SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
4.29
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of May 10, 2007 by and among Ener1 Group, Inc., a Florida corporation
(the “Company”),
Ener1, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Issuer”)
and
each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including
its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser”
and
collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
the Company is the majority shareholder of the Issuer and currently beneficially
owns, on a fully diluted basis, 463,559,413 shares of Common Stock of the
Issuer
which comprises 86.7% of the Issuer’s currently issued and outstanding common
stock on a fully-diluted basis.
WHEREAS,
the Company wishes to borrow in the aggregate, $2 million from the
Purchasers.
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser,
severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, debentures
exchangeable into shares of Common Stock and common stock purchase warrants
exercisable into Common Stock.
WHEREAS,
the shares of Common Stock transferable upon exchange of the debentures and
upon
exercise of the warrants are currently registered for resale by the Company
to
the Purchasers pursuant to a resale registration statement filed by the Issuer
pursuant to the Securities Act.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized
terms
that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms
in
the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the
meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as
such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser
will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
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“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Issuer.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in
the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action
to close.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day 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 Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Issuer, 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, the Issuer or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including,
without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants
or
other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Company
Counsel”
means
Xxxxxx Song LLP with offices located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
“Debentures”
means
the 10% Exchangeable Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, one (1)
year
from their date of issuance, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder,
in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“Evaluation
Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange
Price”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.
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“Exempt
Issuance”
means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers
or
directors of the Issuer 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, (c) any other securities
purchased by a Purchaser from the Company or the Issuer, (d) 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, (e) securities issued by the Issuer
pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority
of the
disinterested directors of the Issuer, 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 Issuer and in
which
the Issuer receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but
shall
not include a transaction in which the Issuer is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business
is
investing in securities and (f) shares of Common Stock issued to Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx or his Affiliates.
“FWS”
means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP with offices located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
“GAAP”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Legend
Removal Date”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Maximum
Rate”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“Participation
Maximum”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
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“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.
“Pledge
Agreement”
means
that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among
the
Company and the Purchasers pursuant to which the Company will pledge 10 million
shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock
splits and the like) to the Purchasers.
“Pre-Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“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.
“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,
the
Issuer and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each
Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Required
Minimum”
means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then
transferred or potentially transferable in the future pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise
or
exchange in full of all Warrants and Debentures (including Underlying Shares
transferable as payment of interest), ignoring any exchange or exercise limits
set forth therein, and assuming that the Exchange Price is at all times on
and
after the date of determination 75% of the then Exchange Price on the Trading
Day immediately prior to the date of determination.
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect
as such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Debentures, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying
Shares.
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“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shareholder
Lock-up Agreement”
means
the Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2007, between the Company, the
Issuer
and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
“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 Debentures and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading
“Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available
funds.
“Subsequent
Financing”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“Subsequent
Financing Notice”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Issuer having material assets and operations as set
forth
on Schedule
3.1(a)
and
shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Issuer
formed or acquired after the date hereof having material assets and
operations.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the
New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Pledge Agreement, the Shareholder Lock-up 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
Registrar and Transfer Company, the current transfer agent of the Issuer,
with a
mailing address of 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 and a facsimile
number of (000) 000-0000, and any successor transfer agent of the
Issuer.
“Underlying
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock transferred and transferable upon exchange of
the
Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants and transferred and transferable
in
lieu of the cash payment of interest on the Debentures in accordance with
the
terms of the Debentures.
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“Variable
Rate Transaction”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.11(b).
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date
(or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from
9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the
OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price
of
the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC
Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the
OTC
Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the
“Pink
Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price
per
share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent
appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest
of
the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company,
the
fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants”
means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
at
the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall
be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years, in
the
form of Exhibit C
attached
hereto.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock transferable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
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 $2,000,000 in
principal amount of the Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company,
via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal
to its
Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its
Debenture and a Warrant, 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 conditions set forth
in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of FWS or such
other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
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2.2 Deliveries
(a)
On
the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal
opinion or opinions of Company Counsel or in-house counsel to the Company
or the
Issuer, as the case may be and as reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers,
covering the matters described on Exhibit
D
attached
hereto;
(iii)
a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount,
registered in the name of such Purchaser and executed by the
Company;
(iv)
a
Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase from the Company up
to a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to 60% of such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by $0.25, with an exercise price equal to $0.30,
subject
to adjustment therein;
(v)
the
Shareholder Lock-up Agreement duly executed by the Company, the Issuer and
the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company;
(vi)
the
Pledge Agreement duly executed by the Company and the Purchasers;
and
(vii)
the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Issuer.
