SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., as Administrative and Collateral Agent THE PURCHASERS From Time to Time Party Hereto and ELEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. Dated: September 28, 2007
Exhibit 10.1 |
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT |
LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., |
as Administrative and Collateral Agent |
THE PURCHASERS |
From Time to Time Party Hereto |
and |
ELEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. |
Dated: September 28, 2007 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||||||
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1. | Agreement to Sell and Purchase | 1 | ||||
2. | Fees and Warrant | 1 | ||||
3. | Closing, Delivery and Payment | 2 | ||||
3.1 | Closing | 2 | ||||
3.2 | Delivery | 2 | ||||
4. | Representations and Warranties of the Company | 2 | ||||
4.1 | Organization, Good Standing and Qualification | 2 | ||||
4.2 | Subsidiaries | 3 | ||||
4.3 | Capitalization; Voting Rights | 4 | ||||
4.4 | Authorization; Binding Obligations | 5 | ||||
4.5 | Liabilities; Solvency | 5 | ||||
4.6 | Agreements; Action | 6 | ||||
4.7 | Obligations to Related Parties | 7 | ||||
4.8 | Changes | 8 | ||||
4.9 | Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc | 9 | ||||
4.10 | Intellectual Property | 10 | ||||
4.11 | Compliance with Other Instruments | 11 | ||||
4.12 | Litigation | 11 | ||||
4.13 | Tax Returns and Payments | 11 | ||||
4.14 | Employees | 12 | ||||
4.15 | Registration Rights and Voting Rights | 12 | ||||
4.16 | Compliance with Laws; Permits | 13 | ||||
4.17 | Environmental and Safety Laws | 13 | ||||
4.18 | Valid Offering | 14 | ||||
4.19 | Full Disclosure | 14 | ||||
4.20 | Insurance | 14 | ||||
4.21 | SEC Reports | 14 | ||||
4.22 | Listing | 15 | ||||
4.23 | No Integrated Offering | 15 | ||||
4.24 | Stop Transfer | 15 | ||||
4.25 | Dilution | 15 | ||||
4.26 | Patriot Act | 15 | ||||
4.27 | ERISA | 16 | ||||
5. | Representations and Warranties of each Purchaser | 16 | ||||
5.1 | No Shorting | 16 | ||||
5.2 | Requisite Power and Authority | 16 | ||||
5.3 | Investment Representations | 17 | ||||
5.4 | The Purchaser Bears Economic Risk | 17 | ||||
5.5 | Acquisition for Own Account | 17 | ||||
5.6 | The Purchaser Can Protect Its Interest | 17 | ||||
5.7 | Accredited Investor | 17 | ||||
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5.8 | Legends | 18 | ||||
6. | Covenants of the Company | 18 | ||||
6.1 | Stop-Orders | 19 | ||||
6.2 | Listing | 19 | ||||
6.3 | Market Regulations | 19 | ||||
6.4 | Reporting Requirements | 19 | ||||
6.5 | Use of Funds | 20 | ||||
6.6 | Access to Facilities | 21 | ||||
6.7 | Taxes | 21 | ||||
6.8 | Insurance | 23 | ||||
6.9 | Intellectual Property | 24 | ||||
6.10 | Properties | 25 | ||||
6.11 | Confidentiality | 25 | ||||
6.12 | Required Approvals | 26 | ||||
6.13 | Reissuance of Securities | 28 | ||||
6.14 | Opinion | 28 | ||||
6.15 | Margin Stock | 28 | ||||
6.16 | FIRPTA | 29 | ||||
6.17 | Restricted Cash Disclosure | 29 | ||||
6.18 | No Restrictions on Additional Financing | 29 | ||||
6.19 | Authorization and Reservation of Shares | 29 | ||||
6.20 | Investor Relations/Public Relations | 29 | ||||
6.21 | Board Observation Rights | 29 | ||||
7. | Covenants of the Purchasers | 30 | ||||
7.1 | Confidentiality | 30 | ||||
7.2 | Non-Public Information | 30 | ||||
7.3 | Limitation on Acquisition of Common Stock of the Company | 30 | ||||
8. | Covenants of the Company and the Purchasers Regarding Indemnification | 31 | ||||
8.1 | Company Indemnification | 31 | ||||
8.2 | Purchaser Indemnification | 31 | ||||
9. | Exercise of Warrant | 31 | ||||
9.1 | Mechanics of Exercise | 31 | ||||
10. | Registration Rights | 33 | ||||
10.1 | Offering Restrictions | 33 | ||||
11. | Miscellaneous | 33 | ||||
11.1 | Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial | 33 | ||||
11.2 | Severability | 34 | ||||
11.3 | Survival | 35 | ||||
11.4 | Successors | 35 | ||||
11.5 | Entire Agreement; Maximum Interest | 36 | ||||
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11.6 | Amendment and Waiver | 36 | ||
11.7 | Delays or Omissions | 36 | ||
11.8 | Notices | 36 | ||
11.9 | Attorneys’ Fees | 37 | ||
11.10 | Titles and Subtitles | 38 | ||
11.11 | Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts | 38 | ||
11.12 | Broker’s Fees | 38 | ||
11.13 | Construction | 38 | ||
11.14 | Agency | 38 | ||
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LIST OF EXHIBITS | ||||||
Form of Term Note | Exhibit A | |||||
Form of Warrant | Exhibit B | |||||
Form of Opinion | Exhibit C | |||||
Form of Escrow Agreement | Exhibit D | |||||
LIST OF SCHEDULES | ||||||
Schedule | 1 | Purchaser Commitments | ||||
Schedule | 2 | Warrant Holders and Warrant Shares | ||||
Schedule | 4.2 | Subsidiaries | ||||
Schedule | 4.3 | Capitalization | ||||
Schedule | 4.6 | Extraordinary Agreements | ||||
Schedule | 4.7 | Obligations to Related Parties | ||||
Schedule | 4.9 | Title to Properties; Liens | ||||
Schedule | 4.10 | IP Registration | ||||
Schedule | 4.12 | Litigation | ||||
Schedule | 4.13 | Taxes | ||||
Schedule | 4.14 | Employees | ||||
Schedule | 4.15 | Registration and Voting Rights | ||||
Schedule | 4.21 | SEC Reports | ||||
Schedule | 6.12(e) | Indebtedness | ||||
Schedule | 11.12 | Brokers | ||||
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT |
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and |
entered into as of September 28, 2007, among ELEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP., a New |
York corporation (the “Company”), the purchasers from time to time a party hereto (each a |
“Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”) and LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., |
a Delaware corporation, as administrative and collateral agent for each Purchaser (the “Agent”), |
and together with the Purchasers, the “Creditor Parties”). |
RECITALS |
WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the sale to each Purchaser of a Secured Term |
Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto in the principal amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s |
name on Schedule 1 hereto (each as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time |
to time, a “Note” and, collectively, the “Notes”); |
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to issue to each Purchaser warrants in the form of |
Exhibit B hereto (each as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, a |
“Warrant” and, collectively the “Warrants”) to purchase up to the number of shares of the |
Company’s common stock, $0.10 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), set forth opposite |
such Purchaser’s name on Schedule 2 (subject to adjustment as set forth therein) in connection |
