its ability to pay its debts, all after giving
effect to the issuance and sale of the Convertible Debentures and the completion
of the offering (including without limitation the payment of any fees or
expenses in connection therewith), which such Solvency Certificate shall be in
the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
"Special Distribution" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
other entity of which (x) a majority of the capital stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly
or indirectly owned by such Person or (y) the results of operations, the assets
and the liabilities of which are consolidated with such Person under GAAP.
"Subsidiary Corporate Documents" means the certificates of
incorporation and bylaws of each Subsidiary.
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"Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.
"Trading Day" shall mean any Business Day in which the OTC Bulletin
Board, National Market or other automated quotation system or exchange on which
the Common Stock is then traded is open for trading for at least four (4) hours.
"Transaction Agreements" means this Agreement, the Convertible
Debenture, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and the other
agreements contemplated by this Agreement.
"Transaction Fee" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.4.
"Transfer" means any disposition of Securities that would constitute a
sale thereof under the Securities Act.
"Unfunded Liabilities" means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the
amount (if any) by which (i) the present value of all benefits under Plan
exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits
(excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then
most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such
excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the
PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.
"Warrant" means the Common Stock Purchase Warrant substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit E hereto.
ARTICLE 1.2 Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless otherwise
specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements
required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied
on a consistent basis (except for changes concurred in by the Company's
independent public accountants) ("GAAP"). All references to "dollars," "Dollars"
or "$" are to United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.
ARTICLE 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
ARTICLE 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Convertible Debentures.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser agrees to purchase
from the Company, the Convertible Debenture.
(b) Purchaser shall acquire the Convertible Debenture on the
Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($350,000.00).
(c) In connection with the Purchaser's agreement to purchase the
Convertible Debentures specified in this Article II, the Company shall issue and
deliver to the Purchaser on the Closing Date Warrants to purchase an aggregate
of 35,000 shares of Common Stock.
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ARTICLE 2.2 Purchase Price. The purchase price (the "Purchase Price") for
the Convertible Debenture and the Warrants on the Closing Date shall be
$350,000.00 and shall be allocated as set forth in Schedule 2.2. [Required by
SBA]
ARTICLE 2.3 Closing and Mechanics of Payment.
(a) The Purchase Price shall be paid on the Closing Date by wire
transfer of immediately available funds.
(b) The Convertible Debentures and Warrants issued on the Closing
Date shall be dated the date hereof.
ARTICLE 3. PAYMENT TERMS OF CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
ARTICLE 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest; Payment Mechanics. The
Company will pay all amounts due on each Convertible Debenture by the method and
at the address specified for such purpose by Purchaser in writing, without the
presentation or surrender of any Convertible Debenture or the making of any
notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made
concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of
this Convertible Debenture, the holder shall surrender the Convertible Debenture
for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at
its principal executive office. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any
Convertible Debenture, the holder thereof will, at its election, either endorse
thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest
has been paid thereon or surrender the Convertible Debenture to the Company in
exchange for a new Convertible Debenture or Convertible Debentures. The Company
will afford the benefits of this Section 3.1 to any direct or indirect
transferee of the Convertible Debenture purchased under this Agreement and that
has made the same agreement relating to this Convertible Debenture as Purchaser
has in this Section 3.1; provided that such transferee is an "accredited
investor" under Rule 501 of the Securities Act.
ARTICLE 3.2 Payment of Interest. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding
principal amount of each Convertible Debenture as of the date of issuance and
shall be payable as specified therein.
ARTICLE 3.3 Voluntary Prepayment. For so long as no Event of Default shall
have occurred or is continuing, the Company may, at its option, repay, in whole
or in part, the Convertible Debentures, per the formula set forth in Section 3
of Exhibit A hereto, thereof following at least five (5) Business Days prior
written notice to Purchaser (the expiration of such five (5) Business Day period
being referred to as the "prepayment date"); provided, however, that if such
date is not a Business Day, the prepayment date shall be the next Business Day
thereafter.
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ARTICLE 3.4 Mandatory Redemption.
(a) Upon (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company,
(ii) a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any
Person in a single transaction or series of related transactions, or (iii) a
consolidation, merger or amalgamation of the Company with or into another Person
in which the Company is not the surviving entity (other than a merger which is
effected solely to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and
results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of
Common Stock solely into shares of Common Stock) (each of items (i), (ii) and
(iii) being referred to as a "Sale Event"), then, in each case, the Company
shall, upon request of the Majority Holders, redeem the Convertible Debentures
and Warrants, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of the Convertible
Debentures and Section 13 of the Warrants, respectively. The redemption price
payable upon any such redemption shall be the Redemption Price in Section 5 of
the Convertible Debentures and Section 13 of the Warrants, respectively
(referred to herein as the "Formula Price").
(b) At the option of Purchaser, upon the consummation of one or
more Financings following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company
shall use 25% of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom (unless such Net Cash Proceeds
from each such Financing is less than $250,000) to redeem the Convertible
Debentures.
(c) Upon the issuance of the Maximum Number of Shares and the
failure within 90 days of such issuance to obtain shareholder approval to issue
additional shares of Common Stock (the "Redemption Event"), the Company shall
redeem the outstanding balance of each Convertible Debenture and Warrant for the
applicable Redemption Price and the Warrant Formula Price, respectively.
ARTICLE 3.5 Prepayment/Redemption Procedures.
(a) Any permitted prepayment or redemption of the Convertible
Debentures and Warrants, as applicable pursuant to Sections 3.3 or 3.4 above
shall be deemed to be effective and consummated (for purposes of determining the
Prepayment Price, the Formula Price and the time at which Purchaser shall
thereafter not be entitled to deliver a Notice of Conversion for the Convertible
Debentures) as follows:
(i) A prepayment pursuant to Section 3.3, the "prepayment
date" specified therein;
(ii) A redemption pursuant to Section 3.4(a), the date of
consummation of the applicable Sale Event or the Registration Default;
(iii) A redemption pursuant to Section 3.4(b), three (3)
Business Days following the date of consummation of the applicable
Financing (meaning closing and funding); and
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(iv) A redemption pursuant to Section 3.4(c), the date
specified in each Convertible Debenture.
(b) On the Maturity Date and on the effective date of a prepayment
or redemption of the Convertible Debentures and Warrants as specified in Section
3.5(a) above, the Company shall deliver by wire transfer of funds the
prepayment/redemption price to Purchaser of the Convertible Debentures and
Warrants subject to redemption. Should Purchaser not receive payment of any
amounts due on redemption of its Convertible Debentures and Warrants by reason
of the Company's failure to make payment at the times prescribed above for any
reason, the Company shall pay to the applicable holder on demand (x) interest on
the sums not paid when due at an annual rate equal to 14%, until the applicable
holder is paid in full and (y) all costs of collection, including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, whether or not suit or other
formal proceedings are instituted.
(c) The Company shall select the Convertible Debentures and
Warrants to be redeemed in any redemption in which not all of the Convertible
Debentures and Warrants are to be redeemed so that the ratio of the Convertible
Debentures and Warrants of each holder selected for redemption to the total
Convertible Debentures and Warrants owned by that holder shall be the same as
the ratio of all such Convertible Debentures and Warrants selected for
redemption bears to the total of all then outstanding Convertible Debentures and
Warrants. Should any Convertible Debentures and Warrants required to be redeemed
under the terms hereof not be redeemed solely by reason of limitations imposed
by law, the applicable Convertible Debentures and Warrants shall be redeemed on
the earliest possible dates thereafter to the maximum extent permitted by law.
(d) Any Notice of Conversion delivered by Purchaser (including
delivery via telecopy) to the Company prior to the (x) Maturity Date or (y)
effective date of a voluntary prepayment pursuant to Section 3.3 or a mandatory
repayment pursuant to Section 3.4 as specified in Section 3.5(a) above), shall
be honored by the Company and the conversion of the Convertible Debentures shall
be deemed effected on the Conversion Date. In addition, between the effective
date of a voluntary prepayment pursuant to Section 3.3 or a mandatory repayment
pursuant to Section 3.4 as specified in Section 3.5(a) above and the date the
Company is required to deliver the redemption proceeds in full to Purchaser,
Purchaser may deliver a Notice of Conversion to the Company. Such notice will be
(x) of no force or effect if the Company timely pays the redemption proceeds to
Purchaser when due or (y) honored on or as of the date of the Notice of
Conversion if the Company fails to timely pay the redemption proceeds to
Purchaser when due.
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ARTICLE 3.6 Payment of Additional Amounts.
