EXHIBIT 10-23
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
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THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of April 19,
2004, by and among Universal Communication Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the "Company"), and the subscribers identified on the signature page hereto
(each a "Subscriber" and collectively "Subscribers").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Subscribers are executing and delivering
this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration
afforded by the provisions of Section 4(2), Section 4(6) and/or Regulation D
("Regulation D") as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act").
WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the
Subscribers, as provided herein, and the Subscribers shall purchase, in the
aggregate, $300,000 (the "Purchase Price") of Stated Value amount of 8% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock") convertible into shares of the
Company's common stock, $.001 par value (the "Common Stock") at a per share
conversion price equal to $0.033 ("Conversion Price"), subject to adjustment as
described in this Agreement and the Certificate to Set Forth Designations,
Voting Powers, Preferences, Limitations, Restrictions, and Relative Rights of
Series A 8% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $.001 Par Value Per Share
("Certificate of Designation"), a form of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A;
and share purchase warrants (the "Warrants"), in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT B, to purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant Shares"). The
Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Preferred Stock (the "Shares"), the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are
collectively referred to herein as the "Securities"; and
WHEREAS, the aggregate proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Stock and
the Warrants contemplated hereby may be held in escrow pursuant to the terms of
a Funds Escrow Agreement which may be executed by the parties substantially in
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT C (the "Escrow Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and other
agreements contained in this Agreement, the Company and the Subscribers hereby
agree as follows:
1. Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, each Subscriber shall
purchase and the Company shall sell to each Subscriber Preferred Stock in the
Stated Value amount designated on the signature page hereto. The aggregate
amount of the Preferred Stock to be purchased by the Subscribers on the Closing
Date shall, in the aggregate, be equal to the Purchase Price. The Closing Date
shall be the date that subscriber funds representing the net amount due the
Company from the Purchase Price is transmitted by wire transfer or otherwise to
or for the benefit of the Company.
2. Escrow Arrangements; Form of Payment. Upon execution hereof
by the parties and pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, each
Subscriber agrees to make the deliveries required of such Subscriber as set
forth in the Escrow Agreement and the Company agrees to make the deliveries
required of the Company as set forth in the Escrow Agreement.
3. Warrants. On the Closing Date, the Company will issue
Warrants to the Subscribers. One (1) Warrant will be issued for each two (2)
Shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of the entire
Purchase Price on the Closing Date as if such Closing Date was the Conversion
Date (as defined in Section 4(c) of the Certificate of Designation). The per
Warrant Share exercise price to acquire a Warrant Share upon exercise of the
Warrants shall be $0.05. The Warrants shall be exercisable for five years after
the issue date of the Warrants.
4. Subscriber's Representations and Warranties. Each
Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company only as
to such Subscriber that:
(a) Information on Company. The Subscriber has been
furnished with or has had access at the XXXXX Website of the Commission to the
Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2003 as filed with the
Commission, together with all subsequently filed Forms 10-QSB, 8-K, and filings
made with the Commission available at the XXXXX website (hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Reports"). In addition, the Subscriber has received in
writing from the Company such other information concerning its operations,
financial condition and other matters as the Subscriber has requested in writing
(such other information is collectively, the "Other Written Information"), and
considered all factors the Subscriber deems material in deciding on the
advisability of investing in the Securities.
(b) Information on Subscriber. The Subscriber is, and will
be at the time of the conversion of the Preferred Stock and exercise of any of
the Warrants, an "accredited investor", as such term is defined in Regulation D
promulgated by the Commission under the 1933 Act, is experienced in investments
and business matters, has made investments of a speculative nature and has
purchased securities of United States publicly-owned companies in private
placements in the past and, with its representatives, has such knowledge and
experience in financial, tax and other business matters as to enable the
Subscriber to utilize the information made available by the Company to evaluate
the merits and risks of and to make an informed investment decision with respect
to the proposed purchase, which represents a speculative investment. The
Subscriber has the authority and is duly and legally qualified to purchase and
own the Securities. The Subscriber is able to bear the risk of such investment
for an indefinite period and to afford a complete loss thereof. The information
set forth on the signature page hereto regarding the Subscriber is accurate.
(c) Purchase of Preferred Stock and Warrants. On the Closing
Date, the Subscriber will purchase the Preferred Stock and Warrants as principal
for its own account and not with a view to any distribution thereof.
(d) Compliance with Securities Act. The Subscriber
understands and agrees that the Securities have not been registered under the
1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, by reason of their issuance in
a transaction that does not require registration under the 1933 Act (based in
part on the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber
contained herein), and that such Securities must be held indefinitely unless a
subsequent disposition is registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state
securities laws or is exempt from such registration. In any event, and subject
to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Subscriber may enter into
hedging transactions with third parties, which may in turn engage in short sales
of the Securities in the course of hedging the position they assume and the
Subscriber may also enter into short positions or other derivative transactions
relating to the Securities, or interests in the Securities, and deliver the
Securities, or interests in the Securities, to close out their short or other
positions or otherwise settle short sales or other transactions, or loan or
pledge the Securities, or interests in the Securities, to third parties that in
turn may dispose of these Securities.
(e) Shares Legend. The Shares and the Warrant Shares shall
bear the following or similar legend:
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"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THESE
SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
(f) Warrants Legend. The Warrants shall bear the following
or similar legend:
"THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SAID
ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
(g) Preferred Stock Legend. The Preferred Stock shall bear
the following legend:
"THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS CERTIFICATE AND
THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN
THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS
CERTIFICATE UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
(h) Communication of Offer. The offer to sell the Securities
was directly communicated to the Subscriber by the Company. At no time was the
Subscriber presented with or solicited by any leaflet, newspaper or magazine
article, radio or television advertisement, or any other form of general
advertising or solicited or invited to attend a promotional meeting otherwise
than in connection and concurrently with such communicated offer.
(i) Authority; Enforceability. This Agreement and other
agreements delivered together with this Agreement or in connection herewith have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Subscriber and are valid and
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binding agreements enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity; and Subscriber has full corporate
power and authority necessary to enter into this Agreement and such other
agreements and to perform its obligations hereunder and under all other
agreements entered into by the Subscriber relating hereto.
(j) Restricted Securities. Subscriber understands that the
Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act and such Subscriber will
not sell, offer to sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer any
of the Securities unless (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the 1933 Act, (ii) such Subscriber provides the Company with an opinion of
counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that a
sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration
under the 1933 Act, or (iii) Subscriber provides the Company with reasonable
assurances (in the form of seller and broker representation letters) that the
Shares or the Warrant Shares, as the case may be, can be sold pursuant to (A)
Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, or (B) Rule 144(k) promulgated under
the 1933 Act, in each case following the applicable holding period set forth
therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
such Subscriber may transfer (without restriction and without the need for an
opinion of counsel) the Securities to its Affiliates (as defined below) provided
that each such Affiliate is an "accredited investor" under Regulation D and such
Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(k) Correctness of Representations. Each Subscriber
represents as to such Subscriber that the foregoing representations and
warranties are true and correct as of the date hereof and, unless a Subscriber
otherwise notifies the Company prior to the Closing Date shall be true and
correct as of the Closing Date.
