PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 5th day of May 2006 by and between Xxxxxxxx
Homebuilding Companies, Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with its principal offices at 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, and the purchaser whose name and address is set forth on the signature page hereof (the
“Purchaser”).
IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, the Company and the
Purchaser agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Authorization of Sale of the Securities. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Company has authorized the issuance
and sale of up to 2,333,000
shares (the “Shares”) of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”),
of the Company and up to 699,900 warrants in the form of Exhibit A (the “Warrants”) to purchase
699,900 Class A Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares,” together with the Shares and the Warrants, the
“Securities”). The Company reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of Shares and
Warrants sold in this private placement prior to the Closing Date, but in no event shall the number
of Shares sold in this private placement be less than 2,000,000 Shares.
SECTION 2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Securities. At the Closing (as defined
in Section 3), the Company will issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will buy from
the Company, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the number of Shares and Warrants
(at the purchase price) shown below:
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The Company proposes to enter into the same form of purchase agreement with certain other
investors (the “Other Purchasers”) and expects to complete sales of the Securities to them. The
Purchaser and the Other Purchasers are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Purchasers,” and this Agreement and the agreements executed by the Other Purchasers are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Agreements.” The term “Placement Agent”
shall mean X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
SECTION 3. Delivery of the Shares and Warrants at the Closing.
3.1 Closing. The completion of the purchase and sale of the Securities (the
“Closing”) shall occur at the offices of Dechert LLP, Xxxx Centre, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 as soon as practicable and as agreed to by the parties hereto,
within three business days following the execution of the Agreements, or on such later date
or at such different location as the parties shall agree in writing, but not prior to the date
that the conditions for Closing set forth below have been satisfied or waived by the appropriate
party (the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser one or
more stock and warrant certificates registered in the name of the Purchaser, or, if so indicated
on the Stock and Warrant Certificate Questionnaire attached hereto as Appendix I, in such nominee
name(s) as designated by the Purchaser, representing the number of Shares and Warrants set forth
in Section 2 above and bearing an appropriate legend referring to the fact that the Shares and
Warrants were sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) provided by Section 4(2) thereof and Rule 506 thereunder.
The name(s) in which the stock and warrant certificates are to be registered are set forth in
the Stock and Warrant Certificate Questionnaire attached hereto as Appendix I.
3.2 Closing Conditions.
(a) The Company’s obligation to complete the purchase and sale of the Securities and deliver
such stock and warrant certificate(s) to the Purchaser at the Closing shall be subject to the
following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Company:
(i) execution and delivery of the Escrow Agreement between the Company, the Placement Agent
and XX Xxxxxx Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Escrow Agent”);
(ii) receipt by the Escrow Agent of immediately available funds in the full amount of the
purchase price for the Securities being purchased hereunder to such non-interest bearing escrow
account of the Escrow Agent as the Escrow Agent may designate;
(iii) completion of the purchases and sales under the Agreements with the Purchasers;
(iv) the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser herein shall be true and correct
in all material respects (except any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality
or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date with the same effect as if the representations and warranties were made as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date;
(v) each Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with
all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or
complied with by the Purchaser at or before the Closing; and
(vi) no statute, rule, regulation, order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been
enacted, entered, promulgated, endorsed or threatened or is pending by or before any governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which in any material respect restricts, prohibits or threatens
to restrict or prohibit the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b) The Purchaser’s obligation to accept delivery of such stock certificate(s) and to pay for
the Securities evidenced thereby shall be subject to the following conditions, any one or more of
which may be waived by the Purchaser:
(i) the representations and warranties made by the Company herein shall be true and correct
in all material respects (except any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality
or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if the representations and warranties were made as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date;
(ii) the delivery to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers by counsel to the Company of a
legal opinion addressed to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers in a form reasonably satisfactory
to counsel to the Placement Agent;
(iii) all covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by
the Company on or prior to the Closing shall have been performed or complied with in all material
respects; The Purchaser’s obligations hereunder are expressly not conditioned on the purchase by
any or all of the Other Purchasers of the Securities that they have agreed to purchase from the
Company, provided however that Purchaser shall have no obligation to purchase Securities in the
event that after giving effect to such purchase, Purchaser would beneficially own (as calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) in excess of 9.9%
of the number of shares of the Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
such purchase;
(iv) no statute, rule, regulation, order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been
enacted, entered, promulgated, endorsed or threatened or is pending by or before any governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which in any material respect restricts, prohibits or threatens
to restrict or prohibit the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(v) as of the Closing Date, there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the Company since the date hereof;
(vi) at the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Placement Agent and the Purchasers
shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, addressed to the Placement Agent and
the Purchasers and dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement
Agent (i) confirming that they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission and (ii) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained in Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2005 (the “Annual Report”); and
(vii) with respect to the letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP referred to in the preceding
paragraph and delivered to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers concurrently with the execution
of this Agreement (the “initial letter”), the Company shall have
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furnished to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers a letter (including any supplemental
letter, the “bring-down letter”) of such accountants, addressed to the Placement Agent and the
Purchasers and dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants
within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements
relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission,
(ii) stating, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving
changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is
given in the Annual Report, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the
bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial
information and other matters covered by the initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material
respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
With respect to the closing conditions listed in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, the Company
shall deliver a certificate to such effect, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Placement Agent.
SECTION 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company
hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Purchaser as follows:
4.1 Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and the Company is
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which qualification is
required, except where failure to so qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect (as defined herein). The Company has no subsidiaries other than the subsidiaries
disclosed on Exhibit 21.1 filed with the Annual Report (the “Subsidiaries”). For purposes of
this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect upon the
business or financial condition, properties, or results of operations of the Company.
4.2 Authorized Capital Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company had authorized
capital stock consisting of 77,266,500 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Class A Common Stock”), of which 11,261,707 are outstanding, 2,733,500 shares of Class B common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock,” together with the Class A Common Stock,
the “Common Stock”), of which 2,733,500 are outstanding and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
par value $0.01 per share (Preferred Stock,” together with the Common Stock, the “Company
Stock”), of which none are outstanding. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the reports,
schedules and forms filed or to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“Commission”) since December 15, 2004 through the date of the Closing (the “SEC
Reports”), the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance
with all federal and state securities laws, were not issued in violation of or subject to any
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities, and conform to the
description thereof contained under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Company’s
Registration
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Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-118193) (the “IPO Registration Statement”). Except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company does not have outstanding any options to purchase, or
any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any securities or
obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its
capital stock or any such options, rights, convertible securities or obligations. The
description of the Company’s stock, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements and the
options or other rights granted and exercised thereunder, set forth in the Company’s Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 14, 2006 (the “Proxy Statement”) accurately and
fairly presents all material information with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights.