(a) Any and all payments by the Company hereunder or under the
Convertible Debentures to Purchaser and each "qualified assignee" thereof shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any and all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings,
and all liabilities with respect thereto (all such taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to
as "Taxes") unless such Taxes are required by law or the administration thereof
to be deducted or withheld. If the Company shall be required by law or the
administration thereof to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any
sum payable under the Convertible Debentures (i) the holders of the Convertible
Debentures subject to such Taxes shall have the right, but not the obligation,
for a period of thirty (30) days commencing upon the day it shall have received
written notice from the Company that it is required to withhold Taxes to
transfer all or any portion of the Convertible Debentures to a qualified
assignee to the extent such transfer can be effected in accordance with the
other provisions of this Agreement and applicable law; (ii) the Company shall
make such deductions or withholdings; (iii) the sum payable shall be increased
as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings
(including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional amounts paid
under this Section 3.6) Purchaser receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received if no such deduction or withholding had been made; and (iv) the
Company shall forthwith pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant
taxation or other authority in accordance with applicable law. A "qualified
assignee" of a Purchaser is a Person that is organized under the laws of (i) the
United States or (ii) any jurisdiction other than the United States or any
political subdivision thereof and that (y) represents and warrants to the
Company that payments of the Company to such assignee under the laws in
existence on the date of this Agreement would not be subject to any Taxes and
(z) from time to time, as and when requested by the Company, executes and
delivers to the Company and the Internal Revenue Service forms, and provides the
Company with any information necessary to establish such assignee's continued
exemption from Taxes under applicable law.
(b) The Company shall forthwith pay any present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar
levies (all such taxes, charges and levies hereinafter referred to as "Other
Taxes") which arise from any payment made under any of the Transaction
Agreements or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement other than Taxes payable solely as a result of the
transfer from Purchaser to a Person of any Security.
(c) The Company shall indemnify Purchaser, or qualified assignee,
for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this
Section 3.6) paid by Purchaser, or qualified assignee, and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. Payment under this indemnification shall be made within 30 days from
the date Purchaser or assignee makes written demand therefor. A certificate as
to the amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes submitted to the Company by Purchaser
or assignee shall be conclusive evidence of the amount due from the Company to
such party.
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(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the
Company will furnish to Purchaser the original or a certified copy of a receipt
evidencing payment thereof.
ARTICLE 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company represents and warrants to Purchaser, as of the Closing
Date, the following:
ARTICLE 4.1 Organization and Qualification. The Company and each
Subsidiary is a corporation (or other legal entity) duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, with full power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned, leased, used,
operated and conducted. The Company is qualified to conduct business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary,
except where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect. A "Material
Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on the operations, results of
operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be
entered into in connection herewith.
ARTICLE 4.2 Authorization and Execution.
(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into and perform each Transaction Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each
Transaction Agreement and the issuance by the Company of the Securities have
been duly and validly authorized and no further consent or authorization of the
Company, its Board of Directors or its shareholders is required.
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company.
(d) This Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery
thereof by the Company, each of the Transaction Agreements will constitute, a
valid and binding agreement of the Company, in each case enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its respective terms.
ARTICLE 4.3 Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized, issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 4.3
hereto and except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 no other shares of capital stock
of the Company will be outstanding as of the Closing Date. All of such
outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. No shares of capital
stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or similar rights of the
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stockholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the
actions or failure to act of the Company. Other than as set forth on Schedule
4.3 hereto, as of the date hereof, (i) there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal,
agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements
under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to register the
sale of any of its or their securities under the Securities Act (except pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or
price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or
in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by
the issuance of the Convertible Debentures or Conversion Shares. The Company has
furnished to Purchaser true and correct copies of the Company's Corporate
Documents, and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for
Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
ARTICLE 4.4 Governmental Authorization. The execution and delivery by the
Company of the Transaction Agreements does not and will not, the issuance and
sale by the Company of the Securities does not and will not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other
Transaction Agreements will not, require any action by or in respect of, or
filing with, any governmental body, agency or governmental official except (a)
such actions or filings that have been undertaken or made prior to the date
hereof and that will be in full force and effect (or as to which all applicable
waiting periods have expired) on and as of the date hereof or which are not
required to be filed on or prior to the Closing Date, (b) such actions or
filings that, if not obtained, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(c) listing applications ("Listing Applications"), if any, required to be filed
with the OTC Bulletin Board or the National Market relating to the Conversion
Shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures,
and (d) the filing of a "Form D" as described in Section 7.13 below.
ARTICLE 4.5 Issuance of Shares. Upon conversion in accordance with the
terms of the Convertible Debentures and exercise of the Warrants, the Conversion
Shares shall be duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of any Taxes, Liens and charges with respect to
issuance and shall not be subject to preemptive rights or similar rights of any
other stockholders of the Company. Assuming the representations and warranties
of Purchaser herein are true and correct in all material respects, each of the
Securities will have been issued in material compliance with all applicable U.S.
federal and state securities laws. The Company understands and acknowledges
that, in certain circumstances, the issuance of Conversion Shares could dilute
the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company. The Company
further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon
conversion of the Convertible Debentures and exercise of the Warrants is
absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance
may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.
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ARTICLE 4.6 No Conflicts. The execution and delivery by the Company of the
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party did not and will not, the issuance
and sale by the Company of the Securities did not and will not and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other
Transaction Agreements will not, contravene or constitute a default under or
violation of (i) any provision of applicable law or regulation, (ii) the Company
Corporate Documents, (iii) any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or
other instrument binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective assets, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any
asset of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each Subsidiary is in
compliance with and conforms to all statutes, laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations, orders, restrictions and all other legal requirements of any
domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality thereof having
jurisdiction over the conduct of its businesses or the ownership of its
properties, except where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE 4.7 Financial Information. Since September 30, 2001 (the "Balance
Sheet Date"), except as disclosed in Schedule 4.7, there has been (x) no
material adverse change in the assets or liabilities, or in the business or
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations or prospects,
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether as a result of any legislative or
regulatory change, revocation of any license or rights to do business, fire,
explosion, accident, casualty, labor trouble, flood, drought, riot, storm,
condemnation, act of God, public force or otherwise and (y) no material adverse
change in the assets or liabilities, or in the business or condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the results of operations or prospects, of the Company and
its subsidiaries except in the ordinary course of business; and no fact or
condition exists or is contemplated or threatened which might cause such a
change in the future. The audited and unaudited consolidated balance sheets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods ending December 31, 2000,
September 30, 2001, respectively, and the related consolidated statements of
income, changes in stockholders' equity and changes in cash flows for the
periods then ended, including the footnotes thereto, except as indicated
therein, (i) complied in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the periods indicated, except that the unaudited financial
statements do not contain notes and may be subject to normal audit adjustments
and normal annual adjustments. Such financial statements fairly present the
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the dates indicated
and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended and, except as indicated therein, reflect all claims against and all
Debts and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, fixed or contingent.
ARTICLE 4.8 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, there is no
action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary, before any court or arbitrator
or any governmental body, agency or official in which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse decision which could materially adversely affect the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance,
properties or prospects of the Company or which challenges the validity of any
Transaction Agreements.
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ARTICLE 4.9 Compliance with ERISA and other Benefit Plans.
(a) Each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations
under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each
Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable
provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan. No member of the
ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under
Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any required
contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any
Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement,
which as resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of
a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code or (iii) incurred any liability
under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under
Section 4007 of ERISA.
(b) The benefit plans not covered under clause (a) above
(including profit sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, employee stock
purchase, bonus, retirement, health or insurance plans, collectively the
"Benefit Plans") relating to the employees of the Company are duly registered
where required by, and are in good standing in all material respects under, all
applicable laws. All required employer and employee contributions and premiums
under the Benefit Plans to the date hereof have been made, the respective fund
or funds established under the Benefit Plans are funded in accordance with
applicable laws, and no past service funding liabilities exist thereunder.
(c) No Benefit Plans have any unfunded liabilities, either on a
"going concern" or "winding up" basis and determined in accordance with all
applicable laws and actuarial practices and using actuarial assumptions and
methods that are reasonable in the circumstances. No event has occurred and no
condition exists with respect to any Benefit Plans that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in any pension plan having its registration
revoked or wound up (in whole or in part) or refused for the purposes of any
applicable laws or being placed under the administration of any relevant pension
benefits regulatory authority or being required to pay any taxes or penalties
(in any material amounts) under any applicable laws.
ARTICLE 4.10 Environmental Matters. The costs and liabilities associated
with Environmental Laws (including the cost of compliance therewith) are
unlikely to have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial
or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Company
or any Subsidiary. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries conducts its
businesses in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws.
ARTICLE 4.11 Taxes. All United States federal, state, county, municipality,
local or foreign income tax returns and all other material tax returns
(including foreign tax returns) which are required to be filed by or on behalf
of the Company and each Subsidiary have been filed and all material taxes due
pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company
and each Subsidiary have been paid except those being disputed in good faith and
for which adequate reserves have been established. The charges, accruals and
reserves on the books of the Company and each Subsidiary in respect of taxes and
other governmental charges have been established in accordance with GAAP.
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ARTICLE 4.12 Investments, Joint Ventures. Other than as set forth in
Schedule 4.12, the Company has no Subsidiaries or other direct or indirect
Investment in any Person, and the Company is not a party to any partnership,
management, shareholders' or joint venture or similar agreement.
