SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as
of May 22, 2020 between ParkerVision, Inc., a Florida 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 Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, 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:
“Action” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(i).
“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.
“Allocated Portion” means
the Purchaser’s pro rata portion of the Maximum Share of
Proceeds calculated based on the Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount proportion to the Maximum Share of Proceeds.
“Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Brickell Agreement” means
the Claims Proceeds Investment Agreement, dated February 24, 2016,
as amended, between the Company and Brickell Key Investments
LP.
“Business Day” means any
day except Saturday, 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 when 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 have been satisfied or
waived.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter
be reclassified or changed into.
“Common Stock Equivalents”
means any securities of the Company or any subsidiary 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 Proceeds” means
the net monetary proceeds received by the Company from any Patent
Asset Proceeds after payment of (i) contingent and/or other fees
and expenses payable to law firms representing the Company and/or
(ii) minimum returns payable under the Brickell
Agreement.
“Company Counsel” means
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, with offices located at The Chrysler Building, 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
“Disclosure Schedules”
means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“Effective Date” means the
earliest of the date that (a) the Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission, (b) all of the Shares have
been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144
or (c) the one year anniversary of the Closing Date provided that
all of the Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from
registration under Section 4(1) of the Securities Act (assuming,
for the purpose of making this determination, that all of the
holders of the Shares are non-Affiliates of the Company) and
Company Counsel has delivered to such holders a standing written
unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such holders
of the Shares pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to such
holders.
“Evaluation
Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(q).
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“GAAP”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(g).
“Indebtedness” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(y).
“Intellectual Property”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(n).
“Legend Removal Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.1(c).
“Lien” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(a).
“Material Permits” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(l).
“Maximum Share of
Proceeds” means an amount equal to Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000).
“Patent Asset Proceeds”
means any and all monetary recoveries paid by a defendant or a
third-party to the Company or an attorney on behalf of the Company
as a result of, or in connection with, the Company’s patent
assets.
“Per Share Purchase Price”
equals $0.35, 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 and prior to the
Closing Date.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“Public Information
Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.2(b).
“Public Information Failure
Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.2(b).
“Purchaser Party” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the
form of Exhibit A
attached hereto.
“Registration Statement”
means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the
Purchasers of the Shares.
“Required Approvals” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(d).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially
the same effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(g).
“Securities” means the
Shares.
“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.
“Trading
Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market
is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American,
the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the OTCQB, the OTCQX or the
“Pink Sheets” published by The OTC Markets Group, Inc.
or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions or
reporting prices), or any successors to any of the
foregoing.
“Transaction Documents”
means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, all
exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, the current transfer
agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 0000 00xx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
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
its Subscription Amount 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 Company
Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree.
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
copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent
instructing the Transfer Agent to issue to the Purchaser that
number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the
name of such Purchaser;
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the
Company.
(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;
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company; and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser.
2.2 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties
of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date
therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such
date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b)
of this Agreement.
(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 (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
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 in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of
this Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure
Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any
representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the
disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure
Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries; Organization and
Qualification. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries
of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns,
directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is an
entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite
power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company
nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the
provisions of its articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and its
subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, taken as a
whole, 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”), and no Proceeding has been instituted in any
such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to
revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(b) Authorization; Enforcement. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other
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
herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. This Agreement and each other 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 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.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale
of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default
(or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of
the properties or assets of the Company under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
(with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement,
credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company
debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company is a
party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or
affected, or (iii) 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 could not have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) 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) such filings,
if any, as are required to be made under applicable Federal and
state securities laws, including the filings required pursuant to
Section 4.4, the filing with the Commission of a Registration
Statement and the filing with the Commission of a Form D, (ii) such
notices or applications, if any, as are required to be given or
made to the Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the listing of the Shares for trading thereon and
(iii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable
state securities laws (the “Required
Approvals”).
(e) Issuance of the Securities. The
Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on
transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has
reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this
Agreement.
(f) Capitalization. Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(f)
of the Disclosure Schedules. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports
or Schedule 3.1(f),
the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of
employee stock options and the vesting of restricted stock units
under the Company’s equity incentive plans and pursuant to
the conversion or exercise or exchange 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 set forth in the SEC Reports or
Schedule 3.1(f) and
except for outstanding awards under the Company’s equity
incentive plans, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common
Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any
Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not
obligate the Company or any Subsidiary 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. There are no outstanding securities or
instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any
redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the
Company or such Subsidiary. All of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with
all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding
shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval
or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or
others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.
