SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.01
This
Securities Purchase Agreement together with all schedules and exhibits, (this
“Agreement”)
is
dated as of February 28, 2006, among San Holdings, Inc., a Colorado corporation
(the “Company”),
and
each Purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each a “Purchaser”
and
collectively the “Purchasers”),
each
a “party” and collectively the “parties.”
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), and Rule 506 promulgated
thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the
Purchasers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase from the Company
in
the aggregate, up to 236.8 Units, each Unit consisting of (i) one share of
Preferred Stock of the Company initially convertible into 333,333 shares of
Common Stock, with such Preferred Stock having the terms and conditions as
described in the Certificate of Designations, and (ii) a $0.30 Warrant and
a $0.50 Warrant, each of such Warrants initially exercisable into 166,667 shares
of Common Stock, with such Warrants having the terms and conditions described
in
Exhibit
D
and
Exhibit
E;
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company
may
sell additional Units to Purchasers and or other Persons (as defined herein)
after the initial Closing (as defined herein) pursuant to the terms set forth
herein;
WHEREAS,
Sun Solunet, LLC (“Sun Solunet”), the majority shareholder of the Company,
expects to purchase a total of 176.5 Units from the Company for $8,000,000;
and
WHEREAS,
the number of Units to be purchased by Sun Solunet is equal to quotient obtained
by dividing (i) 8,000,000 by (ii) the Per Unit Purchase Price applicable to
Sun
Solunet. The Per Unit Purchase Price applicable to Sun Solunet equals the
quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate Subscription Amount from all
Purchasers (other than Sun Solunet) less the aggregate fees payable to Monarch
Capital Group LLC by (b) number of Units to be purchased by all Purchasers
(other than Sun Solunet).
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agrees as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this
Section 1.1:
“Action”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144. With respect to a Purchaser,
any
investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis
by
the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate
of such Purchaser.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are
authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Certificate
of Designations”
means
the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and other rights and qualifications
of the Series A Preferred Stock substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
hereto.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Units pursuant to Section 2.1.
Subject to the satisfaction of the all of the conditions precedent set forth
in
the definition of Closing Date on the first Closing, there may be subsequent
Closings for the sale of additional Units pursuant to this Agreement or on
the
same terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
the
Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and the Company’s
obligation to issue the Warrants and the Preferred Shares have been satisfied
or
waived.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, and any securities
into
which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder
thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation,
any
debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
at
any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder
thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Credit
Support Termination Agreement”
means
the termination to the letter agreement, dated as of March 31, 2003, by and
between Sun Capital Partners II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Fund”), and the Company, as amended on November 23, 2005, acknowledged and
agreed to by Sun Solunet, substantially in the form of Exhibit
G
attached
hereto.
“Disclosure
Schedules”
means
the Disclosure Schedules attached hereto.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Escrow
Agent”
means
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association.
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“Escrow
Agreement”
shall
mean the Escrow Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
B
hereto,
as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Liens”
means
a
lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(l).
“Per
Unit Purchase Price”
equals
$50,000 for all Purchasers other than Sun Solunet and for Sun Solunet equals
the
lesser amount set forth in the third “WHEREAS” clause of this
Agreement.
“Person”
means
any legal person, including without limitation, an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Preferred
Shares”
means
the Series A Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
“Preferred
Stock”
mean
the Series A Preferred Stock of the Company no par value per share. Each share
of Preferred Stock is convertible into 333,333 shares of Common
Stock.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement,
among
the Company and each Purchaser, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares.
“Required
Approvals”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the Preferred Shares, the Shares and the Warrants.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to the exercise
of the Warrants or the conversion of the Preferred Stock.
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“Sun
Solunet”
means
Sun Solunet, LLC, the majority shareholder of the Company as of the date of
this
Agreement.
“Subscription
Amount”
means,
as to each Purchaser, the amounts set forth below such Purchaser’s signature
block on the signature page hereto, payable (i) with respect to Purchasers
other
than Sun Solunet, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds
and (ii) with respect to Sun Solunet, in the form of the exchange of debt owed
to Sun Solunet in form and substance acceptable to the Company.
“Subsidiary”
shall
mean the subsidiaries of the Company disclosed in the SEC Reports.
“Trading
Day”
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii)
if
the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, a day on which the Common
Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding
its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common
Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then
Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York
Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the
OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Escrow Agreement, the
Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Units”
means
the Units being offered pursuant to this Agreement, each Unit consisting of
one
share of Preferred Stock, one $0.30 Warrant and one $0.50 Warrant.
“$0.30
Warrants”
means
the Common Stock Purchase Warrants, substantially in the form of Exhibit
D,
issuable to the Purchasers at the Closing, which warrants shall have an exercise
price equal to $0.30 per share and be exercisable for a period of five years.
Each $0.30 Warrant is initially exercisable into 166,667 shares of Common Stock.
“$0.50
Warrants”
means
the Common Stock Purchase Warrants, substantially in the form of Exhibit
E,
issuable to the Purchasers at the Closing, which warrants shall have an exercise
price equal to $0.50 per share and be exercisable for a period of five years.
Each $0.50 Warrant is initially exercisable into 166,667 shares of Common
Stock.
“Warrants”
means
the $0.30 Warrants and $0.50 Warrants, collectively.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1. Closing.
At the
Closing, each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, severally and not
jointly with the other Purchasers, and the Company shall issue and sell to
each
Purchaser, a number of Units equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount
divided by the Per Unit Purchase Price. Sun Solunet, employees and executive
officers of the Company that are Purchasers shall be permitted to invest in
less
than full Unit increments, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth herein, any such Purchasers shall be excluded from the representations
and
warranties to the Company set forth in Section 3.2(i) of this Agreement and
the
covenants to the Company set forth in Section 4.5 of this Agreement. Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.2, the Closing shall
occur
at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Frome Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, Park
Avenue Tower, 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree.
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2.2. Closing
Conditions; Deliveries.
(a) At
the
Closing the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser
or
in lieu thereof the Placement Agent the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
certificate evidencing a number of Preferred Shares equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount divided by the Per Unit Purchase Price, registered in the
name of such Purchaser;
(iii) a
copy of
a $0.30 Warrant, registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which
such Purchaser shall have the initial right to acquire up to the number of
shares of Common Stock equal to 50% of the Shares to be issued to such Purchaser
at the Closing assuming the conversion of all Preferred Stock into Common Stock
of all of the Preferred Stock acquired by the Purchaser;
(iv) a
copy of
a $0.50 Warrant, registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which
such Purchaser shall have the initial right to acquire up to the number of
shares of Common Stock equal to 50% of the Shares to be issued to such Purchaser
at the Closing assuming the conversion of all Preferred Stock into Common Stock
of all of the Preferred Stock acquired by the Purchaser;
(v) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(vi) Lock-up
agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit
F
hereto
executed by officers and inside directors of the Company that are employees
of
the Company; and
(vii) a
Certificate of the President and the Secretary of the Company that the
Certificate of Designations has been adopted and filed.
(b) At
the
Closing each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company
the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) with
respect to the Purchasers other than Sun Solunet, such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount by wire transfer to the account of the Escrow Agent (such account as
provided to the Purchasers in writing by or on behalf of the Escrow Agent)
prior
to the Closing Date; and
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(iii) with
respect to Sun Solunet, their Subscription Amount in the form of exchange of
debt owed by the Company to Sun Solunet in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date; and
(iv) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
(c) All
representations and warranties of the other parties contained herein shall
remain true and correct as of the Closing Date.
(d) As
of the
Closing Date, there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect
to
the Company since the date hereof.
(e) From
the
date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been
suspended by the Commission (except for any suspension of trading of limited
duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior
to
the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities
generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been
suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on
securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market,
nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States
or
New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak
or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of
such
magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial
market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes
it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Units at the Closing.
(f) After
giving effect to (i) the payment by Sun Solunet of its Subscription Amount
for
the Units purchased hereby in the form of exchange of debt owed by the Company
to Sun Solunet and (ii) the payment by the Company of some of the outstanding
indebtedness owed to Sun Solunet (separate from the cancellation of debt
described in (i)), the total remaining indebtedness of the Company to Sun
Solunet shall be less than or equal to $5,000,000.