ARTICLE 4.13 Not an Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is an "Investment Company" within the meaning of Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE 4.14 Full Disclosure. The information heretofore furnished by the
Company to Purchaser for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby does not, and all such information hereafter
furnished by the Company or any Subsidiary to Purchaser will not (in each case
taken together and on the date as of which such information is furnished),
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
ARTICLE 4.15 No Solicitation; No Integration with Other Offerings. No form
of general solicitation or general advertising was used by the Company or, to
the best of its actual knowledge, any other Person acting on behalf of the
Company, in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities. Neither the
Company, nor, to its knowledge, any Person acting on behalf of the Company, has,
either directly or indirectly, sold or offered for sale to any Person (other
than Purchaser) any of the Securities or, within the six months prior to the
date hereof, any other similar security of the Company except as contemplated by
this Agreement, and the Company represents that neither itself nor any Person
authorized to act on its behalf (except that the Company makes no representation
as to Purchaser and their Affiliates) will sell or offer for sale any such
security to, or solicit any offers to buy any such security from, or otherwise
approach or negotiate in respect thereof with, any Person or Persons so as
thereby to cause the issuance or sale of any of the Securities to be in
violation of any of the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act. The
issuance of the Securities to Purchaser will not be integrated with any other
issuance of the Company's securities (past, current or future) which requires
stockholder approval under the rules of the OTC Bulletin Board.
ARTICLE 4.16 Permits. (a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all
material Permits; (b) all such Permits are in full force and effect, and each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all material
obligations with respect to such Permits; (c) no event has occurred which
allows, or after notice of lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination
by the issuer thereof or which results in any other material impairment of the
rights of the holder of any such Permit; and (d) the Company has no reason to
believe that any governmental body or agency is considering limiting, suspending
or revoking any such Permit.
ARTICLE 4.17 Leases. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to
any capital lease obligation with a value greater than $250,000 or to any
operating lease with an aggregate annual rental greater than $250,000 during the
life of such lease.
ARTICLE 4.18 Absence of Any Undisclosed Liabilities or Capital Calls. There
are no liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary of any kind whatsoever,
whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise,
and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which
would reasonably be expected to result in such a liability, other than (i) those
liabilities provided for in the financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 4.7 and (ii) other undisclosed liabilities which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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ARTICLE 4.19 Public Utility Holding Company. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is, or will be upon issuance and sale of the Securities and the use
of the proceeds described herein, subject to regulation under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate
Commerce Act or to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its
ability to issue and perform its obligations under any Transaction Agreement.
ARTICLE 4.20 Intellectual Property Rights. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed under, and has the rights to use, all material
patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how and processes
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") used in, or necessary for the conduct of
its business; no claims have been asserted by any Person to the use of any such
Intellectual Property or challenging or questioning the validity or
effectiveness of any license or agreement related thereto. To the best of
Company's and its Subsidiaries' knowledge, there is no valid basis for any such
claim and the use of such Intellectual Property by the Company and its
Subsidiaries will not infringe upon the rights of any Person.
ARTICLE 4.21 Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in at least such
amounts and against such risks such that any uninsured loss would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. All insurance coverages of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and there are no past due premiums in
respect of any such insurance.
ARTICLE 4.22 Title to Properties. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title to all their respective properties free and clear of
all Liens.
ARTICLE 4.23 Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in
the judgment of the Company's Board of Directors, to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements'
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.
ARTICLE 4.24 Foreign Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor, to the Company's knowledge, any employee or agent of the
Company or any Subsidiary has made any payments of funds of the Company or
Subsidiary, or received or retained any funds, in each case in violation of any
law, rule or regulation.
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ARTICLE 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
ARTICLE 5.1 Purchaser. Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the
Company that:
(a) Purchaser is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of
Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and the Securities to be acquired by it
pursuant to this Agreement are being acquired for its own account and, as of the
date hereof, not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof except in compliance with applicable United States federal
and state securities law; provided that the disposition of Purchaser's property
shall at all times be and remain within its control;
(b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the purchase of the Securities pursuant thereto are within Purchaser's corporate
or partnership powers, as applicable, and have been duly and validly authorized
by all requisite corporate or partnership action;
(c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
Purchaser;
(d) the execution and delivery by Purchaser of the Transaction
Agreements to which it is a party does not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, contravene or constitute
a default under or violation of (i) any provision of applicable law or
regulation, or (ii) any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other
instrument binding upon Purchaser;
(e) Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may not be transferred or sold except as
specified in this Agreement or the remaining Transaction Agreements;
(f) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of
Purchaser enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors
rights generally and (ii) equitable principles of general applicability;
(g) Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its
investment in the Securities and Purchaser is capable of bearing the economic
risks of such investment;
(h) Purchaser is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in
business and financial matters; Purchaser fully understands the limitations on
transfer described herein; Purchaser has been afforded access to information
about the Company and the financial condition, results of operations, property,
management and prospects of the Company sufficient to enable it to evaluate its
investment in the Securities; Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask
such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Securities and the merits and the risks of investing in the
Securities; and Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to obtain such
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additional information which the Company possesses or can acquire that is
necessary to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information given to
Purchaser concerning the Company. The foregoing does not in any way relieve the
Company of its representations and other undertakings hereunder, and shall not
limit Purchaser's ability to rely thereon; and
(i) no part of the source of funds used by Purchaser to acquire
the Securities constitutes assets allocated to any separate account maintained
by Purchaser in which any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) has any
interest.
ARTICLE 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PURCHASE OF SECURITIES
ARTICLE 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Purchaser's Obligations to Purchase.
The obligation of Purchaser hereunder to purchase the Convertible Debenture at
the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of
each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for
Purchaser's sole benefit and may be waived by Purchaser at any time in its sole
discretion:
(a) The Company shall have duly executed this Agreement, the
Convertible Debenture, the Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Escrow Agreement and delivered the same to Purchaser;
(b) The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser duly executed
certificates representing the Convertible Debentures and Warrants in accordance
with Section 2.3 hereof;
(c) The Company shall have delivered the Solvency Certificate;
(d) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in
each Transaction Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time
(except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specified date)
and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied with all covenants,
agreements and conditions required by such Transaction Agreements to be
performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing Date.
Purchaser shall have received an Officer's Certificate executed by the chief
executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing
effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser,
including but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company Corporate
Documents, resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and the
incumbencies of certain officers and directors of the Company. The form of such
certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(e) The Company shall have received all governmental, Board of
Directors, shareholders and third party consents and approvals necessary or
desirable in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements;
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(f) All applicable waiting periods in respect to the issuance and
sale of the Securities shall have expired without any action having been taken
by any competent authority that could restrain, prevent or impose any materially
adverse conditions thereon or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing;
(g) No law or regulation shall have been imposed or enacted that,
in the judgment of Purchaser, could adversely affect the transactions set forth
herein or in the other Transaction Agreements, and no law or regulation shall
have been proposed that in the reasonable judgment of Purchaser could reasonably
have any such effect;
(h) Purchaser shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing
Date, of counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to
Purchaser;
(i) All fees and expenses due and payable by the Company on or
prior to the Closing Date shall have been paid;
(j) The Company Corporate Documents and the Subsidiary Corporate
Documents, if any, shall be in full force and effect and no term or condition
thereof shall have been amended, waived or otherwise modified without the prior
written consent of Purchaser;
(k) There shall have occurred no material adverse change in the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance,
properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary since September 30,
2001;
(l) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation
or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or
governmental instrumentality that challenges the validity of or purports to
affect this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, or other transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby or that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or any material adverse effect on the enforceability of
the Transaction Agreements or the Securities or the rights of the holders of the
Securities or Purchaser hereunder;
(m) Purchaser shall have confirmed the receipt of the Convertible
Debenture and the Warrants to be issued, duly executed by the Company and
registered in the name of Purchaser;
(n) There shall not have occurred any disruption or adverse change
in the financial or capital markets generally, or in the market for the Common
Stock (including but not limited to any suspension or delisting), which
Purchaser reasonably deems material in connection with the purchase of the
Securities;
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(o) Immediately before and on the Closing Date, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(p) Purchaser shall have received all other opinions, resolutions,
certificates, instruments, agreements or other documents as they shall
reasonably request;
(q) Company shall have delivered to Purchaser the Use of Proceeds
Schedule 7.8.
ARTICLE 6.2 Conditions to the Company's Obligations. The obligations of
the Company to issue and sell the Securities to Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing Date, of
the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of Purchaser contained
herein shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date
and Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with
all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by
Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) The issue and sale of the Securities by the Company shall not
be prohibited by any applicable law, court order or governmental regulation;
(c) Receipt by the Company of duly executed counterparts of this
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement signed by
Purchaser;
(d) The Company shall have received payment of Purchase Price,
less the Transaction Fee.
