SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of July 30, 2004,
by and among Conolog Corporation, a Delaware 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, $688,500 (the "Purchase Price") of the Company's common stock, $.01
par value (the "Common Stock", or "Shares"), and share purchase warrants in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Warrants") to purchase shares of Common
Stock (the "Warrant Shares"). The per Share Purchase Price shall be $1.44,
subject to adjustment as described in this Agreement. The Purchase Price shall
be payable to the Company on the Closing Date. The Common Stock, the Warrants
and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the "Securities";
and
WHEREAS, the aggregate proceeds of the sale of the Common Stock
contemplated hereby shall be held in escrow pursuant to the terms of a Funds
Escrow Agreement which shall be executed by the parties substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit B (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. Purchase and Sale of Shares and Warrants. Subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to Closing set forth in this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, each Subscriber shall purchase the Shares
and Warrants for the portion of the Purchase Price indicated on the signature
page hereto, and the Company shall sell such Shares and Warrants to the
Subscriber. The entire Purchase Price shall be allocated to the Shares.
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. A total of 200,000 Warrants will be issued, pro rata to the
Subscribers. The per Warrant Share exercise price to acquire a Warrant Share
upon exercise of a Warrant shall be equal to 105% of the closing bid price as
reported on the SmallCap on the date prior to Closing. The Warrants shall be
exercisable until five (5) years after the Closing Date.
4. Subscriber's Representations and Warranties. Each Subscriber hereby
represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company only as to such
Subscriber that:
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(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 July 31, 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 issuance of the Securities 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 understands that an investment in the Securities involves a high
degree of risk and 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 Common Stock and Warrants. On the closing date,
the Subscriber will purchase the Common Stock and Warrants as principal for its
own account and not with a view to any distribution thereof. For so long as any
of the Shares and/or Warrant Shares are held by Subscriber or Subscriber's
Affiliates (as defined below), Subscriber or its Affiliates will not cause any
person or entity, directly or indirectly to engage in "short sales" of the
Company's Common Stock.
(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.
(e) Shares Legend. The Shares shall bear the following or similar
legend:
"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 CONOLOG CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED."
(f) Warrants Legend. The Warrants shall bear the following
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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 CONOLOG
CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
(g) 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.
(h) 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
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.
(i) 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 can be sold pursuant to (A) Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act
and files a Form 144, 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.
For the purposes of this Agreement, an "Affiliate" of any
specified Subscriber means any other person or entity directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Subscriber. For purposes of this definition, "control" means the power
to direct the management and policies of such person or firm, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
(j) No Governmental Review. Each Subscriber understands that no
United
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States federal or state agency or any other governmental or state agency has
passed on or made recommendations or endorsement of the Securities or the
suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed
upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(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 (as hereinafter defined), shall be true
and correct as of the Closing Date.
(l) Acquisition for Own Account. Subscriber is acquiring its
Securities for Subscriber's own account for investment only, and not as a
nominee or agent and not with a view towards or for resale in connection with
distribution.
(m) 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 material
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 other than those jurisdictions in which
the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect. The Company
and each of its material 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. (For purposes of this Agreement, a
"material adverse effect" shall mean a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, results of operations, properties or business of the Company taken as
a whole.)
(b) Outstanding Stock. All outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company issued during the two years prior to the Closing have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Authority; Enforceability. This Agreement, the Common 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, 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. Other than a total of 65,000 Shares of
the Company's Common Stock and as disclosed by the Company in filings made by
the Company with the Commission, 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.
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(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 ("SmallCap"),
the OTC Bulletin Board nor the Company's shareholders, other than any approval
required by the corporate governance rules of the SmallCap including but not
limited to the requirement to file an Additional Shares Listing Application with
the SmallCap at least fifteen (15) days prior to the issuance of the Shares, 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 the Transaction Documents 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;
(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; or
(v) result in a violation of Section 5 under the 0000 Xxx.
(g) The Securities. The Securities upon issuance:
(i) 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;
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(ii) will be, duly and validly authorized and on the date of
issuance of the Shares and upon exercise of the Warrants, 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 timely filed all reports and other
materials required to be filed thereunder with the Commission during the
preceding twelve months.
