SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of May 6, 2019,
between Parallax Health Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a
“Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), 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, 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 each Purchaser 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 have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as
such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which
is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in
the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Closing Dates” means the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date.
“Closings” means the First Closing and the Second Closing of the purchase and
sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per
share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be
reclassified or changed.
1
“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, right, option, warrant 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 ____________, with offices located at
_____________.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a
Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City
time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day
immediately following the date hereof, [unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by
the Placement Agent, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York
City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m.
(New York City time) on the date hereof[, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time
by the Placement Agent.
“Effective Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) the initial Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, (b) all of the Shares and Warrant
Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without
the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information
required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (c) following
the one year anniversary of the last Closing Date provided that a holder of Shares or
Warrant Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company, or (d) all of the Shares and Warrant
Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(1) of the
Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company Counsel has
delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion that resales may then be
made by such holders of the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to such exemption which
opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.
“EGS” means Ellenoff Xxxxxxxx & Schole LLP, with offices located at 0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options
to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan
duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board
of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the
2
exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other
securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have
not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such
securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such
securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term
of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions
approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such
securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no
registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in
connection therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.12(a) herein, and provided
that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which
is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a
business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company
additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction
in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or
to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FDA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“FDCA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“First Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
“First Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction
Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount for
the First Closing and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities for the First
Closing, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.
“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(p).
“Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien, charge pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first
refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Lock-Up Agreement” means the Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
by and among the Company and the directors, officers, and 10% stockholders of the
Company, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
3
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Participation Maximum” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.11(a).
“Per Unit Purchase Price” equals $0.125 per unit, subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions
of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
“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.
“Pharmaceutical Product” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(jj).
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
“Public Information Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.2(b).
“Public Information Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.2(b).
“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated
on or about the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
A attached 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 and the Warrant 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 or interpreted 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.
4
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted 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.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Second Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
“Second Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction
Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount for
the Second Closing and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities for the
Second Closing, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.
“Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be
paid for units of Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading
“Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds. The
Subscription Amounts at the First Closing and the Second Closing shall be the same.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company
formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American,
the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto
and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
5
“Transfer Agent” means Action Stock Transfer Corp., the current transfer agent of
the Company, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Variable Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.12(b).
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following
clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City
time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is
not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most
recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser
selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which
shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to
the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants
shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to two (2) years, in the
form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Closings. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto,
the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase in two
Closings, up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 of units with each unit consisting of 1.5 Shares and
Warrants to purchase 1.5 Warrant Shares. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire
transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company
shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective units of Shares and a Warrant, as determined pursuant
to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in
Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. The Closings shall take place in two stages as set forth
below (respectively, the “First Closing” and the “Second Closing”). Upon satisfaction of the
covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of
EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
6
(a)
First Closing. The First Closing shall be for up to $500,000 of the aggregate
Subscription Amount subscribed for by all Purchasers hereunder and shall occur on, or as
soon as reasonably practicable following, the date hereof.
(b)
Second Closing. The Second Closing shall be for up to $500,000 of the
aggregate Subscription Amount subscribed for by all Purchasers hereunder and shall occur
within 5 Business Days following the Effective Date, subject to the terms hereunder.
2.2
Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to each Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i)
as to the First Closing, this Agreement duly executed by the
Company;
(ii)
as to the First Closing, a legal opinion of Company Counsel,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto;
(iii) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent
instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate
evidencing a number of Shares equal to (A) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount
for the respective Closing divided (B) by the quotient obtained by dividing the Per
Unit Purchase Price by 1.5, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iv)
a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up
to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of such Purchaser’s Shares,
with an exercise price equal to $0.25, subject to adjustment therein;
(v)
the Company shall have provided each Purchaser with the
Company’s wire instructions, on Company letterhead and executed by the Chief
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;
(vi)
as to the First Closing, the Lock-Up Agreements; and
(vii) as to the First Closing, the Registration Rights Agreement duly
executed by the Company.
(b) On or prior to each Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company, as applicable, the following:
(i)
As to the First Closing, this Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser;
(ii)
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as to the applicable Closing
by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the Company;
7
(iii) such Purchaser’s leak-out agreement in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and the Company1; and
(iv)
as to the First Closing, the Registration Rights Agreement duly
executed by such Purchaser.
2.3
Closing Conditions.
(a)
The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i)
the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations
or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects)
on the applicable Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they
shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser
required to be performed at or prior to the applicable Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b)
of this Agreement.