4.3 Issuance, Sale and Delivery of the Securities. The Securities have been duly
authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in the manner set forth in this Agreement,
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all
pledges, liens, restrictions and encumbrances (other than restrictions on transfer under state
and/or federal securities laws), and will conform to the description thereof set forth under the
heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Company’s IPO Registration Statement. No
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase exist with respect to the issuance
and sale of the Securities by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. No stockholder of the
Company has any right (which has not been waived or has not expired by reason of lapse of time
following notification of the Company’s intent to file the registration statement to be filed by
it pursuant to Section 7.1 (the “Registration Statement”)) to require the Company to register the
sale of any shares owned by such stockholder under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) in the Registration Statement. No further approval or authority of the
stockholders or the Board of Directors of the Company will be required for the issuance and sale
of the Securities to be sold by the Company as contemplated herein.
4.4 Due Execution, Delivery and Performance. The Company has full legal right,
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and perform
the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement and the Escrow Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions
herein contemplated will not violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
of the Company and will not result in the creation of any lien, charge, security interest or
encumbrance upon any assets of the Company pursuant to the terms or provisions of, and will not
(i) conflict with, result in the breach or violation of, or constitute, either by itself or upon
notice or the passage of time or both, a default under (A) any agreement, lease, franchise,
license, permit or other instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Company or any of its properties may be bound or affected and in each case which
would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule or
regulation of any court or any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body
applicable to the Company or any of its properties where such conflict, breach, violation or
default is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization or
other order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body is
required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or the
consummation of
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the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for compliance with the blue sky
laws and federal securities laws applicable to the offering of the Securities. Upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, and assuming the valid
execution thereof by the Purchaser, this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement will constitute a
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as
enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as the
indemnification agreements of the Company in Section 7.3 hereof may be limited by federal or
state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws.
4.5 Accountants. The firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has expressed its
opinion with respect to the consolidated financial statements to be included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the prospectus which forms a part thereof (the
“Prospectus”), is an independent accountant as required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”).
4.6 No Defaults. The Company is not in violation or default of any provision of its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or in breach of or default with respect to any provision
of any agreement, judgment, decree, order, lease, franchise, license, permit or other instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and there does not exist any state of facts which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default on the part of the
Company as defined in such documents and which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 Contracts. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has no material
contracts. Any contracts described in the SEC Reports that are material to the Company are in
full force and effect on the date hereof; and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s
knowledge, is any other party in breach of or default under any of such contracts which would
have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.8 No Actions. (1) There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or
proceedings pending and (2) there are no inquiries or investigations, nor are there any legal or
governmental actions, suits, or proceedings threatened to which the Company is or may be a party
or of which property owned or leased by the Company is or may be the subject, or related to
environmental or discrimination matters, which actions, suits or proceedings, individually or in
the aggregate, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no labor
disturbance by the employees of the Company exists or is imminent which might reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not party to or subject to the
provisions of any injunction, judgment, decree or order of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental body which might reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 Properties. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial
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statements included in the Annual Report, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind except (i) those, if any, reflected in the financial statements included
in the Annual Report or otherwise in the Annual Report, or (ii) those which are not material in
amount and do not adversely affect the use of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries.
The Company holds its leased properties under valid and binding leases, with such exceptions as
are not materially significant in relation to its business taken as a whole. The Company leases
all such properties as are necessary to its operations as now conducted.
4.10 No Material Change. Since December 31, 2005 (i) neither the Company nor any of
the Subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, indirect, or contingent,
or entered into any material oral or written agreement or other transaction which is not in the
ordinary course of business or which could reasonably be expected to result in a material
reduction in the future earnings of the Company; (ii) neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its businesses or properties
from fire, flood, windstorm, accident or other calamity not covered by insurance; (iii) the
Company has not paid or declared any dividends or other distributions with respect to its capital
stock and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in default in the payment of
principal or interest on any outstanding debt obligations; (iv) there has not been any change in
the capital stock of the Company other than the sale of the Securities hereunder, shares or
options issued pursuant to employee equity incentive plans or purchase plans approved by the
Company’s Board of Directors and repurchases of shares or options pursuant to repurchase plans
already approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, or indebtedness not incurred in the
ordinary course of business that is material to the Company; and (v) there has not been any other
event which has caused, or is likely to cause, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11 Intellectual Property. (i) The Company owns or has obtained valid and
enforceable licenses or options for the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks
(both registered and unregistered), trade names, copyrights and trade secrets necessary for the
conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property”); and (ii) (a) there are no third parties who have any ownership rights to any
Intellectual Property that is owned by, or has been licensed to, the Company for the uses
described in the SEC Reports that would preclude the Company from conducting its business as
currently conducted and have a Material Adverse Effect, except for the ownership rights of the
owners of the Intellectual Property licensed or optioned by the Company; (b) there is no pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the rights of the Company in or to any Intellectual Property owned, licensed or
optioned by the Company, other than claims which would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual
Property owned, licensed or optioned by the Company, other than non-material actions, suits,
proceedings and claims; and (d) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any
patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of others, other than
non-material actions, suits, proceedings and claims.
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4.12 Compliance. The Company has not been advised, nor does the Company have reason
to believe, that it is not conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules
and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is conducting its business, including, without
limitation, all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations; except
where failure to be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.13 Taxes. The Company has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income
and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company
has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been or might be asserted or threatened against it
which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.14 Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other
than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the
Securities to be sold to the Purchaser hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or
provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied
with.
4.15 Investment Company. The Company is not an “investment company” or an
“affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for an investment company,
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.16 Offering Materials. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute
prior to the Closing Date any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities other than the SEC Reports and the Company presentation dated May 2006 attached hereto
as Exhibit B (the “Presentation”). Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has
in the past or will hereafter take any action independent of the Placement Agent to sell, offer
for sale or solicit offers to buy any securities of the Company which would subject the offer,
issuance or sale of the Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement, to the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
4.17 Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are
prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged.
