SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the
16th day
of November 2009 (the “Agreement”) between
TANGIERS INVESTORS, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investor”), and BERGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Company”).
WHEREAS, the parties desire
that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company
shall issue and sell to the Investor, as provided herein, and the Investor shall
purchase from the Company up to Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000)
of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”);
and
WHEREAS, such investments will
be made in reliance upon the provisions of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder
(the “Securities
Act”), and or upon such other exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or
all of the investments to be made hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
Certain
Definitions
Section
1.1. “Advance” shall mean
the portion of the Commitment Amount requested by the Company in the Advance
Notice.
Section
1.2. “Advance
Date” shall mean the first (1st)
Trading Day after expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each
Advance.
Section
1.3. “Advance
Notice” shall mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth
the Advance amount that the Company requests from the Investor.
Section
1.4. “Advance
Notice Date” shall mean each date the Company delivers (in accordance
with Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement) to the Investor an Advance Notice
requiring the Investor to advance funds to the Company, subject to the terms of
this Agreement. No Advance Notice Date shall be less than ten (10) Trading Days
after the prior Advance Notice Date.
Section
1.5. “Bid
Price” shall mean, on any date, the closing bid price (as reported by
Bloomberg L.P.) of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or if the Common
Stock is not traded on a Principal Market, the highest reported bid price for
the Common Stock, as furnished by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
Section
1.6. “Closing” shall mean
one of the closings of a purchase and sale of Common Stock pursuant to Section
2.3.
Section
1.7. “Commitment
Amount” shall mean the aggregate amount of up to Twenty-Five Million
Dollars ($25,000,000) which the Investor has agreed to provide to the Company in
order to purchase the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
Section
1.8. “Commitment
Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date, and
expiring on the earliest to occur of (x) the date on which the Investor shall
have made payment of Advances pursuant to this Agreement in the aggregate amount
of the Commitment Amount, (y) the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 10.2 or (z) the date occurring twenty-four (24) months after the
Effective Date or thirty six (36) months after the Effective Date if twenty-four
(24) months after the Effective Date the Company files either an amendment to
the then effective registration statement or a new registration statement is
declared effective.
Section
1.9. “Common
Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001per
share.
Section
1.10. “Condition
Satisfaction Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2.
Section
1.11. “Damages” shall mean
any loss, claim, damage, liability, costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements and costs and expenses
of expert witnesses and investigation).
Section
1.12. “Effective
Date” shall mean the date on which the SEC first declares effective a
Registration Statement registering the resale of the Registrable Securities as
set forth in Section 7.2(a).
Section
1.13. “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section
1.14. “Material
Adverse Effect” shall mean any condition, circumstance, or situation that
would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company
to enter into and perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the
Registration Rights Agreement in any material respect.
Section
1.15. “Market
Price” shall mean the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock during the Pricing Period.
Section
1.16. “Maximum
Advance Amount” The maximum dollar amount of each Advance will
be equal to the average daily trading volume in dollar amount during the ten
(10) trading days preceding the Advance Date. No Advance will be made in an
amount lower than the Minimum Advance Amount (defined below) or higher than Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).
Section
1.17. “Minimum Advance
Amount” shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) per Advance
Notice.
Section
1.18. “FINRA” shall mean the
Financial Industry Regulatory Agency.
Section
1.19. “Person” shall mean an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or other
entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
Section
1.20. “Pricing
Period” shall mean the five (5) consecutive Trading Days after the
Advance Notice Date subject to the terms and conditions provided
herein.
Section
1.21. “Principal
Market” shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global
Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin
Board or the New York Stock Exchange, whichever is at the time the principal
trading exchange or market for the Common Stock.
Section
1.22. “Purchase
Price” shall be set at eighty-eight percent (88%) of the Market Price
during the Pricing Period.
Section
1.23. “Registrable
Securities” shall mean the shares of Common Stock to be issued
hereunder (i) in
respect of which the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by
the SEC, (ii) which have not been sold under circumstances meeting all of the
applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under
the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) or (iii)
which have not been otherwise transferred to a holder who may trade such shares
without restriction under the Securities Act, and the Company has delivered a
new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such securities not bearing a
restrictive legend.
Section
1.24. “Registration Rights
Agreement” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement dated the date
hereof, regarding the filing of the Registration Statement for the resale of the
Registrable Securities, entered into between the Company and the
Investor.