(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 illegal 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 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.
(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 articles of
incorporation or bylaws. The Company 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
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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 SmallCap which, if so integrated would eliminate the Offering exemption
described in the second paragraph of this Agreement. 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 which if so
integrated would eliminate the offering exemption described in the second
paragraph of this Agreement or negatively impact the Company's ability to comply
with its obligations under this Agreement.
(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
SmallCap. Other than prior notices, all of which the Company has complied with
and the notice dated June 24, 2004 and any subsequent notifications related
thereto from the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Company has not received notice that
its common stock may not be eligible or will become ineligible for quotation on
the SmallCap and that its common stock does not meet all requirements for the
continuation of such quotation and as such may be delisted from the SmallCap
onto the OTC Bulletin Board and as of the Closing Date, the Company will satisfy
all the requirements for the continued quotation of its common stock on either
the SmallCap or 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 July 31, 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 July 31, 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.
(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 outstanding 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.
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(t) 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.
(u) 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.
(v) 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.
(w) 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 Subscribers. A form of the
legal opinion is annexed hereto as Exhibit C. The Company will provide, at the
Company's expense, such other legal opinions in the future as are reasonably
necessary for the resale of the Common Stock and exercise of the Warrants and
resale of the Warrant Shares, provided however, the Subscriber seeking such
opinion meets all applicable legal requirements for such resale.
7. Broker's Fee/Legal Fee/Escrow Agent.
(a) Legal Fee. The Company shall pay to Grushko & Xxxxxxx, P.C.,
a fee of $12,500 ("Legal Fees") as payment for services rendered to the
Subscribers in connection with this Agreement and the purchase and sale of the
shares of Common Stock (the "Offering") and acting as Escrow Agent for the
Offering. The Legal Fees will be payable out of funds held pursuant to the
Escrow Agreement.
(b) Broker. 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 Broker's Commission other than First Montauk Securities
Corp. ("Broker") 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 in this Agreement to the contrary 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 Broker a cash fee equal to
10% of the Purchase Price on the Closing Date (as defined herein) directly out
of the funds held pursuant to the Escrow Agreement ("Broker's Commissions") as
payment to broker for acting as a finder in connection with the sale of the
Securities hereunder. The Broker will also receive on the Closing Date an amount
equal to 2.76% of the Purchase Price as a non-accountable expense allowance. The
Company represents that there are no other parties entitled to receive
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fees, commissions, or similar payments in connection with the offering described
in this Agreement except the Broker.
8. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the
Subscribers as follows:
(a) Stop Orders. So long as Subscriber owns any Shares and/or
Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, 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.
(b) Listing. So long as Subscriber owns any Shares, Warrants or
Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly secure the listing of the shares of
Common Stock upon each national securities exchange, or automated quotation
system upon which they are or become eligible for listing (subject to official
notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing, provided the Company's
Common Stock continues to be listed on such national securities exchange or
automated quotation system. So long as Subscriber owns any Shares, Warrants or
Warrant Shares, the Company will use its best reasonable efforts to maintain the
listing of its Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange, SmallCap, 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. So long as the
Subscriber owns the Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares, 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 Closing Date, the SmallCap 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 limitation, 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 resale of the Common Stock and the Warrant Shares by each Subscriber, the
Company will use its best reasonable 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 which consent will not be unreasonably withheld and will use its
best reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company's reporting,
filing and other obligations
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under the bylaws or rules of the Principal Market. The Company agrees to timely
file a Form D with respect to the Securities if required under Regulation D and
to provide a copy thereof to each Subscriber promptly after such filing.
(e) Use of Proceeds. The Company undertakes not to use the
proceeds of the Subscribers' funds for accrued and unpaid officer and director
salaries, payment of financing related debt, or the redemption of outstanding
redeemable notes or equity instruments of the Company.
(f) 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.