with such Purchaser’s purchase of the applicable Note; |
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to purchase the applicable Note and Warrant on the |
terms and conditions set forth herein; and |
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell the applicable Note and Warrant to |
each Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth herein. |
AGREEMENT |
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises, |
representations, warranties and covenants hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable |
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto |
agree as follows: |
1. Agreement to Sell and Purchase. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in |
this Agreement, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3), the Company shall sell to each |
Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, the applicable Note in the |
principal amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule 1 hereto. The sale of the |
Notes on the Closing Date shall be known as the “Offering.” The Notes will mature on the |
Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes). Collectively, the Notes and Warrants and Common |
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to as the “Securities.” |
2. Fees and Warrant. On the Closing Date: |
(a) The Company will issue and deliver to each Purchaser a Warrant |
to purchase up to the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its name on |
Schedule 2 (subject to adjustment as set forth therein) in connection with the Offering |
pursuant to Section 1 hereof. All the representations, covenants, warranties, |
undertakings, and indemnifications, and other rights made or granted to or for the benefit |
of each Creditor Party by the Company are hereby also made and granted for the benefit |
of the holder of the related Warrant and shares of the Common Stock issuable upon |
exercise of such Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”). |
(b) Subject to the terms of Section 2(c) below, the Company shall pay |
(i) to Valens Capital Management, LLC, the investment manager of the Purchasers |
(“VCM”), a non-refundable payment in an amount equal to $46,000; (ii) to Laurus |
Capital Management, LLC, the investment manager of the Purchasers (“LCM”), a non- |
refundable payment in an amount equal to $119,000; (iii) to the Purchasers, a non- |
refundable payment in an amount equal to $6,000; and (iii) to the Purchasers, an advance |
prepayment discount deposit equal to $6,000. Each of the foregoing payments shall be |
deemed fully earned on the Closing Date and shall not be subject to rebate or proration |
for any reason. |
(c) The payments and the expenses referred to in the preceding clause |
(b) (net of deposits previously paid by the Company) shall be paid at closing out of funds |
held pursuant to the Escrow Agreement (as defined below) and a disbursement letter (the “Disbursement Letter”). |
3. Closing, Delivery and Payment. |
3.1 Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the closing of the |
transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”), shall take place on the date hereof, at such |
time or place as the Company and the Agent may mutually agree (such date is hereinafter |
referred to as the “Closing Date”). |
3.2 Delivery. Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, at the Closing on the |
Closing Date, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser, among other things, the applicable |
Note and Warrant and such Purchaser will deliver to the Company, among other things, the |
amounts set forth opposite its name in the Disbursement Letter by certified funds or wire transfer |
(it being understood that $2,664,035.38 of the proceeds of the Note shall be placed in the |
Restricted Account (as defined in the Restricted Account Agreement referred to below. The |
Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the |
applicable Note from the Company on the Closing Date shall be contingent upon the satisfaction |
(or waiver by the Agent in its sole discretion) of the items and matters set forth in the closing |
checklist provided by the Agent to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date. |
4. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby |
represents and warrants to each Creditor Party as follows: |
4.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company and each |
of its Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, |
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duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of |
organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the corporate, limited liability |
company or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority to own and operate its |
properties and assets and, insofar as it is or shall be a party thereto, to (1) execute and deliver (i) |
this Agreement, (ii) the Notes and the Warrants to be issued in connection with this Agreement, |
(iii) the Master Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, certain |
Subsidiaries of the Company and the Agent (as amended, restated, modified and/or |
supplemented from time to time, the “Master Security Agreement”), (iv) the Subsidiary Guaranty |
dated as of the date hereof made by certain Subsidiaries of the Company (as amended, restated, |
modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), (v) the Stock |
Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the |
Company and the Purchaser (as amended, restated, modified and/or or supplemented from time |
to time, the “Stock Pledge Agreement”), (vi) the Funds Escrow Agreement dated as of the date |
hereof among the Company, the Purchasers and the escrow agent referred to therein, |
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (as amended, restated, modified and/or |
supplemented from time to time, the “Escrow Agreement”), (vii) the Restricted Account |
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the Agent and North Fork Bank (as |
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Restricted Account Agreement”), |
(vi) the Restricted Account Side Letter related to the Restricted Account Agreement dated as of |
the date hereof between the Company and the Agent (as amended, modified or supplemented |
from time to time, the “Restricted Account Side Letter”), (viii) all other documents, instruments |
and agreements entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby |
(the preceding clauses (ii) through (viii), collectively, the “Related Agreements”); (2) issue and |
sell the Notes; (3) issue and sell the Warrants and the Warrant Shares; and (4) carry out the |
provisions of this Agreement and the Related Agreements and to carry on its business as |