(b)
On
the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the following:
(i)
this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company;
(iii) the
Pledge Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iv) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and
warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
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(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 when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed
at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since
the
date hereof; and
(v) from
the
date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been
suspended by the Commission or the Issuer’s principal Trading Market (except for
any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Issuer, which
suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior
to
the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg
L.P.
shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have
been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on
any
Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either
by the
United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred
any
material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material
adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable
judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company and the Issuer.
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 and the Issuer, jointly and severally,
hereby make the following representations and warranties to each
Purchaser:
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(a) Subsidiaries.
All of
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (that have material assets
and operations) and the Issuer are set forth on Schedule
3.1(a).
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(a),
the
Company or the Issuer each owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital
stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any
Liens
imposed by or through the Company or the Issuer, 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’s ownership of debt and equity
securities of the Issuer is set forth on Schedule
3.1(a).
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company, the Issuer and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated
or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with
the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and
to
carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company, the Issuer
nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of
its
respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company, the Issuer and
the
Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing
as a
foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of
the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing,
as
the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in (i)
a
material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company or Issuer to perform in any
material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material
Adverse Effect”)
and no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting
or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company and the Issuer each has the requisite corporate power and authority
to
enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the
Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder
and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents
by
the Company and the Issuer and the consummation by each of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of the Company and the Issuer and no further action is
required by the Company, the Issuer, the board of directors of the Company,
the
Board of Directors, the shareholders of the Company or the shareholders of
the
Issuer in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have
been)
duly executed by the Company and the Issuer and, when delivered in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company and the Issuer enforceable against the Company
and the
Issuer in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar
as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the Issuer and the consummation by the Company and the Issuer of the
other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s, the Issuer’s or any Subsidiary’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under,
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of
the
Company, the Issuer or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company, Issuer or Subsidiary debt or otherwise)
or
other understanding to which the Company, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is
a
party or by which any property or asset of the Company, the Issuer or any
Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Company, the Issuer or a Subsidiary is subject (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property
or
asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of
each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
Neither
the Company nor the Issuer is 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 and the Issuer of the Transaction
Documents, other than (i) the Issuer’s filings required pursuant to Section 4.6,
and (ii) the Issuer’s filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement
as and when required by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Debentures and Warrants are duly authorized by the Company and, when issued
and
paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be
duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens
imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in
the
Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares have been validly issued to
the
Company, are fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed
by the Issuer. There are currently no restrictions or limitations on the
Company’s ability to transfer the Underlying Shares to the Purchaser pursuant to
the Transaction Documents.
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(g) Capitalization.
The
capitalization of the Issuer is as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g),
which
Schedule
3.1(g)
shall
also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and
of
record, by Affiliates of the Issuer as of the date hereof. Other than as
set
forth on Schedule
3.1(g),
the
Issuer has not issued any capital stock since its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act,
other
than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Issuer’s stock
option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
to
the Issuer’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion or
exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. The Company has not
transferred, sold, disposed of or entered into any other arrangement which
would
result in the economic disposition of the Underlying Shares since the last
Exchange Act filing of the Company. No Person has any right of first refusal,
preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate
in
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result
of the purchase and sale of the Debentures and Warrants, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving
any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock,
or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company,
the
Issuer or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue or transfer additional
shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale
of the
Debentures and Warrants will not obligate the Company to transfer 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 or Issuer securities
to
adjust the exercise, exchange, conversion or reset price under any of such
securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
and
the Issuer are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued
in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such
outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or
authorization of any shareholder, the board of directors of the Company,
the
Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. There are no shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other
similar agreements with respect to the Issuer’s capital stock to which the
Company or the Issuer is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between
or
among any of the Issuer’s shareholders.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Issuer has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by the Issuer, 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 Issuer was required
by
law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including
the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being
collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”)
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and
has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.
As of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and
none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Issuer 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 Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
and for
the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
year-end audit adjustments. The Company’s audited financial statements for two
years preceding the date hereof are set forth on Schedule
3.1(h).