ARTICLE 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Company hereby agrees that, from and after the date hereof for so
long as any Convertible Debentures remain outstanding and for the benefit of
Purchaser:
ARTICLE 7.1 Information. The Company will deliver to each holder of the
Convertible Debentures:
(a) promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of (i) all
registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration
statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent), and (ii) all reports of Forms 10-K,
10-Q and 8-K (or other equivalents) which the Company or any Subsidiary has
filed with the Commission (collectively, "SEC Reports");
(b) simultaneously with the delivery of each item referred to in
clause (a) above, a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Company
certifying the accuracy of the financial statements contained in the Company's
reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (or other equivalents) and stating that no
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Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, if as of the
date of such delivery a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, a
certificate from the Company setting forth the details of such Default or Event
of Default and the action which the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto;
(c) within two (2) days after any officer of the Company obtains
knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, or that any Person has given any
notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed Default hereunder, a
certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company setting forth the
details thereof and the action which the Company is taking or proposed to take
with respect thereto;
(d) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the
Company generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so mailed and any other document generally distributed to
shareholders;
(e) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the consummation of
any Financing or other event requiring a repayment of the Convertible Debentures
under Section 3.4, notice thereof together with a summary of all material terms
thereof and copies of all documents and instruments associated therewith;
(f) notice promptly upon the occurrence of any event by which the
Reserved Amount becomes less than the sum of (i) 1.5 times the maximum number of
Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Agreements; and
(g) promptly following the commencement thereof, notice and a
description in reasonable detail of any litigation or proceeding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party in which the amount involved is $250,000 or
more and not covered by insurance or in which injunctive or similar relief is
sought.
ARTICLE 7.2 Payment of Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all their respective
material obligations, including, without limitation, tax liabilities, except
where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
will maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of
any of the same.
ARTICLE 7.3 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. The Company will, and will
cause each Subsidiary to, keep all property useful and necessary in its business
in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. In
addition, the Company and each Subsidiary will maintain insurance in at least
such amounts and against such risks as it has insured against as of the Closing
Date.
ARTICLE 7.4 Maintenance of Existence. The Company will, and will cause
each Subsidiary to, continue to engage in business of the same general type as
now conducted by the Company and such Subsidiaries, and will preserve, renew and
keep in full force and effect its respective corporate existence and their
respective material rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in
the normal conduct of business.
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ARTICLE 7.5 Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, comply, in all material respects, with all federal, state,
municipal, local or foreign applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations,
municipal by-laws, codes and requirements of governmental authorities
(including, without limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA and the rules and
regulations thereunder) except (i) where compliance therewith is contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings or (ii) where non-compliance therewith
could not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a material adverse
effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
performance, properties or prospects of the Company or such Subsidiary.
ARTICLE 7.6 Inspection of Property, Books and Records. The Company will,
and will cause each Subsidiary to, keep proper books of record and account in
which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and
transactions in relation to their respective businesses and activities; and will
permit, during normal business hours, Purchaser' Representative or an affiliate
thereof, as representatives of Purchaser, and representatives of the Small
Business Administration to visit and inspect any of their respective properties,
upon reasonable prior notice, to examine and make abstracts from any of their
respective books and records and to discuss their respective affairs, finances
and accounts with their respective executive officers and independent public
accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes its independent public
accountants to disclose and discuss with Purchaser the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the presence of a representative
of the Company; provided, however, that such discussions will not result in any
unreasonable expense to the Company, without Company consent), all at such
reasonable times.
ARTICLE 7.7 Investment Company Act. The Company will not be or become an
open-end investment trust, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate
company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE 7.8 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the issuance and sale of
the Convertible Debentures by the Company shall be used in accordance with
Schedule 7.8 attached hereto. None of the proceeds from the issuance and sale of
the Convertible Debentures by the Company pursuant to this Agreement will be
used directly or indirectly for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or
ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any "margin stock" within the meaning of
Regulation G of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ARTICLE 7.9 Compliance with Terms and Conditions of Material Contracts.
The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply, in all respects,
with all terms and conditions of all material contracts to which it is subject.
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ARTICLE 7.10 Reserved Shares and Listings.
(a) The Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved
for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to
provide for the full conversion of the outstanding Convertible Debentures and
exercise of the Warrants and issuance of the Conversion Shares (based on the
conversion price of the Convertible Debentures in effect from time to time and
the exercise price of the Warrants, respectively) (the "Reserved Amount"). The
Company shall not reduce the Reserved Amount without the prior written consent
of Purchaser. With respect to all Securities which contain an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock issuable in connection therewith (such as the
Convertible Debentures), the Company shall include in the Reserve Amount, no
less than two (2) times the number of shares that is then actually issuable upon
conversion or exercise of such Securities. If at any time the number of shares
of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is below the number of
Conversion Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Convertible
Debentures and exercise of the Warrants, the Company will promptly take all
corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of
shares, including, without limitation, either (x) calling a special meeting of
shareholders to authorize additional shares, in the case of an insufficient
number of authorized shares or (y) in lieu thereof, consummating the immediate
repurchase of the Convertible Debentures and the Warrants contemplated in
Section 3.4(c) hereof.
(b) The Company shall promptly file the necessary Listing
Applications, if applicable, and secure the listing of the Conversion Shares
upon each national securities exchange or automated quotation system, if any,
upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of
issuance) and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall
be so listed, such listing of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable
upon conversion or exercise of the Convertible Debentures and Warrants,
respectively. The Company will maintain the listing and trading of its Common
Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board. The Company will use its commercially
reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as practicable and maintain the
listing and trading of its Common Stock on a National Market. The Company will
comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") and such exchanges, as applicable. The Company shall
promptly provide to Purchaser copies of any notices it receives regarding the
continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing on the OTC Bulletin Board
or any National Market.
ARTICLE 7.11 Transfer Agent Instructions. Upon receipt of a Notice of
Conversion or Notice of Exercise, as applicable, the Company shall immediately
direct the Company's transfer agent to issue certificates, registered in the
name of Purchaser or its nominee, for the Conversion Shares, in such amounts as
specified from time to time by Purchaser to the Company upon proper conversion
of the Convertible Debentures or exercise of the Warrants. Upon conversion of
any Convertible Debentures in accordance with their terms and/or exercise of any
Warrants in accordance with their terms, the Company will, and will use its best
lawful efforts to cause its transfer agent to, issue one or more certificates
representing shares of Common Stock in such name or names and in such
denominations specified by a Purchaser in a Notice of Conversion or Notice of
Exercise, as the case may be. As long as the Registration Statement contemplated
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by the Registration Rights Agreement shall remain effective, the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Debentures or exercise
of the Warrants shall be issued to any transferee of such shares from Purchaser
without any restrictive legend upon appropriate evidence of transfer in
compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission; provided that for so long as the Registration Statement is
effective, no opinion of counsel will be required to effect any such transfer.
The Company further warrants and agrees that no instructions other than these
instructions have been or will be given to its transfer agent. Nothing in this
Section 7.11 shall affect in any way a Purchaser's obligation to comply with all
securities laws applicable to Purchaser upon resale of such shares of Common
Stock, including any prospectus delivery requirements.
ARTICLE 7.12 Maintenance of Reporting Status; Supplemental Information. So
long as any of the Securities are outstanding, the Company shall timely file all
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
The Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports
under the Exchange Act, even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations
thereunder would permit such termination. If at anytime the Company is not
subject to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Company will promptly furnish at its expense, upon request, for the benefit of
the holders from time to time of Securities, and prospective purchasers of
Securities, information satisfying the information requirements of Rule 144
under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE 7.13 Form D; Blue Sky Laws. The Company agrees to file a "Form D"
with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D of the Securities
Act and to provide a copy thereof to Purchaser promptly after such filing. The
Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company
shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to
Purchaser at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities
or "blue sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken
to Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Company and Purchaser hereby agree (as applicable) that after the
date hereof for so long as any Convertible Debentures remain outstanding and for
the benefit of Purchaser and the Company (respectively):
ARTICLE 8.1 Limitations on Debt or Other Liabilities. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or suffer to exist (at any time
after the Closing Date, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds
of the issuance of the Securities) (i) any Debt except (x) Debt incurred in a
Permitted Financing, (y) Debt incurred in connection with equipment leases to
which the Company or its Subsidiaries are a party incurred in the ordinary
course of business; and (z) Debt incurred in connection with trade accounts
payable, imbalances and refunds arising in the ordinary course of business and
(ii) any equity securities (including Derivative Securities) (other than those
securities that are issuable (x) under or pursuant to stock option plans,
warrants or other rights programs that exist as of the date hereof, (z) in
connection with the acquisition (including by merger) of a business or of assets
otherwise permitted under this Agreement), unless the Company complies with the
mandatory prepayment terms of Section 3.4(b) hereof.