(b)
The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with
the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i)
the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations
or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects)
when made and on the applicable Closing Date of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in
which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required
to be performed at or prior to the applicable Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a)
of this Agreement;
(iv)
there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof;
(v)
as to the Second Closing, the Registration Statement shall have been
declared effective as to all of the Shares and Warrant Shares issued and issuable at
1
If market price is less than exercise price purchaser will not sell greater than $15,000 and 15% of dollar
weighted average trading volume from prior 5 trading days.
8
the First Closing and Second Closing (ignoring for such purposes an conversion or
exercise limitations thereunder) by the Commission on or before ______________,
2019; and
(vi)
from the date hereof to the applicable Closing Date, trading in the
Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the
Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the applicable
Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall
not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any
Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the
United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any
material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any
financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser,
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify
any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the
corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a)
Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are
set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). 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 of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are
fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the
Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
(b)
Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries
is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, 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 nor default
of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is
duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned
by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction
Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
9
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) 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”) 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 to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith
or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and
each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will
have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, 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 by the Company of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance
and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the
creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments,
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; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and
(iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
10
(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 filings required pursuant to Section 4.4
of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Shares and Warrant 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 (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f)
Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
The Warrant 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 other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and
the Warrants.
(g)
Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is
as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of
shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company
as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of
employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans
and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding
as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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,
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
the capital stock of any Subsidiary, 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 Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any
Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any
Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than
the Purchasers). There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any
Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price
of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any
Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any
11
Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary
is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The
Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or
agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have
been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such
outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. 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 has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company
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 or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including
the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension
of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any
such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the
Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes
required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the
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
as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), (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
12
past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or 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 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 or as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company
or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets
or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has
not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation
is made.
(j)
Litigation. Except as set forth in Item 3 of the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(j) attached hereto, 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 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 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)
Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or
its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its
Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the
knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary is, or
is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any
third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject
13
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing
matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state,
local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be
in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)
Compliance. 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), (ii) is in violation of any
judgment, decree, or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii)
is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to
taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety
and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)
Environmental Laws.
The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in
compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection
of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes,
decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice
letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other
approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply
could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(n)
Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described
in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
14
(o)
Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable
title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company
and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and
(ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves
have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and the payment of which is neither
delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the
Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(p)
Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service
marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, lice nses and other intellectual
property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have
could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”).
None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been
abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years
from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a
written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property
Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or
reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the
Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company
and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do
so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(q)
Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are
prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least
equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
(r)
Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(r), none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to
the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary
is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other
15
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real
or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of
money to 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, stockholder, member
or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for ( i) payment of salary or
consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf
of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under
any stock option plan of the Company.
(s)
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-
Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules
and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date
hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain
a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization,
and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The
Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure contro ls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the
Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedur es to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and
the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented
in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been
no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the
Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
(t)
Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be
payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant,
finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
16
(u)
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 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.
(v)
Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(w)
Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any
right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities
Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary that have not been satisfied either
through the filing of a resale registration statement or Rule 144 eligibility.
(x)
Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or 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. 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. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the
Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company
is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other
established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(y)
Application of Takeover Protections. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(y)
attached hereto, the Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action,
if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination,
poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter
documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to
the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the
Securities.
(z)
Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that
neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or
17
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute
material, non-public information.
The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the
Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement,
is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases
disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this
Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and when
made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes
or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(aa) 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 Securities to be integrated with prior
offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the
registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable
shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of
the Company are listed or designated.
(bb) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company
as of the applicable Closing Date and the repayment of certain debt as set forth on Schedule
3.1(bb) out of the proceeds of this offering at Closing, after giving effect to the receipt by
the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable
value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in
respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including
its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business
conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital
availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the
proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into
account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in
respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not
intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account
the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company
has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any
jurisdiction within one year from the applicable Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(bb) sets forth
as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company
18
or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the
purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money
or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent
obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be
reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease
payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
(cc) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and
local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other
governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined
to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books
provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent
to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid
taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(dd) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on
behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general
solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only
to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501
under the Securities Act.
(ee) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to
the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign
or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the
Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the
Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any
provision of FCPA.
(ff)
Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule
3.1(ff) of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such
accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act
and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in
the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.
19
(gg) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no
disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to
arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently
employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to
its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its
obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.