(l) Survival. The foregoing representations and warranties
shall survive the Closing Date for a period of two years.
5. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with each Subscriber that:
(a) Due Incorporation. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the respective jurisdictions of their incorporation
and have the requisite corporate power to own their properties and to carry on
their business as now being conducted. The Company and each of its subsidiaries
is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those
jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have a material
adverse effect on the business, operations or financial condition of the
Company.
(b) Outstanding Stock. All issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Authority; Enforceability. This Agreement, the Preferred
Stock, the Warrants, the Escrow Agreement and any other agreements delivered
together with this Agreement or in connection herewith (collectively
"Transaction Documents") have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and are valid and binding agreements enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
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reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity.
The Company has full corporate power and authority necessary to enter into and
deliver the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder.
(d) Additional Issuances. There are no outstanding
agreements or preemptive or similar rights affecting the Company's Common Stock
or equity and no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or
understandings with respect to the sale or issuance of any shares of Common
Stock or equity of the Company or other equity interest in any of the
subsidiaries of the Company except as described on SCHEDULE 5(D).
(e) Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order
of any court, governmental agency or body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
the Company, or any of its affiliates, the American Stock Exchange, the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the OTC
Bulletin Board ("Bulletin Board") nor the Company's shareholders is required for
the execution by the Company of the Transaction Documents and compliance and
performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents,
including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Securities.
(f) No Violation or Conflict. Assuming the representations
and warranties of the Subscribers in Section 4 are true and correct, neither the
issuance and sale of the Securities nor the performance of the Company's
obligations under this Agreement and all other agreements entered into by the
Company relating thereto by the Company will:
(i) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or
constitute a default (or an event which with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time or both would be reasonably likely to constitute a default) under (A)
the articles or certificate of incorporation, charter or bylaws of the Company,
(B) to the Company's knowledge, any decree, judgment, order, law, treaty, rule,
regulation or determination applicable to the Company of any court, governmental
agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or over the properties or assets of the Company or any of its
affiliates, (C) the terms of any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of
indebtedness, or any agreement, stock option or other similar plan, indenture,
lease, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Company or any
of its affiliates or subsidiaries is a party, by which the Company or any of its
affiliates or subsidiaries is bound, or to which any of the properties of the
Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries is subject, or (D) the terms of
any "lock-up" or similar provision of any underwriting or similar agreement to
which the Company, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries is a party except
the violation, conflict, breach, or default of which would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company; or
(ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon the Securities or any of the assets of the Company,
its subsidiaries or any of its affiliates; or
(iii) result in the activation of any anti-dilution
rights or a reset or repricing of any debt or security instrument of any other
creditor or equity holder of the Company, nor result in the acceleration of the
due date of any obligation of the Company; or
(iv) result in the activation of any piggy-back
registration rights of any person or entity holding securities of the Company or
having the right to receive securities of the Company.
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(g) The Securities. The Securities upon issuance:
(i) are, or will be, free and clear of any security
interests, liens, claims or other encumbrances, subject to restrictions upon
transfer under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws;
(ii) have been, or will be, duly and validly authorized
and on the date of conversion of the Preferred Stock, the date of issuance of
the Shares and upon exercise of the Warrants, the Preferred Stock, the Shares
and Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
(and if registered pursuant to the 1933 Act, and resold pursuant to an effective
registration statement will be free trading and unrestricted, provided that each
Subscriber complies with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act);
(iii) will not have been issued or sold in violation of
any preemptive or other similar rights of the holders of any securities of the
Company; and
(iv) will not subject the holders thereof to personal
liability by reason of being such holders.
(h) Litigation. There is no pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation
before any court, governmental agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction
over the Company, or any of its affiliates that would affect the execution by
the Company or the performance by the Company of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed in the Reports, there is no pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, basis for or threatened action, suit,
proceeding or investigation before any court, governmental agency or body, or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its affiliates which
litigation if adversely determined would have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
(i) Reporting Company. The Company is a publicly-held
company subject to reporting obligations pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and has a class of
common shares registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act. Pursuant to
the provisions of the 1934 Act, the Company has and will have timely filed all
reports and other materials required to be filed thereunder with the Commission
during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date.
(j) No Market Manipulation. The Company has not taken, and
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might
reasonably be expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Common Stock of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Securities or affect the price at which the Securities may be issued or
resold.
(k) Information Concerning Company. The Reports contain all
material information relating to the Company and its operations and financial
condition as of their respective dates which information is required to be
disclosed therein. Since the date of the most recently dated financial
statements included in the Reports, and except as modified in the Other Written
Information or in the Schedules hereto, there has been no material adverse
change in the Company's business, financial condition or affairs not disclosed
in the Reports. The Reports do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances when
made.
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(l) Stop Transfer. The Securities, when issued, will be
restricted securities. The Company will not issue any stop transfer order or
other order impeding the sale, resale or delivery of any of the Securities,
except as may be required by any applicable federal or state securities laws and
unless contemporaneous notice of such instruction is given to the Subscriber.
(m) Defaults. The Company is not in violation of its
certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws. The Company, other than as
set forth in SCHEDULE 5(M), is (i) not in default under or in violation of any
other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its properties are bound or affected, which default or violation would
have a material adverse effect on the Company, (ii) not in default with respect
to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or subject to or
party to any order of any court or governmental authority arising out of any
action, suit or proceeding under any statute or other law respecting antitrust,
monopoly, restraint of trade, unfair competition or similar matters, or (iii) to
its knowledge not in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any
governmental authority which violation would have a material adverse effect on
the Company.
(n) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of
its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or
indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security under circumstances that would cause the offer of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by
the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of
the Bulletin Board. Nor will the Company or any of its affiliates or
subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the offer of the
Securities to be integrated with other offerings. The Company will not conduct
any offering other than the transactions contemplated hereby that will be
integrated with the offer or issuance of the Securities.
(o) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of
its affiliates, nor to its knowledge, any person acting on its or their behalf,
has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within
the meaning of Regulation D under the 0000 Xxx) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Securities.
(p) Listing. The Company's Common Stock is quoted on the
Bulletin Board. The Company has not received any oral or written notice that its
Common Stock is not eligible nor will become ineligible for quotation on the
Bulletin Board nor that its Common Stock does not meet all requirements for the
continuation of such quotation and the Company satisfies and as of the Closing
Date, the Company will satisfy all the requirements for the continued quotation
of its Common Stock on the Bulletin Board.