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ARTICLE 8.2 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company and each Subsidiary
will not, directly or indirectly, pay any funds to or for the account of, make
any investment (whether by acquisition or stock or indebtedness, by loan,
advance, transfer of property, guarantee or other agreement to pay, purchase or
service, directly or indirectly, and Debt, or otherwise) in, lease, sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets, tangible or intangible, to, or
participate in, or effect any transaction in connection with any joint
enterprise or other joint arrangement with, any Affiliate, except, (1) pursuant
to those agreements specifically identified on Schedule 8.2 attached hereto
(with a copy of such agreements annexed to such Schedule 8.2) and (2) on terms
to the Company or such Subsidiary no less favorable than terms that could be
obtained by the Company or such Subsidiary from a Person that is not an
Affiliate of the Company upon negotiation at arms' length, as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided that no determination
of the Board of Directors shall be required with respect to any such
transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business.
ARTICLE 8.3 Merger or Consolidation. The Company will not, in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions (i) consolidate with or merge
with or into any other Person, or (ii) permit any other Person to consolidate
with or merge into it, unless the Company shall be the survivor of such merger
or consolidation and (x) immediately before and immediately after given effect
to such transaction (including any indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be
incurred in connection with the transaction), no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; and (y) the Company has delivered to
Purchaser an Officer's Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger or
transfer complies with this Agreement, and that all conditions precedent in this
Agreement relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
ARTICLE 8.4 Limitation on Asset Sales. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary will consummate an Asset Sale of material assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary without the prior written consent of Purchaser, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. As used herein, "Asset Sale" means any sale,
lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases,
transfers or dispositions) or sales of capital stock of a Subsidiary (other than
directors' qualifying shares), property or other assets (each referred to for
the purpose of this definition as a "disposition"), including any disposition by
means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction other than a disposition
of property or assets at fair market value in the ordinary course of business.
ARTICLE 8.5 Restrictions on Certain Amendments. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary will waive any provision of, amend, or suffer to be amended, any
provision of such entity's existing Debt, any material contract or agreement
previously or hereafter filed by the Company with the Commission as part of its
SEC Reports, any Company Corporate Document or Subsidiary Corporate Document if
such amendment, in the Company's reasonable judgment, would materially adversely
affect Purchaser or the holders of the Securities without the prior written
consent of Purchaser.
ARTICLE 8.6 Restrictions on Issuances of Securities.
(a) In addition to and not in lieu of the covenant specified in
Section 8.1 above:
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(1) From the Closing Date and continuing until 180 days
following the date on which the Registration Statement becomes
effective, the Company agrees that it will not, without the prior
written consent of Purchaser, issue any of its equity securities (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for equity
securities (the "Derivative Securities")) on terms that allow a holder
thereof to acquire such equity securities (or Derivative Securities) at
a discount to the Market Price of the Common Stock at the time of
issuance or, in the case of Derivative Securities, at a conversion
price based on any formula (other than standard anti-dilution
provisions) based on the Market Price on a date later than the date of
issuance which is below the Market Price on the date of issuance (each
such event, a "Discounted Equity Offering") other than (i) borrowings
under conventional credit facilities existing as of the date hereof,
(ii) stock issued or credit facilities to be established in connection
with acquisitions, (iii) equity securities or Derivative Securities in
connection with employee and director stock option and stock purchase
plans and (iv) securities issued under the Convertible Debenture or
Warrants. As used herein, "discount" shall include, but not be limited
to, (i) any warrant, right or other security granted or offered in
connection with such issuance which, on the applicable date of grant,
is offered with an exercise or conversion price, as the case may be, at
less than the then current Market Price of the Common Stock or, if such
security has an exercise or conversion price based on any formula
(other than standard anti-dilution provisions) based on the Market
Price on a date later than the date of issuance, then at a price below
the Market Price on such date of exercise or conversion, as the case
may be, or (ii) any commissions, fees or other allowances paid in
connection with such issuances (other than customary underwriter or
placement agent commissions, fees or allowances). For the purposes of
determining the Market Price at which Common Stock is acquired under
this Section, normal underwriting commissions and placement fees
(including underwriters' warrants) shall be excluded. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may enter into the following types of
transactions (collectively referred to as "Permitted Financings"): (1)
"permanent financing" transactions, which would include any form of
debt or equity financing (other than an underwritten offering), which
is followed by a reduction of the said financing commitment to zero and
payment of all related fees and expenses; (2) "project financing" which
provide for the issuance of recourse debt instruments in connection
with the operation of the Company's business as presently conducted or
as proposed to be conducted; (3) an underwritten offering of Common
Stock, provided that such offering provides for the registration of the
Conversion Shares if the Registration Statement has not been declared
effective; and (4) other financing transactions specifically consented
to in writing by the Purchaser.
(2) The 180-day restrictive period set forth in paragraph
(1) of this Section 8.6(a) shall be increased by one day for each day a
Registration Default has occurred and not been cured by the Company.
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(b) Until such time as all of the Convertible Debentures have been
either redeemed or converted into Conversion Shares in full, the Company agrees
it will not issue any of its equity securities (or Derivative Securities),
unless any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in connection therewith are
"restricted securities." As used herein "restricted securities" shall mean
securities which may not be sold prior to twelve (12) months following the date
of issuance of such securities by virtue of contractual restrictions imposed by
the Company or otherwise.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions contained in
this Section 8.6 shall not apply to the issuance by the Company of (or the
agreement to issue) Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock in
connection with (i) the acquisition (including by merger) of a business or of
assets otherwise permitted under this Agreement, or (ii) Company or Subsidiary
stock option or other compensatory or employee benefit plans in existence on the
date of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 8.7 Limitation on Stock Repurchases. Except as otherwise set forth
in the Convertible Debentures and the Warrants, the Company shall not, without
the written consent of the Majority Holders, redeem, repurchase or otherwise
acquire (whether for cash or in exchange for property or other securities or
otherwise) any shares of capital stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or
options to purchase or acquire any such shares.
ARTICLE 8.8 No Short Sales. Purchaser and its Affiliates each agree that
it will not, directly or indirectly, engage in any securities transactions to
"short" the Company's Common Stock prior to any conversion of the Convertible
Debentures.
ARTICLE 9. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS
ARTICLE 9.1 Restrictions on Transfer. From and after their respective
dates of issuance, none of the Securities shall be transferable except upon the
conditions specified in this Article IX, which conditions are intended to ensure
compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act in respect of the Transfer
of any of such Securities or any interest therein. Purchaser will use its best
efforts to cause any proposed transferee of any Securities held by it to agree
to take and hold such Securities subject to the provisions and upon the
conditions specified in this Article IX.
ARTICLE 9.2 Legends. The Conversion Shares, upon resale by the Purchaser
pursuant to the Registration Statement, shall be freely tradeable and
unrestricted.
ARTICLE 9.3 Notice of Proposed Transfers. Prior to any proposed Transfer
of the Securities (other than a Transfer (i) registered or exempt from
registration under the Securities Act, (ii) to an affiliate of a Purchaser which
is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act, provided that any such transferee shall agree to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, or (iii) to be
made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act), the holder thereof shall
give written notice to the Company of such holder's intention to effect such
Transfer, setting forth the manner and circumstances of the proposed Transfer,
which shall be accompanied by (a) an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to
the Company, confirming that such transfer does not give rise to a violation of
the Securities Act, (B) representation letters in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company to ensure compliance with the provisions of the
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Securities Act and (C) letters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Company from each such transferee stating such transferee's agreement to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. Such
proposed Transfer may be effected only if the Company shall have received such
notice of transfer, opinion of counsel, representation letters and other letters
referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, whereupon the holder of such
Securities shall be entitled to Transfer such Securities in accordance with the
terms of the notice delivered by the holder to the Company.
ARTICLE 10. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES
ARTICLE 10.1 Liquidated Damages.
(a) The Company shall cause its transfer agent to, issue and
deliver shares of Common Stock consistent with Section 7.11 hereof within three
(3) New York Stock Exchange Trading Days of delivery of a Notice of Conversion
or Notice of Exercise, as applicable (the "Deadline") to Purchaser (or any party
receiving Securities by transfer from Purchaser) at the address of Purchaser set
forth in the Notice of Conversion or Notice of Exercise, as the case may be. The
Company understands that a delay in the issuance of such certificates after the
Deadline could result in economic loss to Purchaser.
(b) Without in any way limiting Purchaser's right to pursue other
remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief, the Company agrees
that if delivery of the Conversion Shares is more than one (1) Business Day
after the Deadline (other than a failure due to the circumstances described in
Section 4.3 of the Convertible Debentures, which failure shall be governed by
such Section) the Company shall pay to Purchaser, as liquidated damages and not
as a penalty, $500 for each $100,000 of Convertible Debentures then outstanding
per day in cash, for each of the first ten (10) days beyond the Deadline, and
$1,000 for each $100,000 of Convertible Debentures then outstanding per day in
cash for each day thereafter that the Company fails to deliver such Common
Stock. Such cash amount shall be paid to Purchaser upon demand, or at the option
of Purchaser (by written notice to the Company by the first day of the week
following the week in which it has accrued), shall be added to the principal
amount of the Convertible Debenture (if then outstanding) payable to Purchaser,
in which event interest shall accrue thereon in accordance with the terms of the
Convertible Debentures and such additional principal amount shall be convertible
into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Debentures.
