SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of September 8, 2009, between Repros Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and
collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities
Act”), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company,
securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors”
means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to close.
“Closing” means the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing Date” means
the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i)
the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been
satisfied or waived.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means
the common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share, and any other class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed.
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“Common Stock
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which would entitle the
holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other
instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Company Counsel”
means Xxxxxxxx PC, with offices located at 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
“Evaluation Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance”
means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of
the Company pursuant to any 401k, stock or option plan duly adopted for such
purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or
a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established
for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion
of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or
exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have
not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such
securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price
of such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to stock splits, stock
dividends or distributions, recapitalizations and similar events affecting the
Common Stock and (d) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic
transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the
Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the
equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an
operating company or an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the
Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the
investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is
issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity
whose primary business is investing in securities.
“GAAP” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Ladenburg” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.8.
“Ladenburg Party”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.8.
“Liens” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right
or other restriction, other than restrictions imposed by securities
laws.
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
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“Participation
Maximum” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.10(a).
“Per Share Purchase
Price” equals $0.65, subject to adjustment
for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and
other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this
Agreement.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Pre-Notice” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10(b).
“Pro Rata Portion”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10(e).
“Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the
base prospectus filed with the Registration Statement.
“Prospectus
Supplement” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule
424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and delivered by
the Company to each Purchaser prior to or at the Closing.
“Purchaser Party”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
“Registration
Statement” means the effective registration statement with Commission
file No. 333-155265 which registers the sale of the Shares to the
Purchasers.
“Required Approvals”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the
Shares issuable hereunder.
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“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Short Sales” means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription Amount”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares
purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature
page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsequent Financing”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10(a).
“Subsequent Financing
Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.10(b).
“Subsidiary” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the SEC Reports, and shall, where
applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed
or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means
any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New
York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement and any other documents or agreements
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
Computershare Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a
mailing address of 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000 and a facsimile number of 000-000-0000, and any
successor transfer agent of the Company.
“WS” means Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx LLP with offices located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
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ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On
the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally
and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of 1,500,000
Shares. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire
transfer of immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser and
the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares as determined
pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the
other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon
satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3,
the Closing shall occur at the offices of WS or such other location as the
parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto;
(iii) a
copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the
Transfer Agent to deliver via the Depository Trust Company Deposit Withdrawal
Agent Commission System (“DWAC”) Shares equal
to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price,
registered in the name of such Purchaser; and
(iv) the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with
Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
(b) On
or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
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(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of
a specific date therein);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material
respects; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material
respects;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the
date hereof; and
(v) from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market
(except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the
Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any
time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to
purchase the Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
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(a) Subsidiaries. The
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any Subsidiaries.
(b) Organization and
Qualification. The Company is an entity duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation or default of
any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or
bylaws. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing, as the case may be, would not reasonably be expected to result in: (i)
a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform
in any material respect its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of
(i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”). No Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each
of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by
the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection
therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have
been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except
(i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent
conveyance and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
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(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
to which it is a party do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other understanding to
which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or
result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or
affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would
not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent,
waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other
than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.2 of this Agreement, (ii)
the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii)
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the
Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv)
such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities;
Registration. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued
and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all
Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to this Agreement. The Company has prepared and filed the
Registration Statement in material conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements
thereto as may have been required prior to the date of this
Agreement. The Registration Statement was declared effective under
the Securities Act on November 26, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) and
no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued
by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or,
to the actual knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the
Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, proposes to file the Prospectus Supplement, with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and
any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at
the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto, at time the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed
and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities
Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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(g) Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company is substantially as set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement, as updated by the SEC Reports. As of the date of the
Agreement, the Company has not issued any capital stock since it filed its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to
the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans,
the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s
employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, as a result of the
purchase and sale of the Securities or pursuant to equity compensation plans or
agreements filed as exhibits to the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding
options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any
right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is bound to
issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, in each
case issued by the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)
attached hereto, the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the
Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company
securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any
of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such
outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval
or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is
required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as filed
as an exhibit to the SEC Reports, there are no stockholders agreements, voting
agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital
stock to which the Company is a party or, to the actual knowledge of the
Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
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(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has complied in all material respects
with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other
documents filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by
law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with
the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to
herein as the “SEC
Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such
time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any
such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, that, the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on July 8, 2009 incorporated a press release dated July 7, 2009
as Exhibit 99.1 and such press release contained certain information which was
clarified by subsequent SEC Reports filed by the Company on Forms 8-K filed with
the Commission on July 23 and August 3, 2009. The Company has never been an
issuer subject to the disqualification provisions set forth in Rule 144(i) under
the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included
in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports,
except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the
date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had
or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to
GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the
Company has not materially altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company
has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property
to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or
redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any
equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to
existing Company stock option or compensation plans. Except for the
issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the
SEC Reports, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its business, properties, operations or financial
condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed
made that has not been publicly disclosed prior to the date that this
representation is made.