(g) Reservation. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company
undertakes to reserve, pro rata, on behalf of each Subscriber and holder of a
Warrant, from its authorized but unissued common stock, a number of common
shares equal to the amount of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants. Failure to have sufficient shares reserved pursuant to this Section
8(g) for three (3) consecutive business days or ten (10) days in the aggregate
shall be a material default of the Company's obligations under this Agreement.
(h) 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.
(i) 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.
(j) 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.
(k) 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
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regard to volume limitation, the Company will keep its properties in good
repair, 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.
(l) 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 except in
connection with a Form 8-K or the Registration Statement or other documents
filed by the Company with the Commission or Nasdaq, 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 first trading day
following 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.
(m) Further Registration Statements. Except for a registration
statement filed on behalf of the Subscribers pursuant to Section 10 of this
Agreement, 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 the earlier of (i)
ninety (90) days after the actual effective date of the registration statement
filed pursuant to 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"), (ii)
Subscribers no longer own any of their Shares and Warrant Shares, or (iii) July
29, 2006.
(n) 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 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.
(o) Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that
neither it nor any other person acting on its behalf will provide any Subscriber
or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes
constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Subscriber shall have agreed in writing to receive such information. The Company
understands and confirms that each Subscriber shall be relying on the foregoing
representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
(p) Lockup. The Company will deliver to the Subscribers on or
before the Closing Date and enforce the provisions of irrevocable lockup
agreements ("Lockup Agreements") in the forms annexed hereto as Exhibit D, with
the parties identified on Schedule 9(p) hereto.
9. 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,
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arises out of or is based upon (i) any material misrepresentation by Company or
breach of any warranty by Company in any of the Transaction Documents; 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 under any Transaction Documents other than its obligations under Section
11 of this Agreement.
(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 actually received by such Subscriber upon the sale of Registrable
Securities (as defined herein).
(d) The procedures set forth in Section 10.6 shall apply to the
indemnifications set forth in Sections 9(a) and 9(b) above.
10.1. Registration Rights. The Company hereby grants the following
registration rights to holders of the Securities.
(i) On one occasion, for a period commencing ninety-one (91) 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 (collectively "Registrable Securities") which are the subject of such
request for unrestricted public resale by the holder thereof. For purposes of
Sections 10.1(i) and 10.1(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
10.1(i).
(ii) From the date of Closing but no later than two (2) years
after the Closing Date, 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
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
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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 10.1(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 10.4
hereof, the Company may withdraw or delay or suffer a delay of any registration
statement referred to in this Section 10.1(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 10.1(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 10.1(ii) rather than Section
10.1(i), and the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities covered by such
written request shall be governed by Section 10.1(ii).
(iv) The Company shall file with the Commission not later than
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date (the "Filing Date"), and use its best
reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective within ninety (90) days
after the Filing 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
all of the Shares and Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement. The
Registrable Securities shall be reserved and set aside exclusively for the
benefit of each Subscriber and Warrantholder, pro rata, and not issued, employed
or reserved for anyone other than each such Subscriber and Warrantholder. The
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. Without the
written consent of the Subscriber, no securities of the Company other than the
Registrable Securities will be included in the Registration Statement.
10.2. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required
by the provisions of Section 10.1(i), 10.1(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 (as herein provided), and promptly provide to
the holders of the Registrable Securities copies of all filings and Commission
letters of comment and notify Subscribers and Grushko & Xxxxxxx, P.C. (by
telecopier and by email to Xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx) within one (1) business day of (i)
notice that the Commission has no comments or no further comments on the
Registration Statement, (ii) request by the Company of acceleration of
effectiveness of any registration statement which includes Registrable
Securities, and (iii) the declaration of effectiveness of the registration
statement, (failure to
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timely provide notice as required by this Section 11.2(g) shall be a material
breach of the Company's obligation and an Event of Default as defined in the
Notes);
(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 such registration statement has been effective for a period of two (2)
years, or all the Common Stock included in the registration statement has been
sold by the Subscribers, 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) if a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered
under the 1933 Act, immediately notify the Sellers 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.
10.3. Provisions of Documents. In connection with each registration
described in this Section, each Subscriber 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.
