EXHIBIT 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is dated as of
December 31, 2003, among Xxxxxxxxx Resources, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the "COMPANY"), and the purchasers
identified on the signature pages hereto (each a "PURCHASER" and collectively
the "PURCHASERS"); and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below),
and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to
the Purchasers, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to
purchase from the Company in the aggregate, up to 1,400,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock and certain Warrants, 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 agrees
as follows:
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
1.1 "ACTION" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(j).
"AFFILIATE" means any Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is
under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 144. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment
fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the
same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an
Affiliate of such Purchaser.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day which shall be a federal legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law
or other governmental action to close.
"CLOSING" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the
Common Stock and Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
"CLOSING DATE" means the date of the Closing.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of the Company, no par
value per share, and any securities into which such common stock may
hereafter be reclassified.
"COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS" means any securities of the Company
or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire
at any time Common Stock, including without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles
the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
"COMPANY COUNSEL" means Xxxxx & Zelmanovitz, counsel to the
Company.
"DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES" means the Disclosure Schedules
concurrently delivered herewith.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means the date that the Registration
Statement is first declared effective by the Commission.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"FW" means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx LLP with offices located at 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS" shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.1(o).
"LIENS" means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance,
right of first refusal or other restriction.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3.1(b).
"MATERIAL PERMITS" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(m).
"PER SHARE PURCHASE PRICE" equals $4.50.
"PERSON" means an individual or corporation, partnership,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an
agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"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.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among the Company
and each Purchaser, in the form of EXHIBIT B hereto.
"RULE 144," means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"SEC REPORTS" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
"SECURITIES" means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
"SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT" means, as to each Purchaser and the
Closing, the amounts set forth below such Purchaser's signature block
on the signature page hereto, in United States dollars and in
immediately available funds.
"SUBSIDIARY" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(a).
"TRADING DAY" means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is
traded on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed
on a Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is traded on the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or
(iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a
day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market
as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any
similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting
prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then
Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
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"TRADING MARKET" means the following markets or exchanges on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the
Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
"TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Warrants and any other documents or agreements
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
"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 Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the Trading Market and if
prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board,
the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and
if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets"
published by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (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 and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
"WARRANTS" means the Common Stock Purchase Warrants, in the
form of EXHIBIT C, issuable to the Purchasers at the Closing, with a
term of exercise of 3 years beginning immediately upon issuance and an
exercise price equal to $5.65, subject to adjustment therein.
"WARRANT SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 CLOSING. At the Closing, the Purchasers shall purchase, severally
and not jointly, and the Company shall issue and sell, in the aggregate, up to
1,100,000 shares of Common Stock, together with the Warrants. Each Purchaser
shall purchase from the Company, and the Company shall issue and sell to each
Purchaser, (a) a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser's Subscription Amount
divided by the Per Share Purchase Price and (b) the Warrants as determined
pursuant to Section 2.2(a). Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 2.2, the Closing shall occur at the offices of FW, or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 CLOSING CONDITIONS.
(a) At the Closing the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the
Company's transfer agent instructing the transfer agent to
deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a
number of Shares equal to such Purchaser's Subscription Amount
divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the
name of such Purchaser;
(iii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form
of EXHIBIT A hereto, addressed to the Purchasers;
(iv) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed
by the Company; and
(v) a copy of an executed Warrant, registered in
the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser
shall have the right to acquire up to the number of shares of
Common Stock equal to 30% of the Shares to be issued to such
Purchaser at the Closing.
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(b) At the Closing each Purchaser shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such;
(ii) such Purchaser's Subscription Amount as to such
Closing by wire transfer to the account of the Company; and
(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed
by such Purchaser.
(c) All representations and warranties of the other party
contained herein shall remain true and correct as of the Closing Date.
(d) As of the Closing Date, there shall have been no Material
Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof.
(e) From the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the
Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission (except
for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the
Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing),
and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities
generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have
been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or
on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities, nor
shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or other national or international calamity of such
magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any
financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of
each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the
Shares at the Closing.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. Except as set forth
under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules or the SEC Reports,
the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date to each Purchaser:
(a) SUBSIDIARIES. The Company has no direct or indirect
subsidiaries. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the
capital stock of each Subsidiary free and clear of any lien, charge,
security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other
restriction (collectively, "LIENS"), and all the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are
fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
If the Company has no subsidiaries, then references in the Transaction
Documents to the Subsidiaries will be disregarded.