presently conducted. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and is |
authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited |
liability company, as the case may be, in all jurisdictions in which the nature or location of its |
activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, |
except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so has not, or could not reasonably be |
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, |
assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, operations or prospects of the |
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken individually and as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). |
4.2 Subsidiaries. Each direct and indirect Subsidiary of the Company, the |
direct owner of such Subsidiary and its percentage ownership thereof, is set forth on Schedule |
4.2. For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Subsidiary” of any person or entity means (i) a |
corporation or other entity whose shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary |
voting power (other than stock or other ownership interests having such power only by reason of |
the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, or other |
persons or entities performing similar functions for such person or entity, are owned, directly or |
indirectly, by such person or entity or (ii) a corporation or other entity in which such person or |
entity owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the equity interests at such time; provided |
that, for so long as each of AVI Holding Corp., a Texas corporation (“AVI Holdings”), Line |
One, Inc., a New York corporation (“Line One”) and XxxxxXxxxxxxx.xxx Corp., a Delaware |
corporation (“TelcoSoftware” and together with AVI Holdings and Line One, the “Inactive |
Subsidiaries” and each, an “Inactive Subsidiary”) hold no significant assets or liabilities (other |
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than in respect of AVI Holdings, capitalized lease obligations not to exceed $35,000, and in |
respect of Line One, liabilities not to exceed $50,000) and do not engage in any business |
activities, the defined term “Subsidiary” as used in this Agreement and the Related Agreements |
shall not include such Inactive Subsidiary; provided, further, that if any Inactive Subsidiary shall |
at any time after the date hereof hold significant assets or liabilities or engage in any business |
activities, such Inactive Subsidiary shall thereafter be deemed a Subsidiary hereunder and shall |
otherwise be subject to all terms, agreements, representations, warranties and covenants |
otherwise applicable to Subsidiaries under this Agreement and the Related Agreements and (y) |
an “Issuer Party” means, the Company and each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company to |
the extent party to the Master Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Stock Pledge |
Agreement and such other security documentation required by the Creditor Parties to grant to the |
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Creditor Parties, a first priority perfected security interest in |
substantially all of such Subsidiary’s assets to secure the Obligations (as defined in the Master |
Security Agreement). |
4.3 Capitalization; Voting Rights. |
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company, as of the date hereof |
consists of 51,000,000 shares, of which 50,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, par |
value $0.10 per share, 25,768,791 shares of which are issued and outstanding, and |
1,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share of which none of the |
shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding. The authorized, issued and |
outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company is set forth on Schedule 4.3. |
(b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.3, other than: (i) the shares |
reserved for issuance under the Company’s stock option plans; and (ii) shares which may |
be granted pursuant to this Agreement and the Related Agreements, there are no |
outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and |
rights of first refusal), proxy or stockholder agreements, or arrangements or agreements |
of any kind for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any of its securities. |
Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.3, neither the offer, issuance or sale of any of the |
Notes or the Warrants, or the issuance of any of the Warrant Shares, nor the |
consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby will result in a change in the price |
or number of any securities of the Company outstanding, under anti-dilution or other |
similar provisions contained in or affecting any such securities. |
(c) All issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common |
Stock: (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non- |
assessable; and (ii) were issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws |
concerning the issuance of securities. |
(d) The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the shares of |
the Common Stock are as stated in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the |
“Charter”). Those Warrant Shares to be obtained upon the exercise of Warrant A-1 and |
B-1 (as more fully described on Schedule II hereof) have been duly and validly reserved |
for issuance. Upon completion of the requirements set forth in Section 6.22, the balance |
of the Warrant Shares will have been duly and validly reserved for issuance. When |
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issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Company’s Charter, |
the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will be free of any |
liens or encumbrances; provided, however, that the Securities may be subject to |
restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities laws as set forth herein or as |
otherwise required by such laws at the time a transfer is proposed. |
4.4 Authorization; Binding Obligations. All corporate, partnership or limited |
liability company, as the case may be, action on the part of the Company and each of its |
Subsidiaries (including their respective officers and directors) necessary for the authorization of |
this Agreement and the Related Agreements, the performance of all obligations of the Company |
and its Subsidiaries hereunder and under the other Related Agreements at the Closing and, the |
authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Notes and Warrants has been taken or will be |
taken prior to the Closing. This Agreement and the Related Agreements, when executed and |
delivered and to the extent it is a party thereto, will be valid and binding obligations of the |