4.18 Information. The information contained in the following documents, which the
Placement Agent has furnished to the Purchaser, or will furnish prior to the Closing, does not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading, as of their respective final dates:
(a) the Annual Report;
(b) the Proxy Statement;
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(c) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-125166) (the “Follow-On
Registration Statement”);
(d) the IPO Registration Statement;
(e) all other documents, if any, filed by the Company with the Commission since December 31,
2005 pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”); and
(f) the Presentation.
4.19 Price of Class A Common Stock. The Company has not taken, and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or
which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price
of the shares of the Class A Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares and
Warrant Shares.
4.20 Corporate Legal Opinion. As a condition to the Purchasers’ obligation to
purchase the Securities, legal counsel to the Company will deliver one or more legal opinions to
the Placement Agent in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent and its counsel.
Such opinions also shall state that each of the Purchasers may rely thereon as though it were
addressed directly to such Purchaser.
4.21 Reporting Company; Form S-3. The Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act and has filed all reports required thereby. The Company is
eligible to register the Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the Purchaser on a
registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act. There exist no facts or
circumstances (including without limitation any required approvals or waivers or any
circumstances that may delay or prevent the obtaining of accountant’s consents) that reasonably
could be expected to prohibit or delay the preparation and filing of a registration statement on
Form S-3 that will be available for the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares by the Purchaser.
4.22 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities for general corporate purposes, including working capital, and to fund new projects
and acquisitions of assets and/or companies.
4.23 Disclosure. The Company confirms that, neither the Company nor any other
person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with
any information, other than information relating to this offering that constitutes or might
constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby furnished by or on behalf of the Company with
respect to the representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with respect to
such representations and warranties and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not
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misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby other than
those specifically set forth in Section 5 hereof.
4.24 Use of Purchaser Name. Except as may be required by applicable law or
regulation, the Company shall not use the Purchaser’s name or the name of any of its affiliates
in any advertisement, announcement, press release or other similar public communication unless it
has received the prior written consent of the Purchaser for the specific use contemplated or as
otherwise required by applicable law or regulation.
4.25 Related Party Transactions. No transaction has occurred between or among the
Company and its affiliates, officers or directors or any affiliate or affiliates of any such
officer or director that is required to have been described under applicable securities laws in
the SEC Reports and is not so described in such filings.
4.26 Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement or other
relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is
required to be disclosed by the Company in the SEC Reports and is not so disclosed or that
otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no such
transactions, arrangements or other relationships with the Company that may create contingencies
or liabilities that are not otherwise disclosed by the Company in the SEC Reports.
4.27 Governmental Permits, Etc. The Company has all franchises, licenses,
certificates and other authorizations from such federal, state or local government or
governmental agency, department or body that are currently required for the operation of the
business of the Company as currently conducted, except where the failure to posses currently such
franchises, licenses, certificates and other authorizations is not reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such permit which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.28 Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports required to be filed
by it under the Exchange Act on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. The
financial statements included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto
as in effect at the time of filing. The financial statements of the Company and the related
notes contained in the SEC Reports present fairly, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated, and the
results of its operations, cash flows and the changes in stockholders’ equity for the periods
therein specified, subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements for interim periods, to
normal year-end audit adjustments. Such financial statements (including the related notes) have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods therein specified, except that
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unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by generally accepted
accounting principles.
4.29 Listing. The Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof,
received any written notice from the Nasdaq National Market, any stock exchange, market or
trading facility on which the Class A Common Stock is or has been listed (or on which it has been
quoted) to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such exchange, market or trading facility. The Company shall comply with all
requirements of the Nasdaq National Market with respect to the issuance of Shares and Warrant
Shares and shall use its best efforts to have the Shares and the Warrant Shares listed on the
Nasdaq National Market on or before the first date that the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the Commission. The Class A Common Stock is presently listed on the Nasdaq National
Market.
4.30 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act; Accounting Controls. Based on its own evaluation of its
internal control over financial reporting, the Company believes that it will be in material
compliance, on a timely basis, with Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and will be able to
complete its required assessment under Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act before the related
filing deadline with the Commission and in sufficient time for the Company’s auditor to complete
its required assessment. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) that are designed
to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and the Company’s principal financial officer or persons performing
similar functions.
4.31 ERISA Compliance.
(a) The Company, each Subsidiary and other employer (an “ERISA Affiliate”) that is, or at any
time for which any relevant statute of limitations remains open was, together with the Company or
any Subsidiary considered a “single employer” under Code §414(b), §414(c) or §414(m), and each of
the employee benefit plans. as defined by Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended and the regulations, and other interpretations having the force of law,
issued thereunder (“ERISA”) maintained or contributed to by the Company, any Subsidiary and any
ERISA Affiliate, are in compliance in all material respects with (1) the applicable provisions of
ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations, and other
interpretations having the force of law, issued thereunder (the “Code”) and (2) the terms of each
such employee benefit plan.
(b) Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has, at any time for which any
relevant statute of limitations remains open, maintained or contributed
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to any employee pension benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Code §412 or (ii) been
required to contribute to, or incurred any withdrawal liability within the meaning of ERISA §4201
to, any multiemployer plan as defined in ERISA §3(37), including, without limitation, any
contingent withdrawal liability arising from a transaction described in Section 4204 of ERISA.
(c) Neither the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has any obligation to provide
medical or life insurance coverage to any former employee except as required by Section 601, et.
seq. of ERISA, section 4980B of the Code or similar provisions of applicable state law.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any material liability with respect to any
employee benefit plan that is not adequately disclosed in the SEC Reports.
4.32 Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company
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.
4.33 Employee Relations. The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining
agreement nor does it employ any member of a union. The Company believes that its relations with
its employees are good. No executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the
Securities Act) 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 the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company
to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
4.34 Environmental Matters. There has been no storage, disposal, generation,
manufacture, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous
substances by the Company (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its predecessors in
interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company
in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or
permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit; there has been no material spill, discharge, leak,
emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind into such property or into the
environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes,
hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or with respect to which
the Company has knowledge; the terms “hazardous wastes”, “toxic wastes”, “hazardous substances”,
and “medical wastes” shall have the meanings specified in any
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applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or regulations with respect to
environmental protection.