There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other
similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital
stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the
Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(g) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the 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
filed prior to the date hereof, including the exhibits thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely
basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports,
when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be
otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not
contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company 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.
(h) 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 the SEC Reports, (i) there has
been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required
to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company
has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or
other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made
any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock, except in connection with the payment of the exercise price
of, or withholding taxes for, awards under the Company’s
equity incentive plans, and (v) the Company has not issued any
equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except
pursuant to the Company’s existing equity incentive plans.
The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request
for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance
of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business,
properties, operations, financial condition or prospects that would
be required to be publicly disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day
prior to the date that this representation is made, except as set
forth in Schedule 3.1(h).
(i) Litigation. Except as set forth
in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of
violation, Proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any
of its properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental
or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company, nor any director or officer thereof,
is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or
a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. To the knowledge of the
Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by
the Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued
any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company under the Exchange Act
or the Securities Act.
(j) Labor Relations. No material
labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Company’s employees is a member of a
union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the
Company, and the Company is not a party to a collective bargaining
agreement, and the Company believes that its relationship with its
employees is good. No executive officer of the Company, to the
knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such
executive officer does not subject the Company to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company is in
compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the
failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(k) 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 other
governmental authority, or (iii) is not and has not been in
violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state
and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that
affect the environment, except in each case as could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Environmental
Laws. The
Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all
federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment (including ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively,
“Hazardous
Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands,
or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or
notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued,
entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”);
(ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in
each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company
possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by
the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct its business as described in the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(“Material
Permits”), and the Company has not received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets. The Company
has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property
owned by it that is material to the business of the Company and
good and marketable title in all personal property owned by it that
is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the
use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company
and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the
payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties.
Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company
are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
which the Company is in compliance.
(o) Intellectual Property. The
Company owns, possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all
Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as
now conducted or as described in the SEC Reports to be conducted,
except as such failure to own, possess, or acquire such rights
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth
in the SEC Reports, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is
no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of
any such Intellectual Property, except as such infringement,
misappropriation or violation would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect; (ii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such
Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts
which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iii) the
Intellectual Property owned by the Company and to the knowledge of
the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company has
not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part,
and there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such
Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts
which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there
is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
others that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise
violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of
others, the Company has not received any written notice of such
claim, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would
form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (v) to the
Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has
ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract,
patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement,
non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement,
nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a
former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such
employee’s employment with the Company or actions undertaken
by the employee while employed with the Company, except as such
violation would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Intellectual
Property” shall mean all patents, patent applications,
trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets,
technology, know-how and other intellectual property.
(p) Insurance. The Company is
insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and
customary in the businesses in which the Company is engaged,
including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance
coverage. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a
significant increase in cost.
(q) Transactions With Affiliates and
Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of
the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of
the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a
party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services
as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of
services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000, other than
for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company
and (iii) other employee benefits, including equity awards under
any equity incentive plans of the Company.
(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx. The Company is
in compliance with any and all requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 that are applicable to the Company, and any and all
rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder,
that are applicable to the Company and effective as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company maintains a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The
Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in
the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the
Company as of the end of the period covered by the most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The Company presented in its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no
changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such
term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company that have
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the internal control over financial reporting of the
Company.
(s) Certain Fees. No brokerage or
finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the
Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to
any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(t) Private Placement. Assuming the
accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act
is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company
to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of
the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and
regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment Company. The Company
is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an
“investment company” subject to registration under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights. Other than
with respect to the Company’s existing registration
statements filed under the Securities Act, or as otherwise
disclosed in the SEC Reports or Schedule 3.1(v) and other than
each of the Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the
Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any
Subsidiaries.
(w) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Except as disclosed
in the SEC Reports or otherwise publicly disclosed in a Company
press release, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the
date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the maintenance requirements of
such Trading Market. The Common Stock is currently eligible for
electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation and the Company is current in
payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other
established clearing corporation) in connection with such
electronic transfer.
(x) Disclosure. Except with respect
to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and for items disclosed
in Schedule 3.1(h), 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. 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 and its Subsidiaries, their respective
businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. .
(y) Tax Status. Except for matters
that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (i)
has made or filed all necessary federal, state, foreign and local
income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required
by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes
and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for
any such claim.
(z) Foreign Corrupt Practices.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the
Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or
indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or
domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate
funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the
Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its
behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law
or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of
FCPA.