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(i) Material
Changes.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed
prior
to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development
of
the Company or Issuer that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Issuer 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 Issuer’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the
Commission, (iii) the Issuer has not altered its method of accounting, (iv)
the
Issuer has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other
property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements
to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Issuer has
not
issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except
pursuant to Issuer’s existing stock option plans. The Issuer 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 or as set forth on Schedule
3.1(i),
no
event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the
Company, the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or their respective business,
properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to
be
disclosed by the Issuer under applicable securities laws at the time this
representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed
at
least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j) Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Issuer, threatened against
or
affecting the Company, the Issuer, any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative
agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign)
(collectively, an “Action”)
which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) if there were
an
unfavorable decision, would have reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, nor the Issuer, nor, to the Company’s
knowledge, any Subsidiary, 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.
There
has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company or the Issuer, there is
not
pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the
Issuer or to the Company’s knowledge any current or former director or officer
of the Issuer. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Issuer
or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act that has not
been
withdrawn by the Commission.
(k) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or the
Issuer,
is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or the Issuer
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
None
of the employees of the Company, the Issuer or the Subsidiaries is a member
of a
union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, the Issuer
or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company, nor the Issuer nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company,
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company,
is,
or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each
such
executive officer does not subject the Company, the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
The
Company, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S.
federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment
and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and
hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually
or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(l) Compliance.
Neither
the Company, nor the Issuer, nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or
in
violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company,
the
Issuer or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company, the Issuer or any
Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that
it is
in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties
is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is
in
violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or
(iii)
is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal,
state
and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the
environment, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local
or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses
as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such
permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect
(“Material
Permits”),
and
neither the Company, nor the Issuer nor any Subsidiary has received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material
Permit.
(n) Title
to Assets.
The
Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in
fee
simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in
all
personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company
and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for
Liens
as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal,
state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject
to
penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company,
the
Issuer and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting material
and enforceable leases with which the Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries
are in compliance in all material respects.
(o) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service
marks,
trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other
intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or material for
use in
connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports
and
where the failure to so have would be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company, nor the Issuer nor any Subsidiary has received a notice
(written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used
by the
Company, the Issuer or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights
of
any Person. To the knowledge of the Company or the Issuer, all such Intellectual
Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by
another
Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company, the Issuer
and
the Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except
where
failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(p) Insurance.
The
Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company, the Issuer
and
the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and
officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription
Amount.
The Company, has no reason to believe that the Company, the Issuer or any
such
Subsidiary 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 or on Schedule
3.1(q),
none of
the officers or directors of the Company or the Issuer and, to the knowledge
of
the Company or the Issuer, none of the employees of the Company or the Issuer
is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company, the Issuer or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers or 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 or the Issuer,
any
entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in
excess
of $60,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services
rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company
and
(iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any
stock
option plan of the Company.
(r) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls.
The
Issuer is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The
Issuer and 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 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 Issuer has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Issuer and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Issuer 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 Issuer’s certifying officers have, to the extent required by
applicable law, evaluated the effectiveness of the Issuer’s disclosure controls
and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Issuer’s most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”).
The
Issuer presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act, to the extent required by applicable law, 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 Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting
(as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected,
or
would reasonably be expected to materially affect, the Issuer’s internal control
over financial reporting.
(s) Certain
Fees.
Except
as described in Schedule
3.1(s),
no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
or the Issuer 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.
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(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 Debentures and Warrants 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 and the Issuer each 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 and the Issuer shall conduct its respective
business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration
Rights.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(v),
other
than the Company and, to the extent required by the Registration Rights
Agreement, each of the Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Issuer
to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of
the
Issuer.
(w) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Issuer’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and the Issuer has taken no action designed to, or which to
the
Company’s knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Issuer
received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating
such
registration. The Issuer 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 Issuer is not in compliance with
the
listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Issuer is,
and
has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue
to
be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
(x) Application
of Takeover Protections.
The
Company, the board of directors of the Company, the Issuer and the Board
of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison
pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Company’s or Issuer’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result
of the Purchasers, the Company and Issuer fulfilling their respective
obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents,
including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the
Debentures and the Warrants and the Purchasers’ ownership of the
Securities.