ARTICLE 10.2 Conversion Notice. The Company agrees that, in addition to any
other remedies which may be available to Purchaser, including, but not limited
to, the remedies available under Section 10.1, in the event the Company fails
for any reason (other than as a result of actions taken by a Purchaser in breach
of this Agreement) to effect delivery to a Purchaser of certificates with or
without restrictive legends as contemplated by Article IX representing the
shares of Common Stock on or prior to the Deadline after conversion of any
Convertible Debentures or exercise of the Warrants, Purchaser will be entitled,
if prior to the delivery of such certificates, to revoke the Notice of
Conversion or Notice of Exercise, as applicable, by delivering a notice to such
effect to the Company whereupon the Company and Purchaser shall each be restored
to their respective positions immediately prior to delivery of such Notice of
Conversion or Notice of Exercise, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE 10.3 Conversion Limit. Notwithstanding the conversion rights under
the Convertible Debentures, unless Purchaser delivers a waiver in accordance
with the immediately following sentence, in no event shall Purchaser be entitled
to convert any portion of the Convertible Debentures, in excess of that portion
of the Convertible Debentures, as applicable, of which the sum of (i) the number
of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Purchaser and its Affiliates
(other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned
through the ownership of the unconverted portion of the Convertible Debenture or
other Derivative Securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock which contain a limitation similar to that set forth in this
Section 10.3), and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of the portion of the Convertible Debenture with respect to which
this determination is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by
Purchaser and its Affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock. For purposes of Section 10.3(i) beneficial ownership shall be
determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act and Regulations 13
D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.3. The foregoing
limitation shall not apply and shall be of no further force or effect (i)
immediately preceding and upon the occurrence of any voluntary or mandatory
redemption or repayment transaction described herein or in the Convertible
Debentures, (ii) immediately preceding and upon any Sale Event, (iii) on the
Maturity Date or (iv) following the occurrence of any Event of Default which is
not cured for a period of ten (10) calendar days.
ARTICLE 10.4 Registration Rights.
(a) The Company shall grant Purchaser registration rights covering
the Conversion Shares (the "Registrable Securities") on the terms set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement and herein.
(b) The Company shall prepare and file within sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date (the "Filing Date") a registration statement or
amendment thereto (the "Registration Statement") covering the resale of the
Registrable Securities. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission and the
necessary Listing Applications to be filed on the earlier of (i) 120 days of the
Closing Date, (ii) ten days following the receipt of a "No Review" Letter from
the Commission or (iii) the first day following the day the Commission
determines the Registration Statement eligible to be declared effective (the
"Required Effectiveness Date"). The Company shall pay all expenses of
registration (other than underwriting fees and discounts, if any, in respect of
Registrable Securities offered and sold under each registration statement by
Purchaser).
(c) If the Registration Statement is not filed by the Filing Date,
the Company shall pay to Purchaser, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the principal amount of Convertible
Debentures outstanding for each 30-day period (prorated) until the Registration
Statement is filed with the Commission. If the Registration Statement is not
declared effective by the Commission by the Required Effectiveness Date, the
Conversion Price then in effect (as defined in the Convertible Debenture) shall
be shall be reduced by ten percent (10%) for each 30-day period the Registration
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Statement is not declared effective by the Commission through the 360th day
following the Closing Date. In the event the Company fails to obtain a valid
registration statement by the 360th day following the Closing Date, the
Purchaser may require the Company to redeem the Convertible Debentures and the
Warrants as set forth in Section 5 of the Convertible Debentures and Section 13
of the Warrants, respectively. Additionally, the Company will grant to Purchaser
first priority piggyback registration rights in the event the Company proposes
to effect a registered offering of Common Stock or warrants or both prior to the
filing of the Registration Statement referenced above.
(d) Any such liquidated damages shall be paid in cash by the
Company to Purchaser by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the last
day of each calendar week following the event requiring its payment.
(e) If, following the declaration of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement the Registration Statement (or any prospectus or
supplemental prospectus contained therein) shall cease to be effective for any
reason (including but not limited to the occurrence of any event that results in
any prospectus or supplemental prospectus containing an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitting a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading), the Company fails to file required
amendments to the Registration Statement in order to allow the Purchaser to
exercise its rights to receive unrestricted, unlegended, freely tradeable shares
of Common Stock, or if for any reason there are insufficient shares of such
shares of Common Stock registered under the then current Registration Statement
to effect full conversion of the Convertible Debentures or exercise of the
Warrants (each a "Registration Default"), the Company shall immediately take all
necessary steps to cause the Registration Statement to be amended or
supplemented so as to cure the Registration Default. Failure to cure a
Registration Default within ten (10) Business Days shall result in the Company
paying to Purchaser liquidated damages at the rate of one percent (1%) of the
outstanding principal amount of Convertible Debentures for each 30-day period
(prorated) the Registration Default remains uncured.
(f) In the event that there is an insufficient number of
authorized, issuable, unlegended and freely tradeable shares of Common Stock
registered under the Registration Statement filed by the Company to fully
convert the Convertible Debentures and exercise all Warrants held by Purchaser
and sell such shares issued thereon, then the Company shall immediately file an
amendment to the then current registration statement to register a sufficient
number of such shares to convert said Convertible Debentures and Warrants. The
failure of the Company to register a sufficient number of such shares to fully
convert said Convertible Debentures and exercise such Warrants shall be a
Registration Default under Section 10.4(e) above from the date of the Notice of
Conversion to the date of the earlier of (i) the redemption of the outstanding
balance of the Convertible Debentures and exercise of all such Warrants or (ii)
full conversion of the Convertible Debentures and exercise of all such Warrants
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ARTICLE 11. ADJUSTMENT OF FIXED PRICE
ARTICLE 11.1 Reorganization. The Conversion Price and the exercise price of
the Warrants (collectively, the "Fixed Prices") shall be adjusted, as
applicable, as hereafter provided.
ARTICLE 11.2 Share Reorganization. If and whenever the Company shall:
(i) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a greater number of shares;
(ii) consolidate the outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares;
(iii) issue Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend to all or
substantially all the holders of Common Stock; or
(iv) make a distribution on the outstanding Common Stock
to all or substantially all the holders of Common Stock payable in
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock;
any of such events being herein called a "Share Reorganization," then in each
such case the applicable Fixed Price shall be adjusted, effective immediately
after the record date at which the holders of Common Stock are determined for
the purposes of the Share Reorganization or, if no record date is fixed, the
effective date of the Share Reorganization, by multiplying the applicable Fixed
Price in effect on such record or effective date, as the case may be, by a
fraction of which:
(i) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on such record or effective date (without giving
effect to the transaction); and
(ii) the denominator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such Share
Reorganization, including, in the case of a distribution of securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, the number
of shares of Common Stock that would have been outstanding if such
securities had been converted into or exchanged for Common Stock on
such record or effective date.
ARTICLE 11.3 Rights Offering. If and whenever the Company shall issue to
all or substantially all the holders of Common Stock, rights, options or
warrants under which such holders are entitled, during a period expiring not
more than 45 days after the record date of such issue, to subscribe for or
purchase Common Stock (or Derivative Securities), at a price per share (or, in
the case of securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, at an
exchange or conversion price per share at the date of issue of such securities)
of less than 95% of the Market Price of the Common Stock on such record date
(any such event being herein called a "Rights Offering"), then in each such case
the applicable Fixed Price shall be adjusted, effective immediately after the
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record date at which holders of Common Stock are determined for the purposes of
the Rights Offering, by multiplying the applicable Fixed Price in effect on such
record date by a fraction of which:
(i) the numerator shall be the sum of:
(I) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
such record date; and
(II) a number obtained by dividing:
(A) either,
(x) the product of the total number of
shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase and the
price at which such shares are so offered, or
(y) the product of the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock into or for which the convertible or
exchangeable securities so offered for subscription or purchase may be
converted or exchanged and the conversion or exchange price of such
securities, or, as the case may be, by
(B) the Market Price of the Common Stock on such
record date; and
(ii) the denominator shall be the sum of:
(I) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
such record date; and
(II) the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for
subscription or purchase (or, in the case of Derivative Securities, the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock for or into which the
securities so offered for subscription or purchase may be converted or
exchanged).
To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to
the expiry time thereof, the applicable Fixed Price shall be readjusted
effective immediately after such expiry time to the applicable Fixed Price which
would then have been in effect upon the number of shares of Common Stock (or
Derivative Securities) actually delivered upon the exercise of such rights,
options or warrants.