(q) No Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company has no
liabilities or obligations which are material, individually or in the aggregate,
which are not disclosed in the Reports and Other Written Information, other than
those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's businesses since
September 30, 2003 and which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial
condition, other than as set forth in SCHEDULE 5(Q).
(r) No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances. Since September
30, 2003, no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the
Company or its businesses, properties, operations or financial condition, that,
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been so
publicly announced or disclosed in the Reports.
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(s) Capitalization. The authorized and outstanding capital
stock of the Company as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date are
set forth on SCHEDULE 5(S). Except as set forth in the Reports and Other Written
Information and SCHEDULE 5(D), there are no options, warrants, or rights to
subscribe to, securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable
for or giving any right to subscribe for any shares of capital stock of the
Company. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(t) Dilution. The Company's executive officers and directors
have studied and fully understand the nature of the Securities being sold hereby
and recognize that they have a potential dilutive effect on the equity holdings
of other holders of the Company's equity or rights to receive equity of the
Company. The board of directors of the Company has concluded, in its good faith
business judgment, that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company.
The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Shares
upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and exercise of the Warrants is binding
upon the Company and enforceable, except as otherwise described in this
Subscription Agreement or the Certificate of Designation, regardless of the
dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders
of the Company or parties entitled to receive equity of the Company.
(u) 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 Company and the accountants and lawyers
formerly or presently employed by the Company, including but not limited to
disputes or conflicts over payment owed to such accountants and lawyers.
(v) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an
Affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the 0000 Xxx) of, an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w) Correctness of Representations. The Company represents
that the foregoing representations and warranties are true and correct as of the
date hereof in all material respects, and, unless the Company otherwise notifies
the Subscribers prior to the Closing Date, shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date.
(x) Survival. The foregoing representations and warranties
shall survive the Closing Date for a period of two years.
6. Regulation D Offering. The offer and issuance of the
Securities to the Subscribers is being made pursuant to the exemption from the
registration provisions of the 1933 Act afforded by Section 4(2) or Section 4(6)
of the 1933 Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. On the
closing date, the Company will provide an opinion reasonably acceptable to
Subscriber from the Company's legal counsel opining on the availability of an
exemption from registration under the 1933 Act as it relates to the offer and
issuance of the Securities and other matters reasonably requested by a
Subscriber. A form of the legal opinion is annexed hereto as EXHIBIT D. The
Company will provide, at the Company's expense, such other legal opinions in the
future as are reasonably necessary for the conversion of the Preferred Stock and
exercise of the Warrants and resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares.
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7.1. Conversion of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Preferred Stock and dividends payable thereon at
the Subscriber's option in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock,
will be convertible according to the procedures and terms set forth in the
Certificate of Designation.
(b) Upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock or part
thereof ("Conversion"), the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all
necessary action (including obtaining and delivering, an opinion of counsel to
be delivered to the Company's transfer agent) and issue or cause to be issued
stock certificates in the name of Subscriber or such other persons as designated
by Subscriber and in such denominations to be specified at conversion
representing the number of shares of common stock issuable upon such conversion.
The Company warrants that no instructions other than these instructions have
been or will be given to the transfer agent of the Company's Common Stock and
that, unless waived by the Subscriber, the Shares will be free-trading, and
freely transferable, and will not contain a legend restricting the resale or
transferability of the Shares provided the Shares are being sold pursuant to an
effective registration statement covering the Shares or are otherwise exempt
from registration.
(c) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery
of the Company Shares after Conversion, and delivery of Preferred Stock
certificates representing the unconverted balance of a Preferred Stock
certificate tendered for Conversion, beyond the date described for such delivery
set forth in the Certificate of Designation, or late delivery of a Mandatory
Redemption Payment (as defined in Section 7.2 herein), as the case may be, (each
of the foregoing a "Delivery Date") could result in economic loss to the
Subscriber. As compensation to the Subscriber for such loss, the Company agrees
to pay liquidated damages to the Subscriber for late delivery of Shares upon
Conversion and late delivery of a Preferred Stock certificate for the
unconverted portion of a Preferred Stock or late delivery of a Mandatory
Redemption Payment, in the amount of $100 per business day after the Delivery
Date for each $10,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted and
Preferred Stock certificate remaining undelivered or Mandatory Redemption
Payment not paid. The Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section
in immediately available funds upon demand. Furthermore, in addition to any
other remedies which may be available to the Subscriber, in the event that the
Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of the Shares within three
business days after the Delivery Date, the Subscriber will be entitled to revoke
the relevant Notice of Conversion by delivery of a notice of revocation to the
Company whereupon the Company and the Subscriber shall each be restored to their
respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice of
revocation, except that liquidated damages described above shall be payable
through the date notice of revocation is given to the Company.
(d) Nothing contained herein or in any document referred to
herein or delivered in connection herewith shall be deemed to establish or
require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the
maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest or
dividends required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum
permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited
against amounts owed by the Company to the Subscriber and thus refunded to the
Company.
7.2. Mandatory Redemption at Subscriber's Election. In the
event the Company fails to timely deliver Shares on a Delivery Date, or upon the
occurrence of any other Event of Default (as defined in the Certificate of
Designation) within the control of the Company, or for any reason other than
pursuant to the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) of the Certificate of
Designation, then at the Subscriber's election, the Company must pay to the
Subscriber ten (10) business days after request by the Subscriber or on the
Delivery Date (if requested by the Subscriber) a sum of money determined by (i)
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multiplying the Stated Value of the Preferred Stock designated by the Subscriber
by 130%, or (ii) multiplying the number of Shares otherwise deliverable upon
conversion of the Stated Value of the Preferred Stock designated by the
Subscriber (with the date of giving of such designation being a Deemed
Conversion Date) at the Conversion Price by the highest closing price of the
Common Stock on the principal market from the Deemed Conversion Date until the
day prior to the receipt of the Mandatory Redemption Payment, whichever is
greater ("Mandatory Redemption Payment"). The Mandatory Redemption Payment must
be received by the Subscriber on the same date as the Shares otherwise
deliverable or within ten (10) business days after request, whichever is sooner
("Mandatory Redemption Payment Date"). Upon receipt of the Mandatory Redemption
Payment, the corresponding Preferred Stock Stated Value will be deemed paid and
no longer outstanding.
7.3 Adjustments. The Conversion Price and amount of Shares
issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be adjusted to offset the
effect of stock splits, stock dividends, pro rata distributions of property or
equity interests to the Company's shareholders.
7.4 Redemption. The Company may not redeem the Preferred
Stock without the consent of the holder of the Preferred Stock.
8. Finder's Fee.
(a) Finder's Fee. The Company on the one hand, and each
Subscriber (for himself only) on the other hand, agree to indemnify the other
against and hold the other harmless from any and all liabilities to any persons
claiming brokerage commissions or finder's fees other than Libra Finance, S.A.