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(j) Compliance. The
Company: (i) is not in default under or in violation of (and no event has
occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company under), nor has the Company received
notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or
not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is not in violation of any
judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii)
is not, nor has been in, violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation
of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that
affect the environment, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Certain
Fees. Except as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have
no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or
on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due from the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents.
(l)
Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately
after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(m) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed
to, or which to its actual knowledge is likely to have the effect of,
terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act.
(n) Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken
all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s
certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers
solely as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
(o) Disclosure. Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or
might constitute material, non-public information which is not otherwise
disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement. The Company understands
and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the
disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding
the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and
correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2
hereof.
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(p) No Integrated
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which
any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(q) Acknowledgment Regarding
Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges
and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges
that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company
(or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any
of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the
Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further
represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(r) Acknowledgement Regarding
Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or
elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and
4.13 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of
the Purchasers have been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser
agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of
the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the
Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or future
open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including,
without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after
the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively
impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any
Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such
Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short”
position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to
have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and
acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at
various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, and (z)
such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the
hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such
aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the
Transaction Documents.
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(s) Regulation M
Compliance. The Company has not, and to its actual knowledge no one
acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay
to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii),
compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the
placement of the Securities.
Each
Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company does not make and has not
made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section
3.1.
3.2 Representations and
Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and
for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date
therein):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
(b) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Purchaser of the Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the Purchaser’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with or result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or
other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Purchaser
is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by
which any property or asset of the Purchaser is bound or
affected.
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(c) Own
Account. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as
principal for its own account. Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(d) Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities,
it was, and as of the date hereof it is either: (i) an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities
Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under
the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered
as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(e) Experience of Such
Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its
representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business
and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits
and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is
able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(f) Certain Transactions and
Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions
contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on
behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or
indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the
securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such
Purchaser first became aware of the proposed transactions contemplated hereunder
and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of
such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply
with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made
the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such
Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in
connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing
contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any
actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing
of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar
transactions in the future.
(g) Recent Events
Acknowledgement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that it is aware
of the adverse events recently disclosed by the Company in its Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 as filed with the Commission
and is making the purchase under this Agreement in complete knowledge of such
events.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or has not
made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section
3.2.
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 [RESERVED]
4.2 Securities Laws Disclosure;
Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press
release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Company shall, within four (4) Business Days following
the date hereof, file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms
of the transactions contemplated hereby and including the Transaction Documents
as exhibits thereto. From and after the issuance of such press
release, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public
information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company, or any of its
officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company and each
Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any
Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public
statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press
release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with
respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by
law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party
with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading
Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as
required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final
Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission
and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, by Trading Market
regulations or pursuant to an investigation conducted by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers
with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(b).
4.3 Shareholder Rights
Plan. Assuming that the Purchaser does not beneficially own
any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents immediately prior to the execution
of this Agreement, no claim will be enforced by the Company or, with the consent
of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person”
under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover
plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any
Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or
arrangement, solely by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction
Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the
Purchasers.
4.4 Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the
Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its
behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information
that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless
prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement with the
Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser
shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
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4.5 Use of
Proceeds. Except as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement,
the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder
to pay down our obligations to our trade creditors and, if any proceeds remain,
for working capital purposes.
4.6 Indemnification of
Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section
4.6 and to the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold each
Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role
of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any
other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the
directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in
settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur due to a claim
by a third party as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted
against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective
Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such
Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such
Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any
such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser of state or federal
securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall
be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify
the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser
Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically
authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a
reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii)
in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material
conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the
position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible
for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate
counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under
this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the
Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage
or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser
Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The
Company will have the exclusive right to settle any claim or proceeding,
provided that the Company will not settle any such claim, action or proceeding
without the prior written consent of the Purchaser Party, which will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that such consent shall not
be required if the settlement includes a full and unconditional release
satisfactory to the Purchaser Party from all liability arising or that may arise
out of such claim or proceeding and does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Purchaser Party. The provisions of this Section 4.6 shall inure to
the benefit of the Ladenburg Parties (as defined in Section 5.8) to the extent
provided in Section 5.8.
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4.7 Reservation of Common
Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company
shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive
rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of
enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
4.8 Listing of Common
Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use reasonable best efforts to
maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on
which it is currently listed, and the Company shall promptly apply to list or
quote all of the Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing
of all of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further
agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other
Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares, and
will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be
listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as
possible. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to
continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and
will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and
other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading
Market. Notwithstanding the above, Purchaser acknowledges that it is aware
of the notification that the Company received from Nasdaq on August 7, 2009
relating to certain deficiencies in connection with its continued listing on the
Nasdaq Global Market and the Company cannot make any assurances that it will be
able to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Global Market or any other Nasdaq
market or other national exchange.
4.9 Subsequent Equity
Sales.
(a) From
the date hereof until 15 days after the Closing Date, the Company shall not
issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed
issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.
4.10 Participation in Future
Financing.