(hh)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser
is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity)
with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and
any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is
merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further
represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of
the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(ii)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in
this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections
3.2[(g) and 4.14 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none
of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed,
to desist from purchasing or selling, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities
based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term,
(ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser before or after the
closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market
price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, and (iii) ea ch Purchaser shall not be
deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one
or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that
the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the
value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined,
and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders'
equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being
conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do
not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
(jj)
Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no
one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause
or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid
any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed
to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation
paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
20
(kk) FDA. As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder (“FDCA”) that is manufactured, packaged,
labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(each such product, a “Pharmaceutical Product”), such Pharmaceutical Product is being
manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company
in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and
regulations relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or
application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, good
clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing
of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened, action
(including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding,
charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or
other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests
the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution
of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and
promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the
recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or
sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical
hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins
production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes
to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate,
would have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of the
Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA. The Company has not been informed by
the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of
any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the
FDA expressed any concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being
developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.
(ll)
Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the
Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the
Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market
value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted
under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock
option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no
and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or
otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
financial results or prospects.
(mm) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the
21
Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(nn) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has
never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon
Purchaser’s request.
(oo) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended
(the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares
of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank
or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over
the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to
regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(pp) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-
keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting
Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or
Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
(qq) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and
sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any
of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the
Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of
the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting
power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered
Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the "Bad Actor"
disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a
“Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2)
or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer
Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the
extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to
the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(rr)
Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other
than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly)
remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Securities.
22
(ss)
Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers
in writing, prior to the applicable Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to
any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become
a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.
3.2
Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and
for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the applicable
Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they
shall be accurate as of such date):
(a)
Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity
duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership,
limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser.
Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited
by applicable law.
(b)
Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the 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 and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no
present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or
any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or
understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such
Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this
representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the
ordinary course of its business.
(c)
Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it
was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it
will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7)
23
or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule
144A(a) under the Securities Act.
(d)
Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together
with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and
financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective
investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at
the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e)
General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not, to such Purchaser’s knowledge,
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, to the knowledge
of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
(f)
Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the
opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto) and the SEC Reports 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 Securities and the
merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company
and its 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. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the
Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided such Purchaser
with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or
advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or
makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities and the
Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired non-public information with respect
to the Company which such Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection
with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agent nor any
of its Affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.
(g)
Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the
transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on
behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly
executed any purchases or sales of the securities of the Company during the period
commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral)
from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material
terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the
execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-
managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate
portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge
of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of
24
such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to
the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision
to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to
this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its
officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such
Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection
with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section
3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties
contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1
Transfer Restrictions.
(a)
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 or 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 and reasonably acceptable to the Company, 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
terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights
and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(b)
The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
THIS SECURITY HAS 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.
THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN
25
WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN
SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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 (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
thereunder.
(c)
Certificates evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any
legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof ), (i) while a registration
statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is
effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Shares or Warrant Shares
pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), (iii) if such Shares or
Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the
Warrants), without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current
public information required under Rule 144 as to such Shares and Warrant Shares and
without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions], 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). The Company shall cause its
counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly after the
Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend
hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively. 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 Warrant Shares, or if such Shares or Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144
and the Company is then in compliance with the current public information required under
Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), or if the Shares or Warrant Shares
may be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance
with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Shares or Warrant
Shares or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the
Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff
of the Commission) then such Warrant 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(c), it will, no later th an the earlier of (i) two (2)
Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement
26
Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares or Warrant Shares, as the case may be,
issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause
to be delivered to such Purchaser a 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 the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in
this Section 4. Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the
Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement
period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market
with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate
representing Shares or Warrants Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend.
(d)
In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall
pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each
$1,000 of Shares or Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the
date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the
restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per
Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each
Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a
legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a
Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the Securities so
delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other
legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or
a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of
shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company
without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s
total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses,
if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions
and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such
number of Shares or Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such
Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of
the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the
delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Shares or Warrant Shares (as
the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause
(ii).
(e)
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees
with the Company 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, and that if Securities are sold pursuant
to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution
set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from
27
certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the
Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
4.2
Furnishing of Information; Public Information.
(a)
If the Common Stock is not registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act on the date hereof, the Company agrees to cause the Common Stock to be
registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on or before the 60th calendar day
following the date hereof. Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities
or (ii) the Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of
the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and 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
even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
(b)
At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month
anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold
without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and
otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall
fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c)
or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the
future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a
“Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available
remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and
not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the
Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Subscription
Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on
every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until
the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that
such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to transfer the Shares and
Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled
pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure
Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last
day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are
incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the
Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make
Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure
Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months)
until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages
for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all
remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.3
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 Securities in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or that would be integrated with
28
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
shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.4
Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by the Disclosure
Time, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby,
and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits
thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the
issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly
disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition,
effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any
and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents,
employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates on the
other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in
issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither
the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such
public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of
any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of
the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such
disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other
party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without
the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in
connection with (i) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement
and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such
disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall
provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).