Section
1.25. “Registration
Statement” shall mean a registration statement on Form S-1 (if use of
such form is then available to the Company pursuant to the rules of the SEC and,
if not, on such other form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then
qualifies and which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which
form shall be available for the resale of the Registrable Securities to be
registered thereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement, and in accordance with the intended method of
distribution of such securities), for the registration of the resale by the
Investor of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act.
Section
1.26. “Regulation
D” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
Section
1.27. “SEC” shall mean the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section
1.28. “Securities
Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
Section
1.29. “SEC
Documents” shall mean Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Proxy Statements of the Company as
supplemented to the date hereof, filed by the Company for a period of at least
twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date hereof or the Advance Date, as
the case may be, until such time as the Company no longer has an obligation to
maintain the effectiveness of a Registration Statement as set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Section
1.30. “Trading
Day” shall mean any day during which the New York Stock Exchange shall be
open for business.
Section
1.31. “VWAP” shall mean the
volume weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock as quoted by
Bloomberg, LP.
ARTICLE
II.
Advances
Section
2.1. Advances.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation,
the provisions of Article VII hereof), the Company, at its sole and exclusive
option, may issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from
the Company, shares of the Company’s Common Stock by the delivery, in the
Company’s sole discretion, of Advance Notices. The number of shares of Common
Stock that the Investor shall purchase pursuant to each Advance shall be
determined by dividing the amount of the Advance by the Purchase Price. No
fractional shares shall be issued. Fractional shares shall be rounded to the
next higher whole number of shares. The aggregate maximum amount of all Advances
that the Investor shall be obligated to make under this Agreement shall not
exceed the Commitment Amount.
Section
2.2. Mechanics.
(a) Advance Notice. At
any time during the Commitment Period, the Company may require the Investor to
purchase shares of Common Stock by delivering an Advance Notice to the Investor,
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7.2; provided, however, the
amount for each Advance as designated by the Company in the applicable Advance
Notice shall not be less than the Minimum Advance Amount, nor more than the
Maximum Advance Amount and the aggregate amount of the Advances pursuant to this
Agreement shall not exceed the Commitment Amount. The Company acknowledges that
the Investor may sell shares of the Company’s Common Stock corresponding with a
particular Advance Notice after the Advance Notice is received by the Investor.
There shall be a minimum of ten (10) Trading Days between each Advance Notice
Date.
(b) Date of Delivery of Advance
Notice. An Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the Trading
Day it is received by facsimile or otherwise by the Investor if such notice is
received prior to 5:00 pm Eastern Time, or (ii) the immediately succeeding
Trading Day if it is received by facsimile or otherwise after 5:00 pm Eastern
Time on a Trading Day or at any time on a day which is not a Trading Day. No
Advance Notice may be deemed delivered on a day that is not a Trading
Day.
Section
2.3. Closings. On each
Advance Date (i) the Company shall deliver to the Investor such number of shares
of the Common Stock registered in the name of the Investor as shall equal (x)
the amount of the Advance specified in such Advance Notice pursuant to Section
2.1 herein, divided by (y) the Purchase Price and (ii) upon receipt of such
shares, the Investor shall deliver to the Company the amount of the Advance
specified in the Advance Notice by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
In addition, on or prior to the Advance Date, each of the Company and the
Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments and writings
required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order
to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein. To the extent the
Company has not paid the fees, expenses, and disbursements in accordance with
Section 12.4, the amount of such fees, expenses, and disbursements may be
deducted by the Investor (and shall be paid to the relevant party) directly out
of the proceeds of the Advance with no reduction in the amount of shares of the
Company’s Common Stock to be delivered on such Advance Date.
(a)
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Company’s Obligations
Upon Closing.
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On each Advance Date:
(i) The
Company shall deliver to the Investor via DWAC transfer the shares of Common
Stock applicable to the Advance in accordance with Section 2.3. The certificates
evidencing such shares shall be free of restrictive legends, provided such
shares are registered pursuant to an effective registration
statement.
(ii) the
Company’s Registration Statement with respect to the resale of the shares of
Common Stock delivered in connection with the Advance shall have been declared
effective by the SEC;
(iii) the
Company shall have obtained all material permits and qualifications required by
any applicable state for the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, or
shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of
the Registrable Securities shall be legally permitted by all laws and
regulations to which the Company is subject;
(iv) the
Company shall have filed with the SEC in a timely manner all reports, notices
and other documents required of a “reporting company” under the Exchange Act and
applicable Commission regulations;
(v) the
fees as set forth in Section 12.4 below shall have been paid or can be withheld
as provided in Section 2.3; and
(vi) the
Company’s transfer agent shall be DWAC eligible.