10.4. 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 Sections 10.1(i) or 10.1(ii)
is not filed within 60 days after written request and declared effective by the
Commission within 90 days after such filing, and maintained in the manner and
within the time periods contemplated by Section 10 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, (ii)
if the
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Registration Statement is not declared effective on or before the Effective
Date, (iii) if the Registration Statement is not declared effective 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, (iv) if the Registration Statement
described in Sections 10.1(i) or 10.1(ii) is not filed within 60 days after such
written request, or is not declared effective within 90 days after the
registration statement described in Sections 10.1(i) or 10.1(ii) is filed with
the Commission, or (v) any registration statement described in Sections 10.1(i),
10.1(ii) or 10.1(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),
(iii) and (iv) of this Section 10.4 is referred to herein as a "Non-Registration
Event"), the Company shall deliver to the holder of Registrable Securities, as
Liquidated Damages, an amount equal to two percent (2%) for each thirty (30)
days of the Purchase Price of the Shares and Warrant Shares 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. Liquidated Damages otherwise payable
in connection with an Effective Date related Non-Registration Event as described
in this Section 10.4(ii) are deemed waived if the actual effective date occurs
within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to be
contrary in this Section, a maximum of four percent (4%) Liquidated Damages will
be payable in connection with the Non-Registration Event described in this
Section 10.4. 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, provided however, payment for the
first 30-day period will not be due for 40 days from the end of the first 30
days. 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.
10.5. Expenses. All expenses incurred by the Company in complying with
Section 10, 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 and 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 additional counsel to the Seller, are called "Selling
Expenses." The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the
registration statement under Section 10. Selling Expenses in connection with
each registration statement under Section 10 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. Additionally, the parties
agree that each will be responsible for their respective legal fees in
connection with this transaction.
10.6. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) In the event of a registration of any Registrable Securities
under the 1933 Act pursuant to Section 10, 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
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statement under which such Registrable Securities was registered under the 1933
Act pursuant to Section 10, 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 Section 10.6(c) reimburse the Seller, each such underwriter and
each such controlling person of Seller 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 or any controlling person of 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 10, 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 10, 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 covered by 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 10.6(c) and shall only
relieve it from any liability which it may have to such indemnified party under
this Section 10.6(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
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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 10.6(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,
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 10.6 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 10.6 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 10.6; 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.
10.7. Delivery of Unlegended Shares.
(a) Within five (5) business days (such fifth (5th) 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, Form 144 and 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
the Shares 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 10 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, if any, to the
Subscriber at the address specified in the notice of sale, via express courier,
by electronic
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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.
(c) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the
Unlegended Shares pursuant to Section 10 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 10.7 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 Common Stock and Warrant Shares. The
Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in immediately
available funds upon demand.
(d) In addition to any other rights available to a Subscriber, if
the Company fails to deliver to a Subscriber Unlegended Shares as required
pursuant to this Agreement, within ten (10) calendar days after the Unlegended
Shares Delivery Date and the Subscriber purchases (in an open market transaction
or otherwise) shares of common stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by
such Subscriber of the shares of Common Stock which the Subscriber anticipated
receiving from the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall pay in cash to
the Subscriber (in addition to any remedies available to or elected by the
Subscriber) the amount by which (A) the Subscriber's total purchase price
(including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of common stock so
purchased exceeds (B) the aggregate purchase price of the shares of Common Stock
delivered to the Company for reissuance as Unlegended Shares, together with
interest thereon at a rate of 15% per annum, accruing until such amount and any
accrued interest thereon is paid in full (which amount shall be paid as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty). For example, if a Subscriber purchases
shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a
Buy-In with respect to $10,000 of purchase price of shares of Common Stock
delivered to the Company for reissuance as Unlegended Shares, the Company shall
be required to pay the Subscriber $1,000, plus interest. The Subscriber shall
provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the
Subscriber in respect of the Buy-In.