(g) The
Credit Support Termination Agreement shall be duly executed by the parties
thereto and shall include an agreement of the parties thereto to amend the
Sun
Loan to decrease the Company’s borrowing availability from $14,000,000 to
$5,000,000, to revise the Sun Loan from a revolving loan to a term loan and
to
extend the maturity date thereof to a date that is three years from the date
of
the Credit Support Termination Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1. Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports or as set forth under the corresponding section
of the Disclosure Schedules delivered concurrently herewith, the Company hereby
makes the following representations and warranties as of the date hereof and
as
of the Closing Date to each Purchaser:
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(a) Subsidiaries.
Except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has no direct or indirect
subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company owns, directly
or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. If the Company
has no subsidiaries, then references in the Transaction Documents to the
Subsidiaries will be disregarded.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own
and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of
the
provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws
or
other organizational or charter documents. The Company is duly qualified to
conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on
the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or
financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or
(iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any
material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material
Adverse Effect”).
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and
delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and
no
further action is required by the Company in connection therewith other than
in
connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been
(or
upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered
in accordance with the terms hereof assuming such Transaction Documents are
duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchasers as applicable, will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by general
equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may
be
limited by applicable law.
(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby
do
not and will not (i) conflict in any material respect with or violate any
provision of the Company’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding
to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or
asset
of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to
the
Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any
court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which
any
property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iv)
conflict with or violate the terms of any agreement by which the Company or
any
Subsidiary is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii),
(iii) and (iv), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court
or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filing of any reports with the
Commission, as mandated by the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, (ii) the
filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) application(s)
to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares for trading
thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form
D
with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable
state securities laws, with each of the items listed in clauses (i)-(iv)
inclusive being deemed a “Required
Approval”).
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Preferred Shares and Warrants are duly authorized and, when issued and paid
for
in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
other than as set forth in the Transaction Documents. The Shares, when issued
in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company.
(g) Capitalization.
The
capitalization of the Company is as described in the Company’s SEC Reports filed
with the Commission. The Company has not issued any capital stock since
September 30, 2005 other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options
under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock
to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant
to the conversion or exercise of outstanding Common Stock Equivalents. No Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or
any
similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there
are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls
or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any
right
to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock,
or
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock,
other than as set forth in the SEC Reports. The issue and sale of the Securities
will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other
securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in
a
right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under such securities. All of the outstanding shares
of
capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
have been issued in material compliance with all federal and state securities
laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
Except with respect to the approvals and authorizations required to increase
the
Company’s authorized capital to permit issuance of the Shares, no further
approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the
Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares
or the grant of the Warrants or the issuance of the Shares upon conversion
of
the Preferred Stock. With respect to the Shares issuable upon the exercise
of
the Warrants, the Company shall increase its authorized capital in amount
sufficient to provide for the exercise of all outstanding Warrants of the
Company. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of
the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
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(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the
Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing materials,
including the exhibits thereto, being collectively referred to herein as the
“SEC
Reports”)
on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As
of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports, as the same may have been amended,
complied in all material respects at the time of filing with the requirements
of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports except to the
extent amended, updated or superseded by any subsequent filed report, when
furnished or filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were
made, not misleading in any material respect. The financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Reports, except to the extent amended, updated
or
superseded by any subsequent filed report, whether furnished or filed, at the
time of filing complied in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have
been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied
on
a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except to the extent amended, updated or superseded by and subsequent filed
report, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or
the
notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain
all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof, except to the extent amended, updated or superseded
by
and subsequent filed report, and the results of operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material
Changes.
Since
the date of the filing of the latest audited financial statements included
within the SEC Reports, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports (i) there has
been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with
past practice and (B) liabilities required to be reflected in the Company’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings
made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property, with or without consideration, to its
stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing
Company stock option plans. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company
does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information.
(j) Litigation.
Except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice
of
violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of
their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental
or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local
or
foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there
were
an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the Company’s
knowledge, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any
Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been,
and
to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, with
respect to the Company, any investigation by the Commission involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The
Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Compliance.
Except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i)
is
in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not
been
waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default
by
the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in
violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement
or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived) where the
effect of such default or violation could be reasonably expected to be a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business
except in each case as could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary
to
conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except
where the failure to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”),
and
the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
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(m) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx.
The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date.
(n) Certain
Fees.
Except
for fees payable to Monarch Capital Group LLC, no brokerage or finder’s fees or
commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial
advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or
other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect
to
any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated
in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(o) Private
Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of each of the Purchasers representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as
contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does
not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(p) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge
is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification
that
the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding
the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not
in
compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market.
(q) Disclosure.
The
Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing
representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure
Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company are true
and correct 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.
(r) General
Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any person acting on behalf of the
Company has offered or sold any of the Units by any form of general solicitation
or general advertising. To the Company’s knowledge, based upon representations
by such Purchasers or other investors, the Company has offered the Units for
sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the
meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
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3.2. Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers.
The
Purchasers acknowledge that the offering of Securities to the Purchasers is
intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act by virtue
of
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and the provisions of Regulation D
promulgated thereunder, which is in part dependent upon the truth, completeness
and accuracy of the representations made by the Purchasers in this Agreement.
Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and
warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as
follows:
(a) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation
by
the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby or relating hereto do
not
and will not (i) result in a violation of such Purchaser’s charter
documents or bylaws or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Purchaser
is
a party, or conflict with, breach or violate any Law applicable to the Purchaser
or its properties (except for such conflicts, defaults and violations as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on such
Purchaser). The Purchaser is not required to obtain any consent, authorization
or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of such Purchaser’s
obligations under this Agreement or to purchase the securities from the Company
in accordance with the terms hereof, provided that for purposes of the
representation made in this sentence, the Purchaser is assuming and relying
upon
the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Company
herein.
(b) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right,
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by
such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action on the part of
such
Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is party has been duly executed
by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with
the
terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may
be
limited by applicable law.
(c) Purchaser’s
Intent.
Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have
not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account (this
representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the
Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws and in accordance with the
Transaction Documents). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder
in
the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement
or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any
of
the Securities.
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(d) Purchaser
Status.
At the
time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered
as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such Purchaser
understands that such Purchaser’s investment in the Securities being purchased
from the Company involve a high degree of risk. Such Purchaser understands
that
no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental
agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities
being purchased by such Purchaser from the Company. Such Purchaser warrants
that
such Purchaser is able to bear the complete loss of such Purchaser’s investment
in the securities being purchased from the Company.
(e) Experience
of Such Purchaser.
Such
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such
investment.
(f) Full
Access.
Such
Purchaser has been given full access to such records of the Company and the
Subsidiaries and to the officers and directors of the Company (including the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from such Persons) and
the
Subsidiaries as it has deemed necessary or appropriate.
(g) General
Solicitation.
Such
Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in
any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(h) Compliance
with Patriot Act.
The
funds utilized by such Purchaser for the purchase of the Securities do not
violate any provisions of the USA Patriot Act of 2001.
(i) Beneficial
Ownership.
The
Purchaser (other than Sun Solunet) and its affiliates do not beneficially own
more than 4.9% of the Common Stock as of the date hereof. The Purchaser (other
than Sun Solunet) shall not exercise the Warrants or convert the Preferred
Shares to the extent that such exercise or conversion would result in beneficial
ownership by the Purchaser and its affiliates of more than 4.9% of the then
outstanding number of shares of Common Stock on such date. For the purposes
of
this subsection, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and Regulation 13d-3 promulgated thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Purchaser, to the extent such purchase
of
the Securities causes such Purchaser’s beneficial ownership to exceed 4.9% of
the outstanding shares of the Company, will qualify for filing on a Schedule
13D
under the Exchange Act.
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(j) Blue
Sky Compliance.
Such
Purchaser shall agree to comply with any state blue sky limitations on the
resale of the Securities, if any.
(k) Certain
Fees.
Except
for fees payable to Monarch Capital Group LLC, no brokerage or finder’s fees or
commissions are or will be payable by the Purchasers to any broker, financial
advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or
other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect
to
any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated
in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(l) Investment
Decision.
The
Purchaser is making its own investment decision to invest in the Securities
and
has not relied on any representation (oral or written other than as set forth
in
this Agreement).