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(y) Disclosure.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, each of the Company and Issuer
confirm that neither it, the Issuer nor any other Person acting on the Company’s
or the Issuer’s behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or
counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute
material, nonpublic information concerning the Issuer. The Company and Issuer
understand and confirm that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing
representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company or
the
Issuer. All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company or the Issuer
to
the Purchasers regarding the Company, the Issuer, their respective businesses
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules
to
this Agreement, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company and the Issuer
during
the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The Company and the Issuer acknowledge, and agree, that no Purchaser
makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth
in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No
Integrated Offering.
Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor the Issuer, nor any of its Affiliates,
nor
any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made
any
offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be
integrated with prior offerings by the Company or the Issuer for purposes
of (i)
the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities
under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions
of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Issuer are listed
or
designated.
(aa) Solvency.
Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and the Issuer,
respectively, as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by
the
Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the
fair
saleable value of the assets of the Company and the Issuer, respectively,
exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities)
of
the Company and the Issuer, respectively, as they mature, (ii) the assets
of the
Company and the Issuer, respectively, do not constitute unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular
capital
requirements of the business conducted by the Company and the Issuer,
respectively, and projected capital requirements and capital availability
thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company and the Issuer,
respectively, together with the proceeds the Company and the Issuer,
respectively, would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after
taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
to pay
all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required
to be paid. The Company and the Issuer do not intend to incur debts beyond
their
ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing
and
amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company
and the
Issuer has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe
that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy
or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing
Date.
Schedule
3.1(aa)
sets
forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured indebtedness
of the Company, the Issuer and any Subsidiary, or for which the Company,
the
Issuer or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“Indebtedness”
means
(a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect
of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected
in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value
of
any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither
the Company, nor the Issuer nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect
to any
Indebtedness.
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(bb) Tax
Status.
Except
for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, the Issuer
and
each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income
and
franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon,
and the Company and the Issuer has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which
has
been asserted or threatened against the Company, the Issuer or any
Subsidiary.
(cc) No
General Solicitation.
Neither
the Company, nor the Issuer nor any person acting on behalf of the Company
has
offered or sold any of the Debentures and Warrants 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.
(dd) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company, nor the Issuer, nor to the knowledge of the Company or the Issuer,
any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or the Issuer,
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 the Issuer (or made by any person acting
on
its behalf of which the Company or the Issuer is aware) which is in violation
of
law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ee) Accountants.
The
accounting firm(s) of the Company and the Issuer is set forth on Schedule
3.1(ee)
of the
Disclosure Schedule. To the knowledge of the Company, the Issuer’s accounting
firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange
Act
and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements
to
be included in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending
December 31, 2007.
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(ff) Seniority.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3.1(ff),
as of
the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company or the
Issuer is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect
to
interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than
indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior
only
as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which
is
senior only as to the property covered thereby).
(gg) No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers.
There
are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
by the Company to arise, between the Issuer and the accountants and lawyers
formerly or presently employed by the Issuer and the Issuer is current with
respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect
the
Company’s or Issuer’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the
Transaction Documents.
(hh) 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 Issuer (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 and the Issuer’s
decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to
which it is a party has been based solely on the independent evaluation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Company, the Issuer and their
representatives.
(ii) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Trading Activity.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary
(except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged
by the Company that (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked to agree by
the
Issuer or the Company, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing
or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Issuer, or “derivative”
securities based on securities issued by the Issuer 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 Issuer’s
publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv)
each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control
over
any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction solely as a
result of engaging in such transaction. The
Company further understands and acknowledges that any hedging activities
(if
any) could reduce the value of the existing shareholders’ equity interests in
the Issuer at and after the time that the hedging activities are being
conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging
activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction
Documents.
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(jj) Regulation
M Compliance.
The Company and the Issuer, respectively, have not, and to the Company’s
knowledge no one acting on their respective 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 Issuer to facilitate the
sale
or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid
any
compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of the Issuer
or
(iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting
another to purchase any other securities of the Issuer, other than, in the
case
of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Issuer’s placement agent in
connection with the placement of the Securities.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each
Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery
of the
Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions
may be
limited by applicable law.