4.35 Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser is (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an
“affiliate” of the Company (as defined in Rule 144) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a
“beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule
13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)). The Company further
acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) in respect of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and
any advice given by a Purchaser or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to such Purchaser’s
purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s
decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the
Company and its representatives.
4.36 Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. The Company shall, on
or before 8:30 a.m., New York City Time, on the first business day after the date of this
Agreement, (i) issue a press release (the “Press Release”) disclosing all material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K
describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in the form
required by the 1934 Act, and attaching this Agreement , the form of Warrant as exhibits to such
filing (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing
with the SEC, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received
from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors, employees
or agents, 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 Purchaser 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 without the express
written consent of such Purchaser.
4.37 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of
each Purchaser under the Purchase Agreements are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Purchaser under the Purchase Agreements. Nothing contained herein, and no
action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create
a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group in respect of such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreements and the Company
acknowledges that the Purchasers are not acting in concert or as a group in respect of such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreements. Each Purchaser confirms
that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby
with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently
protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this
Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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SECTION 5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Purchaser. (a) The
Purchaser represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company that: (i) the Purchaser is
knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make, decisions with
respect to investments in shares representing an investment decision like that involved in the
purchase of the Securities, including investments in securities issued by the Company and
comparable entities, and has had the opportunity to request, receive, review and consider all
information it deems relevant in making an informed decision to purchase the Securities; (ii) the
Purchaser is acquiring the number of Securities set forth in Section 2 above in the ordinary course
of its business and for its own account for investment only and with no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities or any arrangement or understanding with any other persons
regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting the
Purchaser’s right to sell pursuant to the Registration Statement or in compliance with the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, or, other than with respect to any claims arising out
of a breach of this representation and warranty, the Purchaser’s right to indemnification under
Section 7.3); (iii) the Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer
or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a
pledge of) any of the Securities, nor will the Purchaser engage in any short sale that results in a
disposition of any of the Securities by the Purchaser, except in compliance with the Securities Act
and the Rules and Regulations and any applicable state securities laws; (iv) the Purchaser has
completed or caused to be completed the Registration Statement Questionnaire attached hereto as
part of Appendix I, for use in preparation of the Registration Statement, and the answers thereto
are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the effective date of
the Registration Statement and the Purchaser will notify the Company immediately of any material
change in any such information provided in the Registration Statement Questionnaire until such time
as the Purchaser has sold all of its Securities or until the Company is no longer required to keep
the Registration Statement effective; (v) the Purchaser has, in connection with its decision to
purchase the number of Securities set forth in Section 2 above, relied solely upon the
Presentation, the SEC Reports and the documents included therein or incorporated by reference and
the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein; (vi) the Purchaser has had an
opportunity to discuss this investment with representatives of the Company and ask questions of
them; (vii) the Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act ; and (viii) the Purchaser agrees to notify the
Company immediately of any change in any of the foregoing information until such time as the
Purchaser has sold all of its Shares and Warrant Shares or the Company is no longer required to
keep the Registration Statement effective.
(b) The Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance
upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the Rules and
Regulations and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy
of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the
availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
(c) For the benefit of the Company, the Purchaser previously agreed orally and in writing with
the Placement Agent to keep confidential all information concerning this private placement. The
Purchaser agrees to use any such confidential information for the
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sole purpose of evaluating a possible investment in the Securities and the Purchaser hereby
acknowledges that it is prohibited from reproducing or distributing this Agreement, or any other
offering materials or other information provided by the Company in connection with the Purchaser’s
consideration of its investment in the Company, in whole or in part, or divulging or discussing any
of their contents, except to its financial, investment or legal advisors in connection with its
proposed investment in the Securities. Further, the Purchaser understands that the existence and
nature of all conversations and presentations, if any, regarding the Company and this offering must
be kept strictly confidential. The Purchaser understands that the federal securities laws impose
restrictions on trading based on information regarding this offering. In addition, the Purchaser
hereby acknowledges that unauthorized disclosure of information regarding this offering may result
in a violation of Regulation FD. This obligation will terminate upon the filing by the Company of
a press release or press releases or a Current Report on Form 8-K describing this offering. In
addition to the above, the Purchaser shall maintain in confidence the receipt of any notice of a
Suspension (as defined in Section 5(h) below). The foregoing agreements shall not apply to any
information that is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the Purchaser, or that the
Purchaser is legally required to disclose; provided, however, that if the Purchaser is requested or
ordered to disclose any such information pursuant to any court or other government order or any
other applicable legal procedure, it shall provide the Company with prompt notice of any such
request or order in time sufficient to enable the Company to seek an appropriate protective order.
(d) The Purchaser understands that its investment in the Securities involves a significant
degree of risk, including a risk of total loss of the Purchaser’s investment, and the Purchaser has
full cognizance of and understands all of the risk factors related to the Purchaser’s purchase of
the Securities, including, but not limited to, those set forth in the SEC Reports. The Purchaser
understands that the market price of the Class A Common Stock has been volatile and that no
representation is being made as to the future value of the Class A Common Stock. The Purchaser has
the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and has the ability to bear the economic risks
of an investment in the Securities.
(e) The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the
Securities.
(f) The Purchaser understands that, until such time as the Registration Statement has been
declared effective or the Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act
without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, the Securities will bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following
form:
“The Securities evidenced by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state or other
jurisdiction. The Securities may not be offered, sold, pledged or
otherwise transferred except (1) pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act or (2) pursuant to an
effective
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registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in
accordance with all applicable securities laws of the states and
other jurisdictions, and in the case of a transaction exempt from
registration, unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to it that such transaction does not require
registration under the Securities Act and such other applicable
laws.”
The Company agrees, upon the Purchaser’s reasonable request, to reissue certificates representing
any of the Securities, without the legend set forth above (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such Securities is effective under
the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the
transferor is not an affiliate of the Company), (iii) if such Securities are eligible for sale
under Rule 144(k) (to the extent that the applicable Investor provides a certification or legal
opinion to the Company to that effect), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including controlling judicial interpretations and
pronouncements issued by the Commission). Following the effective date of the Registration
Statement or at such earlier time as a legend is no longer required for the Securities, the Company
will, promptly following the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the Company’s transfer
agent of a legended certificate representing such securities, deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Purchaser a certificate representing such securities that is free from all restrictive legends.