(b) $ ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION. Each of the Company and
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 (as applicable), with
the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of
its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. 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, would not have or
reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on
the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document,
(ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets,
business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (iii) adversely impair the Company's ability to
perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under
any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a "MATERIAL
ADVERSE EFFECT").
(c) AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
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otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and
delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company in connection therewith.
Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been)
duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(d) NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not
(i) conflict 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, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt
or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company
or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) 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, provincial 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 would not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(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, provincial, 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 (a)
the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, the
application(s) to each Trading Market for the listing of the Shares and
Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required
thereby, and applicable Blue Sky filings or (b) such as have already
been obtained or such exemptive filings as are required to be made
under applicable securities laws.
(f) ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES. The Securities are duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the
Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. 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 is as
described in the Company's most recent periodic report filed with the
Commission. The Company has not issued any capital stock since such
filing other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options
under the Company's stock option plans, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company's employee stock
purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of outstanding
Common Stock Equivalents. No Person has any right of first refusal,
preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights
to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or
acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary
is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common
Stock. The issue and sale of the Securities will not obligate the
Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any
Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of
any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under such securities.
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(h) SEC REPORTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company has filed
all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for
the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the
Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing
materials, including the exhibits thereto, being collectively referred
to herein as the "SEC REPORTS" and, together with the Disclosure
Schedules to this Agreement, the "DISCLOSURE MATERIALS") 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 and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved ("GAAP"), except 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. Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence
or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred
any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be
reflected in the Company's financial statements pursuant to GAAP or
required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, and (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.
(j) LITIGATION. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental
or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an "ACTION") which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or
(ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been
the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or
liability under federal, provincial 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 material 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.
(l) COMPLIANCE. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in
violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the
Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in
violation of,
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any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has
been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation
of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority,
including without limitation all foreign, federal, provincial, state
and local laws applicable to its business, except in the case of
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) as would not have or reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) REGULATORY PERMITS. The Company and the Subsidiaries
possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, provincial, 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 would not have or 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.
(n) TITLE TO ASSETS. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by
them that is material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries 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
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 Liens for the payment
of federal, provincial, state or other taxes, 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 of which
the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o) PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS. To the knowledge of the Company
and each Subsidiary, the Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and
other similar rights that are necessary or material for use in
connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports and which the failure to so have could have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS"). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights
used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the
rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such
Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable.
(p) 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.
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.
(q) TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND EMPLOYEES. Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of
the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or
any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and
directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental
of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring
payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or
any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer,
director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000 other
than (a) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services
rendered, (b) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the
Company and (c) for other employee benefits, including stock option
agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(r) INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries maintains 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
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accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets
at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the
Company and designed such disclosures controls and procedures to ensure
that material information relating to the Company, including its
subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company's
Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company's
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
date of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (such
date, the "EVALUATION DATE"). The Company presented in its most
recently filed Form 10-K or Form 10-Q the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since
the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the
Company's internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of
Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company's knowledge,
in other factors that could significantly affect the Company's internal
controls.
(s) CERTAIN FEES. No brokerage or finder's fees or commissions
are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor
or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or
other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any
fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other
Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(t) 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.
(u) INVESTMENT COMPANY. The Company is not, and is not an
Affiliate of, an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) REGISTRATION RIGHTS. No Person has any right to cause the
Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any
securities of the Company.
(w) LISTING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. 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.
(x) APPLICATION OF TAKEOVER PROTECTIONS. The Company and its
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 province 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 the Company's issuance of the
Securities and the Purchasers' ownership of the Securities.
(y) DISCLOSURE. The Company confirms that, neither the Company
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the
Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The
Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the
foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers
regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, furnished
by or on behalf of the Company are true and correct and do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or
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omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
(z) NO INTEGRATED OFFERING. Neither the Company, nor any of
its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that
would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior
offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any
applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without
limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or
automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the
Company are listed or designated.
(aa) SOLVENCY. Based on the financial condition of the Company
as of the Closing Date, (i) the Company's fair saleable value of its
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 for the current fiscal year 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, 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 debt 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).