(b) Own
Account.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Debentures and Warrants are “restricted
securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Debentures and Warrants
as
principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing
or
reselling such Debentures or Warrants 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 Debentures or Warrants 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 Debentures or Warrants (this representation
and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Debentures or
Warrants 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
Debentures and Warrants hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.
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(c) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Debentures and Warrants, it was, and
at the
date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the
Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Purchaser.
Such
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of
such
investment.
(e) General
Solicitation.
Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Debentures or Warrants 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.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) The
Securities may be disposed of only in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Debentures or Warrants
other
than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the
Issuer
or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in Section 4.1(b), the Issuer may require the transferor thereof to provide
to
the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Issuer, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, to the effect that such transfer does
not
require registration of such transferred Debentures or Warrants under the
Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree
in
writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights
of
a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1
or applicable law, of a legend on any of the Securities substantially in
the
following form:
THIS
SECURITY IS NOT 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 AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [EXCHANGE]
OF
THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT
OR
OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The
Company and the Issuer acknowledge and agree 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 would not be subject to
approval of the Company or the Issuer 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 and Issuer 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 Shareholders thereunder.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including
the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security
by
the Purchasers is effective under the Securities Act and such securities
have
been or will be sold, or (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares
pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for
sale
under Rule 144(k), 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). If all or any portion
of
a Debenture or Warrant is exchanged or exercised (as applicable) at a time
when
there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Underlying Shares and the Purchasers effecting such exchange or exercise
has
represented in writing that such shares are or will be sold pursuant to such
registration statement, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule
144(k) or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements
of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements
issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall
be
transmitted to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime
broker with The Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser
free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company and the Issuer agree
that at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section
4.1(c), it will, no later than five (5) Trading Days following the delivery
by a
Purchaser to the Company of a certificate representing Underlying Shares,
as
applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such fifth Trading Day, the
“Legend
Removal Date”),
transmit such Underlying Shares to the Purchaser by crediting the account
of the
Purchaser’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company System as directed by
such Purchaser from all restrictive and other legends. Neither the Company
nor
the Issuer shall make any notation on its records or give instructions to
the
Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section.
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(d) In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to
a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
for
each $2,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on
the
date such Securities are submitted to the Company) delivered for removal
of the
restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day for
each
Trading Day following the delivery of written notice to the Company that
such
legend was not removed on or before the Legend Removal Date until such
certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such
Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver
certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction
Documents, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies
available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree
of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.2 Furnishing
of Information.
Until
the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the
Warrants have expired, the Issuer covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions
in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports
required to be filed by the Issuer after the date hereof pursuant to the
Exchange Act even if the Issuer is not then subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities,
if
the Issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act,
it will
prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance
with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell
the
Securities under Rule 144. The Company and Issuer further covenant that they
will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably
request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to
sell
such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
4.3 Exchange
and Exercise Procedures.
The
form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants and the form of Notice
of
Exchange included in the Debentures set
forth
the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise
the Warrants or exchange the Debentures. No additional legal opinion or other
information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise
their Warrants or exchange their Debentures. The Company shall honor exercises
of the Warrants and exchanges of the Debentures and shall deliver Underlying
Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth
in
the Transaction Documents.
4.4 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
The
Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day following
the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company, the Issuer 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, the Issuer
nor
any Purchaser shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such
public statement without the prior consent of the Company and Issuer, 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 or Issuer,
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, neither the Company nor the
Issuer
shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name
of
any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency
or
Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except
(i)
as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration
statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing
of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the
Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading
Market regulations, in which case the Company and Issuer shall provide the
Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause
(ii).
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4.5 Shareholder
Rights Plan.
No
claim will be made or enforced by the Company, the Issuer or, with the consent
of the Company or Issuer, 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 the Underlying Shares under the Transaction
Documents or under any other agreement between the Company, the Issuer and
the
Purchasers.
4.6 Non-Public
Information.
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company and the Issuer covenant
and agree that neither it nor any other Person acting on their behalf will
provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that
the
Company or the Issuer believes constitutes material non-public information
concerning the Issuer, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed
a
written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.
The
Company and the Issuer understand and confirm that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities
of the
Company and the Issuer.