ARTICLE
IV
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1. Transfer
Restrictions.
The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company,
to
an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in
Section 4.1(a), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to
the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance
of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect
that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities
under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall
agree in writing to be bound by the applicable terms of this Agreement and
shall
have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement, the Certificate of
Designations and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(a) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1(a), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form: THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
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So
long
as any pledgee, secured party or transferee provides a questionnaire to the
Company demonstrating to the Company that such pledgee or transferee is an
“accredited investor,” the Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may
from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the
Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the
terms
of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities
to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be
subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of
the
pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith.
Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate
Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable
documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request
in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the
Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement
under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision
of
the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders
thereunder.
(b) Certificates
evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set
forth in Section 4.1(a)), (i) while a registration statement (including the
Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under
the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule
144, or (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) and a
request for the removal has been provided in writing by the Purchasers to the
Company, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements
of
the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued
by the Staff of the Commission) and a request for the removal has been provided
in writing by the Purchasers to the Company. The Company shall cause its counsel
to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the
Effective Date if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal
of the legend hereunder with respect to the Shares registered thereunder,
subject to any state blue sky law limitations. If any Preferred Shares are
converted or if all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when
there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Shares
for which the Preferred Shares are converted or the applicable portion of the
Warrant has been exercised, such Shares shall be issued free of all legends.
The
Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend
is no longer required under this Section 4.1(b), it will, no later than five
Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares issued with a
restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive
and
other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions
on transfer set forth in this Section.
(c) Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that
the
removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities
as
set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that
such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
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4.2. Furnishing
of Information.
As long
as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if
the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare
and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the
Securities under Rule 144 to the extent Rule 144 is available for such sale.
The
Company further covenants that it will take such further reasonable action
as
any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by
Rule 144.
4.3. Integration.
The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that (X) would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities
in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
sale
of the Securities to the Purchasers or (Y) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of
any
Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the
closing of such other transaction unless such shareholder approval is obtained
before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.4. Shareholders
Rights Plan.
Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, no claim will be made or enforced
by
the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person that any
Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any shareholders rights plan or similar
plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that
any
Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or
arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents
or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.5. Non-Public
Information.
The
Purchasers (other than Sun Solunet) have all executed a written agreement with
the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of any information provided
to
the Purchasers (other than Sun Solunet) by the Company that constitutes material
non-public information. Except for the power-point presentation made to the
Purchasers (other than Sun Solunet) by the Company and any information covered
by the aforementioned confidentiality agreement, each Purchaser (other than
Sun
Solunet) acknowledges and the Company confirms that neither the Company nor,
to
its knowledge, any other person acting on the Company’s behalf, has provided any
of the Purchasers (other than Sun Solunet) or their agents or counsel with
any
other information that constitutes material, non-public information.
4.6. Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities (excluding
amounts paid by the Company for legal and administrative fees in connection
with
the sale of the Securities) hereunder for the paydown or payoff of outstanding
debt, including some of the outstanding amounts owed to Sun Solunet, working
capital and general corporate purposes.
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4.7. Reimbursement.
If any
Purchaser becomes involved in any capacity in any Proceeding by or against
any
Person who is a stockholder of the Company (except as a result of sales,
pledges, margin sales and similar transactions by such Purchaser to or with
any
current stockholder), solely as a result of such Purchaser’s acquisition of the
Securities under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Purchaser
for
its reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation
preparation and travel in connection therewith) incurred in connection
therewith, as such expenses are incurred. The reimbursement obligations of
the
Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability which the
Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions
to
any Affiliates of the Purchasers who are actually named in such action,
proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees and
controlling persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Purchasers and any
such
Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors,
assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company, the Purchasers
and
any such Affiliate and any such Person. The Company also agrees that neither
the
Purchasers nor any such Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees
or
controlling persons shall have any liability to the Company or any Person
asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the Company solely as a result
of
acquiring the Securities under this Agreement.
4.8. Indemnification
of Purchasers.
The
Company will indemnify and hold the Purchasers and their directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, employees and agents (each, a “Purchaser
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result
of
or relating to: (a) any misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in
this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents; or (b) any cause of action,
suit or claim brought or made against such Purchaser Party and arising solely
out of or solely resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or
enforcement of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and
without causation by any other activity, obligation, condition or liability
pertaining to such Purchaser. The Company will reimburse such Purchaser for
its
reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation,
preparation and travel in connection therewith) incurred in connection
therewith, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that absent an
actual conflict of interest with respect to all Purchasers involved in any
such
matter for which indemnification claim is made hereunder, the Company shall
pay
only one reasonable counsel fee for the representation of all Purchasers in
such
matter.
4.9. Reservation
of Common Stock.
As of
the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to
reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, 50,000,000
shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares.
The Company shall increase its authorized capital in an amount sufficient to
provide for the conversion of all the Preferred Stock and exercise of all of
the
outstanding Warrants of the Company. Until such time as the Company has so
increased its authorized capital, each Purchaser shall each be entitled to
convert the Preferred Stock and exercise the Warrants held by them on a pro
rata
basis with the other Purchasers, weighted on the basis of the respective
Subscription Amounts paid to the Company by each Purchaser.
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4.10. Listing
of Common Stock.
The
Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonably efforts to maintain the
listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market, and as soon
as
reasonably practicable following the Closing (but not later than the earlier
of
the Effective Date and the first anniversary of the Closing Date) to list all
of
the Shares on the Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company
applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will
include in such application all of the Shares, and will take such other action
as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other
Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will take all action
reasonably necessary to continue the listing and/or quotation and trading of
its
Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the
Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of
the Trading Market.
4.11. Equal
Treatment of Purchasers.
Following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto,
no
consideration shall be offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to
a
waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents
unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes
a
separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated
separately by each Purchaser, and is intended to treat for the Company the
Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers
acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or
voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.12. No
Net
Short Position.
Each
Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any other Purchasers, that
they
or any Person acting at the request or direction of Purchaser, nor any
Affiliate, will not enter into any Short Sales (as hereinafter defined) from
the
period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that such Purchaser
no longer holds any Shares. For purposes of this Section 4.12, a “Short
Sale”
by
any
Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that is marked
as
a short sale and that is made at a time when there is no equivalent offsetting
long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser. For purposes of
determining whether there is an equivalent offsetting long position in Common
Stock held by the Purchaser, Shares that have not yet been converted or
exercised pursuant to the Certificate of Designations or the Warrants shall
be
deemed to be held long by the Purchaser, and the amount of shares of Common
Stock held in a long position shall be all Shares held by such Purchaser on
such
date, plus any shares of Common Stock otherwise then held by such Purchaser.
Additionally, each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not
jointly with any other Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the
position that coverage of short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the
box” prior to the Effective Date of the Registration Statement with the Shares
purchased hereunder is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set
forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief
Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance. Accordingly, each Purchaser hereby
agrees not to use any of the Shares to directly cover any short sales made
prior
to the Effective Date.
4.13. Corporate
Existence; Conflicting Agreements.
The
Company will take all steps necessary to preserve and continue the corporate
existence of the Company to the extent that failure to so preserve and continue
the corporate existence of the Company would restrict or impair the right or
ability of the Company or any successor to perform any of its obligations under
this Agreement or any of the other agreements attached as exhibits hereto.
The
Company shall not enter into any agreement, the terms of which agreement would
restrict or impair the right or ability of the Company or any successor to
perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
agreements attached as exhibits hereto.
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4.14. Lock-Up
Agreement.
The
Company shall cause the officers and inside directors that are employees of
the
Company to execute a lock-up agreement hereto restricting such Persons from
selling any shares of Common Stock for a one-year period commencing on the
date
of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. Fees
and Expenses.
Except
with respect to the reasonable fees and expenses of Sun Solunet, which shall
be
paid by the Company, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred
by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery
and
performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes
and duties levied in connection with the sale of the Securities.
5.2. Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede and void all prior agreements and understandings, oral
or
written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been
merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.3. Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered (receipt confirmed) via facsimile at the facsimile number set
forth
on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission,
if
such notice or communication is delivered (receipt confirmed) via facsimile
at
the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a
day
that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any
Trading Day, (c) the second Trading Day following the date of deposit with
a
carrier or service, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight carrier
or
courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice
is
required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall
be
as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.4. Amendments;
Waivers.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each
Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of
any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any
provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be
a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a
waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof (unless it so
provides by its terms), nor shall any delay or omission of either party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
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5.5. Construction.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
5.6. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights
under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers
any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with
respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply
to
the “Purchasers”.