("Finder") on account of services purported to have been rendered on behalf of
the indemnifying party in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby and arising out of such party's actions. Anything to the
contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, each Subscriber is providing
indemnification only for such Subscriber's own actions and not for any action of
any other Subscriber. Each Subscriber's liability hereunder is several and not
joint. The Company agrees that it will pay the Finder a fee equal to 10% of the
Purchase Price ("Finder's Fees"). The Company represents that there are no other
parties entitled to receive fees, commissions, or similar payments in connection
with the Offering except the Finder.
(b) The Finder's Fees payable to the Finder in connection
with the Purchase Price shall be payable by delivery on the Closing Date of
Preferred Shares having the stated value of the Finder's Fee. The Preferred
Stock deliverable in payment of Finder's Fees is referred to as "Finder's
Shares." All the representations, covenants, warranties, undertakings, remedies,
liquidated damages, indemnification, and other rights including but not limited
to registration rights made or granted to or for the benefit of the Subscribers
are hereby also made and granted to the Finder in respect of the Finder's Shares
and the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Finder's Preferred Stock.
References to Preferred Stock herein shall include the Finder's Shares and
references to Shares shall include Shares issuable upon conversion of the
Finder's Shares.
9. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees
with the Subscribers as follows:
(a) Stop Orders. The Company will advise the Subscribers,
promptly after it receives notice of issuance by the Commission, any state
securities commission or any other regulatory authority of any stop order or of
any order preventing or suspending any offering of any securities of the
Company, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock of the
Company for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any
proceeding for any such purpose.
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(b) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing
of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock
and the Warrant Shares upon each national securities exchange, or quotation
system, if any, upon which shares of common stock are then listed (subject to
official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing so long as any
Securities are outstanding. The Company will maintain the listing of its Common
Stock on the American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National
Market System, OTC Bulletin Board, or New York Stock Exchange (whichever of the
foregoing is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common
Stock [the "Principal Market"]), and will comply in all respects with the
Company's reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of
the Principal Market, as applicable. The Company will provide the Subscribers
copies of all notices it receives notifying the Company of the threatened and
actual delisting of the Common Stock from any Principal Market. As of the date
of this Agreement and the Initial Closing Date, the Bulletin Board is and will
be the Principal Market.
(c) Market Regulations. The Company shall notify the
Commission, the Principal Market and applicable state authorities, in accordance
with their requirements, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
shall take all other necessary action and proceedings as may be required and
permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation, for the legal and valid
issuance of the Securities to the Subscribers and promptly provide copies
thereof to Subscriber.
(d) Reporting Requirements. From the date of this Agreement
and until the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii) until
all the Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by all the
Subscribers pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144,
without regard to volume limitations, the Company will (v) cause its Common
Stock to continue to be registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the 1934 Act,
(x) comply in all respects with its reporting and filing obligations under the
1934 Act, (y) comply with all reporting requirements that are applicable to an
issuer with a class of shares registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the 1934 Act, as applicable, and (z) comply with all requirements related to any
registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement. The Company will use
its best efforts not to take any action or file any document (whether or not
permitted by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate
or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing
obligations under said acts until two (2) years after the Closing Date. Until
the earlier of the resale of the Common Stock and the Warrant Shares by each
Subscriber or at least two (2) years after the Warrants have been exercised, the
Company will use its best efforts to continue the listing or quotation of the
Common Stock on the Principal Market (or other market with the reasonable
consent of Subscribers holding a majority of the Shares and Warrant Shares), and
will comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Principal Market. The Company
agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under
Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Subscriber promptly after
such filing.
(e) Use of Proceeds. The Purchase Price may not and will
not be used for accrued and unpaid officer and director salaries, payment of
financing related debt, nor redemption of outstanding redeemable notes or equity
instruments of the Company.
(f) Reservation. The Company undertakes to reserve, pro
rata on behalf of each holder of Preferred Stock or Warrants, from its
authorized but unissued common stock, at all times that Preferred Stock or
Warrants remain outstanding, a number of common shares equal to not less than
124% of the amount of Common Shares necessary to allow each such holder at all
times to be able to convert all such outstanding Preferred Stock, and one common
share for each Warrant Share. Failure to have sufficient shares reserved
pursuant to this Section 9(f) for three consecutive business days or ten days in
the aggregate shall be an Event of Default under the Preferred Stock.
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(g) Taxes. From the date of this Agreement and until the
sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii) until all the Shares
and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by all the Subscribers
pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144, without regard
to volume limitations, the Company will promptly pay and discharge, or cause to
be paid and discharged, when due and payable, all lawful taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon the income, profits, property or
business of the Company; provided, however, that any such tax, assessment,
charge or levy need not be paid if the validity thereof shall currently be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if the Company shall have
set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto, and provided,
further, that the Company will pay all such taxes, assessments, charges or
levies forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien
which may have attached as security therefore.
(h) Insurance. From the date of this Agreement and until
the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii) until all the
Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by all the Subscribers
pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144, without regard
to volume limitations, the Company will keep its assets which are of an
insurable character insured by financially sound and reputable insurers against
loss or damage by fire, explosion and other risks customarily insured against by
companies in the Company's line of business, in amounts sufficient to prevent
the Company from becoming a co-insurer and not in any event less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the insurable value of the property insured; and the
Company will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance
against other hazards and risks and liability to persons and property to the
extent and in the manner customary for companies in similar businesses similarly
situated and to the extent available on commercially reasonable terms.
(i) Books and Records. From the date of this Agreement and
until the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii) until all
the Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by all the
Subscribers pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144,
without regard to volume limitations, the Company will keep true records and
books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made of all
dealings or transactions in relation to its business and affairs in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.
(j) Governmental Authorities. From the date of this
Agreement and until the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or
(ii) until all the Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by
all the Subscribers pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule
144, without regard to volume limitations, the Company shall duly observe and
conform in all material respects to all valid requirements of governmental
authorities relating to the conduct of its business or to its properties or
assets.
(k) Intellectual Property. From the date of this Agreement
and until the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii) until
all the Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by all the
Subscribers pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144,
without regard to volume limitations, the Company shall maintain in full force
and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises and all licenses and
other rights to use intellectual property owned or possessed by it and
reasonably deemed to be necessary to the conduct of its business.
(l) Properties. From the date of this Agreement and until
the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii) until all the
Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred by all the Subscribers
pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144, without regard
to volume limitation, the Company will keep its properties in good repair,
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working order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and from time to
time make all necessary and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions
and improvements thereto; and the Company will at all times comply with each
provision of all leases to which it is a party or under which it occupies
property if the breach of such provision could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect.
