SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of July 10, 2003, by and among Commerce One, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company”), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).
WHEREAS:
A. The Company has authorized a new series of convertible preferred shares of the Company, the terms of which are set forth in the certificate of designations for such series of preferred shares (the “Certificate of Designations”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (together with any convertible preferred shares issued in replacement thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Preferred Shares”), which Preferred Shares shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”), in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations;
B. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) an aggregate of 100,000 Preferred Shares in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrants”), to acquire that number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”);
C. The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act to the extent necessary to issue the Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares;
D. Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
E. The Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities”.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED SHARES AND WARRANTS.
(a) Purchase of Preferred Shares and Warrants.
(i) Preferred Shares and Warrants. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), the respective number of Preferred Shares set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, along with Warrants to acquire that number of Warrant Shares set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (the “Closing”).
(ii) Closing. The Closing shall occur on the Closing Date at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
(iii) Purchase Price. The purchase price for each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) of the Preferred Shares and related Warrants to be purchased by each such Buyer at the Closing shall be equal to $100 for each Preferred Share and related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
(b) Closing Date. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be noon, New York City Time, on the date hereof after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6(a) and 7(a) below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer).
(c) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (A) each Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price to the Company for the Preferred Shares and Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions, less any amount withheld at the Closing for expenses pursuant to Section 4(g), and (B) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer stock certificates (the “Preferred Stock Certificates”) representing such number of the Preferred Shares which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along with the Warrants (in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) such Buyer is purchasing, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer.
2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each Buyer represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:
(a) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Preferred Shares and the Warrants and (ii) upon conversion of the Preferred Shares and exercise of the Warrants will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by
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making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.
(b) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
(c) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(d) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
(e) No Governmental Review. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(f) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that: (i) except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a form generally acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer shall have satisfied the requirements of Rule 144(k) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”), may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(r)) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 0000 Xxx) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company
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nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. The Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other bona fide loan secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, this Section 2(f); provided, that in order to make any sale, transfer or assignment of Securities, such Buyer and its pledgee makes such disposition in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Buyer shall transfer any Preferred Shares or Warrants other than to an affiliate of such Buyer.
(g) Legends. Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Preferred Shares and the Warrants and, until such time as the sale of the Registrable Securities have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Registrable Securities, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER BONA FIDE LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for sale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the 1933 Act, or (iii) such
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holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144(k).
(h) Authorization; Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement has been, and the Registration Rights Agreement shall have been by the Closing Date, duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
(i) Residency. Such Buyer is a resident of that country or state specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.
(j) Organization. Such Buyer is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and has the requisite power and authorization to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby.
(k) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by such Buyer and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the constituent documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to such Buyer or by which any property or asset of such Buyer is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such breaches or defaults as would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Buyer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
Other than as set forth in the SEC Documents (as defined below) and in a Schedule of Exceptions delivered by the Company to the Buyers concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to each Buyer as of the Closing, or such other date as specified, that (for the purposes of this Section 3, “knowledge” of the Company shall mean the actual knowledge of the officers of the Company):
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company and its “Subsidiaries” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns more than 50% of the capital stock or holds a more than 50% equity or similar interest) are entities duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are organized, and have the requisite corporate or other power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do
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business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule 3(a).
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)) and the Warrants (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the execution and filing of the Certificate of Designations by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. The Certificate of Designations has been filed on or prior to the Closing Date with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and will be in full force and effect, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and shall not have been amended unless in compliance with its terms.
(c) Issuance of Securities. The Preferred Shares and Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be validly issued, free from all documentary stamp, transfer or similar taxes (provided that such taxes shall be limited to United States federal taxes, state taxes and taxes of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company), liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof (other than restrictions on transfer contained in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement), and the Preferred Shares shall be entitled to the rights and preferences set forth in the Certificate of Designations. As of the Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals 7,300,000. Upon conversion or exercise in accordance with the Preferred Shares or the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all documentary stamp, transfer or similar taxes (provided that such taxes shall be limited to United States federal taxes, state taxes and taxes of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company),
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liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof (other than restrictions on transfer contained in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement), with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties of Buyer contained in Section 2, the issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, including the Certificate of Designations, by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares and Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the certificate of incorporation, any certificate of designations, preferences and rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock or bylaws of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected.
(e) Consents. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required as of the Closing Date to obtain to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents in accordance with their terms have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might reasonably be expected to prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the foregoing. The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts which would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
(f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that no Buyer is an officer or director of the Company. The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents, including the Certificate of Designations, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents, including the Certificate of Designations, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in
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any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company has not engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants.
(h) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on 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 require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(i) [Reserved]
(j) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. 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 Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in Section 3(q)) or the laws of the state of its incorporation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. Other than the Amended and Restated Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2001, by and among the Company, New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as Rights Agent, the Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.