Company and each of its Subsidiaries, enforceable against each such person or entity in |
accordance with their terms, except: |
(a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, |
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ |
rights; and |
(b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable |
or legal remedies. |
The sale of the Notes is not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first |
refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with. The issuance of the Warrants and |
the subsequent exercise of the Warrants for Warrant Shares are not and will not be subject to any |
preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with. |
4.5 Liabilities; Solvency. |
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities, |
except current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and liabilities |
disclosed in any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
(“Exchange Act”) made prior to the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Exchange |
Act Filings”), copies of which have been provided to the Agent. |
(b) Both before and after giving effect to (a) the transactions |
contemplated hereby that are to be consummated on the Closing Date, (b) the |
disbursement of the proceeds of, or the assumption of the liability in respect of, the Notes |
pursuant to the instructions or agreement of the Company and (c) the payment and |
accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, the Company and each |
Subsidiary of the Company, is and will be, Solvent. For purposes of this Section 4.5(b), |
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person (as hereinafter defined) on a particular date, |
that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total |
amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (b) the present fair |
salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required |
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to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and |
matured; (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts |
or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and |
(d) such Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in |
a business or transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute and |
unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, |
guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount that, |
in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that |
can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. |
4.6 Agreements; Action. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 or as disclosed |
in any Exchange Act Filings: |
(a) there are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts, |
proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company or any |
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound which may involve: (i) obligations |
(contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in |
excess of $50,000 (other than obligations of, or payments to, the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries arising from purchase or sale agreements entered into in the ordinary course |
of business); or (ii) the transfer or license of any patent, copyright, trade secret or other |
proprietary right to or from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than licenses |
arising from the purchase of “off the shelf” or other standard products); or (iii) provisions |
restricting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Company’s or any of its |
Subsidiaries products or services; or (iv) indemnification by the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries with respect to infringements of proprietary rights. |
(b) Since November 30, 2006 (the “Balance Sheet Date”), neither the |
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has: (i) declared or paid any dividends, or |
authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its |
capital stock; (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or any other liabilities |
(other than ordinary course obligations) individually in excess of $50,000 or, in the case |
of indebtedness and/or liabilities individually less than $50,000, in excess of $100,000 in |
the aggregate; (iii) made any loans or advances to any person or entity not in excess, |
individually or in the aggregate, of $100,000, other than ordinary course advances for |
travel expenses; or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or |
rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of business. |
(c) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) above, all indebtedness, |
liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions |
involving the same person or entity (including persons or entities the Company or any |
Subsidiary of the Company has reason to believe are affiliated therewith) shall be |
aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such |
subsections. |
(d) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures |
(“Disclosure Controls”) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by |
the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, |
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processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and |
forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). |
(e) The Company makes and keeps books, records, and accounts, that, |
in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the |
Company’s assets. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting |
(“Financial Reporting Controls”) designed by, or under the supervision of, the |
Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the |
Company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable |
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial |
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting |
principles (“GAAP”), including that: |
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s |
general or specific authorization; |
(ii) unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the |
Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements are |
prevented or timely detected; |
(iii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation |
of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that the Company’s |
receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations |
of the Company’s management and board of directors; |
(iv) transactions are recorded as necessary to maintain |
accountability for assets; and |
(v) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the |
existing assets at reasonable intervals, and appropriate action is taken with respect |
to any differences. |
(f) There is no weakness in any of the Company’s Disclosure Controls |
