SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of March , 2006, among Services Acquisition Corp. International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
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 each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company certain securities of the Company, as more fully described in this Agreement.
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 the Purchasers agree 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 shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
“Action” means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or threatened in writing against or affecting the Company, the Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“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.
“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.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the date of the Closing, which date shall be the same day upon which the closing of the Tornado Transaction occurs, following the satisfaction of each of the conditions applicable to the Closing as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $0.001 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 Subsidiary which entitle the holder thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time, including without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company Counsel” means Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
“Effective Date” means the date that the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Escrow Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Escrow Agreement.
“Escrow Agreement” shall mean the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto executed and delivered contemporaneously with this Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Investment Amount” means, with respect to each Purchaser, the investment amount indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement.
“Tornado” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of the Tornado Transaction.
“Tornado Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of Tornado Transaction.
“Tornado Transaction” means the merger of the Company previously confidentially disclosed to the Purchasers (“Tornado”) with and into an acquisition subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”) of the Company pursuant to a Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Tornado, and certain stockholders of Tornado (as so amended, the “Tornado Merger Agreement”). The Tornado Transaction may also be referred to herein as the “Merger.”
“Lien” means any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions of any kind.
“Per Share Purchase Price” equals $7.50.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
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“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.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit A 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.
“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 Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means the subsidiary formed by the Company for the purpose of effecting the Merger.
“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 traded in the over-the-counter market is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i) or (ii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing; Escrow.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, the Shares representing such Purchaser’s Investment Amount. No later than three (3) Business Days following the satisfaction of each of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.2, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 or at such other location or time as the parties shall mutually agree.
(b) On or prior to the fifth Business Day prior to the date of the Company’s meeting of stockholders to approve, among other things, the Tornado Transaction, each Purchaser shall deliver its Investment Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, to Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) in accordance with the wire instructions set forth below:
[WIRE INSTRUCTIONS TO BE PROVIDED SUPPLEMENTALLY]
(c) All payments made by each Purchaser as contemplated by Section 2.1(b) above will be held by the Escrow Agent for each Purchaser’s benefit in an interest bearing escrow account. Such moneys placed in the escrow account shall be disbursed by the Escrow Agent either (i) to the Company upon the consummation of the Tornado Transaction or (ii) back to the Purchasers in each Purchaser’s Investment Amount in the event that the Tornado Transaction is not consummated, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may permit payment for the Shares against delivery for those Purchasers whose organizational or other applicable documents or internal procedures require “delivery against payment” or such similar provision.
2.2 Closing Conditions. (a) At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) a certificate evidencing a number of Shares registered in the name of such Purchaser or a book-entry transfer of the Shares to such Purchaser equal to such Purchaser’s Investment Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price;
(ii) the legal opinion of Company Counsel, in agreed form attached as Exhibit C, addressed to the Purchasers;
(iii) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company; and
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(iv) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company.
(b) At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser.
(c) The obligations of each party at the Closing to consummate the transactions contemplated at such Closing shall be subject to the fulfillment, or waiver by the parties, of each of the following conditions:
(i) 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;
(ii) the approval of the Company’s stockholders of the issuance of the Shares shall have been obtained; and
(iii) on or prior to the Closing Date, the Tornado Transaction shall have been approved by the Company’s stockholders and Tornado’s stockholders and shall have closed.
(d) The respective obligations of the Purchasers at the Closing to consummate the transactions contemplated at such closing shall be subject to the fulfillment, or waiver by the Purchasers, of the following conditions:
(i) all representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of the Closing Date, and the Company shall deliver a certificate by an appropriate officer to such effect;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material respects;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
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(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;
(v) the execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Subsidiary and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby (i) do not violate, conflict with or result in a violation of, or constitute a default (whether after the giving of notice, lapse of time or both) under, any provision of any law, regulation or rule, or any order of, or any restriction imposed by, any court or U.S. state or federal or foreign governmental agency or authority, or self-regulatory organization (any, a “Governmental Authority”), including without limitation the Financial Services Authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers (the “NASD”) and the National Futures Association (the “NFA”), applicable to the Company and (ii) do not require from the Company or the Subsidiary any notice to, declaration or filing with, or consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or other third party, except for the approval of the Company’s stockholders and as set forth in Schedule 2.2(d)(v);
(vi) no court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority shall have issued any order restraining the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no proceeding challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or seeking to prohibit or materially delay the Closing shall have been instituted by any Person before any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority and be pending; and
(vii) Purchasers shall have in the aggregate purchased Shares for a total Investment Amount of at least $150 million.
(e) The obligations of the Company at the Closing to consummate the transactions contemplated at such closing shall be subject to the fulfillment, or waiver by the Company, of the conditions that all representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of the Closing Date (except as affected by the Tornado Transaction), and the Purchasers shall have performed all of their covenants and agreements to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries. Except for the Subsidiary, the Company has no direct or indirect subsidiaries. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of the Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital
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stock of the Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
(b) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary 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 the Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary 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, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) an adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Company’s ability to perform on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority, and has taken all requisite corporate action, other than as set forth in Section 2.2(c) with respect to the need for stockholder approval of the issuance of the Shares in compliance with the rules of the American Stock Exchange, 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 action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company in connection therewith. 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, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) as limited by public policy.