(b) Investor’s Obligations Upon
Closing. Upon
receipt of the shares referenced in Section 2.3(a)(i) above and provided the
Company is in compliance with its obligations in Section 2.3, the Investor shall
deliver to the Company the amount of the Advance specified in the Advance Notice
by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
Section
2.4. Hardship. In
the event the Investor sells shares of the Company’s Common Stock after receipt
of an Advance Notice and the Company fails to perform its obligations as
mandated in Section 2.3, and specifically the Company fails to deliver to the
Investor on the Advance Date the shares of Common Stock corresponding to the
applicable Advance pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(i), the Company acknowledges that
the Investor shall suffer financial hardship and, provided that the Investor has
performed its obligations pursuant to Section 2.3, and therefore the Company
shall be liable for any and all losses, commissions, fees, or financial hardship
caused to the Investor.
ARTICLE
III.
Representations
and Warranties of Investor
Investor
hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that the
following are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of each Advance
Date:
Section
3.1. Organization
and Authorization. The Investor is duly incorporated or organized and
validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and
has all requisite power and authority to purchase and hold the securities
issuable hereunder. The decision to invest and the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by such Investor, the performance by such Investor of its
obligations hereunder and the consummation by such Investor of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and requires no other proceedings
on the part of the Investor. The undersigned has the right, power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments (including,
without limitations, the Registration Rights Agreement), on behalf of the
Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor
and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and acceptance thereof by the
Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its
terms.
Section
3.2. Evaluation
of Risks. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial,
tax and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of,
and bearing the economic risks entailed by, an investment in the Company and of
protecting its interests in connection with this transaction. It recognizes that
its investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk.
Section
3.3. No Legal
Advice From the Company. The Investor acknowledges that it had the
opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The
Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any
statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives or
agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any
jurisdiction.
Section
3.4. Investment
Purpose. The securities are being purchased by the Investor for its own
account, and for investment purposes. The Investor agrees not to assign or in
any way transfer the Investor’s rights to the securities or any interest therein
and acknowledges that the Company will not recognize any purported assignment or
transfer except in accordance with applicable Federal and state securities laws.
No other person has or will have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in the
securities. The Investor agrees not to sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer
the Investor’s securities unless the securities are registered under Federal and
applicable state securities laws or unless, in the opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Company, an exemption from such laws is
available.
Section
3.5. Accredited
Investor. The Investor is and shall be on each Advance Date, an “Accredited Investor”
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D of the Securities
Act.
Section
3.6. Information. The
Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished with
all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company
and information it deemed material to making an informed investment decision.
The Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of the Company and its management. Neither such inquiries nor any
other due diligence investigations conducted by such Investor or its advisors,
if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s
right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement. The Investor understands that its investment involves a high degree
of risk. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax
advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision
with respect to this transaction.
Section
3.7. Receipt of
Documents. The Investor and its counsel have received and read in their
entirety: (i) this Agreement and the Exhibits annexed hereto; (ii) all due
diligence and other information necessary to verify the accuracy and
completeness of such representations, warranties and covenants; (iii) the
Company’s most recent periodic filings filed with the SEC; and (iv) answers
to all questions the Investor submitted to the Company regarding an investment
in the Company; and the Investor has relied on the information contained therein
and has not been furnished any other documents, literature, memorandum or
prospectus.
Section
3.8. Registration
Rights Agreement. The parties have entered into the Registration Rights
Agreement dated the date hereof.
Section
3.9. No General
Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any
person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under
the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the shares of Common
Stock offered hereby.
Section
3.10. Not an
Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or a person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any “Affiliate” of the
Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act).
Section
3.11. Limitations
on Trading Activities. The Investor’s trading activities with respect to
the Company’s Common Stock shall be in compliance with all applicable federal
and state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules and regulations
of the Principal Market on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed or traded.
Neither the Investor nor its affiliates has an open short position in the Common
Stock of the Company, the Investor agrees that it shall not, and that it will
cause its affiliates not to, engage in any short sales of or hedging
transactions with respect to the Common Stock, provided that the Company
acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of an Advance Notice the Investor has
the right to sell the shares to be issued to the Investor pursuant to the
Advance Notice during the applicable Pricing Period. Neither the Investor
or its affiliates shall trade or sell any of the Common Stock received pursuant
to an Advance Notice from the Company for an amount less than twelve percent
(12%) of the Purchase Price for which the Company Common stock is
received.