(m) Confidentiality/Public Announcement. From the date of
this Agreement and until the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date,
or (ii) until all the Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold or transferred
by all the Subscribers pursuant to the Registration Statement or pursuant to
Rule 144, without regard to volume limitations, the Company agrees that it will
not disclose publicly or privately the identity of the Subscribers unless
expressly agreed to in writing by a Subscriber or only to the extent required by
law and then only upon ten days prior notice to Subscriber. In any event and
subject to the foregoing, the Company undertakes to file a Form 8-K or make a
public announcement describing the Offering not later than the Closing Date. In
the Form 8-K or public announcement, the Company will specifically disclose the
amount of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Closing and may
identify the Subscribers.
(n) Further Registration Statements. Except for a
registration statement filed on behalf of the Subscribers pursuant to Section 11
of this Agreement, and except in accordance with any pre-existing contractual
agreements of the Company as described on SCHEDULE 11.1 hereto, the Company will
not file any registration statements, including but not limited to Form S-8,
with the Commission or with state regulatory authorities without the consent of
the Subscriber until sixty (60) days after the actual effective date of
Registration Statement described in Section 11 of this Agreement ("Actual
Effective Date") during which such registration statement shall be current and
available for use in connection with the public resale of the Shares and Warrant
Shares ("Exclusion Period").
(o) Blackout. The Company undertakes and covenants that
until the first to occur of (i) the end of the Exclusion Period, or (ii) until
all the Shares and Warrant Shares have been resold pursuant to such registration
statement, the Company will not enter into any acquisition, merger, exchange or
sale or other transaction that could have the effect of delaying the
effectiveness of any pending registration statement or causing an already
effective registration statement to no longer be effective or current.
(p) Disclosure. The Company confirms that, neither the
Company nor any other person acting on its behalf has provided any of the
Subscriber or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or
might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and
confirms that the Subscriber will rely on the foregoing representations and
covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure
provided to the Subscriber regarding the Company, its business and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement,
furnished by or on behalf of the Company are true and correct in all material
respects and do 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.
10. Covenants of the Company and Subscriber Regarding
Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, hold harmless,
reimburse and defend the Subscribers, the Subscribers' officers, directors,
agents, affiliates, control persons, and principal shareholders, against any
claim, cost, expense, liability, obligation, loss or damage (including
reasonable legal fees) of any nature, incurred by or imposed upon the Subscriber
or any such person which results, arises out of or is based upon (i) any
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material misrepresentation by Company or breach of any warranty by Company in
this Agreement or in any Exhibits or Schedules attached hereto, or other
agreement delivered pursuant hereto; or (ii) after any applicable notice and/or
cure periods, any breach or default in performance by the Company of any
covenant or undertaking to be performed by the Company hereunder, or any other
agreement entered into by the Company and Subscriber relating hereto.
(b) Each Subscriber agrees to indemnify, hold harmless,
reimburse and defend the Company and each of the Company's officers, directors,
agents, affiliates, control persons against any claim, cost, expense, liability,
obligation, loss or damage (including reasonable legal fees) of any nature,
incurred by or imposed upon the Company or any such person which results, arises
out of or is based upon (i) any material misrepresentation by such Subscriber in
this Agreement or in any Exhibits or Schedules attached hereto, or other
agreement delivered pursuant hereto; or (ii) after any applicable notice and/or
cure periods, any breach or default in performance by such Subscriber of any
covenant or undertaking to be performed by such Subscriber hereunder, or any
other agreement entered into by the Company and Subscribers relating hereto.
(c) In no event shall the liability of any Subscriber or
permitted successor hereunder or under any other agreement delivered in
connection herewith be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net
proceeds received by such Subscriber upon the sale of Registrable Securities (as
defined herein) giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(d) The procedures set forth in Section 11.6 shall apply to
the indemnifications set forth in Sections 10(a) and 10(b) above.
11.1. Registration Rights. The Company hereby grants the
following registration rights to holders of the Securities.
(i) On one occasion, for a period commencing two hundred
and forty-one (241) days after the Closing Date, but not later than two (2)
years after the Closing Date ("Request Date"), upon a written request therefor
from any record holder or holders of more than 50% of the Shares and Warrant
Shares actually issued upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall prepare
and file with the Commission a registration statement under the 1933 Act
registering the Shares and Warrant Shares including Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Finder's Preferred Stock and dividends paid and payable on the
Preferred Stock in the form of additional Preferred Stock at the Subscriber's
option (collectively "Registrable Securities") which are the subject of such
request for unrestricted public resale by the holder thereof. For purposes of
Sections 11.1(i) and 11.1(ii), Registrable Securities shall not include
Securities which are registered for resale in an effective registration
statement or included for registration in a pending registration statement, or
which have been issued without further transfer restrictions after a sale or
transfer pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act. Upon the receipt of such
request, the Company shall promptly give written notice to all other record
holders of the Registrable Securities that such registration statement is to be
filed and shall include in such registration statement Registrable Securities
for which it has received written requests within ten (10) days after the
Company gives such written notice. Such other requesting record holders shall be
deemed to have exercised their demand registration right under this Section
11.1(i).
(ii) If the Company at any time proposes to register any
of its securities under the 1933 Act for sale to the public, whether for its own
account or for the account of other security holders or both, except with
respect to registration statements on Forms X-0, X-0 or another form not
available for registering the Registrable Securities for sale to the public,
provided the Registrable Securities are not otherwise registered for resale by
the Subscribers or Holder pursuant to an effective registration statement, each
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such time it will give at least fifteen (15) days' prior written notice to the
record holder of the Registrable Securities of its intention so to do. Upon the
written request of the holder, received by the Company within ten (10) days
after the giving of any such notice by the Company, to register any of the
Registrable Securities not previously registered, the Company will cause such
Registrable Securities as to which registration shall have been so requested to
be included with the securities to be covered by the registration statement
proposed to be filed by the Company, all to the extent required to permit the
sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities so registered by the
holder of such Registrable Securities (the "Seller" or "Sellers"). In the event
that any registration pursuant to this Section 11.1(ii) shall be, in whole or in
part, an underwritten public offering of Common Stock of the Company, the number
of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such an underwriting may
be reduced by the managing underwriter if and to the extent that the Company and
the underwriter shall reasonably be of the opinion that such inclusion would
adversely affect the marketing of the securities to be sold by the Company
therein; provided, however, that the Company shall notify the Seller in writing
of any such reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, or Section 11.4
hereof, the Company may withdraw or delay or suffer a delay of any registration
statement referred to in this Section 11.1(ii) without thereby incurring any
liability to the Seller.
(iii) If, at the time any written request for
registration is received by the Company pursuant to Section 11.1(i), the Company
has determined to proceed with the actual preparation and filing of a
registration statement under the 1933 Act in connection with the proposed offer
and sale for cash of any of its securities for the Company's own account and the
Company actually does file such other registration statement, such written
request shall be deemed to have been given pursuant to Section 11.1(ii) rather
than Section 11.1(i), and the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities
covered by such written request shall be governed by Section 11.1(ii).