4.5
Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or,
with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person”
under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution
under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter
adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any
such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or
under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.6
Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant
to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on
its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes,
or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior
thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the
Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that
29
each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of
the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a
Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such
Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or
any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees
or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the
Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant
to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding
the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the
Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms
that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company.
4.7
Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use $__________ of the net proceeds from
the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and the balance shall be used for
the satisfaction of the Company’s debt as set forth on Schedule 4.7.
4.8
Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the
Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders,
members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each
Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and
Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members,
partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person
holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons
(each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements,
court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party
may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity,
or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an
Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a material breach of such
Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or
any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or
any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such
Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify
the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with
counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party
shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel*々怄뀄䀄〄倄耀〄䀅瀀Mthe expense of such Purchaser Party
except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the
Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such
30
defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel,
a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of
such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and
expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any
Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without
the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z)
to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any
Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made
by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The
indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount
thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are
incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or
similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company
may be subject to pursuant to law.
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, 300% of the number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company
to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the
Warrants.
4.10 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to
maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is
currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of
the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of
the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the
Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then
include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action
as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other
Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably
necessary to continue the listing 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. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common
Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing
corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust
Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic
transfer.
4.11 Participation in Future Financing.
(a)
From the date hereof until the date that is the 12-month anniversary of the
Effective Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration, Indebtedness or a combination
of units thereof (a “Subsequent Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to
participate in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 20% of the Subsequent
Financing (the “Participation Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price
provided for in the Subsequent Financing.
31
(b)
At least five (5) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent
Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to
effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser
if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent
Financing Notice”). Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such
Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later
than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such
Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the
proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be
raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent
Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document
relating thereto as an attachment.
(c)
Any Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must
provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that
such Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of such
Purchaser’s participation, and representing and warranting that such Purchaser has such
funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent
Financing Notice. If the Company receives no such notice from a Purchaser as of such
fifth (5th) Trading Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that
it does not elect to participate.
(d)
If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after all
of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications by the Purchasers of their
willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to c ause their designees to
participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing,
then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the
terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e)
If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after all
of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company receives responses to a
Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking to purchase more than the aggregate
amount of the Participation Maximum, each such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase
its Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro Rata Portion”
means the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on each Closing
Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.11 and (y) the sum of the aggregate
Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on such Closing Dates by all Purchasers
participating under this Section 4.11.
(f)
The Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent
Financing Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth
above in this Section 4.11, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent
Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such
Subsequent Financing Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after the date of the initial
Subsequent Financing Notice.
32
(g)
The Company and each Purchaser agree that if any Purchaser elects to
participate in the Subsequent Financing, the transaction documents related to the
Subsequent Financing shall not include any term or provision that, directly or indirectly,
will, or is intended to, exclude one or more of the Purchasers from participating in a
Subsequent Financing, including, but not limited to, provisions whereby such Purchaser
shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any of the Securities purchased
hereunder or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any
waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, this Agreement, without the prior
written consent of such Purchaser.
(h)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.11 and unless
otherwise agreed to by such Purchaser, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such
Purchaser that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been
abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the securities in the Subsequent
Financing, in either case in such a manner such that such Purchaser will not be in
possession of any material, non-public information, by the tenth (10th) Business Day
following delivery of the Subsequent Financing Notice. If by such tenth (10th) Business
Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing
has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been
received by such Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and
such Purchaser shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public
information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(i)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.11 shall not apply in respect
of an Exempt Issuance and, as to the contemplated Maxim Offering, the Participation
Maximum shall be $1,000,000 rather than 20% of the aggregate offering amount.
4.12 Subsequent Equity Sales.
(a)
From the date hereof until 180 days after the Effective Date, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the
issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents.