(e) In the event a Subscriber shall request delivery of
Unlegended Shares as described in Section 10.7(e) and the Company is required to
deliver such Unlegended Shares pursuant to Section 10.7(e), the Company may not
refuse to deliver Unlegended Shares based on any claim that such Subscriber or
any one associated or affiliated with such Subscriber has been engaged in any
violation of law, or for any other reason, unless, an injunction or temporary
restraining order from a court, on notice, restraining and or enjoining delivery
of such Unlegended Shares shall have been sought and obtained and the Company
has posted a surety bond for the benefit of such Subscriber in the amount of
130% of the amount of the aggregate purchase price of the Common Stock and
Warrant Shares which are subject to the injunction or temporary restraining
order, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of
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arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable
to such Subscriber to the extent Subscriber obtains judgment in Subscriber's
favor.
11. (a) Right of First Refusal. Commencing on the date of this
Agreement and through 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) issuance of an aggregate of
250,000 Shares of the Company's Common Stock which may be issued to officers and
directors and consultants to the Company, or (iv) as has been described in the
Reports or Other Written Information filed with the Commission or delivered to
the Subscribers prior to the Closing Date (collectively "Excepted Issuances").
The Subscribers who exercise their rights pursuant to this Section 11(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 five (5) business
days following the notice of modification, whichever is longer, to exercise such
right.
(b) Offering Restrictions. During the Exclusion Period except in
connection with the Excepted Issuances or the Offering, the Company will not
enter into any agreement to, nor issue any equity, convertible debt or other
securities convertible into common stock without the prior written consent of
the Subscribers, which consent may be withheld for any reason. Anything to the
contrary herein notwithstanding, the Subscribers do not consent to, nor will the
Company take any action which may result in a violation of Section 5 of the 1933
Act.
(c) Maximum Exercise of Rights. In the event the exercise of the
rights described in Sections 11(a) and 11(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 8 of
the Warrants, 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. The determination of when such common stock may be
issued shall be made by each Subscriber as to only such Subscriber.
12. 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
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actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for
such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: Conolog Corporation, 0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxx, telecopier: (908)
722-5461, with a copy by telecopier only to: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.,
telecopier: (000) 000-0000, (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: (000) 000-0000,
and (iii) if to the Broker, to: First Montauk Securities Corp., 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Director of Corporate
Finance, telecopier: (000) 000-0000.
(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"). The Closing
Date shall be deemed to be July 30, 2004 for all Subscribers notwithstanding
that conditions to Closing are satisfied after such 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
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 12(e) hereof, each of the Company, Subscriber and any
signator hereto in his
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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
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 Subscriber (or any other person) relating to or arising from
any such information, materials, statements or opinions. 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.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (A)
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.
CONOLOG CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: July , 2004
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SUBSCRIBER PURCHASE PRICE SHARES WARRANTS
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$363,500.00 252,892 105,592
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(Signature)
XXXXXXXXXXX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
C/o Canaccord Capital Corporation
000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, Xxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (B)
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.
CONOLOG CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: July , 2004
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SUBSCRIBER PURCHASE PRICE SHARES WARRANTS
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$100,000.00 69,572 29,049
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(Signature)
WHALEHAVEN CAPITAL
0xx Xxxxx, 00 Xxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx XX00
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (C)
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.
CONOLOG CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: July , 2004
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SUBSCRIBER PURCHASE PRICE SHARES WARRANTS
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$125,000.00 86,964 36,310
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(Signature)
WHALEHAVEN FUND LTD.
0xx Xxxxx, 00 Xxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx XX00
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (D)
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.
CONOLOG CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: July , 2004
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SUBSCRIBER PURCHASE PRICE SHARES WARRANTS
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$100,000.00 69,572 29,049
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(Signature)
GREENWICH GROWTH FUND LIMITED
0xx Xxxxx, 00 Xxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx XX00
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A Form of Warrant
Exhibit B Escrow Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Legal Opinion
Exhibit D Lockup Agreements
Schedule 5(q) Undisclosed Liabilities
Schedule 5(s) Capitalization
Schedule 9(p) Shareholders Subject to Lockup
Schedule 10.1 Other Securities to be Registered