ARTICLE 11.4 Special Distribution. If and whenever the Company shall issue
or distribute to all or substantially all the holders of Common Stock:
(i) shares of the Company of any class, other than Common
Stock;
(ii) rights, options or warrants; or
(iii) any other assets (excluding cash dividends and
equivalent dividends in shares paid in lieu of cash dividends in the
ordinary course);
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and if such issuance or distribution does not constitute a Share Reorganization
or a Rights Offering (any such event being herein called a "Special
Distribution"), then in each such case the applicable Fixed Price shall be
adjusted, effective immediately after the record date at which the holders of
Common Stock are determined for purposes of the Special Distribution, by
multiplying the applicable Fixed Price in effect on such record date by a
fraction of which:
(I) the numerator shall be the difference between:
(A) the product of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on such record date and the Market Price of
the Common Stock on such date; and
(B) the fair market value, as determined by the
Directors (whose determination shall be conclusive), to the holders of
Common Stock of the shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets issued or distributed in the Special
Distribution (net of any consideration paid therefor by the holders of
Common Stock), and
(II) the denominator shall be the product of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date and the Market
Price of the Common Stock on such date.
ARTICLE 12.5 Capital Reorganization. If and whenever there shall occur:
(i) a reclassification or redesignation of the shares of
Common Stock or any change of the shares of Common Stock into other
shares, other than in a Share Reorganization;
(ii) a consolidation, merger or amalgamation of the
Company with, or into another body corporate; or
(iii) the transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company to another body corporate;
(any such event being herein called a "Capital Reorganization"), then in each
such case the holder who exercises the right to convert Convertible Debentures
after the effective date of such Capital Reorganization shall be entitled to
receive and shall accept, upon the exercise of such right, in lieu of the number
of shares of Common Stock to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon the
exercise of the conversion privilege, the aggregate number of shares or other
securities or property of the Company or of the body corporate resulting from
such Capital Reorganization that such holder would have been entitled to receive
as a result of such Capital Reorganization if, on the effective date thereof,
such holders had been the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock to
which such holder was theretofore entitled upon conversion; provided, however,
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that no such Capital Reorganization shall be consummated in effect unless all
necessary steps shall have been taken so that such holders shall thereafter be
entitled to receive such number of shares or other securities of the Company or
of the body corporate resulting from such Capital Reorganization, subject to
adjustment thereafter in accordance with provisions the same, as nearly as may
be possible, as those contained above.
ARTICLE 12.6 Purchase Price Adjustments. In case at any time and from time
to time the Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock or Derivative
Securities convertible or exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the number of
shares so issued, or issuable upon conversion or exercise of such Derivative
Securities, as applicable, being referred to as "Additional Shares of Common
Stock") for consideration less than the then Market Price at the date of
issuance of such shares of Common Stock or such Derivative Securities, in each
such case the Conversion Price shall, concurrently with such issuance, be
adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price immediately prior to such event by
a fraction: (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such Additional Shares of
Common Stock plus the number of shares of Common Stock that the aggregate
consideration received by the Company for the total number of such Additional
Shares of Common Stock so issued would purchase at the Market Price and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock plus the
number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued or sold.
ARTICLE 12.7 Adjustment Rules. The following rules and procedures shall be
applicable to adjustments made in this Article XI:
(a) no adjustment in the applicable Fixed Price shall be required
unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% in the applicable
Fixed Price then in effect, provided, however, that any adjustments which, but
for the provisions of this clause would otherwise have been required to be made,
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment;
(b) if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the adjustment
provisions of this Article XI but not expressly provided for by such provisions,
the Company will give notice of such event as provided herein, and the Company's
board of directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Fixed Price so
that the rights of the holders of the applicable Security shall not be
diminished by such event; and
(c) if a dispute shall at any time arise with respect to any
adjustment of the applicable Fixed Price, such dispute shall be conclusively
determined by the auditors of the Company or, if they are unable or unwilling to
act, by a firm of independent chartered accountants selected by the Directors
and any such determination shall be binding upon the Company and Purchaser.
ARTICLE 12.8 Certificate as to Adjustment. The Company shall from time to
time promptly after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment in
the applicable Fixed Price deliver to Purchaser a certificate specifying the
nature of the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment
necessitated thereby, the applicable Fixed Price after giving effect to such
adjustment and setting forth, in reasonable detail, the method of calculation
and the facts upon which such calculation is based.
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ARTICLE 12.9 Notice to Holders. If the Company shall fix a record date for:
(a) any Share Reorganization (other than the subdivision of
outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares or the consolidation of
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares),
(b) any Rights Offering,
(c) any Special Distribution,
(d) any Capital Reorganization (other than a reclassification or
redesignation of the Common Stock into other shares),
(e) Sale Event; or
(f) any cash dividend,
the Company shall, not less than 10 days prior to such record date or, if no
record date is fixed, prior to the effective date of such event, give to
Purchaser notice of the particulars of the proposed event or the extent that
such particulars have been determined at the time of giving the notice.
ARTICLE 13. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
ARTICLE 13.5 Events of Default. If one or more of the following events
(each an "Event of Default") shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) failure by the Company to pay or repay when due, all or any
part of the principal on any of the Convertible Debentures (whether by virtue of
the agreements specified in this Agreement or the Convertible Debentures);
(b) failure by the Company to pay (i) within five (5) Business
Days of the due date thereof any interest on any Convertible Debentures or (ii)
within five (5) Business Days following the delivery of notice to the Company of
any fees or any other amount payable (not otherwise referred to in (a) above or
this clause (b)) by the Company under this Agreement or any other Transaction
Agreement;
(c) reserved;
(d) failure on the part of the Company to observe or perform any
covenant contained in Article VIII of this Agreement;
(e) failure on the part of the Company to observe or perform any
covenant or agreement contained in any Transaction Agreement (other than those
covered by clauses (a), (b), (c), or (d) above) for 30 days from the date of
such occurrence;
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(f) the trading in the Common Stock shall have been suspended by
the Commission, OTC Bulletin Board or any National Market (except for any
suspension of trading of limited duration solely to permit dissemination of
material information regarding the Company and except if, at the time there is
any suspension on any National Market, the Common Stock is then listed and
approved for trading on another National Market within ten (10) Trading Days
thereof);
(g) reserved;
(h) the Company shall have its Common Stock delisted from the OTC
Bulletin Board or a National Market for at least ten (10) consecutive Trading
Days and is unable to obtain a listing on a National Market within such ten (10)
Trading Days;
(i) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall not be
maintained for the Registration Maintenance Period, which results in the Company
incurring the liquidated damages or a default fee for a period in excess of 30
days;
(j) the Company or any Subsidiary has commenced a voluntary case
or other proceeding seeking liquidation, winding-up, reorganization or other
relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar
official of it or any substantial part of its property, or has consented to any
such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official
in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or has made a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or has failed generally to pay
its debts as they become due, or has taken any corporate action to authorize any
of the foregoing;
(k) an involuntary case or other proceeding has been commenced
against the Company or any Subsidiary seeking liquidation, winding-up,
reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian
or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and
such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed
for a period of 60 days, or an order for relief has been entered against the
Company or any Subsidiary under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter
in effect;
(l) default in any provision (including payment) or any agreement
governing the terms of any Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of
$500,000, which has not been cured within any applicable period of grace
associated therewith;
(m) judgments or orders for the payment of money which in the
aggregate at any one time exceed $1,000,000 and are not covered by insurance
have been rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary by a court of competent
jurisdiction and such judgments or orders shall continue unsatisfied and
unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
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(n) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made
by the Company in any Transaction Agreement or which is contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time
under or in connection with any Transaction Agreement shall prove to have been
untrue in any material respect when made.
then, and in every such occurrence, Purchaser may, with respect to an Event of
Default specified in paragraphs (a) or (b), and the Majority Holders may, with
respect to any other Event of Default, by notice to the Company, declare the
Convertible Debentures to be, and the Convertible Debentures shall thereon
become immediately due and payable; provided that in the case of any of the
Events of Default specified in paragraph (j) or (k) above with respect to the
Company or any Subsidiary, then, without any notice to the Company or any other
act by Purchaser, the entire amount of the Convertible Debentures shall become
immediately due and payable, provided, further, if any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Convertible
Debenture has been declared immediately due and payable hereunder, any Purchaser
of Convertible Debentures may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of
Purchaser by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding,
whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any
Convertible Debenture, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the
terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby
or thereby or by law or otherwise, and provided further, in the case of any
Event of Default, the amount declared due and payable on the Convertible
Debentures shall be the Formula Price.
ARTICLE 13.6 Powers and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to Purchaser is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy. Every power and remedy given by the Convertible Debentures or
by law may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed
expedient, by Purchaser.
ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 14.5 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to any
party hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier or similar writing)
and shall be given to such party at its address set forth on the signature pages
hereof, or such other address as such party may hereafter specify for the
purpose to the other parties. Each such notice, demand or other communication
shall be effective (i) if given by telecopy, when such telecopy is transmitted
to the telecopy number specified on the signature page hereof, (ii) if given by
mail, four days after such communication is deposited in the mail with first
class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other
means, when delivered at the address specified in or pursuant to this Section.