Section
3.12 Reliance on
Exemptions. The Investor understands that the
Common Stock is being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions
from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities
laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and
such Investor’ compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgements and understandings of such Investor set forth here in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such
Investor to acquire the Common Stock.
Section
3.13 No Governmental
Review. The Investor understands that no United States,
federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has
passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Common Stock issuable
pursuant to this Agreement or the fairness or suitability of the investment in
the Common Stock nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of
the offering of the Common Stock.
ARTICLE
IV.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
Except as
stated below, on the disclosure schedules attached hereto or in the SEC
Documents (as defined herein), the Company hereby represents and warrants to,
and covenants with, the Investor that the following are true and correct as of
the date hereof:
Section
4.1. Organization
and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated or organized and
validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and
has all requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its
business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing
in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes
such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section
4.2. Authorization, Enforcement,
Compliance with Other Instruments. (i) The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, and any related agreements, in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreement and any related agreements by the Company and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have
been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent
or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its
stockholders, (iii) this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any
related agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv)
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and assuming the execution and
delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor and any related agreements
constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and
remedies.
Section
4.3. Capitalization. The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 65,000,000 shares of Common
Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share
(“Preferred
Stock”), of which 5,033,450shares of Common Stock and no shares of
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares have
been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in
the SEC Documents, no shares of Common Stock are subject to preemptive rights or
any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by
the Company. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, as of the date hereof,
(i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe
to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities
or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any
shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) there
are no outstanding debt securities (iii) there are no
outstanding registration statements other than on Form S-8 and (iv) there are no
agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities
Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement). Except as disclosed
in the SEC Documents, there are no securities or instruments containing
anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by this Agreement or
any related agreement or the consummation of the transactions described herein
or therein. The Company has furnished to the Investor true and correct copies of
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the
date hereof (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”), and the Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date
hereof (the “By-laws”), and the
terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the
material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
Section
4.4. No
Conflict. Subject to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i)
result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of
designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or
By-laws or (ii) conflict with or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party, or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market on which the
Common Stock is quoted) applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
by which any material property or asset of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or affected and which would cause a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor its
subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Articles of
Incorporation or By-laws or their organizational charter or by-laws,
respectively, or any material contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness,
indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries. The business of the
Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted in violation of any material
law, ordinance, regulation of any governmental entity. Except as specifically
contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any
consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any
court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any
of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration
Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required
to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on
or prior to the date hereof.
Section
4.5. SEC
Documents; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with
the SEC under the Exchange Act. The Company has delivered to the Investor or its
representatives, or made available through the SEC’s website at
xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx, true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their
respective dates, the financial statements of the Company disclosed in the SEC
Documents (the “Financial
Statements”) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or
summary statements) and, fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other
information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor which is not
included in the SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
Section
4.6. 10b-5. The SEC
Documents do not include any untrue statements of material fact, nor do they
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
Section
4.7. No
Default. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company is not in
default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or
other material instrument or agreement to which it is a party or by which it is
or its property is bound (which has not been waived) and neither the execution,
nor the delivery by the Company, nor the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement or any of the exhibits or attachments hereto
will conflict with or result in the breach or violation (which has not been
waived) of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien or charge on any assets or
properties of the Company under its Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, any
material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement
applicable to the Company or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound, or any statute, or any decree, judgment, order, rules or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or its properties, in each case which default, lien or charge is
likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s business or financial
condition.
Section
4.8. Absence of
Events of Default. Except for matters described in the SEC Documents
and/or this Agreement, no Event of Default, as defined in the respective
agreement to which the Company is a party, and no event which, with the giving
of notice or the passage of time or both, would become an Event of Default (as
so defined), has occurred and is continuing, which would have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company’s business, properties, prospects, financial condition or
results of operations.
Section
4.9. Intellectual
Property Rights. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate
rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks,
service xxxx registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights,
inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and
rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted. The
Company and its subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of any infringement by
the Company or its subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent
rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service
xxxx registrations, trade secret or other similar rights of others, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or
brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against, the
Company or its subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent
rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service
xxxx registrations, trade secret or other infringement; and the Company and its
subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to
any of the foregoing.
Section
4.10. Employee
Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in
any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened. None of the Company’s or its
subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union and the Company and its
subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are
good.
Section
4.11. Environmental Laws.
The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all
applicable material foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“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.