(d) No Conflicts. Other than as set forth in Section 2.2(c) with respect to the need for stockholder approval of the issuance of the Shares, 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 with or violate any provision of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
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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 the Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or the Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) 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 the Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or the Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Other than as set forth in Section 2.2(c) with respect to the need for stockholder approval of the issuance of the Shares, 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 with the Commission of the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings required by state securities laws, which the Company will promptly and timely, and in any event prior to the Effectiveness Date under the Registration Statement, make, (iii) the application(s) to each Trading Market for the listing of the shares of Common Stock to be sold hereunder for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (iv) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.4, and (v) such other filings as may be required following the Closing Date under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Shares have been 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. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock all of the Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Company’s most recent periodic report filed with the Commission. No securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and 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 Shares, the shares of Common Stock and options or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock to be issued to stockholders, optionholders and warrantholders of Tornado pursuant to the Tornado Merger Agreement, and except as described in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
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arrangements by which the Company or the Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock. The issue and sale of the Shares 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 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. Other than as set forth in Section 2.2(c) with respect to the need for stockholder approval of the 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 Shares. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, 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.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company and the Subsidiary have filed all reports, registrations, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, or with any Governmental Authority, for the twelve months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company or the Subsidiary was required by law to file such reports) (the foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and, together with the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the “Disclosure Materials”) on a timely basis or has timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and the rules and regulations of any other Governmental Authority with which the SEC Reports were made or should have been made, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with 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 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 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.
(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except
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as specifically 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 not 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 or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property 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. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement and the contemplated Tornado Transaction or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or the Subsidiary or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation. There is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Shares or (ii) except as set forth in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or the Subsidiary or any current or former director or officer of the Company or the Subsidiary. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or the Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Compliance. Neither the Company nor the 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 the Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or the Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business, except in each case as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiary possess all certificates, authorizations, licenses, registrations and permits issued by any Governmental Authority which are necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(m) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or the Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
(n) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiary are in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiary maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiary, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as of the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed Form 10-Q the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls.
(o) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated
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hereby. Upon satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 2.2(c) hereof with respect to stockholder approval of the issuance of the Shares, the issuance and sale of the Shares hereunder will 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. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements thereof. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with the listing and maintenance requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock on the applicable Trading Market, including the Eligibility Rules thereunder. Upon satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 2.2(c) hereof with respect to stockholder approval of the issuance of the Shares, the issuance and sale of the Shares under the Transaction Documents does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted.
(q) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares, will not be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company and the Subsidiary shall conduct their business in a manner so that they will not become subject to the Investment Company Act, as amended.
(r) Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, and as disclosed in SEC filings, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(s) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act any state securities law or any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(t) Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company expects to be eligible by July 7, 2006, to register the resale of the Shares for resale by the Purchasers on Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.
(u) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Subsidiary have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company
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has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
(v) Tornado. To the Company’s knowledge, all of the representations and warranties of Tornado contained in the Tornado Merger Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by Tornado in connection with the Tornado Transaction are true and correct in all material respects, and no event, condition or circumstance has occurred or exists that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result (i) in a breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations or warranties of Tornado contained in the Tornado Merger Agreement or in any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by Tornado in connection with the Tornado Merger Agreement or (ii) in a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or financial condition of Tornado. The Company has not agreed to any amendments of, or any amendment to or waiver of any of its rights or any of the conditions to closing contained in, the Tornado Merger Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by the Company with respect to the Tornado Transaction.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. 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) 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 the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable 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 has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Purchaser is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable like action, on the part of such Purchaser. Each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with 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 applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by equitable principles generally.
(b) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a present view to or for distributing or reselling such Shares or any part thereof, has no present intention of distributing any of such Shares and has no arrangement or understanding with any other person or persons regarding the distribution of such Shares (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). Such Purchaser has not engaged, during the one month prior to the date of this
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Agreement, in any short sales with respect to the Common Stock. The Purchaser further represents that, between the time it became aware of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the public announcement of this Agreement or the termination hereof, it has not engaged and will not engage in any trades, whether purchases, sales, short sales or otherwise, with respect to the Common Stock.
(c) Purchaser Status/Residence. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is (a) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, and/or (b) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Each Purchaser represents that, to the extent that he or she is an individual, that he or she is a resident of the state set forth opposite his or her name on signature page, and, to the extent that it is an organizational entity, they it has been organized under the laws of the state or country set forth opposite its name on signature page.
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares, 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 Shares and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Shares 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.
(f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiary and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents.
(g) Independent Investment Decision. Such Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Shares pursuant to this Agreement, such decision has been independently made by such Purchaser and such Purchaser confirms that it has only
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relied on the advice of its own business and/or legal counsel and not on the advice of any other Purchaser’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision.