4.7 Use
of
Proceeds.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
4.7
attached
hereto, the Company shall use at least 80% of the net proceeds from the sale
of
the Debentures and Warrants hereunder for working capital purposes of the
Issuer
and 20% of the net proceeds from the sale of the Debentures and Warrants
hereunder for working capital purposes of the Company and shall not use such
proceeds for (a) the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s, Issuer’s or a
Subsidiary’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course
of the Company’s, Issuer’s and Subsidiary’s business and prior practices), (b)
the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or securities
of
the Company or (c) the settlement of any outstanding litigation. Net proceeds
shall be transferred to the bank account of the Issuer within 30 days of
the
Closing Date.
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 person (each, a “Purchaser
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result
of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in
any
capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any shareholder
of
the Company or Issuer who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect
to
any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless
such
action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or
covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings
such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the
Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser
which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance).
If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of
which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party
shall
promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right
to
assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right
to
employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of
such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof
has
been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company
has
failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ
counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such
separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position
of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be jointly and severally responsible for the reasonable fees
and
expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company shall not
be
liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement
by a
Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but
only
to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to
any
Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or violations by the Purchaser of state or federal
securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud,
gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance.
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4.9 Reservation
and Listing of Underlying Shares.
(a) The
Company shall at all times own, free and clear of any Liens, a number of
shares
of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such
amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the
Transaction Documents but in no event less than the Required Minimum. All
shares
of Common Stock held by the Company and subject to an effective registration
statement, up to a number equal to the Required Minimum, shall first be applied
and reserved for transfer under the Transaction Documents.
(b) The
Issuer shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the
principal Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), prepare and
file
with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering
a
number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on
the
date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares
of
Common Stock to be approved for listing on such Trading Market as soon as
possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing,
and (iv) maintain the listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal
to
the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading
Market.
4.10 Participation
in Future Financing.
(a) From
the
date hereof until the date that is the later of (i) the 12 month anniversary
of
the date hereof and (ii) the date that the Debentures are no longer outstanding,
upon any issuance by the Company, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
(“Offering
Company”)
of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a “Subsequent
Financing”),
each
Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to an amount of the
Subsequent Financing equal to 30% of the Subsequent Financing (the “Participation
Maximum”)
on the
same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing.
(b) At
least
5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Offering
Party shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to
effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”),
which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of
such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent
Financing Notice”).
Upon
the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for
a
Subsequent Financing Notice, the Offering Party shall promptly, but no later
than 1 Business Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice
to
such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable
detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds
intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with
whom
such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a
term
sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.
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(c) Any
Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Offering Party by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York
City
time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser
is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the
Purchaser’s participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing,
and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing
Notice. If the Offering Party receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such
5th
Trading
Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Offering Party that
it
does not elect to participate.
(d) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications
by
the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing
(or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than
the
total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Offering Party may effect
the
remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the
Persons
set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e) If
by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th
Trading
Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Offering
Party
receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking
to
purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each
such
Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined
below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro
Rata Portion”
means
the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing
Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.10 and (y) the sum
of the
aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date
by
all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.10.
(f) The
Offering Party must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing
Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set
forth
above in this Section 4.10, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial
Subsequent Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms
set
forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the
date
of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.10 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt
Issuance or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common Stock.
4.11 [INTENTIONALLY
DELETED].
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4.12 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers.
No
consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent
to a
waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents
unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents. Further, neither the Company nor the Issuer shall
make
any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are
disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the
Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this provision
constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and
the
Issuer and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the
Company and the Issuer to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in
any
way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect
to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.13 Capital
Changes.
Until
the one year anniversary of the date hereof, the Issuer shall not undertake
a
reverse stock split or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior
written consent of the Purchasers holding a majority in principal amount
outstanding of the Debentures.
4.14. Pledge
Shares.
Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Pledge Agreement, the Issuer
shall provide any documentation or opinions reasonably requested by the Pledgees
(as defined in the Pledge Agreement) to allow for the immediate sale of the
Pledge Shares (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) by the Pledgees.
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, the Issuer and the other Purchasers, by written notice
to
the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before May
18,
2007; provided,
however,
that
such termination will not affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach
by
the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees
and Expenses.