Section
4.12. Title. Except as set
forth in the SEC Documents, the Company has good and marketable title to its
properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien,
security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than such as
are not material to the business of the Company. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.
Section
4.13. Insurance. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor
any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied
for and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe
that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not materially and
adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
Section
4.14. Regulatory
Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authorization or permit.
Section
4.15. Internal
Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles 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. Schedule 4.15 discloses the
deficiencies that have been noted in the SEC Documents.
Section
4.16. No Material
Adverse Breaches, etc. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or
other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation
which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the future
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties, operations,
financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its
subsidiaries. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in breach of any contract or agreement which breach,
in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the Company or its
subsidiaries.
Section
4.17. Absence of
Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there is no action,
suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board,
government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or
affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s subsidiaries,
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would (i) have a Material
Adverse Effect on the transactions contemplated hereby (ii) adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under, this Agreement or any of the documents
contemplated herein, or (iii) except as expressly disclosed in the SEC
Documents, have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, operations,
properties, financial condition or results of operation of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section
4.18. Subsidiaries. The
Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest
in any other corporation, partnership, association or other business
entity.
Section
4.19. Tax
Status. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company has made or
filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and
only to the extent that the Company has set aside on its books provisions
reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) 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,
except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books
provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all 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.
Section
4.20. Certain
Transactions. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents none of the
officers, directors, or 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 corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
Section
4.21. Fees and
Rights of First Refusal. The Company has received any
necessary waivers from any right of first refusal held by any third party, and
therefore currently is not restricted by any right of first refusal that would
require it to offer the securities offered hereunder on a right of first refusal
basis or otherwise to any third parties including, but not limited to, current
or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other
third parties.
Section
4.22. Use of
Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from this offering for
any general corporate purpose the Company deems necessary to the daily
operations of the Company,.
Section
4.23. Further
Representation and Warranties of the Company. For so long as any
securities issuable hereunder held by the Investor remain outstanding, the
Company acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that it will use its best
efforts to maintain the listing of its Common Stock on the Principal
Market.
Section
4.25. Opinion of
Counsel. The Company will obtain, subject to applicable securities laws,
for the Investor, at the Company’s expense, any and all opinions of counsel
which may be reasonably required in order to sell the securities issuable
hereunder without restriction.
Section
4.26. Dilution. The
Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could
significantly increase the outstanding number of shares of Common
Stock.
ARTICLE
V.
Indemnification
The
Investor and the Company represent to the other the following with respect to
itself:
Section
5.1. Indemnification.
(a) In
consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in
addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the
Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, and all
of its officers, directors, partners, employees and agents (including, without
limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement) (collectively, the “Investor
Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action,
suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and
expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Investor
Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is
sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified
Liabilities”), incurred by the Investor Indemnitees or any of them as a
result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach
of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or the
Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document
contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or
obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby
or thereby, or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against
such Investor Indemnitee not arising out of any action or inaction of an
Investor Indemnitee, and arising out of or resulting from the execution,
delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument,
document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the Investor
Indemnitees. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be
unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to
the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is
permissible under applicable law.
(b) In
consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in
addition to all of the Investor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the
Investor shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all
of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents (including,
without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”)
from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Company
Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a)
any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the
Investor in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, or any instrument
or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor, (b) any
breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Investor(s) contained in
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate,
instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor,
or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Company
Indemnitee based on misrepresentations or due to a breach by the Investor and
arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or
enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement
executed pursuant hereto by any of the Company Indemnitees. To the extent that
the foregoing undertaking by the Investor may be unenforceable for any reason,
the Investor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction
of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under applicable
law.
(c) The
obligations of the parties to indemnify or make contribution under this Section
5.1 shall survive termination.
ARTICLE
VI.
Covenants
of the Company
Section
6.1. RESERVED.
Section
6.2. Listing of
Common Stock. During the term of the Commitment Period, the Company shall
maintain the Common Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Principal
Market.
Section
6.3. Exchange Act
Registration. During the term of the Commitment Period, the Company will
cause its Common Stock to continue to be registered under Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, will file in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act and will not take
any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the
rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or
suspend its reporting and filing obligations under said Exchange
Act.
Section
6.4. Transfer
Agent Instructions. Upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement the
Company shall deliver instructions to its transfer agent to issue shares of
Common Stock to the Investor free of restrictive legends on or before each
Advance Date.
Section
6.5. Corporate
Existence. During the Commitment period, the Company will take all steps
necessary to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the
Company.