5.7. No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set
forth
in Section 4.8.
5.8. Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard
to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively
in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, New York for the adjudication
of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the
enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives,
and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that
it is
not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such
suit, action or proceeding by delivering a copy thereof via overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. Each party hereto (including its affiliates, agents, officers,
directors and employees) hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding
to
enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party
in
such action or proceeding, as determined by the court hearing such matter,
shall
be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other
costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution
of such action or proceeding.
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5.9. Survival.
The
representations and warranties herein shall survive the Closing and delivery
of
the Preferred Shares, the Warrants and the Shares.
5.10. Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of
the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.
5.11. Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
5.12. Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new
certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable
third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.13. Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance
of
any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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5.14. Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association,
a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled independently to protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out
of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. Each Purchaser has been or has had the opportunity to be represented
by
its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same
terms
and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because
it
was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
[Signature
Pages Follow]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title
CEO
Address
for Notice
If
to
SANZ:
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxx Xxxxx
With
a
copy to:
Xxxxx
Xxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGES FOR PURCHASERS FOLLOW]
[FORM
OF
PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE;
EXECUTED
SIGNATURE PAGES INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
Name
of
Investing Entity:
________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
_________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________
Email
Address of Authorized Entity:
________________________________________________
Address
for Notice of Investing Entity:
Address
for Delivery of Securities for Investing Entity (if not same as above):
Subscription
Amount:
Units:
Preferred
Shares:
$0.30
Warrants:
$0.50
Warrants:
EIN
Number:
DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
[Intentionally
Omitted]
Exhibit
A
Form
of Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock
[INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED; See Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report]
Exhibit
B
ESCROW
AGREEMENT
THIS
ESCROW AGREEMENT,
dated
February 22, 2006 (this “Escrow Agreement”) is entered into by and among SAN
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), Monarch Capital Group, LLC (the “Placement
Agent”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Escrow Agent”).
WHEREAS,
the
Company proposes to sell the Company’s newly designated convertible preferred
stock, and warrants to purchase common stock of the Company (the “Securities”)
to investors (the subscribers of the Securities pursuant to this offering
are
hereinafter referred to as “Investors”), in a private offering to accredited
investors pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
and
Regulation D promulgated thereunder (the “Offering”);
WHEREAS,
the
Securities to be sold will be sold in units (the “Units”), for which each
Investor other than Sun Solunet, LLC (“Sun Solunet”) will pay $50,000 cash per
Unit and for which Sun Solunet will pay a lesser purchase price per Unit,
such
purchase price to be paid in the form of the exchange of debt owed by the
Company to Sun Solunet and, as a result, no funds relating to the Units to
be
purchased by Sun Solunet are expected to be deposited into the Escrow Account
(as hereafter defined);
WHEREAS,
the
Company and the Placement Agent propose to establish a separate, non-interest
bearing escrow account with the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”), to which
subscription monies which are received by the Escrow Agent from the Placement
Agent in connection with the Offering are to be credited, and the Escrow
Agent
is willing to establish the Escrow Account to be held for the benefit of
the
Investors and the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth; and
WHEREAS,
the
Escrow Agent is willing to accept appointment as Escrow Agent for only the
expressed duties, terms and conditions outlined herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the premises set forth above and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1.
Proceeds to be Escrowed. The
form
of subscription agreement to be executed by each Investor in connection with
the
purchase of the Units is included in the Securities Purchase Agreement among
the
Company and the Investors relating to the Offering and the sale of the Units
(the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). The most recent draft of the Securities
Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit B. All funds from Investors
(“Investors Funds”) received by the Company or the Placement Agent for the
purchase of Units pursuant to the Offering shall be deposited with or wired
to
the Escrow Agent (pursuant to written instructions provided by the Escrow
Agent)
promptly following the day upon which such proceeds are received by the
Placement Agent or the Company. The Investors may directly forward Investor
Funds to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the written instructions described
in the
preceding sentence. The Escrow Agent shall establish the Escrow Account and
shall promptly deposit all Investor Funds received by the Escrow Agent into
the
Escrow Account. During the term of this Agreement, the Company and the Placement
Agent shall cause all checks received by and made payable to it in payment
for
such Units to be endorsed in favor of the Escrow Account.
In
the
event that any checks deposited in the Escrow Account prove uncollectible
after
the funds represented thereby have been released by the Escrow Agent, then
the
Company shall promptly reimburse the Escrow Agent for any and all costs incurred
for such, upon request, and the Escrow Agent shall promptly deliver the returned
checks to the prospective Investor based on the information provided about
the
Investors set forth in Section 2. In the event the Escrow Agent has insufficient
information to do so, the Escrow Agent shall promptly deliver the returned
checks to the Placement Agent who shall promptly deliver the returned checks
to
the applicable prospective Investor.
2.
Identity of Investors. The
Company shall furnish to the Escrow Agent with each delivery of funds, as
provided in paragraph 1 hereof, a list of the persons who have paid money
for
the purchase of Units showing the name, address, tax identification number,
amount of Units subscribed for, and the amount of money paid. The information
comprising the identity of investors shall be provided to the Escrow Agent
in
the format set forth in the List
of Investors,
attached as Exhibit C. All proceeds so deposited shall remain the property
of the Investors and shall not be subject to any liens or charges by the
parties
to this Agreement, or judgments or creditors’ claims against the Company, until
released to the Company or returned to the Investors as hereinafter provided.
The Escrow Agent will not use the information provided to it by the Company
or
the Placement Agent for any purpose other than to fulfill its obligations
as the
Escrow Agent. The parties to this Agreement shall treat all Investor information
as confidential.
3.
Disbursement of Funds. From
time
to time, and at the end of the third business day following the Termination
Date
(as defined in paragraph 4 hereof) and upon request, the Escrow Agent shall
notify the Company and the Placement Agent of the amount of Investors Funds
received hereunder. Upon written instructions from the Company and the Placement
Agent, the Escrow Agent shall release some or all of the Investor Funds as
directed in such instructions as long as such instructions are received prior
to
the close of regular banking hours of the Escrow Agent on the Termination
Date.
To the extent that any of the Investor Funds are to be released to the Company,
any such written instructions shall include a statement that the Securities
Purchase Agreement with respect to the Offering is duly executed and delivered
by the Company and the Investors. If, as of the Termination Date, any funds
remain on the deposit in the Escrow Account and no instructions from the
Company
and the Placement Agent have been received with respect thereto, the Escrow
Agent shall promptly refund to each applicable Investor at the address appearing
on the List of Investors, or at such other address as shall be furnished
to the
Escrow Agent by such Investor in writing, all sums paid by such Investor
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement for Units, and shall then notify
the Company and the Placement Agent in writing of such refunds.
4.
Term of Escrow. The
“Termination Date” shall be the earliest to occur of: (i) April 30, 2006, unless
extended from time to time in writing by the Issuer and the Placement Agent
with
written notice of such extension provided to the Escrow Agent; provided,
that
such extensions shall be permitted up to a year from the date of this
Agreement); (ii) the date all the Investor Funds are disbursed pursuant to
Section 3; and (iii) the date specified on a written notice from the Company
to
the Escrow Agent that the Company is abandoning the sale of the Units. In
all
events, this Agreement shall terminate upon the one year anniversary from
the
date of this Agreement.
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5.
Duty and Liability of the Escrow Agent. The
sole
duty of the Escrow Agent, other than as herein specified, shall be to receive
said funds and hold them subject to release, in accordance herewith, and
the
Escrow Agent shall be under no duty to determine whether the Company and
the
Placement Agent are complying with requirements of this Agreement in tendering
to the Escrow Agent said proceeds of the sale of said Units. The Escrow Agent
may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting upon any statement,
certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document believed by
it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or liability to verify any such statement,
certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document, and its sole
responsibility shall be to act only as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
The Escrow Agent shall be under no obligation to institute or defend any
action,
suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement unless first indemnified
to
its satisfaction. The Escrow Agent may consult reputable counsel of its own
choice (which may be in-house counsel) in respect of any question arising
under
this Agreement and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken
or
omitted in good faith upon advice of such counsel.