(a) From
the date hereof until 30 days after the Closing Date, upon any issuance by the
Company of Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration
(a “Subsequent
Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to
an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 100% of the Subsequent Financing
(the “Participation
Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the
Subsequent Financing, unless the Subsequent Financing is a registered public
offering, in which case the Company shall offer each Purchaser the right to
participate in such public offering when it is lawful for the Company to do so,
but no Purchaser shall be entitled to purchase any particular amount of such
public offering. A Subsequent Financing shall not include any exchange of
Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents for indebtedness of the Company
outstanding prior to the date hereof.
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(b) At
least five (5) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing,
the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to
effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing
Notice”). Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request
by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall
promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a
Subsequent Financing Notice to such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing
Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent
Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the
Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to
be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto
as an attachment.
(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the fifth (5th)
Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that the
Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of
the Purchaser’s participation, and representing and warranting that the
Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the
terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company
receives no such notice from a Purchaser as of such fifth (5th)
Trading Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it
does not elect to participate.
(d) If
by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th)
Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice,
notifications by the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the
Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the
aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the
Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the
terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice.
(e) If
by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th)
Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the
Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers
seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum,
each such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as
defined below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro Rata Portion”
means the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Shares purchased on the
Closing Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.10 and (y) the
sum of the aggregate Subscription Amounts of Shares purchased on the Closing
Date by all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.10.
(f) The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice,
and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth above in
this Section 4.10, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent
Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in
such Subsequent Financing Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after the date
of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
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(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.10 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt Issuance or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common
Stock. In addition, Purchaser acknowledges that a Trading
Market for purposes of a Subsequent Financing may be deemed to include the OTC
Bulletin Board or similar over the counter trading exchange if the Company's
shares of Common Stock are then traded on such a market.
4.11 RESERVED.
4.12 Equal Treatment of
Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of
any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction
Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to
the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision
constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and
negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to
treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the
Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase,
disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.13 Certain Transactions and
Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or
pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period
commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.2. Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.2, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence
and terms of this transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing and
notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any
representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting
transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.2, (ii) no
Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in
any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from
and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.2 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality to the
Company after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section
4.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers
managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above
shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio
manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by
this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 15,
2009; provided,
however, that
no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by
the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees and
Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse
Enable Capital Management, LLC (“Enable”) the
non-accountable sum of $15,000 for its legal fees and expenses, none of which
has been paid prior to the Closing. Except as expressly set forth in
the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and
expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and
all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes
and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any
Securities to the Purchasers.
5.3 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement,
contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or
written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been
merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second
(2nd)
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived,
modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the
case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 66% in
interest of the Shares then outstanding (which amendment shall be binding on all
Purchasers) or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with
respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor
shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any
manner impair the exercise of any such right.
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5.6 Headings. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.7 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other
than by merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights
under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers
any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound,
with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction
Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
5.8 No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6 and the placement agent to
this transaction, Ladenburg Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”) may rely
on and is a third party beneficiary of the representations and warranties made
by the Company and the Purchasers under Article III as if such
representations and warranties were made to Ladenburg. In addition,
Ladenburg and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role
of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any
other title), each Person who controls Ladenburg (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors,
officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling
persons (each, a “Ladenburg Party”) may rely on and is a third party beneficiary
of the indemnification provisions made by the Company herein, including, without
limitation, in Section 4.6 hereof, as if such indemnification provisions were
made to the Ladenburg Parties. All references in this Agreement to the
Purchaser Parties as a beneficiary of indemnification obligations shall also be
deemed to include the Ladenburg Parties.
5.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder
or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject
to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is
improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party
hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process
being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof
via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in
addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.8, the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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5.10 Survival. The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and
the delivery of the Securities.
5.11 Execution. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same
or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal
Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option
under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind
or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights.
5.14 Replacement of
Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or
cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a
new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and
reasonable indemnity or security, if requested. The applicant for a
new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any
reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the
issuance of such replacement Securities.
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5.15 Remedies. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction
Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and
not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment Set
Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the
proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored
to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17 Independent Nature of
Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any
way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or
in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and
negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have
chosen to communicate with the Company through WS. WS does not
represent all of the Purchasers and only represents Enable. The Company has
elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents
for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested
to do so by any of the Purchasers.
5.18 Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any
action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a
Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on
the next succeeding Business Day.
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5.19 Construction. The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and
had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto. In addition, each and
every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction
Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits,
stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
5.20 WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY
OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY,
IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
Address for Notice:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Fax:
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Title: CEO
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO RPRX SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name
of Purchaser:
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Enable
Growth Partners LP
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Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X’Xxxx
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Name
of Authorized Signatory:
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Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
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Title
of Authorized Signatory:
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President
and CIO
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Email
Address of Authorized Signatory:
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Facsimile
Number of Authorized Signatory:
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000-000-0000
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Address
for Notice of
Purchaser: Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Address
for Delivery of certificated Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address
for notice):
Information
for Delivery of uncertificated Securities by DWAC:
Account
Number:
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Account
Name:
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DTC
Number:
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Subscription Amount:
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$975,000.00
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1,500,000
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