(g) The Purchaser’s principal executive offices are in the jurisdiction set forth immediately
below the Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereto.
(h) The Purchaser acknowledges that, (i) the Company shall have the right at any time, to
delay the filing of a Registration Statement for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of
their obligations hereunder) to avoid premature public disclosure of a pending material corporate
transaction, including pending acquisitions or divestitures of assets, mergers and combinations and
similar events and (ii) that there may occasionally be times when the Company must suspend the use
of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement until such time as an amendment to
the Registration Statement has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the Commission,
or until such time as the Company has filed an appropriate report with the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act (any such event described in clauses (i) and (ii), a “Suspension”) . The Company
will give the Purchaser notice of any such suspension and will use its best efforts to minimize the
length of such suspension. The Purchaser hereby covenants that it will not sell any Shares or
Warrant Share pursuant to said Prospectus during the period commencing at the time at which the
Company gives the Purchaser written notice of the Suspension of the use of said Prospectus and
ending at the time the Company gives the Purchaser written notice that the Purchaser may thereafter
effect sales pursuant to said Prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees that
no Suspension shall be for a period of longer than 60 consecutive days, and no Suspension shall be
for a period of an aggregate in any 365-day period of longer than 90 days.
(i) The Purchaser further represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company that (i)
the Purchaser has full right, power, authority and capacity to enter
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into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the
making and performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions
herein contemplated will not violate any provision of the organizational documents of the Purchaser
or conflict with, result in the breach or violation of, or constitute, either by itself or upon
notice or the passage of time or both, a default under any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust,
lease, franchise, license, indenture, permit or other instrument to which the Purchaser is a party,
or any statute or any authorization, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or
any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body applicable to the Purchaser,
(iii) no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental body is required on the part of the Purchaser for the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, (iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights
generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except to the
extent enforcement of the indemnification provisions, set forth in Section 7.3 of this Agreement,
may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws, and
(v) there is not in effect any order enjoining or restraining the Purchaser from entering into or
engaging in any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) The Purchaser further represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company that (i)
during the last thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof, neither the Purchaser nor any affiliate
of the Purchaser which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares
discretion relating to the Purchaser’s investments or trading or information concerning the
Purchaser’s investments, including in respect of the Securities or (z) is subject to the
Purchaser’s review or input concerning such affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively,
“Trading Affiliates”), foreign or domestic, has, directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to
effect any “short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 under Regulation SHO), whether or not against the
box, established any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the 0000 Xxx)
with respect to the Common Stock, borrowed or pre-borrowed any shares of Common Stock or granted
any other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Common
Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of
its value from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in the Securities (each,
a “Prohibited Transaction”) and (ii) prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this
Agreement, (ii) the effective date of the Registration Statement or (iii) thirty (30) days from the
Closing Date, the Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage,
directly or indirectly, in (a) a Prohibited Transaction nor (b) any sale, assignment, pledge,
hypothecation, put, call, or other transfer of any of the shares of Common Stock, warrants or other
securities of the issuer acquired hereunder.
SECTION 6. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. Notwithstanding
any investigation made by any party to this Agreement or by the Placement Agent, all covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Purchaser herein and in the
certificates for the Securities delivered pursuant hereto shall survive
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the execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Purchaser of the Securities being
purchased and the payment therefor.
SECTION 7. Registration of the Shares and Warrant Shares; Compliance with the Securities
Act.
7.1 Registration Procedures and Expenses.
(a) Registration. The Company shall:
(i) as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than fifteen days following the
Closing Date (the “Filing Date”), prepare and file with the Commission the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 relating to the sale of the Shares and Warrant Shares by the Purchaser and the Other
Purchasers from time to time on the Nasdaq National Market or the facilities of any national
securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded or in privately-negotiated
transactions;
(ii) use its best efforts, subject to receipt of necessary information from the Purchasers, to
cause the Commission to declare the Registration Statement effective within sixty (60) days after
the Closing Date or, in the event of a review of the Registration Statement by the Commission,
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date (the “Effectiveness Date”);
(iii) use its best efforts to promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
and supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as
may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective until the earliest of (i) two years
after the effective date of the Registration Statement, or (ii) such time as the Shares and Warrant
Shares become eligible for resale by non-affiliates pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended;
(iv) furnish to the Purchaser with respect to the Shares and Warrant Shares registered under
the Registration Statement (and to each underwriter, if any, of such Shares and Warrant Shares)
such number of copies of prospectuses and such other documents as the Purchaser may reasonably
request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Shares
and Warrant Shares by the Purchaser;
(v) file documents required of the Company for normal Blue Sky clearance in states specified
in writing by the Purchaser; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify to do business or consent to service of process in any jurisdiction in which it
is not now so qualified or has not so consented;
(vi) bear all expenses in connection with the procedures in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 7.1 and the registration of the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration
Statement, other than fees and expenses, if any, of counsel or other advisers to the Purchaser or
the Other Purchasers or underwriting discounts, brokerage fees and commissions incurred by the
Purchaser or the Other Purchasers, if any;
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(vii) file a Form D with respect to the Shares and Warrant Shares as required under Regulation
D and to provide a copy thereof to the Purchaser promptly after filing;
(viii) issue a press release describing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the
Closing Date; and
(ix) make available, while the Registration Statement is effective and available for resale,
its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for questions, subject to the restrictions
on unauthorized disclosure of information contained in Regulation FD, regarding information which
the Purchaser may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part.
The Company understands that the Purchaser disclaims being an underwriter, but the Purchaser
being deemed an underwriter shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has hereunder. A
questionnaire related thereto to be completed by the Purchaser is attached hereto as Appendix I.