6.
Escrow Agent’s Fee. The
Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation for its services as stated
in the
fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A, which compensation shall be paid
by
the Company. The fee agreed upon for the services rendered hereunder is intended
as full compensation for the Escrow Agent’s services as contemplated by this
Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that the conditions for the
disbursement of funds under this Agreement are not fulfilled, or the Escrow
Agent renders any material service not contemplated in this Agreement, or
there
is any assignment of interest in the subject matter of this Agreement, or
any
material modification hereof, or if any material controversy arises hereunder,
or the Escrow Agent is made a party to any litigation pertaining to this
Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, then the Escrow Agent shall be
reasonably compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for
all
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, occasioned by any
delay, controversy, litigation or event, and the same shall be recoverable
from
the Company.
7.
Non-Investment of Investor Funds. The
Escrow Account shall be a non-interest bearing account and Investor Funds
deposited into the Escrow Account shall remain uninvested.
8.
Acceptance of Subscriptions; Issuance of Securities. The
Company and the Placement Agent acknowledge and agree that (i) the Offering
will
not be effected until a binding Securities Purchase Agreement with respect
to
the Offering is duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Investors;
and (ii) the issuance of the Securities in the Offering will occur simultaneous
to or after the Investor Funds relating to such Units have been released
to the
Company. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that an offer to purchase
Units by an Investor as evidenced by a deposit of Investor Funds in the Escrow
Account shall not be accepted by the Company until the Investor Funds relating
thereto shall be disbursed to the Company pursuant to Section 3 and may be
returned to any such potential Investor prior to disbursement to the Company
in
accordance with Section 3.
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9.
Notices. All
notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement
shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date
of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given,
(b) on the day of transmission if sent by facsimile/email transmission to
the facsimile number/email address given below, and telephonic confirmation
of
receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission, (c) on the
day after delivery to Federal Express or similar overnight courier or the
Express Mail service maintained by the United States Postal Service, or
(d) on the fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the party to whom notice
is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid,
and properly addressed, return receipt requested, to the party as
follows:
If
to the
Company:
SAN
Holdings, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
If
to the
Placement Agent:
Monarch
Capital Group, LLC
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
If
to
Escrow Agent:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate
Trust Services
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx - Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Any
party
may change its address for purposes of this paragraph by giving each other
party
written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.
10.
Indemnification of Escrow Agent: The
Company and the Placement Agent jointly and severally hereby indemnify and
holds
harmless the Escrow Agent from and against, any and all loss, liability,
reasonable out-of-pocket cost, damage and reasonable out-of-pocket expense,
including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, which the Escrow
Agent
may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought
against
the Escrow Agent arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement
or any
transaction to which this Agreement relates unless such action, claim or
proceeding is the result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of
the
Escrow Agent.
11.
Successors and Assigns. Except
as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, no party hereto shall assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto and any such attempted assignment without
such prior written consent shall be void and of no force and effect. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors
and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.
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12.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This
Agreement shall be construed, performed, and enforced in accordance with,
and
governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect
to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
13.
Severability. In
the
event that any part of this Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial
or administrative body to be null, void, or unenforceable, said provision
shall
survive to the extent it is not so declared, and all of the other provisions
of
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
14.
Amendments; Waivers. This
Agreement may be amended or modified, and any of the terms, covenants,
representations, warranties, or conditions hereof may be waived, only by
a
written instrument executed by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver,
by the party waiving compliance. Any waiver by any party of any condition,
or of
the breach of any provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty
contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall not be deemed
to be nor construed as further or continuing waiver of any such condition,
or of
the breach of any other provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty
of this Agreement.
15.
Entire Agreement. This
Agreement contains the entire understanding among the parties hereto with
respect to the escrow contemplated hereby and supersedes and replaces all
prior
and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with
regard
to such escrow.
16.
Section Headings. The
section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall
not
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
17.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile transmission,
each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute the
same
instrument.
18.
Resignation. The
Escrow Agent may resign upon 30 days advance written notice to the parties
hereto. If a successor Escrow Agent is not appointed within the 30-day period
following such notice, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction to name a successor Escrow Agent or interplead the Investor
Funds
with such court, whereupon the Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder shall
terminate.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year
first
set forth above.
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC.,
as the
Company
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
CEO
MONARCH
CAPITAL GROUP, LLC,
as the
Placement Agent
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Chairman
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Escrow Agent
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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Exhibit
C
List
of Investors
Pursuant
to the Escrow Agreement dated February __, 2006 (the “Escrow Agreement”), by and
among San Holdings, Inc., (the “Company”), Monarch Capital Group, LLC (the
“Placement Agent”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Escrow
Agent”), the Placement Agent or the Company (as indicted on the executed
signature block below) hereby certifies that the following Investors have
paid
money for the purchase of ___ Units (as defined in the Escrow Agreement),
and
the money has been deposited with the Escrow Agent:
1.
|
Name
of Investor
|
Address
Tax
Identification Number
Amount
of
Units subscribed for
Amount
of
money paid and deposited with Escrow Agent
2.
|
Name
of Investor
|
Address
Tax
Identification Number
Amount
of
Units subscribed for
Amount
of
money paid and deposited with Escrow Agent
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC., as the Company
By:
Its:
Date:
OR
MONARCH
CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, as the Placement Agent
By:
Its:
Date:
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Exhibit
C
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of February 28, 2006, by and among SAN Holdings,
Inc.,
a Colorado corporation (the “Company”),
and
the purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser”
and
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This
Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as
of the
date hereof among the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase
Agreement”).
The
Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined
in the
Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“2003
Registration Rights Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e).
“Advice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Effectiveness
Date”
means,
with respect to the Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder,
the
earlier of (a) the 150th calendar day following the date of the Company first
receives funds from the escrow account established pursuant to the terms
of the
Purchase Agreement, and (b) the seventh Trading Day following the date on
which
the Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration Statement
will
not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments.
“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Event
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Holder”
or
“Holders”
means
the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Losses”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Proceeding”
means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus”
means
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted
from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon
Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented
by
any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement,
and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities”
means
all of the Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock (including
any Shares issuable pursuant to dividends) or the exercise of the Warrants,
together with any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon any adjustments
to the conversion price of the Preferred Stock and the exercise price of
the
Warrants, stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or
similar event with respect to the foregoing.
“Registration
Statement”
means
the registration statements required to be filed hereunder, including (in
each
case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to the registration statement
or Prospectus, including pre-and post-effective amendments, all exhibits
thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.
“Rule
415”
means
Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and
effect as such Rule.
“Rule
424”
means
Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and
effect as such Rule.
2. Registration.
(a) As
soon
as practicable following the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and
file
with the Commission the Registration Statement covering the resale of all
of the
Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415. The Registration Statement required hereunder shall be on Form
S-1
(or on another appropriate form in accordance herewith). The Registration
Statement required hereunder shall contain (except if otherwise directed
by the
Holders) the “Plan of Distribution” substantially in the form circulated to the
Holders prior to filing the Registration Statement. Subject to the terms
of this
Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event not later
than
the Effectiveness Date, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
keep
the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until
the date when all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement
have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule
144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion
letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent
and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”).
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(b) If:
(i)
the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration
in
accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within seven
Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified by the Commission that
a
Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or is not subject to further
review, or (ii) prior to the date when such Registration Statement is first
declared effective by the Commission, the Company fails to file a pre-effective
amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission
in
respect of such Registration Statement within 20 calendar days after the
receipt
of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required
in
order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective, assuming the
Company’s financial statements are not stale as of the time of filing of such
Registration Statement and that the Commission has not commented upon the
financial statements of the Company and any such comments cannot be responded
to
within such time period without unreasonable effort or expense, or (iii)
a
Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder is not declared
effective by the Commission on or before the Effectiveness Date, or (iv)
after a
Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission, it
ceases
for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities
for which it is required to be effective, or the Holders are not permitted
to
utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for
in any
such case 10 calendar consecutive days but no more than an aggregate of 15
calendar days during any 12 month period (which need not be consecutive Trading
Days)(any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event,”
and
for purposes of clause (iii) the date on which such Event occurs, or for
purposes of clause (i) the date on which such seven Trading Day period is
exceeded, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date which such 20 calendar
days is
exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iv) the date on which such 10 or 15
calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as
“Event
Date”),
then
in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under
applicable law: (x) on each such applicable Event Date the Company shall
pay to
each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a
penalty, equal to 2.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any Registrable Securities then held
by
such Holder; and (y) on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date
(if the
applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable
Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as
partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, 2.0% of the aggregate purchase
price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any Registrable
Securities then held by such Holder. If the Company fails to pay any partial
liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after
the
date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 12% per
annum
(or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable
law)
to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages
are
due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full.