or Financial Reporting Controls that is required to be disclosed in any of the Exchange |
Act Filings, except as so disclosed. |
4.7 Obligations to Related Parties. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7, there |
are no obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to officers, directors, stockholders |
or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than: |
(a) for payment of salary for services rendered and for bonus |
payments; |
(b) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the |
Company and its Subsidiaries; |
(c) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to |
all employees (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option |
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plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and each Subsidiary of the |
Company, as applicable); and |
(d) obligations listed in the Company’s and each of its Subsidiary’s |
financial statements or disclosed in any of the Company’s Exchange Act Filings. |
Except as described above or set forth on Schedule 4.7, none of the officers, directors or, to the |
best of the Company’s knowledge, key employees or stockholders of the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries or any members of their immediate families, are indebted to the Company or any of |
its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $50,000 or have any direct or |
indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries is affiliated or with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a business |
relationship, or any firm or corporation which competes with the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries, other than passive investments in publicly traded companies (representing less than |
one percent (1%) of such company) which may compete with the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries. Except as described above, no officer, director or stockholder of the Company or |
any of its Subsidiaries, or any member of their immediate families, is, directly or indirectly, |
interested in any material contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no |
agreements, understandings or proposed transactions are contemplated between the Company or |
any of its Subsidiaries and any such person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7, neither the |
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any |
other person or entity. |
4.8 Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in any |
Exchange Act Filing or in any Schedule to this Agreement or to any of the Related Agreements, |
there has not been: |
(a) any change in the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial |
or otherwise), properties, operations or prospects of the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries, which individually or in the aggregate has had, or could reasonably be |
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; |
(b) any resignation or termination of any officer, key employee or |
group of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(c) any material change, except in the ordinary course of business, in |
the contingent obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by way of guaranty, |
endorsement, indemnity, warranty or otherwise; |
(d) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by |
insurance, which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the |
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; |
(e) any waiver by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a valuable |
right or of a material debt owed to it; |
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(f) any direct or indirect loans made by the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries to any stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company or any of |
its Subsidiaries, other than advances made in the ordinary course of business; |
(g) any material change in any compensation arrangement or |
agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder of the Company or any of |
its Subsidiaries; |
(h) any declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution of |
the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(i) any labor organization activity related to the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries; |
(j) any debt, obligation or liability incurred, assumed or guaranteed by |
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except those for immaterial amounts and for |
current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
(k) any sale, assignment, transfer, abandonment or other disposition of |
any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible assets owned by the |
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(l) any change in any material agreement to which the Company or |
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which either the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries is bound which either individually or in the aggregate has had, or could |
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse |
Effect; |
(m) any other event or condition of any character that, either |
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, |
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; or |
(n) any arrangement or commitment by the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries to do any of the acts described in subsection (a) through (m) above. |
4.9 Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc. Except as set forth on Schedule |
4.9, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to its properties and |
assets, and good title to its leasehold interests, in each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, |
lease, encumbrance or charge (each for the foregoing, a “Lien”) , other than the following (each |
a “Permitted Encumbrance”): |
(a) those in favor of the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Creditor |
Parties; |
(b) those in favor of Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. |
(c) those resulting from taxes which have not yet become delinquent; |
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(d) minor Liens which do not materially detract from the value of the |
property subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries, so long as in each such case, such Liens have no effect on the Lien priority |
of the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Creditor Parties, in such property; and |
(e) those that have otherwise arisen in the ordinary course of business, |
so long as they have no effect on the Lien priority of the Purchaser therein. |
All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or |