(h) No Tax or Legal Advice. Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other materials presented to such Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of Shares.
(i) Short Sales. Each Purchaser represents that from the date that it was approached to participate in the transaction contemplated by this Agreement through the Closing Date, neither it nor its affiliates have engaged in any trades with respect to, or made any net Short Sales of, or granted any option for the purchase of or entered into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a net Short Sale of the Common Stock. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Short Sale” by a Purchaser means a sale of Common Stock that is marked as a short sale and that is executed at a time when such Purchaser has no equivalent offsetting long position in the Common Stock, exclusive of the Shares. For purposes of determining whether a Purchaser has an equivalent offsetting long position in the Common Stock, all Common Stock that would be issuable upon exercise in full of all options then held by such Purchaser (assuming that such options were then fully exercisable, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, and giving effect to any exercise price adjustments scheduled to take effect in the future) shall be deemed to be held long by such Purchaser.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer.
(a) Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Shares 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(b), 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 Shares under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) Certificates evidencing the Shares will contain the following legend, until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(c):
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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 SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and, if required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Shares to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may be required in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the Purchaser transferee of the pledge. 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 Shares may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
(c) Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i) on the Effective Date, or (ii) following a sale of such Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement (including the Registration Statement) so long as the purchaser of the Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company, or (iii) following a sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iv) while such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (v) 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) provided in the case of (v), however, that the beneficial owner of the Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company. Following such time as restrictive legends are not required to be placed on certificates representing Shares under this Section 4.1(c), the Company will, not later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing such Shares containing a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
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certificate representing such Shares 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. Certificates for Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System.
(d) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Shares as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
4.2 Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns the Shares, 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 Shares, 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 such Shares under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Shares may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Shares 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 would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Shares to the Purchasers, or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.
4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. By 8:30 a.m. (New York time) on the second Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the Commission and the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company from selling Shares to additional purchasers, provided that, the Company shall make the filings and disclosures as required by this Section 4.4.
4.5 Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that, following the termination of the existing confidentiality agreements between the Company and the Purchasers, neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public
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information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. A definitive proxy statement will be delivered in connection with the Tornado Transaction that will publicly disclose all of the material written information heretofore provided to the Purchasers.
4.6 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder for payment of a portion of the cash consideration to be paid to Tornado stockholders in the Merger and for working capital purposes following the Tornado Transaction.
4.7 Reservation of 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, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
4.8 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonably efforts to maintain the listing 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 applicable to such Shares and the three (3) month anniversary of the Closing Date) to list the applicable 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 the Common Stock sold hereunder.
4.9 Short Sales. The Purchaser agrees that beginning on the date hereof until at least sixty (60) days from the Closing, the Purchaser will not enter into any Short Sales.
4.10 Termination Fee. Upon receipt of any termination fee under the terms of the Tornado Merger Agreement, the Company shall pay to each the Purchaser one percent (1%) of such Purchaser’s Investment Amount, net of any costs and expenses incurred by the Company in the collection of any such termination fee, to the extent that the Company has sufficient funds to pay such amounts after payment of any such collection costs and expenses.
4.11 No Registration. The Company agrees not to issue any securities pursuant to any registration statement or register for resale on behalf of others any securities prior to the Effective Date, except for (i) securities subject to a registration statement on Form S-8, (ii) the resale of shares of common stock underlying outstanding warrants, and (iii) securities issued in connection with an acquisition by the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, sale or exchange of stock or otherwise.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, on the
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earlier of (i) 180 days from the date of this Agreement or (ii) the termination of the Tornado Merger Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees and Expenses. Each Purchaser and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of its own 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 the Transaction Documents. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the issuance of the Shares under this Agreement.
5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 5:00 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 via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:
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5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and the Purchaser or Purchasers holding no less than a majority of the outstanding Shares; provided, however, that if any amendment or waiver adversely affects any Purchaser or Purchasers in a disproportionate manner, then the written consent of any Purchaser so affected shall also be obtained. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
5.6 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. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.
5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Shares, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Shares, by the provisions hereof that apply to the “Purchasers.”
5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8 (as to each Purchaser Party).
5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement 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 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, employees or agents) may be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts 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 the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto
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hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto 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 a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, 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.
5.12 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.
5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
5.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares 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 Shares. If
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a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.
5.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations 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.
5.16 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. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser. 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 acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OPINION
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets as described in the Company’s SEC Reports.
2. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to issue the Shares. The execution and delivery 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, and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors or stockholders is required. Each of the Transaction Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Transaction Documents constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.
3. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, does not and will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a material default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give rise to any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement included as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, (iii) result in a violation of any federal or state law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, or (iv) require any third party consents or government filings, except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, for such violations, conflicts or defaults, or failures to obtain third party consents or make government filings, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
4. Assuming the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers included in Section 3.2 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the issuance of the Shares in accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Shares, when issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, to our knowledge, free and clear of all liens, charges, restrictions and encumbrances imposed by or through the Company except as set forth in the Transaction Documents.