The
partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a
daily
pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
3. Registration
Procedures.
In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) Not
less
than five Trading Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement
or any
related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, provide notice
of
such filing and, upon written request, furnish to the Holders copies of all
such
documents proposed to be filed (including documents incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference to the extent requested by such Person). Each Holder
agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Questionnaire in the form attached
to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling
Shareholder Questionnaire”)
by the
end of the fourth Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives
draft materials in accordance with this Section. Any delay in filing the
Registration Statement as a result of the failure of the Holder to deliver
a
Selling Shareholder Questionnaire by the end of the fourth Trading Day, shall
extend the Effectiveness Date by a number of days equal to the number of
days
after the fourth Trading Day in which the Holder has delivered to the Company
a
completed Selling Shareholder Questionnaire.
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(b) (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration
Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of
the
Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented
or
amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as
reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect
to
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as
reasonably possible, upon written request, provide the Holders true and complete
copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the
Registration Statement; and (iv) to the extent it is in the control of the
Company, comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the applicable period
in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof
set
forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as
so
supplemented.
(c) Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold as promptly as reasonably
possible and (if requested in writing by any such Person) confirm such notice
in
writing promptly following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed
to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will
be
a “review” of the Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in
writing on the Registration Statement (the Company shall upon written request
provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto
to
each of the Holders); and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement
or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement for amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional
information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal
or
state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of
the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities
or
the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by
the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for
sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for
such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes
the financial statements included in the Registration Statement ineligible
for
inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to
the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case
of
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(d) Use
commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued,
obtain
the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(e) Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereto promptly after the filing of such documents
with the Commission.
(f) Promptly
deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus
or
Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or
supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request in connection with
resales by the Holder of Registrable Securities. Subject to the terms of
this
Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and
each
amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection
with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving
of
any notice pursuant to Section 3(c).
(g) Prior
to
any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use commercially reasonable
efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the
Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale
by
the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within
the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each
such Registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during
the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, that the Company
shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax
in
any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent
to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(h) If
requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities
to
be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement
and applicable securities laws, of all restrictive legends, and to enable
such
Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such
names
as any such Holders may request.
(i) Upon
the
occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v), as promptly as
reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a
post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to
the
related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such Prospectus
will contain an 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,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
If the
Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (ii) through (v)
of
Section 3(c) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite
changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend
use of
such Prospectus. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to
ensure
that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.
The
Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(i) to
suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, without
being subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(b),
for
a period not to exceed 60 days (which need not be consecutive days) in any
12
month period.
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(j)
Comply
in
all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission.
(k)
Request
each Holder furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number
of
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and the person thereof
that has voting and dispositive control over the Shares. During any periods
that
the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails
to
furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any
liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only
shall
be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay
shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered
to the Company.
4. Registration
Expenses.
All
fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this
Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any
Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The
fees
and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without
limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation,
except as otherwise not permitted by the Commission, fees and expenses (A)
with
respect to filings required to be made with the Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable
state securities or Blue Sky laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without
limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities
and of
printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested
by
the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the
Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses,
(iv)
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses
of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company
shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers
and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of
the
Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
In no
event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions
or,
except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal
fees
or other costs of the Holders.
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5. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification
by the Company.
The
Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify
and
hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents and employees
of each
of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of
Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers,
directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses,
claims,
damages, liabilities, reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively,
“Losses”),
as
incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus
or
any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or
alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make
the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of Prospectus
or
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not misleading, except and only to the extent that (i) such untrue statements
or
omissions are based upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing
to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent
that
such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of
distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved
in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement,
such
Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
(it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this
purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified
in Sections 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective
Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the
Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder
of
the Advice contemplated in Section 6(c). The Company shall notify the Holders
promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which
the
Company is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) Indemnification
by Holders.
Each
Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls
the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section
20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees
of
such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or
based
solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus,
or
any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or
alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make
the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing
by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that (1) such untrue
statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such
Holder
furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein,
or
to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s
proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed
and
expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved
Annex A
hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in
any
amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an
event
of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of
an
outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder
in
writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt
by
such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(c) or (3) the Holders
do not
comply with the rules and regulations of the Commission in connection with
the
offer and sale of the Registrable Securities. In no event shall the liability
of
any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount
of the
net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities
giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
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(c) Conduct
of Indemnification Proceedings.
If any
Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity
hereunder (an “Indemnified
Party”),
such
Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought
(the “Indemnifying
Party”)
in
writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense
thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and
expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the
failure
of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying
Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except
(and
only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review)
that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties
unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees
and
expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume
the
defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory
to such
Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any
such
Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified
Party
and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe
that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel
were
to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which
case,
if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that
it
elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party,
the
Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof
and
the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate counsel for all Indemnified
Parties shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying
Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected
without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect
of
which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred
in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in
a
manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified
Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to
the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such reasonable fees
and
expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is not
entitled to indemnification hereunder, determined based upon the relative
faults
of the parties.
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(d) Contribution.
If a
claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an
Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with
the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as
any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material
fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth
in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable out-of-pocket
fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding
to the
extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if
the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party
in
accordance with its terms.
The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by
any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which
the
proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that
such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, except in the case of fraud
by
such Holder.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition
to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies.
In the
event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of their obligations
under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under
this
Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific
performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder
agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any
Losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense
that
a remedy at law would be adequate.
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(b) Compliance.
Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act and the other rules and regulations of
the
Commission as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(c) Discontinued
Disposition.
Each
Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon
receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the
kind
described in Section 3(c), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition
of
such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder’s
receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration
Statement or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”)
by the
Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in
either
case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that
are
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus
or
Registration Statement. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts
to
ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as it
practicable.
(d) Piggy-Back
Registrations.
If at
any time during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration
Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under
the
Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or
Form
S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents
or
on Form S-1 or Form SB-2 relating solely to equity securities to be issued
solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity
securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder a written notice
of
such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date of such notice,
any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in
such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
Holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks
and
discretion exercisable with respect to all holders of registration rights.
(e) Other
Registration Rights.
Shares
issuable to Sun Solunet shall be Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, Sun Solunet reserves all of its registration rights under the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2003, by and among the
Company, Sun Solunet, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxx X. Xxxxxx (the “2003
Registration Rights Agreement”).
By
executing this Agreement, in accordance with Section 1(g) of the 2003
Registration Rights Agreement, Sun Solunet hereby consents to the grant of
registration rights pursuant to this Agreement and waives any and all rights
to
prior notice or otherwise in connection with the execution of this Agreement
and
consummation of the transactions described herein.
(f) Amendments
and Waivers.
The
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence,
may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from
the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing
and
signed by the Company and each Holder of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities.
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(g) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the
Purchase Agreement.
(h) Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors
and
permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of
each
Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner
and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Execution
and Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature
is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid
binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
were the original thereof.
(j) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be determined with the provisions of the Purchase
Agreement.
(k) Cumulative
Remedies.
The
remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law.
(l) Severability.
If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings.
The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(n) Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible
in
any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder.
Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered
at any
closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall
be
deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders
are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled
to
protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising
out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder
to be
joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
[Signature
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement
as
of the date first written above.