used by the Company and its Subsidiaries are in good operating condition and repair and are |
reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being used. Except as set forth on |
Schedule 4.9, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all material terms of each |
lease to which it is a party or is otherwise bound. |
4.10 Intellectual Property. |
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, each of the Company and |
each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses sufficient legal rights to use all patents, |
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information |
and other proprietary rights and processes necessary for its business as now conducted |
and, to the Company’s knowledge, as presently proposed to be conducted (the |
“Intellectual Property”). There are no settlements or consents, covenants not to xxx, non- |
assertion assurances, or releases to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is |
bound which adversely affects its rights to own or use any Intellectual Property. |
(b) To the Company’s knowledge, the conduct of the Company’s and |
each of its Subsidiaries’ business as now conducted, and as presently proposed to be |
conducted, does not (and will not) result in any infringement or other violation of the |
rights of others. |
(c) Schedule 4.10 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented |
from time to time) sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all registrations and |
applications for Intellectual Property owned by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries |
filed or issued by any Intellectual Property registry and (ii) all Intellectual Property |
licenses which are either material to the business of the Company or relate to any |
material portion of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ inventory, including |
licenses for standard software having a replacement value of more than $10,000. None of |
such Intellectual Property licenses are reasonably likely to be construed as an assignment |
of the licensed Intellectual Property to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. |
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, there are no claims pending |
or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened and neither the Company nor any |
of its Subsidiaries has received any other communications, alleging that, the Company or |
any of its Subsidiaries has infringed, diluted, misappropriated, or otherwise violated any |
Intellectual Property of any other person or entity, nor is the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries aware of any basis therefore. |
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(e) The Company is not aware of any infringement, misappropriation, |
or other violation of its Intellectual Property by any other person or entity. |
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries utilizes any |
inventions, trade secrets or other Intellectual Property of any of its employees, officers, or |
contractors, except for inventions, trade secrets or other Intellectual Property that is |
owned by the Company or any Subsidiary as a matter of law or have been rightfully |
assigned to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. |
4.11 Compliance with Other Instruments. Neither the Company nor any of its |
Subsidiaries is in violation or default of (x) any term of its Charter or Bylaws, or (y) any |
provision of any indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or instrument to which |
it is party or by which it is bound or of any judgment, decree, order or writ, which violation or |
default, in the case of this clause (y), has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either |
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and |
performance of and compliance with this Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it is a |
party, and the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Company and the other Securities by the |
Company each pursuant hereto and thereto, will not, with or without the passage of time or |
giving of notice, result in any such material violation, or be in conflict with or constitute a |
default under any such term or provision, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the |
properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the suspension, revocation, |
impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval |
applicable to the Company, its business or operations or any of its assets or properties. |
4.12 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12 hereto, there is no action, |
suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened |
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that prevents the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries from entering into this Agreement or the other Related Agreements, or from |
consummating the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which has had, or could |
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect |
or any change in the current equity ownership of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is |
the Company aware that there is any basis to assert any of the foregoing. Neither the Company |
nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, |
judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality. There is no action, |
suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries currently pending or |
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries intends to initiate. |
4.13 Tax Returns and Payments. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has |
timely filed all federal, state and, to the extent consistent and in accordance with industry |
practice, local tax returns required to be filed by it. All taxes shown to be due and payable on |
such returns, any assessments imposed, and all other taxes due and payable by the Company or |
any of its Subsidiaries on or before the Closing, have been paid or will be paid prior to the time |
they become delinquent. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13, neither the Company nor any of |
its Subsidiaries has been advised: |
(a) that any of its returns, federal, state or other, have been or are |
being audited as of the date hereof; or |
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(b) of any adjustment, deficiency, assessment or court decision in |
respect of its federal, state or other taxes. |
The Company has no knowledge of any liability for any tax to be imposed upon its properties or |
assets as of the date of this Agreement that is not adequately provided for. |
4.14 Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, neither the Company |
nor any of its Subsidiaries has any collective bargaining agreements with any of its employees. |