(k) SEC Documents; Financial Statements. Since December 31, 2002, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has made available to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the XXXXX system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, 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
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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Taken as a whole, the information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers when read together with the SEC Documents does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.
(l) Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l), since March 31, 2003, there have been no changes or developments in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries that have had or would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since March 31, 2003, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $200,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $200,000. The Company has not taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company is not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing will not be, Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s total indebtedness, contingent or otherwise, (ii) the Company is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii) the Company intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
(m) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Except for the transactions contemplated hereby, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.
(n) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of any outstanding series
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of preferred stock of the Company or Bylaws or their organizational charter or bylaws, respectively (except, with respect to the Subsidiaries, for violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the material rules, regulations or requirements of the Nasdaq National Market (the “Principal Market”) currently in effect and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. Since December 31, 2002, (i) the Common Stock has been designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.
(o) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
(p) Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(p) and in the SEC Documents filed at least ten days prior to the date hereof and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on Schedule 3(q), none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or 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 such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
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(q) Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (x) 950,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 31,398,715 are issued and outstanding, 28,939 are issued but not outstanding as treasury shares, 10,161,504 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option and purchase plans and 20,000 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Preferred Shares and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock, and (y) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which as of the date hereof, 300,000 are designated Series A Participating Preferred Stock and none are issued or outstanding. All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3(q) and under the caption “Relationship with SAP — Equity Relationship” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002: (i) no shares of the Company’s capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(r)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents (as defined herein) but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to the Buyer true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (together with any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all
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securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
(r) Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(r), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness in excess of $200,000 (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, other than contracts, agreements or instruments entered into in the ordinary course of business which to the Company’s knowledge, neither it nor any other party thereto is in default or other violation of, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, change, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(s) Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency,
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self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, except (i) as disclosed in Item 3 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and in Part II, Item 1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003 or (ii) such as are not reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the directors or officers of the Company have been a party to any securities related litigation during the past five years, other than as disclosed in the SEC Documents.
(t) Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such 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 at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Employee Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or, to its knowledge, employs any member of a union. The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good. No executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 0000 Xxx) has notified the Company that such officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company. No executive officer of the Company, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any material liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Title. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(v), the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except (i) immaterial liens for taxes not yet delinquent, (ii) immaterial mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens (and other similar liens), and immaterial liens under operating and similar agreements, to the extent the same relate to expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and that are not yet due, (iii) that are routine Governmental Approvals, or (iv) such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its
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Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(w) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service xxxx registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted. None of the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated, or are expected to expire or terminate within two years from the date of this Agreement, except for those which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(w), there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. The Company does not have any knowledge of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties.
(x) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (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 of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, 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.
(y) Tax Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all federal and state income and all other 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, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to
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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 know of no specific basis for any such particular claim.
(z) Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its 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 generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference.
(aa) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company is 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 SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof, except where such noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Reasonable Best Efforts. Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
(b) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, 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 Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.
(c) Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall have sold all the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and none of the Preferred Shares or Warrants is outstanding, (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and
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the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination.
(d) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for working capital purposes.
(e) Financial Information. The Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period unless the following are filed with the SEC through XXXXX and are available to the public through the XXXXX system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act; provided, that in no case will the Company be required to furnish any exhibits to such reports or other materials that are subject to a confidential treatment request. “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(f) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Principal Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the Common Stock not being listed on the Principal Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).
(g) Fees. Subject to Section 8 below, at the Closing, the Company shall pay BayStar Capital II, L.P. or its designee(s) for its reasonable, accountable expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby in an amount up to $60,000 (of which $25,000 has previously been paid), which amount shall be withheld by such Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing. Each party shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions incurred by it and relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or in the Registration Rights Agreement, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.
(h) Pledge of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement will prevent an Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) from pledging the Securities in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other bona fide loan or financing arrangement that is secured by such Securities. The pledge of
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the Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(f) of this Agreement; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(f) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of such Securities to such pledgee by an Investor.
(i) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act, and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement, the form of the Certificate of Designations, the form of Warrant and the form of the Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such filing (the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, so long as a Buyer does not exercise its right to have an observer at meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors, such Buyer shall not be in possession of any material, nonpublic information actually provided by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that was not specifically requested by such Buyer and that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC not directly solicited by such Buyer, except in connection with such Buyer’s exercise of its right to have an observer attend meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations, including the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company (although the consent of such Buyer shall not be required) in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release).
(j) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will, directly or indirectly, make any offers or sales of any security or solicit any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the Company’s sale of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause this offering to be subject to any applicable stockholder 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.
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(k) Reservation of Shares. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than the number of shares of Common Stock needed to provide for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares, including payment of paid-in-kind dividends (without regard to any limitations on conversions) and the number of shares of Common Stock needed to provide for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercises).