(iv) The Company shall file with the Commission not
later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (the "Filing
Date"), and cause to be declared effective within two hundred and forty (240)
days after the Closing Date (the "Effective Date"), a Form SB-2 registration
statement (the "Registration Statement") (or such other form that it is eligible
to use) in order to register the Registrable Securities for resale and
distribution under the 1933 Act. The Company will register not less than a
number of shares of common stock in the aforedescribed registration statement
that is equal to 124% of the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred
Stock and 100% of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The
Registrable Securities shall be reserved and set aside exclusively for the
benefit of each holder of Registrable Securities, pro rata, and not issued,
employed or reserved for anyone other than each such holder. Such Registration
Statement will immediately be amended or additional registration statements will
be immediately filed by the Company as necessary to register additional shares
of Common Stock to allow the public resale of all Common Stock included in and
issuable by virtue of the Registrable Securities. No securities of the Company
other than the Registrable Securities will be included in the registration
statement described in this Section 11.1(iv) except as disclosed on SCHEDULE
11.1, without the written consent of Subscriber.
11.2. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required by the provisions of Section 11.1(i), 11.1(ii), or (iv) to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities under the 1933 Act, the Company will,
as expeditiously as possible:
(a) subject to the timelines provided in this Agreement,
prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement required by
Section 11, with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause
such registration statement to become and remain effective for the period of the
distribution contemplated thereby (determined as herein provided), and promptly
provide to the holders of the Registrable Securities copies of all filings and
Commission letters of comment and notify Grushko & Xxxxxxx, P.C. within
twenty-four (24) hours of declaration of effectiveness of the registration
statement;
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(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in
connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement
effective until the sooner of (i) two (2) years after the Closing Date, or (ii)
until the Shares and Warrant Shares may be publicly resold pursuant to Rule
144(k) without regard to volume limitations, and comply with the provisions of
the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all of the Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement in accordance with the
Sellers' intended method of disposition set forth in such registration statement
for such period;
(c) furnish to the Sellers, at the Company's expense,
such number of copies of the registration statement and the prospectus included
therein (including each preliminary prospectus) as such persons reasonably may
request in order to facilitate the public sale or their disposition of the
securities covered by such registration statement;
(d) use its best efforts to register or qualify the
Sellers' Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under the
securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Sellers shall request
in writing, provided, however, that the Company shall not for any such purpose
be required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign corporation
in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(e) if applicable, list the Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement with any securities exchange on which the
Common Stock of the Company is then listed;
(f) immediately notify the Sellers when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, of the
happening of any event of which the Company has knowledge as a result of which
the prospectus contained in such registration statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; and
(g) provided same would not be in violation of the
provision of Regulation FD under the 1934 Act, make available for inspection by
the Sellers, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Seller
or underwriter, all publicly available, non-confidential financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause
the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all publicly
available, non-confidential information reasonably requested by the seller,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement.
11.3. Provision of Documents. In connection with each
registration described in this Section 11, each Seller will furnish to the
Company in writing such information and representation letters with respect to
itself and the proposed distribution by it as reasonably shall be necessary in
order to assure compliance with federal and applicable state securities laws.
11.4. Non-Registration Events. The Company and the Subscribers
agree that the Sellers will suffer damages if the Registration Statement is not
filed by the Filing Date and not declared effective by the Commission by the
Effective Date, and any registration statement required under Section 11.1(i) or
11.1(ii) is not filed within 60 days after written request and declared
effective by the Commission within 120 days after such request, and maintained
in the manner and within the time periods contemplated by Section 11 hereof, and
it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision.
Accordingly, if (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or before the
Filing Date or is not declared effective on or before the sooner of the
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Effective Date, or within three (3) business days of receipt by the Company of a
written or oral communication from the Commission that the Registration
Statement will not be reviewed or that the Commission has no further comments,
(ii) if the registration statement described in Sections 11.1(i) or 11.1(ii) is
not filed within 60 days after such written request, or is not declared
effective within 120 days after such written request, or (iii) any registration
statement described in Sections 11.1(i), 11.1(ii) or 11.1(iv) is filed and
declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective (without being
succeeded within ten (10) business days by an effective replacement or amended
registration statement) for a period of time which shall exceed 30 days in the
aggregate per year (defined as a period of 365 days commencing on the date the
Registration Statement is declared effective) or more than 20 consecutive days
(each such event referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 11.4
is referred to herein as a "Non-Registration Event"), then the Company shall
deliver to the holder of Registrable Securities, as Liquidated Damages, an
amount equal to two percent (2%) for each thirty days or part thereof of the
Purchase Price of the Preferred Stock and Shares and actually paid "Purchase
Price" (as defined in the Warrants) of Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants, whether or not such Warrants have been exercised in
whole or in part, for the Registrable Securities owned of record by such holder
as of and during the pendency of such Non-Registration Event which are subject
to such Non-Registration Event. The Company must pay the Liquidated Damages in
cash within ten (10) days after the end of each thirty (30) day period or
shorter part thereof for which Liquidated Damages are payable. In the event a
Registration Statement is filed by the Filing Date but is withdrawn prior to
being declared effective by the Commission, then such Registration Statement
will be deemed to have not been filed.
11.5. Expenses. All expenses incurred by the Company in
complying with Section 11, including, without limitation, all registration and
filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and
independent public accountants for the Company, fees and expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees) incurred in connection with complying with state
securities or "blue sky" laws, fees of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., transfer taxes, fees of transfer agents and registrars, costs of
insurance are called "Registration Expenses." All underwriting discounts and
selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, including
any fees and disbursements of any counsel to the Seller, are called "Selling
Expenses." The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the
registration statement under Section 11. Selling Expenses in connection with
each registration statement under Section 11 shall be borne by the Seller and
may be apportioned among the Sellers in proportion to the number of shares sold
by the Seller relative to the number of shares sold under such registration
statement or as all Sellers thereunder may agree.
11.6. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) In the event of a registration of any Registrable
Securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to Section 11, the Company will, to the
extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless the Seller, each officer of
the Seller, each director of the Seller, each underwriter of such Registrable
Securities thereunder and each other person, if any, who controls such Seller or
underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Seller, or such
underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the 1933 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement
under which such Registrable Securities was registered under the 1933 Act
pursuant to Section 11, any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
in light of the circumstances when made, and will subject to the provisions of
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Section 11.6(c) reimburse the Seller, each such underwriter and each such
controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to
the Seller to the extent that any such damages arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus if (i) the
Seller failed to send or deliver a copy of the final prospectus delivered by the
Company to the Seller with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of
the sale by the Seller to the person asserting the claim from which such damages
arise, (ii) the final prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or such omission or alleged omission, or (iii) to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission so made in conformity with information furnished by any such Seller, or
any such controlling person in writing specifically for use in such registration
statement or prospectus.