(b)
From the date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of the
Warrants, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to
effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate
Transaction or are registered or include registration rights. “Variable Rate Transaction”
means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities
that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive,
additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or
exchange rate or other price that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or
quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such
debt or equity securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject
to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security
or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the
33
business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into, or effects
a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit,
whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser
shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such
issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4.12(a) shall not apply in respect of
(i) an Exempt Issuance, (ii) an issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
for a fixed price of at least $0.50 per share, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward
stock splits and the like or (iii) and underwritten fully marketed public offering of the
Company’s securities at a fixed price that raises gross proceeds of at least $10 million or
(iv) a contemplated offering of securities of the Company at a fixed price of up to $6 million
with customary registration rights through Maxim Group LLC as sole placement agent
(“Maxim Offering”); provided, however, such placement must close and release funds
from escrow upon receipt of $1,000,000 into escrow or interest from investors.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any of the
aforementioned exceptions allow for a Variable Rate Transaction.
4.13 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of
any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver
or modification of any provision 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 for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class
and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect
to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.14 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly
with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or
pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales of any of the Company’s
securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such
time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant
to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly
with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described
in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this
transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or
covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company
after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted
or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with
applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section
4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities
of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as
34
described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-
managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of
such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment
decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the
covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the
portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
4.15 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with
respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly
upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall
reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities
for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the
states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of
any Purchaser.
4.16 Capital Changes. Until the one-year anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common
Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a majority in interest of the
Shares.
4.17 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of
the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution
may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue
the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and
absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the
effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and
regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other
stockholders of the Company.
4.18 Most Favored Nation Provision. From the date hereof until the date when such
Purchaser no longer holds any of the Shares, if the Company effects a Subsequent Financing, each
Purchaser may elect, in its sole discretion, to exchange all or some of the Shares (but not the
Warrants) then held by such Purchaser for any securities or units issued in a Subsequent Financing
on a $1.00 for $1.00 basis based on the Subscription Amount paid for such Shares, along with any
accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing thereon, and the
effective price at which such securities were sold in such Subsequent Financing. Any Purchaser
shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to enforce the provisions
hereunder, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
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, if the Closing
35
has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof;
provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach
by any other party (or parties).
5.2
Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse Ionic
Ventures LLC (“Ionic”) for its legal fees and expenses, otherwise pursuant to the term sheet
entered into between Ionic and the Company prior to the date hereof. Accordingly, in lieu of the
foregoing payments, the aggregate amount that Ionic is to pay for the Securities at the Closing
shall be reduced by such reimbursement amount in lieu thereof. Except as expressly set forth in
the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its
advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such
party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any
fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any
exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in
connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.
5.3
Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and
schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof 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 or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the
signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 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 via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth
on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) 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 set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any
notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains material, non-
public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall
simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.
5.5
Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified,
supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by
the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 67% in interest of the Shares based on the
initial Subscription Amounts hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom
enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment, modification
or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the
consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be
required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this
36
Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any
such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely
affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations
of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser.
Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser
and holder of Securities and the Company.
5.6
Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
5.7
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each
Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this
Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided
that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
5.8
No Third-Party Beneficiaries. [The Placement Agent shall be the third party
beneficiary of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 and the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section 3.2. 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 [and this Section 5.8.
5.9
Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of
conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in
the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including
with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an
inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a
copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to
such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service
shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
37
law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the
Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.8, the
prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
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 each other party, it
being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature
is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf
such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature
page were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder
of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.
It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed
the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may
be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a
Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the
periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from
time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole
or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that, in the case of
a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any
shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return
to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the
restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant
(including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
5.14 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 (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu
of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new
38
certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs
(including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or
granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be
entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any
breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not
to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy
at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments
to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its
rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise
or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside,
recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any
bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent
of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-
performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing
contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser
pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers
are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently
protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement
or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser
to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been
represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective
counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent
any of the Purchasers and only represents Ionic. 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 any of the Purchasers. It is expressly
understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other
Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the
Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
5.18 Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated
damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of
the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts
39
have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such
partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.19 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day,
then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
5.20 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments
thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any
Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after
the date of this Agreement.
5.21 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY,
THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY,
UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER
TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature Pages Follow)
40
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.
PARALLAX HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
Address for Notice:
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Arena
Email: xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Name: Xxxx X. Arena
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Title: Chief Executive Officer
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
41
[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO PRLX SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: __________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: ______________________________________________
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
First Closing Subscription Amount: $_________________
Second Closing Subscription Amount: $_________________
First Closing Shares: _________________
Second Closing Shares: __________________
First Closing Warrant Shares: __________________
Second Closing Warrant Shares: _____________________
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
42