Section
6.6. Notice of
Certain Events Affecting Registration; Suspension of Right to Make an
Advance. The Company will immediately notify the Investor upon its
becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a
registration statement or related prospectus relating to an offering of
Registrable Securities: (i) receipt of any request for additional information by
the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority during the period
of effectiveness of the Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to
the registration statement or related prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the SEC
or any other Federal or state governmental authority of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any notification with respect
to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the happening of any event
that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or related
prospectus of any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any
changes in the Registration Statement, related prospectus or documents so that,
in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
that in the case of the related prospectus, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Company’s
reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement would be appropriate; and the Company will promptly make available to
the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related prospectus. The
Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Advance Notice during the
continuation of any of the foregoing events.
Section
6.7. Restriction
on Sale of Capital Stock. During the Commitment Period, the Company shall
not, without the prior written consent of the Investor, (i) issue or sell any
Common Stock or Preferred Stock without consideration or for a consideration per
share less than the Bid Price of the Common Stock determined immediately prior
to its issuance, or (ii) issue or sell any Preferred Stock warrant, option,
right, contract, call, or other security or instrument granting the holder
thereof the right to acquire Common Stock without consideration or for a
consideration per share less than the Bid Price of the Common Stock determined
immediately prior to its issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing this Section
shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance or an underwritten public
offering of Common Stock. For purposes of this Agreement “Exempt Issuance”
means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee
members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of
non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the
exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or
other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of
Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that
such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to
increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or
conversion price of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall
only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating
company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which
the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall
not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
investing in securities.
Section
6.8. Consolidation;
Merger. During the Commitment Period, the Company shall not, at any time
after the date hereof, effect any merger or consolidation of the Company with or
into, or a transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to
another entity (a “Consolidation Event”)
unless the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company) assumes
by written instrument the obligation to deliver to the Investor such shares of
stock and/or securities as the Investor is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Agreement.
Section
6.9. Issuance of
the Company’s Common Stock. The sale of the shares of Common Stock shall
be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Regulation D
and any applicable state securities law.
Section
6.10. Review of
Public Disclosures. All SEC filings (including, without limitation, all
filings required under the Exchange Act, which include Forms 10-Q and 10-QSB,
10-K and 10K-SB, 8-K, etc) and other public disclosures made by the Company,
including, without limitation, all press releases, investor relations materials,
and scripts of analysts meetings and calls, shall be reviewed and approved for
release by the Company’s attorneys and, if containing financial information, the
Company’s independent certified public accountants.
Section
6.11. Market
Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take
any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Common Stock or (ii) sell, bid for or purchase the Common Stock, or pay anyone
any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Common Stock.
ARTICLE
VII.
Conditions
Precedent
Section
7.1. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation hereunder of
the Company to issue and sell the shares of Common Stock to the Investor
incident to each Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the
Company, at or before each such Closing, of each of the conditions set forth
below.
(a) Accuracy of the Investor’s
Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Investor shall be true and correct in all material respects.
(b) Performance by the
Investor. The Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in
all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed, satisfied or
complied with by the Investor at or prior to such Closing.
Section
7.2. Conditions
Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice. The
right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice is subject to the fulfillment
by the Company, on such Advance Notice (a “Condition Satisfaction
Date”), of each of the following conditions:
(a) Registration of the Common
Stock with the SEC. The Company shall have filed with the SEC a
Registration Statement with respect to the resale of the Registrable Securities
in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. As set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Statement shall have
previously become effective and shall remain effective on each Condition
Satisfaction Date and (i) neither the Company nor the Investor shall have
received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with
respect to the Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or
withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or
permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so (unless the SEC’s concerns
have been addressed and the Investor is reasonably satisfied that the SEC no
longer is considering or intends to take such action), and (ii) no other
suspension of the use or withdrawal of the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or related prospectus shall exist. The Registration Statement must
have been declared effective by the SEC prior to the first Advance Notice
Date.
(b) Authority. The
Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any
applicable state in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement for the
offer and sale of the shares of Common Stock, or shall have the availability of
exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of the shares of Common Stock shall
be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is
subject.
(c) Fundamental Changes.
There shall not exist any fundamental changes to the information set forth in
the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.
(d) Performance by the
Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all
material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed, satisfied or
complied with by the Company at or prior to each Condition Satisfaction
Date.