(l) Observer Rights. So long as the Buyers (together with their affiliates) hold at least 50% of the Preferred Shares initially issued to them hereunder, the Buyers shall have the right, but not the obligation, to appoint one individual mutually agreeable to the Buyers and the Company (a “Preferred Observer”) to observe and participate in the discussion of any proceeding of the Company’s Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity; provided, that the Preferred Observer may not be a member of or observer of the board of directors of a competitor of the Company. Each Preferred Observer shall have the right to receive (i) any written material or other information provided to members of the Board of Directors (or that any director has the right to request); provided, that such Preferred Observer shall acknowledge and agree that he or she will be bound to satisfy the same duties and obligations of confidentiality with respect to such information that members of the Board of Directors must satisfy and (ii) any notice provided to the Board of Directors of the Company at the same time in the same manner as such Board of Directors. If the Company proposes to take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting of its Board of Directors, the Company shall give written notice thereof to each Preferred Observer promptly following the effective date of such consent describing in reasonable detail the nature and substance of such action. Each Preferred Observer shall be entitled to be the same reimbursement for expenses associated with attending board meetings provided to the members of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company determines in good faith that participation by the Preferred Observer in any meeting or the distribution to the Preferred Observer of any written materials described in this Section 4(l) relates to information deemed confidential, proprietary or attorney-client privileged (“Protected Information”), the Company shall have the right to exclude the Preferred Observer from the portion of such meeting and from access to such information in which Protected Information is discussed or presented.
5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Preferred Shares or Warrants), a register for the Preferred Shares and the Warrants, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Preferred Shares and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the number of Preferred Shares held by such Person and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.
(b) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit
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shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Sections 2(f) and 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Preferred Shares and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
(i) Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.
(ii) Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of BayStar Capital II, L.P., the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) for the Preferred Shares and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer and each other Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(iii) The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects (except for covenants, agreements and conditions that are qualified by
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materiality, which shall be complied with in all respects) with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
(iv) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Preferred Shares and the related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(i) The Company shall have executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents.
(ii) The Certificate of Designations shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and a copy thereof certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware shall have been delivered to such Buyer.
(iii) The Company shall have executed and delivered to such Buyer the Preferred Stock Certificates (in such denominations as such Buyer shall request) for the Preferred Shares being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
(iv) Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
(v) The Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Shares and exercise of the Warrants, at least 7,300,000 shares of Common Stock.
(vi) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.
(vii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the incorporation and good standing of the Company in such corporation’s state of incorporation issued by the Secretary of State of such state of incorporation as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.
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(viii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State of the State of California as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(ix) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(x) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.
(xi) The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects (except for covenants, agreements and conditions that are qualified by materiality, which shall be complied with in all respects) with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
(xii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five days of the Closing Date.
(xiii) The Common Stock (x) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (y) shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market; and the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on conversions) and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise) shall be listed (subject filing an official notice of issuance of additional shares) upon the Principal Market.
(xiv) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants.
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(xv) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
8. TERMINATION. In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or before five (5) Business Days from the date hereof due to the Company’s or such Buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however, this if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Delaware, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which 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; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
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(c) Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of a majority or more of the Preferred Shares, or, if prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Buyers listed on the Schedule of Buyers as being obligated to purchase a majority or more of the Preferred Shares. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Preferred Shares then outstanding. 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 also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Preferred Shares or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents.
(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
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If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Preferred Shares or the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority or more of the Preferred Shares then outstanding, including by merger or consolidation, except pursuant to a Change of Control (as defined in Section 4(a) of the Certificate of Designations) with respect to which the Company is in compliance with such section and Section 4(b) of the Warrants. A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder in connection with a transfer of such Buyer’s Securities to any affiliate or lender without the
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consent of the Company; provided that such assignment is in compliance with applicable securities laws and this Agreement, and upon consummation of a permitted assignment and the written agreement of such assignee (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.
(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
(i) Survival. Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Indemnification. In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any material inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents, (b) any material breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or (iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company (other than, in each of (i) through (iv) above, in connection with any action such Buyer may have taken or resulting from any gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Buyer). To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the
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payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
(l) No Strict Construction. 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.
(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.
(n) Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or 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.
(o) Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers 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 Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitations, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other
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Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
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BayStar Capital II, L.P. |
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X. Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, |
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100,000 |
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2,209,945 |
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Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
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Form of Certificate of Designations |
Exhibit B |
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Form of Warrants |
Exhibit C |
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement |
Exhibit D |
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Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions |
Exhibit E |
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Form of Opinion |
Exhibit F |
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Form of Secretary’s Certificate |
Exhibit G |
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Form of Officers Certificate |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 3(a) |
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Subsidiaries |
Schedule 3(l) |
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Absence of Certain Changes |
Schedule 3(p) |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
Schedule 3(q) |
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Capitalization |
Schedule 3(r) |
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Indebtedness and Other Contracts |
Schedule 3(w) |
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Intellectual Property |