(b) Liquidated Damages. If: (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior
to its Filing Date, or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for
acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five trading
days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the
Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further
review, or (iii) prior to the Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a pre-effective
amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of the
Registration Statement within ten trading days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the
Commission that such amendment is required in order for the Registration Statement to be declared
effective, or (iv) the Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder is not
declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date, or (v) other than during a
Suspension, after the Effectiveness Date, the Registration Statement ceases for any reason to
remain continuously effective as to all Shares and Warrant Shares for which it is required to be
effective, or the Purchasers are not permitted to utilize the prospectus therein to resell such
Shares and Warrant Shares for ten consecutive trading days or in any individual case an aggregate
of fifteen trading days during any twelve month period (which need not be consecutive trading days)
(any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i)
or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such
five trading day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date on which such ten
trading day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such ten or fifteen
trading day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, on
each such Event Date and every monthly anniversary thereof until the applicable Event is cured, the
Company shall pay to each Purchaser an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
equal to 2.0% per month of the purchase price paid by such Purchaser pursuant to the Agreements of
the Securities then held by such Purchaser and covered (or to be covered) by the Registration
Statement; provided that under no circumstances shall such penalty in the aggregate exceed 10% of
the purchase price paid by such Purchaser. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages
pursuant to this section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay
interest thereon at a rate of 15% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be
paid by applicable law) to the Purchaser, accruing daily from the
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date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are
paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro-rata basis
for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
7.2 Transfer of Shares and Warrant Shares After Registration. The Purchaser agrees
that it will not effect any disposition of the Shares and Warrant Shares or its right to purchase
the Shares and Warrant Shares that would constitute a sale within the meaning of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities laws, except as contemplated in the Registration Statement
referred to in Section 7.1 or as otherwise permitted by law, and that it will promptly notify the
Company of any changes in the information set forth in the Registration Statement regarding the
Purchaser or its plan of distribution.
7.3 Indemnification. For the purpose of this Section 7.3:
(i) the term “Purchaser/Affiliate” shall mean any affiliate of
the Purchaser, including a transferee who is an affiliate of
the Purchaser, and any person who controls the Purchaser or any
affiliate of the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and
(ii) the term “Registration Statement” shall include any
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, exhibit, supplement
or amendment included in or relating to, and any document
incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement
referred to in Section 7.1.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and each
Purchaser/Affiliate against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, joint or several,
to which such Purchaser or Purchaser/Affiliate may become subject, under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or
otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the prior
written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
(or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
including the Prospectus, financial statements and schedules, and all other documents filed as a
part thereof, as amended at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, including any
information deemed to be a part thereof as of the time of effectiveness pursuant to paragraph (b)
of Rule 430A, or pursuant to Rule 434, of the Rules and Regulations, or the Prospectus, in the form
first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Regulations, or filed as part of the
Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness if no Rule 424(b) filing is required, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state in any of them a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements in any of them, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or arise out of or are based in whole or in part on any inaccuracy in the
representations or warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, or any failure of the
Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law, and will promptly reimburse each such
Purchaser and each such
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Purchaser/Affiliate for any legal and other expenses as such expenses are reasonably incurred
by such Purchaser or such Purchaser/Affiliate in connection with investigating, defending or
preparing to defend, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability,
expense or action not to exceed the proceeds from the purchase and sale of the Securities paid by
such Purchaser; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
arises out of or is based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or
on behalf of the Purchaser expressly for use therein, or (ii) the failure of such Purchaser to
comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 5 or 7.2, or (iii) the inaccuracy of
any representation or warranty made by such Purchaser herein or (iv) any statement or omission in
any Prospectus that is corrected in any subsequent Prospectus that was delivered to the Purchaser
prior to the pertinent sale or sales by the Purchaser.
(b) Each Purchaser will severally indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors, each of its executive officers, including such officers who signed the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses to which the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who
signed the Registration Statement or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law
or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the
written consent of such Purchaser) insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
(or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon (i) any
failure to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 5 or 7.2 hereof, or (ii)
the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by such Purchaser herein, or (iii) any untrue
or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
Purchaser expressly for use therein, and will reimburse the Company, each of its directors, each of
its officers who signed the Registration Statement or controlling person for any legal and other
expense reasonably incurred by the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed
the Registration Statement or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending,
settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action.;
provided, however, that in no event shall any Purchaser be liable under this Section 7.3(b) for any
amount in excess of the aggregate amount paid by such Purchaser for the Securities purchased
hereunder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7.3 of notice of the
threat or commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 7.3, promptly notify the indemnifying
party in writing thereof; but the omission so to notify the
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indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party for contribution or otherwise under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.3 to
the extent it is not prejudiced as a result of such failure. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an
indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided,
however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded, based on an opinion
of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party, that there may be a conflict of
interest between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting
the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume
such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such
indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such action and approval by the
indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party
under this Section 7.3 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
such counsel in connection with the assumption of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to
the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be
liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnifying party, representing all of the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or
(ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of
commencement of action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be
at the expense of the indemnifying party. In no event shall any indemnifying party be liable in
respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the indemnifying party shall have
approved in writing the terms of such settlement; provided that such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of
which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.3 is required by its terms but is
for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 7.3 in respect to any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then each applicable indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Purchaser from the
private placement of Class A Common Stock hereunder or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but the relative fault of the Company
and the Purchaser in connection with the statements or omissions
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or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties in this Agreement and/or the
Registration Statement which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The respective relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and each Purchaser on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the amount paid by such Purchaser to the Company pursuant to this Agreement for the
Securities purchased by such Purchaser that were sold pursuant to the Registration Statement bears
to the difference (the “Difference”) between the amount such Purchaser paid for the Securities that
were sold pursuant to the Registration Statement and the amount received by such Purchaser from
such sale. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and each Purchaser on the other
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged statement of
a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or the inaccurate or
the alleged inaccurate representation and/or warranty relates to information supplied by the
Company or by such Purchaser and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall
be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 7.3,
any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in paragraph (c) of this
Section 7.3 with respect to the notice of the threat or commencement of any threat or action shall
apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this paragraph (d); provided,
however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any threat or action for
which notice has been given under paragraph (c) for purposes of indemnification. The Company and
each Purchaser agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 7.3 were determined solely by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchaser were treated as
one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7.3, no Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the Difference exceeds the amount of any damages that such Purchaser has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section
7.3 are several and not joint.
7.4 Termination of Conditions and Obligations. The restrictions imposed by Section
5 or this Section 7 upon the transferability of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall cease and
terminate as to any particular number of the Shares upon the passage of two years from the
effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Shares and Warrant Shares or at such
time as an opinion of counsel satisfactory in form and substance to the Company shall have been
rendered to the effect that such conditions are not necessary in order to comply with the
Securities Act.