(aa) Accountants.
The Company’s accounting firm is Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
P.A. To the knowledge of the Company, such accountants, who the
Company expects will express their opinion with respect to the
financial statements to be included in the Company’s next
Annual Report on Form 10-K, are a registered public accounting firm
as required by the Securities Act.
(bb) 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.
(cc) Acknowledgement
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere
herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g)
and 4.12 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company
that: (i) none of the Purchasers has 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.
(dd) Regulation
M Compliance. During the applicable restricted period
as defined in Regulation M, the Company has not, and to its
knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities,
(ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or
agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another
to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(ee) No
General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person
acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the
Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only
to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act.
(ff) No
Disqualification Events. With respect to the
Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506
under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its
predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive
officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering
hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the
Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on
the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the
Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an "Issuer Covered Person" and,
together, "Issuer Covered
Persons") is subject to any of the "Bad Actor"
disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under
the Securities Act (a "Disqualification Event"),
except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or
(d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine
whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification
Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its
disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the
Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided
thereunder.
(gg) Other
Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person
(other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be
paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of
purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D
Securities.
(hh) Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the
Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any
Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and
(ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a
Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered
Person.
(ii) No
Additional Agreements. The Company has not entered into any
agreement or understanding with any Purchaser or other individual
purchasing Shares with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents other than as
specified herein or therein. For the avoidance of doubt, each
Purchaser has the same rights with respect to the purchase of
Shares as each of the other Purchasers other than as explicitly set
forth herein or in any of the other Transaction
Documents.
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. If
such Purchaser is an entity, such purchaser duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. If such Purchaser is
an entity, the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents
and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such
Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has
been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such
Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the
valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by
general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and
(iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
(b) Own Account. Such Purchaser
understands that the Securities are “restricted
securities” and have not been registered under the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the
Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to
or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of
such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect
arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute
or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this
representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s
right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement
or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state
securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time
such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the
date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501 under Securities Act.
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser.
Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives,
has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and
financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so
evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser
is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete
loss of such investment.
(e) General Solicitation. Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the
Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or
broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or
any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) Access to Information. Such
Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review
the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the
Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities;
(ii) access to information about the Company and its financial
condition, results of operations, business, properties, management
and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment;
and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information
that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable
effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment.
(g) Certain Transactions
and Confidentiality. Other than
consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such
Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting
on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser,
executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the
securities of the Company during the period commencing from
the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written
or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the
Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereunder 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.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may
only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities
laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the
Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a
pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require
the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of
counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred
Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer,
any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall
have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The Purchasers
agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following
form:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY
A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN
SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or
all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under
the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if
required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may
transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured
parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval
of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the
pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection
therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At
the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute
and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured
party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a
pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities
are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus
supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other
applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend
the list of Selling Stockholders (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) thereunder.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof), (i) while a
registration statement covering the resale of such security is
effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such
Shares pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to a Registration
Statement, (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule
144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance
with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to
such Securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions,
or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after such time if required
by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend
hereunder. The Company agrees that, at such time as such legend is
no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later
than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to
the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares issued with
a restrictive legend, together with such documents or instruments
as may be required by the Transfer Agent (such third Trading Day,
the “Legend Removal
Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such
Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from
all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any
notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent
that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section
4. Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder
shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by
crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with
the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Purchaser.
(d) Each Purchaser,
severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any
applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption
therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the
plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the
removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing
Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the
Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
4.2 Furnishing
of Information; Public Information.
(a) Until the earliest
of the time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company
covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after
the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is
not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act.
(b) At
any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month
anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of
the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company
to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i)
shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information
requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer
described in Rule 144 (i)(1)(i) or becomes such an issuer in the
future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set
forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information
Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other
available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash,
as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of
any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the
Securities, an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the
aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities
on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth
(30th)
day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days)
thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public
Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public
information is no longer required for the Purchasers to
transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, up to a
maximum of three percent (3%) of the aggregate Subscription Amount
of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public
Information Failure. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be
entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) are referred to herein as
“Public Information Failure Payments.” Public
Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the
last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information
Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third
(3rd)
Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public
Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company
fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public
Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5%
per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing
herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual
damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser
shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law
or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.3 Contingent
Payments. The Company will pay
to each Purchaser, its Allocated Portion, until the aggregate of
all such Allocated Portions (or a portion thereof) equals an amount
equal to the Purchaser’s Subscription Amount. The Allocated
Portion will be paid by the Company within thirty (30) business
days following receipt by the Company of Company Proceeds by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by
the Purchaser in writing to the Company.