(e) No Injunction. No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly and adversely
affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no
proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting or
adversely affecting any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(f) No Suspension of Trading in
or Delisting of Common Stock. The trading of the Common Stock is not
suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market (if the Common Stock is traded on a
Principal Market). The issuance of shares of Common Stock with respect to the
applicable Closing, if any, shall not violate the shareholder approval
requirements of the Principal Market (if the Common Stock is traded on a
Principal Market). The Company shall not have received any notice threatening
the continued listing of the Common Stock on the Principal Market (if the Common
Stock is traded on a Principal Market).
(g) Maximum Advance
Amount. The amount of an Advance requested by the Company shall not
exceed the Maximum Advance Amount. In addition, in no event shall the number of
shares issuable to the Investor pursuant to an Advance cause the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor and its
affiliates to exceed nine and 9/10 percent (9.9%) of the then outstanding Common
Stock of the Company. For the purposes of this section beneficial ownership
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act.
(h) No Knowledge. The
Company has no knowledge of any event which would be more likely than not to
have the effect of causing such Registration Statement to be suspended or
otherwise ineffective.
(i) Executed Advance
Notice. The Investor shall have received the Advance Notice executed by
an officer of the Company and the representations contained in such Advance
Notice shall be true and correct as of each Condition Satisfaction
Date.
ARTICLE
VIII.
Due
Diligence Review; Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information
Section
8.1. Non-Disclosure of Non-Public
Information.
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall refrain from disclosing, and shall
cause its officers, directors, employees and agents to refrain from disclosing,
any material non-public information to the Investor without also disseminating
such information to the public, unless prior to disclosure of such information
the Company identifies such information as being material non-public information
and provides the Investor with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept
such material non-public information for review.
(b) Nothing
herein shall require the Company to disclose non-public information to the
Investor or its advisors or representatives, and the Company represents that it
does not disseminate non-public information to any investors who purchase stock
in the Company in a public offering, to money managers or to securities
analysts, provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Company will, as hereinabove provided, immediately notify the
advisors and representatives of the Investor and, if any, underwriters, of any
event or the existence of any circumstance (without any obligation to disclose
the specific event or circumstance) of which it becomes aware, constituting
non-public information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or
generally during the course of due diligence by such persons or entities),
which, if not disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement
would cause such prospectus to include a material misstatement or to omit a
material fact required to be stated therein in order to make the statements,
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
Nothing contained in this Section 8.2 shall be construed to mean that such
persons or entities other than the Investor (without the written consent of the
Investor prior to disclosure of such information) may not obtain non-public
information in the course of conducting due diligence in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and nothing herein shall prevent any such persons or
entities from notifying the Company of their opinion that based on such due
diligence by such persons or entities, that the Registration Statement contains
an untrue statement of material fact or omits a material fact required to be
stated in the Registration Statement or necessary to make the statements
contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
ARTICLE
IX.
Choice
of Law/Jurisdiction
Section
9.1. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the State of California without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any action
between them shall be heard in the State of California, and expressly consent to
the jurisdiction and venue of the courts, sitting in California and the United
States District Court of California for the adjudication of any civil action
asserted pursuant to this paragraph.
ARTICLE
X.
Assignment;
Termination
Section
10.1. Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any rights of the Company hereunder may be assigned to any
other Person.
Section
10.2. Termination.
(a) The
obligations of the Investor to make Advances under Article II hereof shall
terminate twenty-four (24) months after the Effective Date or thirty six (36)
months after the Effective Date if twenty-four (24) months after the Effective
Date the Company filed either an amendment to the then effective registration
statement or a new registration statement was declared effective. The Company’s
obligations under this Agreement shall terminate on the date that the Investor
is no longer obligated to make Advances.
(b) The
obligation of the Investor to make an Advance to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement shall terminate permanently (including with respect to an Advance Date
that has not yet occurred) in the event that (i) there shall occur any stop
order or suspension of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for an
aggregate of fifty (50) Trading Days, other than due to the acts of the
Investor, during the Commitment Period, or (ii) the Company shall at any time
fail materially to comply with the requirements of Article VI and such failure
is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the
Investor, provided, however, that this
termination provision shall not apply to any period commencing upon the filing
of a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement and ending upon the
date on which such post effective amendment is declared effective by the
SEC.
(c) The
obligations of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate
permanently (including with respect to an Advance Date that has not yet
occurred) in the event that the Investor shall fail to materially comply with
the requirements of Articles II and III herein and such failure is not cured
within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the
Company.
(d) The
obligations of both the Company and the Investor pursuant to this Agreement
shall terminate at any time upon the parties’ written consent.