7.5 Information Available. So long as the Registration Statement is effective
covering the resale of Shares and Warrant Shares owned by the Purchaser, the Company will furnish
to the Purchaser:
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(a) other than any such reports or communications filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Commission’s XXXXX system, as soon as practicable after such reports or communications become
publicly available (but in the case of the annual report to the Stockholders, within 150 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company), one copy of (i) its annual report to Stockholders
(which annual report shall contain financial statements audited in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles by a national firm of certified public accountants), (ii) if not
included in substance in the annual report to Stockholders, upon the request of Purchaser, its
annual report on Form 10-K, (iii) upon request of Purchaser, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
and (iv) a full copy of the particular Registration Statement covering the Shares and Warrant
Shares (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits);
(b) upon the reasonable request of the Purchaser, a reasonable number of copies of the
Prospectuses, and any supplements thereto, to supply to any other party requiring such
Prospectuses;
and the Company, upon the reasonable request of the Purchaser and with prior notice, will be
available to the Purchaser or a representative thereof at the Company’s headquarters to discuss
information relevant for disclosure in the Registration Statement covering the Shares and will
otherwise cooperate with any Purchaser conducting an investigation for the purpose of reducing or
eliminating such Purchaser’s exposure to liability under the Securities Act, including the
reasonable production of information at the Company’s headquarters, subject to the restrictions on
unauthorized disclosure of information contained in Regulation FD and appropriate confidentiality
limitations.
SECTION 8. Broker’s Fee. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company intends to pay
to the Placement Agent a fee in respect of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser. The
Purchaser and the Company hereby agree that the Purchaser shall not be responsible for such fee and
that the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and each Purchaser/Affiliate
against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, joint or several, to which such
Purchaser or Purchaser/Affiliate may become subject with respect to such fee. Each of the parties
hereto hereby represents that, on the basis of any actions and agreements by it, there are no other
brokers or finders entitled to compensation in connection with the sale of the Securities to the
Purchaser.
SECTION 9. Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when
received by confirmed facsimile or (iii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight carrier, specifying next business day delivery, with written verification of
receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company and the Purchaser as follows or at such
other addresses as the Company or the Purchaser may designate upon ten (10) days’ advance written
notice to the other party:
(a) if to the Company, to:
Xxxxxxxx Homebuilding Companies, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
00
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
(b) if to the Purchaser, at its address as set forth at the end of this Agreement, with a copy
to:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Dechert LLP
Xxxx Centre
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Dechert LLP
Xxxx Centre
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
SECTION 10. Changes. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to
an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Purchaser. No provision hereunder may be
waived other than in a written instrument executed by the waiving party.
SECTION 11. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this
Agreement.
SECTION 12. Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States of
America.
SECTION 14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
but one instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by
each party hereto and delivered (including by facsimile) to the other parties.
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SECTION 15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Engagement
Letter dated April 10, 2006 between the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. 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 the Purchaser makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect
to such matters.
SECTION 16. Parties. This Agreement is made solely for the benefit of and is binding
upon the Purchaser and the Company and to the extent provided in Section 7.3, any person
controlling the Company or the Purchaser, the officers and directors of the Company, and their
respective executors, administrators, successors and assigns and subject to the provisions of
Section 7.3, no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.
The term “successors and assigns” shall not include any subsequent purchaser, as such purchaser, of
the Securities sold to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
SECTION 17. Assignment. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions
hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators. This Agreement and the rights
of the Purchaser hereunder may be assigned by the Purchaser with the prior written consent of the
Company, except such consent shall not be required in cases of assignments by an investment adviser
to a fund for which it is the adviser or by or among funds that are under common control, provided
that such assignee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 18. Further Assurances. Each party agrees to cooperate fully with the other
parties and to execute such further instruments, documents and agreements and to give such further
written assurance as may be reasonably requested by any other party to evidence and reflect the
transactions described herein and contemplated hereby and to carry into effect the intents and
purposes of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXXXX HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC. | ||||
By | ||||
Name: Title: |
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Print or Type: |
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Name of Purchaser (Individual or Institution): |
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Name of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution): |
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Title of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution): |
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Signature by: |
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Individual Purchaser or Individual representing Purchaser: |
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Address: | ||||
Telephone: | ||||
Telecopier: | ||||
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SUMMARY INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR PURCHASER
(to be read in conjunction with the entire
Purchase Agreement which this follows)
Purchase Agreement which this follows)
A. Complete the following items on BOTH Purchase Agreements (Please sign two originals): | ||
1.
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Page 27 — Signature: |
(i) | Name of Purchaser (Individual or Institution) | ||
(ii) | Name of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution) | ||
(iii) | Title of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution) | ||
(iv) | Signature of Individual Purchaser or Individual representing Purchaser |
2.
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Appendix I — Stock and Warrant Certificate Questionnaire/Registration Statement Questionnaire: | |
Provide the information requested by the Stock and Warrant Certificate Questionnaire and the Registration Statement Questionnaire. | ||
3.
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Return BOTH properly completed and signed Purchase Agreements including the properly completed Appendix I to (initially by facsimile with hand copy by overnight delivery): |
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx XxXxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx XxXxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Instructions regarding the transfer of funds for the purchase of Securities will be sent by facsimile or by email to the Purchaser by the Placement Agent at a later date. |
Appendix I
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(Page 1 of 3)
Xxxxxxxx Homebuilding Companies, Inc.
STOCK AND WARRANT CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
STOCK AND WARRANT CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Agreement, please provide us with the following information:
1.
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The exact name that your Shares and Warrants are to be registered in (this is the name that will appear on your stock certificate(s)). You may use a nominee name if appropriate: | |||
2.
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The relationship between the Purchaser of the Securites and the Registered Holder listed in response to item 1 above: | |||
3.
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The mailing address of the Registered Holder listed in response to item 1 above: | |||
4.
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The Social Security Number or Tax Identification Number of the Registered Holder listed in response to item 1 above: | |||
Appendix I
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Xxxxxxxx Homebuilding Companies, Inc.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, please provide us with the
following information:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the “Selling Stockholder” section of the Registration Statement, please
state your or your organization’s name exactly as it should appear in the Registration Statement:
SECTION 2. The number of shares being purchased and the purchase price being paid by you:
Number of Shares to Be | Number of Warrants to Be | Aggregate | ||||||
Purchased | Issued | Price | ||||||
$ |
SECTION 3. Please provide the number of shares that you, your organization or any affiliates
will own immediately after Closing, including those Shares and Warrants purchased by you or your
organization pursuant to this Purchase Agreement and those shares purchased by you or your
organization through other transactions:
Your Name (or name of | Number Of Shares | Number Of Warrants | ||||||
Affiliated Entity) | Owned | Owned | ||||||
SECTION 4. Have you or your organization had any position, office or other material
relationship within the past three years with the Company or its affiliates?