4.4 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The
Company shall no later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the
4th
Trading Day immediately after the
Closing Date, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. From and
after the issuance of such Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed
in accordance with clause (i) of the preceding sentence, the
Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly
disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of
the Purchasers by the Company or any of its respective 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
its investment advisor, or include the name of any Purchaser or its
investment advisor 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 (i) any registration statement
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the
filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b)
to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market
regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers
with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(b).
4.5 Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be
made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the
Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
“acquiring person” under any control share acquisition,
business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in
effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser
could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or
arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the
Transaction Documents.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. Except with
respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed
pursuant to Section 4.4, 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
constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes,
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information
and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers
any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such
Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees
that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to
Company or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates, or a duty to the Company or any of its officers,
directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the
basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the
Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent
that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such
notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form
8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall
be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.7 Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall
use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for
working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds for: (a)
the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or
(b) the settlement of any outstanding
litigation.
4.8 Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the
provisions of this Section 4.8, 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, claims, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid
in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer
or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the
Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or
(b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties 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 Parties, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is
based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s
representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser
Parties may have with any such stockholder or any violations by
such Purchaser Parties of state or federal securities laws or any
conduct by such Purchaser Parties which constitutes fraud, gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall
be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser
Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company
shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of
its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in
any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing,
(ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to
assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action
there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a
material conflict on any material issue between the position of the
Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses
of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be
liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (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.
4.9 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
4.10 Listing
of Common Stock. The Company
hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or
quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is
currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, if required,
the Company shall apply to list or quote 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 on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible.
The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to
continue the listing or quotation and trading of its Common Stock
on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the
Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the
bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to
maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic
transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by
timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such
other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.
4.11 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.
4.12 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 Discussion Time and ending at such time the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as
described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not
jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time
as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.4, such
Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and
terms of this transaction and the information included in the
Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules.
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 Section 4.4, (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 as
described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty
of confidentiality to the Company or its subsidiaries with respect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement after the
issuance of the Current Report on Form 8-K as described in clause
(i) of the first sentence of Section 4.4. 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.
4.13 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings. The
Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the
Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy
thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall
take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is
necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the
Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under
applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states
of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions
promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.14 Delivery
of Securities After Closing.
The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective
Securities purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser within two
(2) Trading Days of the Closing Date.
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 the fifth
(5th)
Trading Day following the date hereof; provided,
however,
that such termination will not affect the right of any party to xxx
for any breach by the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees
and Expenses. Except as
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary,
each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other
expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and
other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of
any Securities to the Purchasers.
5.3 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction
Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto,
contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters,
which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents,
exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required
or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment as set forth
on the signature pages attached hereto at or 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 or email attachment
as 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. To the extent that
any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document
constitutes, or contains material, non-public information regarding
the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with
the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form
8-K.
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 a majority in interest
of the Shares then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the
party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is
sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of
any such right.
5.6 Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a
part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.
5.7 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any
Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement
to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any
Securities, provided 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
4.8.
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, partners, members,
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 Action or Proceeding, any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that such 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 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 any 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 4.10, the prevailing
party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the
non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such Action or
Proceeding.
5.10 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closing and the delivery of the Securities for the applicable
statute of limitations.
5.11 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being
understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file,
such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed)
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or
“.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
5.12 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without
limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election,
demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does
not timely perform its related obligations within the periods
therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in
its sole discretion 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. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance
of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific
performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert
in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that
the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant
to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises
its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the
extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17 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. The Company
has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and
Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not
because it was required or requested to do so by the
Purchasers.
5.18 Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s
obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of
the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial
liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding
the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such
partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable
shall have been canceled.
5.19 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any
action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such
right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
5.20 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.
5.21 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.
(Signature Pages Follow)
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.
|
PARKERVISION,
INC.
By:__________________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
|
Address
for Notice:
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0X
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
The
Chrysler Building
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
|
|
[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGE]
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:
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser:
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
Title
of Authorized Signatory:
Email
Address of Authorized Signatory:
Facsimile
Number of Authorized Signatory:
Address
for Notice of Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address
for notice):
Book entry at American Stock Transfer &
Trust
Subscription
Amount: $_____________
Shares:
_____________
Tax ID
# _____________________
[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