At the
Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse Enable Capital Management, LLC
(“Enable”)
the
non-accountable sum of $25,000 for its legal fees and expenses. Accordingly,
in
lieu of the foregoing payments, the aggregate amount that Enable (or Purchasers
managed by Enable) is to pay for the Securities at the Closing shall be reduced
by $25,000 in lieu thereof. 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.
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5.4 Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business
Day,
(b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice
or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth
on
the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day or
later
than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, (c) the second Business
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications
shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended
except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company, the Issuer and the holders of at least 85% in interest of the
Securities still held by Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver
of
any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver
of
any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise
any
right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
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. Neither the Company nor the Issuer
may
assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior
written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may
assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom
such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee
agrees in writing to be bound, 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, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively
in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party
hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to
the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for
such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute
good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party
for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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5.10 Survival.
The
representations and warranties shall survive the Closing and the delivery
of the
Securities for the applicable statue 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; provided,
however,
in the
case of a rescission of a exchange of a Debenture or exercise of a Warrant,
the
Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock delivered
in
connection with any such rescinded exchange or exercise notice.
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5.14 Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company and the Issuer 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 and the Issuer of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant
for a
new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any
reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with
the
issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The
parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction
Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for
specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at
law
would be adequate.
5.16 Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant
to
any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights
thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee,
receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation,
any
bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force
and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff
had not occurred.
5.17 Usury.
To the
extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon
or
plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts
to
be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action
or
proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right
or
remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and
provided that the total liability of the Company and the Issuer under the
Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed
the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”),
and,
without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or
default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in
the
nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the
Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the
maximum
contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction
Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental
action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest
allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents
from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by
applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess
of the
Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to
indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be
applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such
indebtedness or be refunded to the Company or Issuer, the manner of handling
such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.
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5.18 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several
and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall
be
responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations
of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained
herein
or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser
pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership,
an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a
group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently
protect
and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out
of
this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in
any
proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own
separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and
their
respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company and Issuer
through FWS. FWS does not represent all of the Purchasers but only Enable.
The
Company have elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and
Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because
it was
required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
5.19 Liquidated
Damages.
The
Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts
owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company
and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security
pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due
and
payable shall have been canceled.
5.20 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.If
the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day or a Trading
Day as
the case may be, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised
on
the next succeeding Business Day or Trading Day.
5.21 Construction.
The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed
and
had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
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5.22 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
In any
action, suit or proceeding in any jurisdiction brought by any party against
any
other party, the parties each knowingly and intentionally, to the fullest
extent
permitted by applicable law, hereby absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably
and
expressly waives forever trial by jury.
(Signature
Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories
as of
the date first indicated above.
ENER1
GROUP, INC.
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO ENEI SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the
date
first indicated above.
Name
of
Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
__________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________
Email
Address of Purchaser:
________________________________________________
Facsimile
Number of Purchaser:
________________________________________________
Address
for Notice to Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
Subscription
Amount: _____________
Warrant
Shares: _________________
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF LEGAL OPINION
[List
of
Purchasers]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
acted as counsel to [_______________, a [___________ corporation (the
“Company”),
in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of the Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of [__________ __, 2007 (the “Agreement”),
by
and among the Company and the purchasers identified on the signature pages
thereto (the “Purchasers”).
This
opinion is given to you pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) of the Agreement.
(Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein are defined as set forth in the
Agreement.)
We
have
participated in the preparation and negotiation of the Agreement and the
Exhibits and Schedules thereto, and the other documents referred to therein.
We
also have examined such certificates of public officials, corporate documents
and records and other certificates, opinions, agreements and instruments
and
have made such other investigations as we have deemed necessary in connection
with the opinions hereinafter set forth.
Based
on
the foregoing and upon such investigation as we have deemed necessary,
we give
you our opinion as follows:
1.
The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of [________________. The Company has all requisite power
and
authority, and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents
and
approvals, that are required to own and operate its properties and assets
and to
carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted
(all as
described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-[K for its fiscal year ended
[_________________). The Company is duly qualified to transact business
and is
in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to qualify could
have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
2.
Each
of
the following subsidiaries of the Company (the “Subsidiaries”)
is a
corporation, duly organized and in good standing under the laws of its
state of
organization, as noted:
[
].