(bb) FORM S-3 ELIGIBILITY. The Company is eligible to register
the resale of its Common Stock by the Purchasers under Form S-3
promulgated under the Securities Act.
3.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS. Each Purchaser
hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITY. Such Purchaser is an entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or
partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to
carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is
party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by
such Purchaser in accordance with 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) INVESTMENT INTENT. Such Purchaser understands that the
Securities are "restricted securities" and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is
acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account for
investment purposes only and not with a view to or for distributing or
reselling such Securities or any part thereof, has no present intention
of distributing any of such Securities and has no arrangement or
understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such
Securities (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. Such Purchaser does not have
any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person
to distribute any of the Securities.
(c) PURCHASER STATUS. At the time such Purchaser was offered
the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is an "accredited
investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. Such
Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under
Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
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(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 purchasing the
Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper,
magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(f) OPEN SHORT POSITION. As of the Closing Date, each
Purchaser, for itself and its affiliates and any transferee prior to
the Effective Date, represents and warrants that it holds no open short
positions in the Company's Common Stock.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not
make or has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this
Section 3.2.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. The Securities may only be disposed of in
compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any
transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration
statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with
a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by
the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require
registration of such transferred 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 shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(a) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is
required by this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities
in the following form:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY
STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE
PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A
REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN
RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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
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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 the preparation and filing of any
required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities
Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to
appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
(b) Certificates evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares
shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section
4.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the
Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares or Warrant
Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares or Warrant Shares
are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), 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 Company's transfer agent promptly after the Effective
Date if required by the Company's transfer agent to effect the removal
of the legend hereunder. 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, 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 than three Trading Days
following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company's
transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares or Warrant Shares,
as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause
to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such
Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The
Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions
to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on
transfer set forth in this Section.
(c) 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, 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 Company's transfer agent) 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 such third Trading Day (or third Trading Day, as
applicable) until such certificate is delivered. Nothing herein shall
limit such Purchaser's right to pursue actual damages for the Company's
failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required
by the Transaction Documents, 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.
4.2 FURNISHING OF INFORMATION. As long as any Purchaser owns
Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in
respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports
required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the
Exchange Act. Upon the request of any such holder of Securities, the Company
shall deliver to such holder a written certification of a duly authorized
officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence. As long as
any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make
publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is
required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company
further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of
Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.
4.3 INTEGRATION. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit
offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale
of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the
Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers, or that would be
integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules
and regulations of any Trading Market.
4.4 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
4.5 SECURITIES LAWS DISCLOSURE; PUBLICITY. The Company shall, within 1
Trading Day of the Closing Date, issue a press release or file a Current Report
on Form 8-K, in each case reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser disclosing the
transactions contemplated hereby and make such other filings and notices in the
manner and time
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required by the Commission. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with
each other in issuing any press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release or 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, 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 (i) as required by federal
securities law in connection with the registration statement contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) 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 subclause
(i) or (ii).
4.6 SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS PLAN. No claim will be made or enforced by the
Company or any other Person that any Purchaser is an "Acquiring Person" under
any shareholders rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or
hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to
trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between
the Company and the Purchasers.
4.7 NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION. 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 the Company believes
constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser
shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of
such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall
be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.8 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the
sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and not for the
satisfaction of any portion of the Company's debt (other than payment of trade
payables in the ordinary course of the Company's business and prior practices),
to redeem any Company equity or equity-equivalent securities or to settle any
outstanding litigation.
4.9 REIMBURSEMENT. If any Purchaser becomes involved in any capacity in
any Proceeding by or against any Person who is a stockholder of the Company
(except as a result of sales, pledges, margin sales and similar transactions by
such Purchaser to or with any current stockholder), solely as a result of such
Purchaser's acquisition of the Securities under this Agreement, the Company will
reimburse one legal counsel for all Purchasers for its reasonable legal and
other expenses (including the cost of any investigation preparation and travel
in connection therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are
incurred. The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have,
shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any Affiliates of the
Purchasers who are actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation,
and partners, directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (if any), as
the case may be, of the Purchasers and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal
representatives of the Company, the Purchasers and any such Affiliate and any
such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the Purchasers nor any such
Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall
have any liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or
in right of the Company solely as a result of acquiring the Securities under
this Agreement.