ARTICLE
XI.
Notices
Section
11.1. Notices. Any notices,
consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have
been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt,
when sent by facsimile, provided a copy is mailed by U.S. certified mail, return
receipt requested; (iii) three (3) days after being sent by U.S. certified mail,
return receipt requested, or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the
party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such
communications shall be:
If to the Company, to:
00
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx, 00000
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Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Chief
Executive Officer
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Phone: (000)
000-0000
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Facsimile:
(973)__________
Tangiers
Investors, LP
If to the
Investor(s):
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Each
party shall provide five (5) days’ prior written notice to the other party of
any change in address or facsimile number.
ARTICLE
XII.
Miscellaneous
Section
12.1. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
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. In
the event any signature page is delivered by facsimile transmission, the party
using such means of delivery shall cause four (4) additional original executed
signature pages to be physically delivered to the other party within five (5)
days of the execution and delivery hereof, though failure to deliver such copies
shall not affect the validity of this Agreement.
Section
12.2. Entire
Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or
written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates and
persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and
this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and
therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or
undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be
waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to
be charged with enforcement.
Section
12.3. Reporting
Entity for the Common Stock. The reporting entity relied upon for the
determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Common Stock on any
given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or
any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of the Investor and the
Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.
Section
12.4. Commitment
Fee. The Company hereby agrees to pay the following fees:
(a)
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Upon
the 30th
day following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to
the Investor shares of restricted Common Stock in an amount equal to Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) divided by the lowest VWAP during
the five trading days prior to issuance of the Company’s Common Stock (the
“Investor’s
Shares”). The Investor’s Shares shall remain restricted
until the earlier of the approval by the SEC of the S-1 Registration
Statement or six (6) months from the date of
issuance.
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(b) Fully Earned. The
Investor’s Shares shall be deemed fully earned but restrictive upon issuance
until the earlier of the SEC’s approval of the Company’s S-1 Registration
Statement or a period of six (6) months from the date of the execution of this
Agreement, at which time they will become unrestricted.
(c) Registration Rights.
The Investor’s Shares will have “piggy-back” registration rights.
Section
12.5. Brokerage. Each of
the parties hereto represents that it has had no dealings in connection with
this transaction with any finder or broker who will demand payment of any fee or
commission from the other party. The Company on the one hand, and the
Investor, on the other hand, agree to indemnify the other against and hold the
other harmless from any and all liabilities to any person claiming brokerage
commissions or finder’s fees on account of services purported to have been
rendered on behalf of the indemnifying party in connection with this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
12.6. Confidentiality. If
for any reason the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not
consummated, each of the parties hereto shall keep confidential any information
obtained from any other party (except information publicly available or in such
party’s domain prior to the date hereof, and except as required by court order)
and shall promptly return to the other parties all schedules, documents,
instruments, work papers or other written information without retaining copies
thereof, previously furnished by it as a result of this Agreement or in
connection herein.
[SIGNATURE
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be executed by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth
above.
COMPANY:
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__________________________
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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INVESTOR:
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TANGIERS
INVESTORS, LP
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__________________________
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By:
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Tangiers
Capital, LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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EXHIBIT
A
ADVANCE
NOTICE
The
undersigned, _______________________ hereby certifies, with respect to the sale
of shares of Common Stock of BERGIO INTERNATIONAL,
INC. (the “Company”) issuable in
connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), as
follows:
1. The
undersigned is the duly elected ______________ of the Company.
2. There
are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration
Statement which would require the Company to file a post effective amendment to
the Registration Statement.
3.
The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and
agreements to be performed by the Company and has complied in all material
respects with all obligations and conditions contained in the Agreement on or
prior to the Advance Notice Date, and shall continue to perform in all material
respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company through the
applicable Advance Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice
are satisfied as of the date hereof.
4. The
undersigned hereby represents, warrants and covenants that it has made all
filings (“SEC
Filings”) required to be made by it pursuant to applicable securities
laws (including, without limitation, all filings required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, which include Forms 10-Q, 10-K or 8-K, etc.). All SEC
Filings and other public disclosures made by the Company, including, without
limitation, all press releases, analysts meetings and calls, etc. (collectively,
the “Public
Disclosures”), have been reviewed and approved for release by the
Company’s attorneys and, if containing financial information, the Company’s
independent certified public accountants. None of the Company’s Public
Disclosures contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
5. The
Advance requested is _____________________.
The
undersigned has executed this Certificate this ____ day of
_________________.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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