3.
The
Company has all requisite power and authority (i) to execute, deliver and
perform the Transaction Documents, (ii) to issue, sell and deliver the
Debentures,
the Warrants and the Underlying Shares pursuant
to the Transaction Documents and (iii) to carry out and perform its obligations
under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction
Documents.
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4.
All
action on the part of the Company, its directors and its stockholders necessary
for the authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Debentures
and
the Warrants pursuant to the Agreement, the issuance and delivery the
Underlying Shares and
the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents has been duly taken. The Transaction Documents have been duly
and
validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal,
valid
and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in
accordance with their terms, except that (a) such enforceability may be
limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors’ rights in general and (b) the remedies of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of injunctive relief may be subject to equitable
defenses.
5.
After
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, and immediately
after the Closing, the authorized capital stock of the Company will consist
of:
an aggregate of _________ shares of Common Stock, of which shares
will be issued and outstanding and _________ shares will be reserved for
issuance upon conversion of issued and outstanding options, warrants and
other
derivative securities, __________ shares will be reserved for issuance
to
employees, officers and directors under the Company’s [_________
Stock
Incentive Plan], of which __________ shares are subject to currently outstanding
incentive stock option grants and __________ shares are subject to currently
outstanding non-qualified stock option grants, and __________ shares will
be
reserved for issuance upon exercise of Warrants, and _____ shares will
be
reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Debentures. All presently
issued
and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive
or
similar rights, and have been issued in compliance with applicable securities
laws and regulations. The Debentures and Warrants which are being issued
on the
date hereof pursuant to the Agreement have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar
rights, and have been issued in compliance with applicable securities laws,
rules and regulations. The Underlying
Shares have been
duly
and validly authorized and reserved for issuance, and when issued upon
the
conversion of the Debenture or the exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with
the respective terms therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and free of any preemptive or similar rights. To our knowledge,
except for rights described in Schedule [3.1(g) of the Agreement, there
are no
other options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights presently
outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire from the Company any capital
stock
or other securities of the Company, or any other agreements to issue any
such
securities or rights. The rights, privileges and preferences of the Common
Stock
are as stated in the Company’s [_______________]1 .
6.
To
our
knowledge, the Company has filed all reports (the “SEC
Reports”)
required to be filed by it under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”).
As of
their respective filing dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material
respects
as to form with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
1 Insert
appropriate organizational document.
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7.
Based
in
part upon the representations of the Purchasers contained in the Agreement,
the
Debentures, the Warrants
and the Underlying Shares may
be
issued to the Purchasers without registration under the Securities Act
of 1933,
as amended.
8.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of, and the compliance
by the
Company with the terms of, the Transaction Documents and the issuance,
sale and
delivery of the Debentures,
the Warrants and the Underlying Shares pursuant
to the Agreement do not (a) conflict with or result in a violation of any
provision of law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other
similar
organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) conflict
with,
result in a breach of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice
or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or result in or permit
the
termination or modification of, any agreement, instrument, order, writ,
judgment
or decree known to us to which the Company of its Subsidiaries is a party
or is
subject or (c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, claim
or
encumbrance on any of the assets or properties of the Company or its
Subsidiaries’.
9.
To
our
knowledge, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule to the Agreement,
there is no claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, investigation
or
inquiry, pending or threatened, before any court or governmental or
administrative body or agency, or any private arbitration tribunal, against
the
Company or its Subsidiaries, or any of the officers, directors or employees
(in
connection with the discharge of their duties as officers, directors and
employees) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or affecting any of its
properties or assets.
10.
In
connection with the valid execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of
the Transaction Documents, or the offer, sale, issuance or delivery of
the
Debentures,
the Warrants and the Underlying Shares or
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, no consent, license,
permit, waiver, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration,
registration or filing with, any court, governmental or regulatory authority,
or
self-regulatory organization, is required.
11.
The
Company is not, and after the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
the Transaction Documents shall not be, an Investment Company within the
meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
12.
Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under the Pledge Agreement, the Pledge
Shares
(as defined in the Pledge Agreement) may be immediately sold by the
non-affiliate Pledgees (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) pursuant to
Rule
144(k) without limitation as to volume or manner of sale.
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