(b) In the event of a registration of any of the
Registrable Securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to Section 11, each Seller
severally but not jointly will, to the extent permitted by law, indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the 1933 Act, each officer of the Company who signs the
registration statement, each director of the Company, each underwriter and each
person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against
all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the
Company or such officer, director, underwriter or controlling person may become
subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
in the registration statement under which such Registrable Securities were
registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to Section 11, any preliminary prospectus
or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company and each such
officer, director, underwriter and controlling person for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, provided, however,
that the Seller will be liable hereunder in any such case if and only to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information pertaining to
such Seller, as such, furnished in writing to the Company by such Seller
specifically for use in such registration statement or prospectus, and provided,
further, however, that the liability of the Seller hereunder shall be limited to
the net proceeds actually received by the Seller from the sale of Registrable
Securities included for resale in such registration statement.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
hereunder of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party in writing thereof, but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to such indemnified party other than under this
Section 11.6(c) and shall only relieve it from any liability which it may have
to such indemnified party under this Section 11.6(c), except and only if and to
the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced by such omission. In case any
such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall
be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and
undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense
thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
under this Section 11.6(c) for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected, provided,
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however, that, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to it which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or if
the interests of the indemnified party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with
the interests of the indemnifying party, the indemnified parties, as a group,
shall have the right to select one separate counsel and to assume such legal
defenses and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the
reasonable expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other expenses related
to such participation to be reimbursed by the indemnifying party as incurred.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution in the event of joint liability under the 1933 Act in any case in
which either (i) a Seller, or any controlling person of a Seller, makes a claim
for indemnification pursuant to this Section 11.6 but it is judicially
determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent
jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last
right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case
notwithstanding the fact that this Section 11.6 provides for indemnification in
such case, or (ii) contribution under the 1933 Act may be required on the part
of the Seller or controlling person of the Seller in circumstances for which
indemnification is not provided under this Section 11.6; then, and in each such
case, the Company and the Seller will contribute to the aggregate losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject (after contribution
from others) in such proportion so that the Seller is responsible only for the
portion represented by the percentage that the public offering price of its
securities offered by the registration statement bears to the public offering
price of all securities offered by such registration statement, provided,
however, that, in any such case, (y) the Seller will not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such
securities offered by it pursuant to such registration statement; and (z) no
person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 10(f) of the 0000 Xxx) will be entitled to contribution from any person
or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
11.7. Delivery of Unlegended Shares.
(a) Within three (3) business days (such third (3rd)
business day, the "Unlegended Shares Delivery Date") after the business day on
which the Company has received (i) a notice that Registrable Securities have
been sold either pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the
1933 Act, (ii) a representation that the prospectus delivery requirements, or
the requirements of Rule 144, as applicable, have been satisfied, and (iii) the
original share certificates representing the shares of Common Stock that have
been sold, and (iv) in the case of sales under Rule 144, customary
representation letters of the Subscriber and/or Subscriber's broker regarding
compliance with the requirements of Rule 144, the Company at its expense, (y)
shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel selected by the Company to deliver,
to its transfer agent (with copies to Subscriber) an appropriate instruction and
opinion of such counsel, directing the delivery of shares of Common Stock
without any legends including the legends set forth in Sections 4(e) and 4(f)
above, issuable pursuant to any effective and current Registration Statement
described in Section 11 of this Agreement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933
Act (the "Unlegended Shares"); and (z) cause the transmission of the
certificates representing the Unlegended Shares together with a legended
certificate representing the balance of the unsold shares of Common Stock, if
any, to the Subscriber at the address specified in the notice of sale, via
express courier, by electronic transfer or otherwise on or before the Unlegended
Shares Delivery Date. Transfer fees shall be the responsibility of the Seller.
(b) In lieu of delivering physical certificates
representing the Unlegended Shares, if the Company's transfer agent is
participating in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities
Transfer program, upon request of a Subscriber, so long as the certificates
therefor do not bear a legend and the Subscriber is not obligated to return such
certificate for the placement of a legend thereon, the Company shall cause its
transfer agent to electronically transmit the Unlegended Shares by crediting the
account of Subscriber's prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal
Agent Commission system. Such delivery must be made on or before the Unlegended
Shares Delivery Date.
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(c) The Company understands that a delay in the
delivery of the Unlegended Shares pursuant to Section 11 hereof beyond the
Unlegended Shares Delivery Date could result in economic loss to a Subscriber.
As compensation to a Subscriber for such loss, the Company agrees to pay late
payment fees (as liquidated damages and not as a penalty) to the Subscriber for
late delivery of Unlegended Shares in the amount of $100 per business day after
the Delivery Date for each $10,000 of purchase price of the Unlegended Shares
subject to the delivery default. If during any 360 day period, the Company fails
to deliver Unlegended Shares as required by this Section 11.7 for an aggregate
of thirty (30) days, then each Subscriber or assignee holding Securities subject
to such default may, at its option, require the Company to purchase all or any
portion of the Shares and Warrant Shares subject to such default at a price per
share equal to 130% of the purchase price of such Shares and Warrant Shares. The
Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in immediately
available funds upon demand.
12. (a) Right of First Refusal. During the Exclusion Period,
the Subscribers shall be given not less than ten (10) business days prior
written notice of any proposed sale by the Company of its Common Stock or other
securities or debt obligations, except in connection with (i) employee stock
options or compensation plans, (ii) as full or partial consideration in
connection with any merger, consolidation or purchase of substantially all of
the securities or assets of any corporation or other entity, (iii) as has been
described in the Reports or Other Written Information filed or delivered to the
Subscribers prior to the date of this Agreement, or (iv) conversion of the
Shares or upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively "Excepted Issuances"). The
Subscribers who exercise their rights pursuant to this Section 12(a) shall have
the right during the ten (10) business days following receipt of the notice to
purchase all of such offered Common Stock, debt or other securities in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the notice of sale in the
same proportion to each other as their purchase of Shares in the Offering. In
the event such terms and conditions are modified during the notice period, the
Subscribers shall be given prompt notice of such modification and shall have the
right during the original notice period or for a period of ten (10) business
days following the notice of modification, whichever is longer, to exercise such
right.
(b) Offering Restrictions. Except as disclosed in the
Reports or Other Written Information filed with the Commission or made available
to the Subscriber prior to the Initial Closing Date, or in connection with
Excepted Issuances, the Company will not issue any equity, convertible debt or
other securities convertible into common stock on any terms more favorable to
such other investor than any of the terms of the Offering, until after the
Exclusion Period without the prior written consent of the Subscriber, which
consent may be withheld for any reason.