Yes No
If yes, please indicate the nature of any such relationships below:
SECTION 5. Are you (i) an NASD Member (see definition), (ii) a Controlling (see definition)
shareholder of an NASD Member, (iii) a Person Associated with a Member of the NASD (see
definition), or (iv) an Underwriter or a Related Person (see definition) with respect to the
proposed offering; or (b) do you own any shares or other securities of any NASD Member not
purchased in the open market; or (c) have you made any outstanding subordinated loans to any NASD
Member?
Answer: o Yes o No If “yes,” please describe below
Appendix I
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NASD Member. The term “NASD member” means either any broker or dealer admitted to
membership in the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”). (NASD Manual, By-laws
Article I, Definitions)
Control. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power, either
individually or with others, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. (Rule 405
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended)
Person Associated with a member of the NASD. The term “person associated with a
member of the NASD” means every sole proprietor, partner, officer, director, branch manager or
executive representative of any NASD Member, or any natural person occupying a similar status or
performing similar functions, or any natural person engaged in the investment banking or securities
business who is directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by a NASD Member, whether or not
such person is registered or exempt from registration with the NASD pursuant to its bylaws. (NASD
Manual, By-laws Article I, Definitions)
Underwriter or a Related Person. The term “underwriter or a related person” means,
with respect to a proposed offering, underwriters, underwriters’ counsel, financial consultants and
advisors, finders, members of the selling or distribution group, and any and all other persons
associated with or related to any of such persons. (NASD Interpretation)
EXHIBIT A
WARRANT
WARRANT
EXHIBIT B
SLIDE PRESENTATION
SLIDE PRESENTATION
FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “First Amendment”) is entered into
this ___th day of May 2006, by and between Xxxxxxxx Homebuilding Companies, Inc. (the “Company”), a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal offices at 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and the purchaser whose name is set forth on
the signature page hereof (the “Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to enter into the same form of first amendment to purchase
agreement with certain other investors (the “Other Purchasers”) and expects to complete sales of
the Securities to them. The Purchaser and the Other Purchasers are hereinafter sometimes
collectively referred to as the “Purchasers,” and this First Amendment and the other first
amendments to purchase agreements executed by the Other Purchasers are hereinafter sometimes
collectively referred to as the “First Amendments;” and
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into purchase agreements with each of the Purchasers dated
May 5, 2006 (collectively, the “Purchase Agreements”); and
WHEREAS, such parties desire to amend the Purchase Agreements as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendment to Purchase Agreement
(a) The first sentence in Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated
to read in its entirety as follows:
“The completion of the purchase and sale of the Securities (the “Closing”) shall
occur at the offices of Dechert LLP, Xxxx Centre, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000 as soon as practicable and as agreed to by the parties hereto, within three
business days following the execution of this First Amendment, or on such later date
or at such different location as the parties shall agree in writing, but not prior
to the date that the conditions for Closing set forth below have been satisfied or
waived by the appropriate party (the “Closing Date”).”
(b) Section 3.2(b)(vi) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its
entirety as follows:
“at the time of the execution of this First Amendment, the Placement Agent
and the Purchasers shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a
letter, addressed to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers and dated such
date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent
and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (i) confirming that they are an independent
registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the
Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
and (ii) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to
the financial statements and certain financial information contained in
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005
(the “Annual Report”); and
(c) Clause (i) of Section 3.2(b)(vii) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated
to read in its entirety as follows:
“(i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations
thereunder adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States),”; and
(d) Section 4.5 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Accountants. The firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has expressed
its opinion with respect to the consolidated financial statements to be included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the prospectus which
forms a part thereof (the “Prospectus”), is an independent registered public
accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”).”
(e) Section 4.16 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Offering Materials. The Company has not distributed and will not
distribute prior to the Closing Date any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities other than the Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum dated May 9, 2006 (the “Private Placement Memorandum”), the SEC Reports
and the Company presentation dated May, 2006 attached hereto as Exhibit B (the
“Presentation”). Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has in the
past or will hereafter take any action independent of the Placement Agent to sell,
offer for sale or solicit offers to buy any securities of the Company which would
subject the offer, issuance or sale of the Securities, as contemplated by this
Agreement, to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.”
(f) Section 4.18 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Information. The information contained in the following documents, which
the Placement Agent has furnished to the Purchaser, or will furnish prior to the
Closing, does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading,
as of their respective final dates:
(a) | Private Placement Memorandum; |
(b) | the Annual Report; | ||
(c) | the Proxy Statement; | ||
(d) | the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-125166) (the “Follow-On Registration Statement”); | ||
(e) | the IPO Registration Statement; | ||
(f) | all other documents, if any, filed by the Company with the Commission since December 31, 2005 pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); and | ||
(g) | the Presentation.” |
(g) Section 4.36 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. The Company
shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City Time, on the first business day after
the date of this First Amendment, (i) issue a press release (the “Press Release”)
disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the
Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in the form required by the 1934
Act, and attaching this Agreement, the form of Warrant as exhibits to such filing
(including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K
Filing with the SEC, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic
information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its
respective officers, directors, employees or agents 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 Purchaser 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 without
the express written consent of such Purchaser.”
(h) Section 15 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Engagement
Letter dated April 10, 2006 between the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., the
Private Placement Memorandum 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 the Purchaser makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with
respect to such matters.”
Section 2. Effect on Purchase Agreements.
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Purchase Agreements shall remain in full force and
effect and the First Amendments shall not by implication or otherwise (i) alter, modify, amend or
in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
the Purchase Agreements, which is hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue
in full force and effect, or (ii) prejudice any right or remedy that any party thereto may now or
in the future have under or in connection with the Purchase Agreements.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT
to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXXXX HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC. | ||||
By | ||||
Name: Title: |
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Print or Type: |
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Name of Purchaser (Individual or Institution): |
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Name of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution): |
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Title of Individual representing Purchaser (if an Institution): |
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Signature by: |
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Individual Purchaser or Individual representing Purchaser: |
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