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
CEO
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
[FORM
OF
PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE; EXECUTED SIGNATURE PAGES INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED]
[PURCHASER’S
SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
Name
of
Investing Entity:
______________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity:
______________________________________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory:
______________________________________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory:
______________________________________________________
Exhibit
D
Form
of $0.30 Warrant
Warrant
Number WA-[A][B]- ____
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM,
OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS
EVIDENCED, IF REQUESTED, BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH
SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED
IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER
OR
OTHER BONA FIDE LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED
INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To
Purchase _________________Shares of Common Stock of
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”)
CERTIFIES that, for value received, [______________] (the “Holder”),
is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date of issuance
of this Warrant (the “Initial
Exercise Date”)
and on
or prior to the five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the
“Termination
Date”)
but
not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from San Holdings, Inc., a
Colorado corporation (the “Company”),
up to
[_____________________] shares (the “Warrant
Shares”)
of
Common Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”).
The
purchase price of one share of Common Stock (the “Exercise
Price”)
under
this Warrant shall be [$0.30/$0.50], subject to adjustment hereunder. The
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares for which the Warrant is
exercisable shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein. Capitalized
terms
used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”),
dated
February 28, 2006, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
1. Title
to Warrant.
Prior
to the Termination Date and subject to compliance with applicable laws and
Section 7 of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company
by the
Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant
together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed. The
transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.
2. Authorization
of Shares.
The
Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise
of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of
the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly
issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in
respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
3. Exercise
of Warrants.
(a) Exercise
of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made at any time
or
times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination
Date by delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender
of
this Warrant and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of
the
Company). Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered
to the
Holder within five (5) Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the
Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price as set forth above (“Warrant
Share Delivery Date”).
This
Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price
is
received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
issued,
and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be
deemed
to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of
the
date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise
Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 5 prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid in full. If
the
Company fails to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Shares or indicating the issuance of such Warrant
Shares on the stock ledger of the Company maintained by the Company or its
transfer agent pursuant to this Section 3(a) by the Warrant Share Delivery
Date,
then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
(b) If
this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time
of
delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver
to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the
unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant
shall
in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
(c) If
at any
time after one year from the date of issuance of this Warrant there is no
effective Registration Statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares
by
the Holder, this Warrant may also be exercised at such time by notice delivered
to the Company by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be
entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal
to the
quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A)
= the
closing price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
(B)
= the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
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(X)
= the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a
cashless exercise.
(d) Except
with respect to Sun Solunet, LLC, the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise
this Warrant into shares of Common Stock that would result in beneficial
ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.9% of the then
outstanding number of shares of Common Stock on such date. For the purposes
of
the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined
in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Regulation 13d-3 promulgated thereunder.
4. No
Fractional Shares or Scrip.
No
fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder
would
otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay
a
cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such
fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.
5. Charges,
Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge
to the
Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect
of
the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be
paid
by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the
Holder
or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however,
that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name
other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise
shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto and an investment
letter duly executed by the Holder in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Company; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the
payment
of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
6. Closing
of Books.
The
Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which
prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
7. Transfer,
Division and Combination.
(a) Subject
to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set
forth
in Sections 1 and 7(e) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the
Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable,
in
whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office
of the
Company, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially
in the
form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney
and
funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such
transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company
shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee
or
assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument
of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the
portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly
be
cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder
for
the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
(b) This
Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation
hereof
at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with
Section 7(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants
in
exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance
with such notice.
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(c) The
Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense (other than transfer
taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this Section 7.
(d) The
Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid office, books for the registration
and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.
(e) If,
at
the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer
of
this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant
to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as
a
condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of
this
Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of
counsel
(which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions
of
counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may
be made
without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and
deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable
to
the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8) promulgated under the
Securities Act or a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a)
under the Securities Act.
8. No
Rights as Shareholder until Exercise.
This
Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights
as a
shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender
of
this Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or by means
of a
cashless exercise), the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be and be deemed
to be
issued to such Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close
of
business on the later of the date of such surrender or payment.
9. Loss,
Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.
The
Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant
or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to
it,
and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate,
if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate
of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant
or
stock certificate.
10. Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.
If the
last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday,
then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next
succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
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11. Adjustments
of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares, Stock Splits,
etc.
The
number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant
and
the Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon
the
happening of any of the following. In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend
in shares of Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock
to
holders of its outstanding Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii) combine its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or
(iv)
issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common
Stock,
then the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall be entitled
to receive the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the
Company which it would have owned or have been entitled to receive had such
Warrant been exercised in advance thereof. Upon each such adjustment of the
kind
and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which are
purchasable hereunder, the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to purchase
the
number of Warrant Shares or other securities resulting from such adjustment
at
an Exercise Price per Warrant Share or other security obtained by multiplying
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the
number
of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing by the number of Warrant Shares or other securities
of
the Company that are purchasable pursuant hereto immediately after such
adjustment. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record
date, if any, for such event.
12. Reorganization,
Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition of Assets.
In case
the Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its capital stock,
consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where the Company
is not
the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or distribution with
respect to the Common Stock of the Company), or sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of its property, assets or business to another corporation and, pursuant
to the terms of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation
or
disposition of assets, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or property
of any
nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights)
in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation (“Other
Property”),
are
to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company,
then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise
of
this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and Other
Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a Holder
of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor
or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume
the
due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and
condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the Company and
all
the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications
as may
be deemed appropriate (as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board
of
Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of Warrant
Shares
for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent
as
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 12. For purposes
of
this Section 12, “common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation” shall
include stock of such corporation of any class which is not preferred as
to
dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such corporation and
which
is not subject to redemption and shall also include any evidences of
indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into
or
exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of
a
specified date or the happening of a specified event and any warrants or
other
rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions
of
this Section 12 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations,
reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of assets.
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13. Issuance
of Additional Stock.
If the
Company shall, at any time through the two year anniversary of the date that
the
Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, issue any
rights, warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable
for Common Stock (collectively, “Additional
Stock”)
without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Exercise
Price (including by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions,
floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise), the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to each such issuance shall forthwith be
reduced to an amount equal to such lower purchase price for such Additional
Stock (or in the case of options and similar securities, the consideration
received for the option and to be received upon exercise of such option),
or, if
for no consideration, $.001; provided,
however,
that
none of the following shall constitute Additional Stock: (a) shares of Common
Stock; (b) rights, warrants, options or other securities convertible into
or
exchangeable for Common Stock, issued or issuable to employees, consultants
or
directors of the Company for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining
their employment or services directly or pursuant to a stock option plan
or
restricted stock plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and
(c)
shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of rights,
warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock outstanding as of the date hereof.
14. Notice
of Adjustment.
Whenever the number of Warrant Shares or number or kind of securities or
other
property purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant or the Exercise Price
is
adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall give notice thereof to the
Holder, which notice shall state the number of Warrant Shares (and other
securities or property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and
the
Exercise Price of such Warrant Shares (and other securities or property)
after
such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment and setting forth the computation by which such adjustment was
made.
15. Notice
of Corporate Action.
If at
any time:
(a) the
Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose
of entitling them to receive a dividend or other distribution, or any right
to
subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of
stock
of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other
right,
or
(b) there
shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification
or
recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or any consolidation
or
merger of the Company with, or any sale, transfer or other disposition of
all or
substantially all the property, assets or business of the Company to, another
corporation or,
(c) there
shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up
of
the Company;
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then,
in
any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to Holder (i) at least
10
days’ prior written notice of the date on which a record date shall be selected
for such dividend, distribution or right or for determining rights to vote
in
respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation,
sale, transfer, disposition, liquidation or winding up, and (ii) in the case
of
any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale,
transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 10
days’
prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place. Such notice
in
accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify (i) the date on which
any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution
or
right, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to
any
such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character thereof,
and
(ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up is to take place and the time, if any such time is to be fixed, as of
which
the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Warrant Shares
for securities or other property deliverable upon such disposition, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up. Each such written notice shall be sufficiently
given
if addressed to Holder at the last address of Holder appearing on the books
of
the Company and delivered in accordance with Section 19(d).
16. Authorized
Shares.