(c) Favored Nations Provision. Except for the Excepted
Issuances, if at any time during the Exclusion Period the Company shall offer,
issue or agree to issue any Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock (or modify any of the foregoing which may
be outstanding at any time prior to the Closing Date) to any person or entity at
a price per share or conversion or exercise price per share which shall be less
than the Conversion Price of the Preferred Stock, without the consent of each
Subscriber holding Preferred Stock or Shares, then the Company shall issue, for
each such occasion, additional shares of Common Stock to each Subscriber and
Finder so that the average per share purchase price of the shares of Common
Stock issued to the Subscriber (of only the Common Stock or Warrant Shares still
owned by the Subscriber and Finder) is equal to such other lower price per share
and the Conversion Price and Warrant exercise price shall be reduced to such
other lower amount. The delivery to the Subscriber of the additional shares of
Common Stock shall be not later than the closing date of the transaction giving
rise to the requirement to issue additional shares of Common Stock. The
Subscriber is granted the registration rights described in Section 11 hereof in
relation to such additional shares of Common Stock except that the Filing Date
and Effective Date vis-a-vis such additional common shares shall be,
respectively, the sixtieth (60th) and one hundred and twentieth (120th) date
after the closing date giving rise to the requirement to issue the additional
shares of Common Stock. For purposes of the issuance and adjustments described
in this paragraph, the issuance of any security of the Company carrying the
right to convert such security into shares of Common Stock or of any warrant,
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right or option to purchase Common Stock shall result in the issuance of the
additional shares of Common Stock upon the issuance of such convertible
security, warrant, right or option and again upon any subsequent issuances of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of such conversion or purchase rights if
such issuance is at a price lower than the then Conversion Price. The rights of
the Subscriber set forth in this Section 12 are in addition to any other rights
the Subscriber has pursuant to this Agreement and any other agreement referred
to or entered into in connection herewith.
(d) Maximum Exercise of Rights. In the event the
exercise of the rights described
in Sections 12(a) and 12(c) would result in the issuance of an amount of Common
Stock of the Company that would exceed the maximum amount that may be issued to
a Subscriber calculated in the manner described in Section 4(c) of the
Certificate of Designation, then the issuance of such additional shares of
Common Stock of the Company to such Subscriber will be deferred in whole or in
part until such time as such Subscriber is able to beneficially own such Common
Stock without exceeding the maximum amount set forth calculated in the manner
described in Section 4(c) of the Certificate of Designation. The determination
of when such Common Stock may be issued shall be made by each Subscriber as to
only such Subscriber.
13. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents,
approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served,
(ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges
prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed
as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified
most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for
such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: Universal Communication
Systems, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 00X, Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, CEO, telecopier: (000) 000-0000, with a copy by telecopier only
to:Torys LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx,
Esq., telecopier: (000) 000-0000, and (ii) if to the Subscribers, to: the one or
more addresses and telecopier numbers indicated on the signature pages hereto,
with an additional copy by telecopier only to: Grushko & Xxxxxxx, P.C., 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, telecopier number: (212)
697-3575.
(b) Closing. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein shall take place at the offices of Grushko & Xxxxxxx, P.C.,
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, upon the satisfaction of
all conditions to Closing set forth in this Agreement ("Closing Date").
(c) Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement and
other documents delivered in connection herewith represent the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be
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amended only by a writing executed by both parties. Neither the Company nor the
Subscribers have relied on any representations not contained or referred to in
this Agreement and the documents delivered herewith. No right or obligation of
either party shall be assigned by that party without prior notice to and the
written consent of the other party.
(d) Counterparts/Execution. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by the different signatories hereto
on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature and delivered
by facsimile transmission.
(e) Law Governing this Agreement. This Agreement shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by
either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. THE PARTIES AND THE INDIVIDUALS
EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS REFERRED TO HEREIN OR DELIVERED IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION
OF SUCH COURTS AND WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY. The prevailing party shall be entitled
to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. In the
event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement delivered in
connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or
rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that
it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such
statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or
unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of any agreement.
(f) Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction. The
Company and Subscriber acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur
in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is
accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and
to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition
to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity.
Subject to Section 13(e) hereof, each of the Company, Subscriber and any
signator hereto in his personal capacity hereby waives, and agrees not to assert
in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction in New York of such court, that the suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Nothing in this Section shall affect or limit
any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(g) Independent Nature of Subscribers. The Company
acknowledges that the obligations of each Subscriber under the Transaction
Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other
Subscriber, and no Subscriber shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Subscriber under the Transaction
Documents. The Company acknowledges that the decision of each Subscriber to
purchase Securities has been made by such Subscriber independently of any other
Subscriber and independently of any information, materials, statements or
opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties,
liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Company which may have been made or given by any other
Subscriber or by any agent or employee of any other Subscriber, and no
Subscriber or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any
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Subscriber (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such
information, materials, statements or opinions. The Company acknowledges that
nothing contained in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any
Subscriber pursuant hereto or thereto (including, but not limited to, the (i)
inclusion of a Subscriber in the SB-2 Registration Statement and (ii) review by,
and consent to, such Registration Statement by a Subscriber) shall be deemed to
constitute the Subscribers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or
any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Subscribers are in
any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges
that each Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its
rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of the Transaction
Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Subscriber to be joined
as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company
acknowledges that it has elected to provide all Subscribers with the same terms
and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because
Company was required or requested to do so by the Subscribers. The Company
acknowledges that such procedure with respect to the Transaction Documents in no
way creates a presumption that the Subscribers are in any way acting in concert
or as a group with respect to the Transaction Documents or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
(h) Equitable Adjustment. The Securities and the
purchase prices of Securities shall be equitably adjusted to offset the effect
of stock splits, stock dividends, and distributions of property or equity
interests of the Company to its shareholders.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
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Please acknowledge your acceptance of the foregoing Subscription
Agreement by signing and returning a copy to the undersigned whereupon it shall
become a binding agreement between us.
UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS, INC.
a Nevada corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: CEO
Dated: April 19, 2004
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SUBSCRIBER PURCHASE PRICE
AND STATED VALUE OF WARRANTS ISSUABLE
PREFERRED STOCK ON CLOSING DATE
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(Signature)
ALPHA CAPITAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Xxxxxxxxx 0
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Lichtenstein
Fax: 000-00-00000000
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
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Exhibit A Certificate of Designation
Exhibit B Form of Warrant
Exhibit C Escrow Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Legal Opinion
Schedule 5(d) Additional Issuances
Schedule 5(m) Defaults
Schedule 5(q) Undisclosed Liabilities
Schedule 5(s) Capitalization
Schedule 11.1 Other Securities to be Registered