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ARTICLE 14.6 No Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party in exercising any
right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
remedy.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented
or waived if, but only if, such amendment, supplement or waiver is in writing
and is signed by the Company and the Majority Holders; provided, that without
the consent of each holder of any Convertible Debenture affected thereby, an
amendment or waiver may not (a) reduce the aggregate principal amount of
Convertible Debentures whose holders must consent to an amendment or waiver, (b)
reduce the rate or extend the time for payment of interest on any Convertible
Debenture, (c) reduce the principal amount of or extend the stated maturity of
any Convertible Debenture or (d) make any Convertible Debenture payable in money
or property other than as stated in such Convertible Debenture. In determining
whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Convertible Debentures
have concurred in any direction, consent, or waiver as provided in any
Transaction Agreement, Convertible Debentures which are owned by the Company or
any other obligor on or guarantor of the convertible Debentures, or by any
Person Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with any of the
foregoing, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose
of any such determination; and provided further that no such amendment,
supplement or waiver which affects the rights of Purchaser and their affiliates
otherwise than solely in their capacities as holders of Convertible Debentures
shall be effective with respect to them without their prior written consent.
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ARTICLE 14.7 Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser,
its Affiliates, and each Person, if any, who controls Purchaser, or any of its
Affiliates, within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each,
a "Controlling Person"), and the respective partners, agents, employees,
officers and Directors of Purchaser, their Affiliates and any such Controlling
Person (each an "Indemnified Party") and collectively, the "Indemnified
Parties"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses (including, without limitation and as incurred, reasonable costs of
investigating, preparing or defending any such claim or action, whether or not
such Indemnified Party is a party thereto, provided that the Company shall not
be obligated to advance such costs to any Indemnified Party other than Purchaser
unless it has received from such Indemnified Party an undertaking to repay to
the Company the costs so advanced if it should be determined by final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party was not
entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to such costs) which may be
incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with any investigative,
administrative or judicial proceeding brought or threatened that relates to or
arises out of, or is in connection with any activities contemplated by any
Transaction Agreement or any other services rendered in connection herewith;
provided that the Company will not be responsible for any claims, liabilities,
losses, damages or expenses that are determined by final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction to result from such Indemnified Party's gross negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith.
(b) If any action shall be brought against an Indemnified Party
with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company under this
Agreement, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing
and the Company, at its option, may, assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party and
payment of all reasonable fees and expenses. The failure to so notify the
Company shall not affect any obligations the Company may have to such
Indemnified Party under this Agreement or otherwise unless the Company is
materially adversely affected by such failure. Such Indemnified Party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Indemnified Party, unless (i) the Company has failed to assume
the defense and employ counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such action
(including any impleaded parties) include such Indemnified Party and the
Company, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the Company, in which case, if such
Indemnified Party notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the Company, the Company shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf of such
Indemnified Party, provided, however, that the Company shall not, in connection
with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or
related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be responsible hereunder for the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one such firm of separate counsel, in
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addition to any local counsel, which counsel shall be designated by Purchaser.
The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected
without the written consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld) and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified
Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of settlement of any
action effected with the consent of the Company. In addition, the Company will
not, without the prior written consent of Purchaser, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any
pending or threatened action, claim, suit or proceeding in respect to which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any
Indemnified Party is a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise,
consent or termination includes an express unconditional release of Purchaser
and the other Indemnified Parties, satisfactory in form and substance to
Purchaser, from all liability arising out of such action, claim, suit or
proceeding.
(c) If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is unavailable
(otherwise than pursuant to the express terms of such indemnity) to an
Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless, then in
lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, the Company shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such claims,
liabilities, losses, damages, or expenses (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and by Purchaser on the other from the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted
under applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and Purchaser on
the other, but also the relative fault of the Company and Purchaser as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 13.3, the aggregate contribution of all Indemnified Parties shall
not exceed the amount of interest and fees actually received by Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement. It is hereby further agreed that the relative
benefits to the Company on the one hand and Purchaser on the other with respect
to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact related to
information supplied by the Company or by Purchaser and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(d) The indemnification, contribution and expense reimbursement
obligations set forth in this Section 13.3 (i) shall be in addition to any
liability the Company may have to any Indemnified Party at common law or
otherwise; (ii) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements and the payment in full of the Convertible Debentures and
(iii) shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of Purchaser or any other Indemnified Party.
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ARTICLE 14.8 Expenses: Documentary Taxes. The Company has incurred an
application fee of $11,000.00 which shall be payable at Closing, In addition,
the Company agrees to pay to Global Capital Advisors, Ltd., on the Closing Date,
a fee of $15,000.00 (the "Transaction Fee") in full satisfaction of all
obligations of the Company to Purchaser and its agents in connection with the
negotiation and preparation of the Transaction Agreements, relevant out of
pocket due diligence, and legal fees and disbursements. In addition, the Company
agrees to pay any and all stamp, transfer and other similar taxes, assessments
or charges payable in connection with the execution and delivery of any
Transaction Agreement or the issuance of the Securities to Purchaser, excluding
their assigns.
ARTICLE 14.9 Payment. The Company agrees that, so long as Purchaser shall
own any Convertible Debentures purchased by it from the Company hereunder, the
Company will make payments to Purchaser of all amounts due thereon by wire
transfer by 4:00 P.M. (E.S.T.).
ARTICLE 14.10 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
the Company and upon Purchaser and its respective successors and assigns;
provided that the Company shall not assign or otherwise transfer its rights or
obligations under this Agreement to any other Person without the prior written
consent of the Majority Holders. All provisions hereunder purporting to give
rights to Purchaser and its affiliates or to holders of Securities are for the
express benefit of such Persons and their successors and assigns.
ARTICLE 14.11 Brokers. Except for a cash fee equal to 4% of the principal
amount of the Convertible Debenture payable to Colony Park Financial Services,
LLC at the Closing, the Company represents and warrants that it has not employed
any broker, finder, financial advisor or investment banker who would be entitled
to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission payable by the Company or
Purchaser in connection with the sale of the Securities.
ARTICLE 14.12 Delaware Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial; Appointment of Agent. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
DELAWARE AND OF ANY FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT SITTING IN DELAWARE FOR PURPOSES OF
ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT
AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO
THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF
BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS
SET FORTH HEREIN. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH PARTY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A
TRIAL BY JURY.
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ARTICLE 14.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits or Schedules
hereto, which include, but are not limited to the Convertible Debenture, the
Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement, set forth the entire agreement
and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations and
understandings between the parties, both oral and written relating to the
subject matter hereof. The terms and conditions of all Exhibits and Schedules to
this Agreement are incorporated herein by this reference and shall constitute
part of this Agreement as is fully set forth herein.
ARTICLE 14.14 Survival; Severability. The representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of the parties hereto shall survive the Closing
hereunder. In the event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or
void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said
provision; provided that such severability shall be ineffective if it materially
changes the economic benefit of this Agreement to any party.
ARTICLE 14.15 Title and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this
Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in
construing or interpreting this Agreement.
ARTICLE 14.16 Reporting Entity for the Common Stock. The reporting entity
relied upon for the determination of the trading price or trading volume of the
Common Stock on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement and all
Exhibits shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or any successor thereto. The written mutual
consent of the Purchaser and the Company shall be required to employ any other
reporting entity.
ARTICLE 14.17 Publicity. The Company and the Purchaser shall consult with
each other in issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no party shall issue
any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the
prior written consent of the other parties, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no prior consent shall be required
if such disclosure is required by law, in which such case the disclosing party
shall provide the other parties with prior notice of such public statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name
of Purchaser without the prior written consent of Purchaser, except to the
extent required by law, in which case the Company shall provide Purchaser with
prior written notice of such public disclosure.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers, as of the date first
above written.
DIRECTPLACEMENT, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Address: DirectPlacement, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
Telephone:
GCA Strategic Investment Fund Limited
By its General Partner, Global Capital
Management Services, Inc.
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
Address: 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Fax: 000-000-0000
Tel.: 000-000-0000
Securities Purchase Agreement
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LIST OF SCHEDULES
Schedule 2.2 Allocation of Purchase Price
Schedule 4.3 Capitalization
Schedule 4.7 Financial Information
Schedule 4.8 Litigation
Schedule 4.12 Investments, Joint Ventures
Schedule 7.8 Use of Proceeds
Schedule 8.2 Transactions with Affiliates
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Convertible Debentures
Exhibit B Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Officer's Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
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Schedule 2.2
Allocation of Purchase Price
1. $350,000 Principal Amount 10% Convertible Debentures for a purchase
price equal to $346,500.00.
2. Warrant to purchase 35,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company for a
purchase price equal to $3,500.00.
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