The
Company covenants that the Company shall call a shareholder meeting for purposes
of increasing its authorized capital in an amount sufficient to provide for
the
exercise of all outstanding Warrants of the Company. Until such time as the
Company has so increased its authorized capital each Holder shall each be
entitled to exercise the Warrants held by them on a pro rata basis with the
other Holders, weighted on the basis of the respective Subscription Amounts
paid
to the Company by each Holder. If such increase in authorized capital is
not
authorized by the earlier of (i) the date that the registration statement
relating to the Common Stock underlying the Preferred Stock and the Warrants
is
effective, or (ii) 150 days from the date the Company first receives funds
from
the escrow account established pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (each an
“Event”), then on the date on which such Event occurs (the “Event Date”), the
Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, equal to 2.0% of the aggregate purchase price
paid
by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and on each monthly
anniversary of each such Event Date until cured, provided however,
if the
Company is otherwise paying liquidated damages pursuant to that certain
Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto, then no liquidated damages shall be due pursuant to this Paragraph
16.
The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute
full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing
stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. Subject
to
this Paragraph 16, the Company will take all such reasonable action as may
be
necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein
without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements
of
the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall
not
by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of
incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms
of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all
such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant
against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
will
(a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable
therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value,
(b)
take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to
enable
the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
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Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant
Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the
Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents
thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having
jurisdiction thereof.
17. Registration
Rights.
The
Holder of this Warrant and/or the Warrant Shares and any transferee hereof
and
thereof shall be entitled to the benefit of such registration rights in respect
of the Warrant Shares as are set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
18. Redemption.
(a) The
Company may redeem all (but not less than all) of this Warrant at any time,
at
the price of $.01 per Warrant Share (issuable under this Warrant), upon notice
referred to in Section 18(b), provided that (i) the Warrant Shares have been
registered for resale by means of the Registration Statement as defined in
the
Purchase Agreement or any other registration statement; (ii) the Registration
Statement is current and effective at the time the aforementioned notice
is sent
and through the redemption period; and (iii) the closing sales price of the
Common Stock has been at least 200% of the then Exercise Price of the Warrants
for 20 consecutive Trading Days ending within two Trading Days of the notice
of
redemption as referred to in Section 18(b) below.
(b) In
the
event the Company shall elect to redeem this Warrant, the Company shall fix
a
date for the redemption (the “Redemption
Date”)
and
mail a notice of redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, not less
than
30 days from the date fixed for redemption to the Holder of this Warrant
at such
Holder’s last address as it appears on the books of the Company. Any notice
mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have
been
duly given whether or not the registered Holder received such notice. The
notice
of redemption shall specify (i) the redemption price, (ii) the date fixed
for
redemption, (iii) the place where the Warrant is to be delivered and the
redemption price paid and (iv) that the right to exercise the Warrant shall
terminate at 5:00 P.M. New York City on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Redemption Date. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein
or in
the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for such
redemption except as to a Holder (A) to whom notice was not mailed or (B)
whose
notice was defective. An affidavit of the Secretary of the Company that notice
of redemption has been mailed shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie
evidence of the facts stated therein.
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(c) The
Warrant may be exercised in accordance with Section 3 of this Warrant at
any
time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant
to
Section 18(b) hereof and until the Business Day immediately preceding the
Redemption Date. On and after the Redemption Date, the Holder of this Warrant
shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrant,
the redemption price.
19. Miscellaneous.
(a) Jurisdiction.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
the
Purchase Agreement.
(b) Restrictions.
The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of
this
Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by
state
and federal securities laws.
(c) Nonwaiver
and Expenses.
No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder
on the
part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice
Holder's rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding all rights hereunder
terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly
fails
to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material
damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall
be
sufficient to cover any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
by
Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing
any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
(d) Notices.
Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered
to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Limitation
of Liability.
No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise
this Warrant or purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the
rights
or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the
purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether
such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(f) Remedies.
Holder,
in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including
recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights
under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of
the
provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any
action
for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(g) Successors
and Assigns.
Subject
to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations
evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder.
The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all
Holders
from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder
or
holder of Warrant Shares.
9
(h) Amendment.
This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
(i) Severability.
Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in
such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining
provisions of this Warrant.
(j) Headings.
The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Warrant as of the
2nd day
of March, 2006.
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
10
Exhibit
E
Form
of $0.50 Warrant
See
Exhibit D
Exhibit
F
Form
of Lock-Up Agreements
Lock-Up
Agreement
February
28, 2006
SAN
Holdings, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Re: SAN
Holdings, Inc.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned officer or director of SAN Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”),
understands and agrees with you that for a period of one year from the date
of
that certain Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and the Investors
set forth in Schedule A thereto to pursuant to which the Company expects
to sell
shares of a newly designated series of convertible preferred stock and warrants
to purchase common stock, the undersigned shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Purchasers, sell, grant any option to sell, transfer, assign,
distribute, dispose of, pledge or hypothecate any of the shares of the Company’s
common stock, no par value, owned directly or indirectly by the undersigned,
whether currently owned or hereafter purchased.
If
this
letter is undated at the time of signature, the undersigned authorizes the
Company to insert a date which shall be the date of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
Yours
truly,
_________________________________________
Signature
_________________________________________
Printed
or Typed Name
_________________________________________
Authorized
Representative Capacity if Signing
in
Other Than Individual Capacity)
Exhibit
G
Form
of Credit Support Termination Agreement
SUN
CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LP
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
March
2,
2006
SAN
Holdings, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xx.
Xxxxxxx:
Reference
is made to that (i) certain letter agreement, dated as of March 31, 2003,
by and
between, Sun Capital Partners II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Fund”),
and
SAN Holdings, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“SANZ”),
as
amended on November 23, 2005 (the “Letter
Agreement”),
agreed and accepted by Sun Solunet, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Sun”);
and
(ii) certain Loan Authorization Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2003 (as amended
to date, the “Sun
Loan”),
pursuant to which SANZ previously borrowed the aggregate principal amount
of
$14,000,000 from Sun, as assignee of Xxxxxx X.X., as successor to Xxxxxx
Trust
and Savings Bank due to merger. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Letter Agreement.
As
of the
date hereof, as a result of (i) the exchange of debt owed to Sun in
consideration for the issuance to Sun of other securities of SANZ and (ii)
the
payment by SANZ to Sun of some of the outstanding indebtedness owed to Sun
under
the Sun Loan, the aggregate principal amount owed to Sun under the Sun Loan
is
equal to or less than $5,000,000.
Pursuant
to the Letter Agreement, SANZ was required to periodically issue to Sun on
November 16 and May 16 of each year, a Guaranty Warrant, exercisable for
a
number of shares of SANZ Common Stock calculated pursuant to a formula set
forth
in the Letter Agreement, for so long as there remained an aggregate principal
amount owed to Sun under the Sun Loan in an amount in excess of
$3,000,000.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Letter Agreement and the Sun Loan,
SANZ, Sun and the Fund hereby agree as follows:
(i)
that
the obligations of each of SANZ, Sun and the Fund under the Letter Agreement
are
hereby terminated, cancelled, released and discharged in their entirety,
including, without limitation, the obligation of SANZ to periodically issue
Guaranty Warrants to Sun under the Letter Agreement (it being acknowledged
and
agreed that, notwithstanding this termination letter agreement, Sun shall
retain
any Guaranty Warrants already issued to it and all of its rights
thereunder);
(ii)
as
of the date hereof, each of Sun and the Fund shall have no obligation to
loan
SANZ any additional money; and
(iii)
with respect to the amount of outstanding indebtedness owed to Sun under
the Sun
Loan as of the date hereof (which amount shall be less than or equal to
$5,000,000), such amount (or any portion thereof) cannot be reborrowed by
SANZ
once repaid, but the maturity date for the Sun Loan will be extended to a
date
that is three years from the date hereof.
Each
of
SANZ, Sun and the Fund hereby agree to take all actions and to execute all
documents as may be reasonably necessary to implement and give full force
and
effect to any of the provisions of this termination letter agreement.
Furthermore, SANZ hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to
paydown the remaining outstanding indebtedness owed to Sun under the Sun
Loan,
including, without limitation, by raising additional capital from sources
other
than Sun.
* * * * *
This
termination letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and
to be
performed entirely within such state. This termination letter agreement may
be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
Very
truly yours,
Sun
Capital Partners II, LP
|
By:
Sun
Capital Advisors II, LP
Its:
General Partner
By:
Sun
Capital Partners, LLC
Its:
General Partner
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx, Vice President
Agreed
and accepted this 2nd day of March, 2006:
SAN
HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
SUN
SOLUNET, LLC
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President