4.10 INDEMNIFICATION OF PURCHASERS. The Company will indemnify and hold
the Purchasers and their directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees
and agents (each, a "PURCHASER PARTY") harmless from any and all losses,
liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses,
including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may
suffer or incur as a result of or relating to: (a) any misrepresentation, breach
or inaccuracy, or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would
constitute a breach or inaccuracy, of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents; or (b) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made
against such Purchaser Party and arising solely out of or solely resulting from
the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents and without causation by any other activity,
obligation, condition or liability pertaining to such Purchaser. The Company
will reimburse such Purchaser for its reasonable legal and other expenses
(including the cost of any
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investigation, preparation and travel in connection therewith) incurred in
connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred.
4.11 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, a sufficient 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.
4.12 LISTING OF COMMON STOCK. The Company hereby agrees to use its best
efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the Trading Market, and
as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing (but not later than the
earlier of the Effective Date and the first anniversary of the Closing Date) to
list the applicable Shares and Warrant Shares on the Trading Market. The Company
further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any
other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Shares and the
Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or desirable in
the opinion of the Investors to cause the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed
on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will 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.
4.13 SUBSEQUENT EQUITY SALES. From the date hereof until 60 days after
the Effective Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, this Section 4.13 shall not apply to the
following (a) the granting of options to employees, officers and directors of
the Company pursuant to any stock option plan duly adopted by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of
the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such
purpose, or (b) the exercise of any security issued by the Company in connection
with the offer and sale of this Company's securities pursuant to this Agreement,
or (c) the exercise of or conversion of any convertible securities, options or
warrants issued and outstanding on the date hereof, provided such securities
have not been amended since the date hereof, or (d) acquisitions or strategic
investments, the primary purpose of which is not to raise capital.
4.14 DELIVER OF SECURITIES AFTER CLOSING. The Company shall use best
efforts to deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Shares and Warrant Shares to
each Purchaser within 3 Trading Days of the Closing Date.
4.15 EQUAL TREATMENT OF PURCHASERS. No consideration shall be offered
or paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any
provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is
also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For
clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to
each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and
is intended to treat for the Company the Purchasers as a class and shall not in
any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with
respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 FEES AND EXPENSES. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement,
each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants
and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party
incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties
levied in connection with the sale of the Securities.
5.2 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Transaction Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.3 NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of
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transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile number set forth on the signatures pages attached hereto prior to 6:30
p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the
date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile
at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a
day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on
any Trading Day, (c) the 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.
5.4 AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. No provision of this Agreement may be waived
or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment,
by the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default
with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall
be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent
default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor
shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in
any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
5.5 CONSTRUCTION. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed
to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no
rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
5.6 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.
The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign
any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees
in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions hereof that apply to the "Purchasers".
5.7 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10.
5.8 GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. If
either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of
a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding
shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys' fees and other costs
and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of
such action or proceeding.
5.9 SURVIVAL. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants
contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery and exercise of the
Securities, as applicable.
5.10 EXECUTION. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the
same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by
each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both
parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
5.11 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid
and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so
agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
5.12 RESCISSION AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHT. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the
Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election,
demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely
perform its related obligations
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within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or
withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights.
5.13 REPLACEMENT OF SECURITIES. If any certificate or instrument
evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate
or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and such indemnity as
is required by the Company's transfer agent, if requested. The applicants for a
new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any
reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement
Securities.
5.14 REMEDIES. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the
Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the
Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
5.15 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, provincial, 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.
5.16 INDEPENDENT NATURE OF PURCHASERS' OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled 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 their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsel have
chosen to communicate with the Company through FW. FW does not represent all of
the Purchasers but only The Shemano Group, placement agent to the transaction.
The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and
Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was
required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
(Signature Page Follows)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
XXXXXXXXX RESOURCES, INC. ADDRESS FOR NOTICE:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Pres.
-------------------------------------- Tel: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Fax: (000) 000-0000
President and Chief Executive Officer
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
Name of Investing Entity: __________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity: _________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________
Address for Notice of Investing Entity:
Address for Delivery of Securities for Investing Entity (if not same as above):
Subscription Amount:
Shares:
Warrant Shares:
EIN Number: [you may provide this under separate cover]
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
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