There is no labor union organizing activity pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened |
with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Exchange Act |
Filings or on Schedule 4.14, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or |
bound by any currently effective employment contract, deferred compensation arrangement, |
bonus plan, incentive plan, profit sharing plan, retirement agreement or other employee |
compensation plan or agreement. To the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company |
or any of its Subsidiaries, nor any consultant with whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries |
has contracted, is in violation of any term of any employment contract, proprietary information |
agreement or any other agreement relating to the right of any such individual to be employed by, |
or to contract with, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business |
to be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and to the Company’s knowledge the |
continued employment by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their present employees, and the |
performance of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ contracts with its independent contractors, |
will not result in any such violation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware |
that any of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or |
commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of |
any court or administrative agency that would interfere with their duties to the Company or any |
of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice |
alleging that any such violation has occurred. Except for employees who have a current effective |
employment agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, no employee of the |
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been granted the right to continued employment by the |
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any material compensation following termination of |
employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, |
the Company is not aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to |
terminate his, her or their employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor does the |
Company or any of its Subsidiaries have a present intention to terminate the employment of any |
officer, key employee or group of employees. |
4.15 Registration Rights and Voting Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule |
4.15 and except as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, neither the Company nor any of its |
Subsidiaries is presently under any obligation, and neither the Company nor any of its |
Subsidiaries has granted any rights, to register any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ |
presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may hereafter be issued. Except as |
set forth on Schedule 4.15 and except as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, to the Company’s |
knowledge, no stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any |
agreement with respect to the voting of equity securities of the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries. |
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4.16 Compliance with Laws; Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its |
Subsidiaries is in violation of any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or any SEC |
related regulation or rule or any rule of the Principal Market (as hereafter defined) promulgated |
thereunder or any other applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of any domestic or |
foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof in respect of the conduct of its |
business or the ownership of its properties which has had, or could reasonably be expected to |
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No governmental |
orders, permissions, consents, approvals or authorizations are required to be obtained and no |
registrations or declarations are required to be filed in connection with the execution and delivery |
of this Agreement or any other Related Agreement and the issuance of any of the Securities, |
except such as have been duly and validly obtained or filed, or with respect to any filings that |
must be made after the Closing, as will be filed in a timely manner. The Company and its |
Subsidiaries has all material franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for |
the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could, either |
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
4.17 Environmental and Safety Laws. There are no pending actions, suits or |
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending, or to the knowledge |
of Company threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Environmental |
Law. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are and have been in full compliance with |
Environmental Law and have no knowledge or any material expenditure that will be required to |
maintain such compliance in the future; (ii) have not received any notice or claim alleging that |
they are not in full compliance with or otherwise have liability under Environmental Law; and |
(iii) have not knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to form |
the basis of any such claim. No Hazardous Materials are present or are used or have been used, |
stored, or released by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or to their knowledge by any other |
Person, at any property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or its |
Subsidiaries or disposed of at any other location by the Company or its Subsidiaries except (i) in |
compliance with Environmental Law; and (2) in quantities and under circumstances that would |
not require investigation or remediation by the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company and |
its Subsidiaries have not assumed by contract or by operation of law the liabilities arising under |
Environmental Law of any other Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries have provided to the |
Agent all material report, audits and assessments in their possession or control regarding the |
environmental condition of any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the |
Company or any Subsidiary. “Environmental Law” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, |
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, |
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to pollution or |
the environment , preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, generation, |
use, handling, treatment, transportation, storage, disposal or release or threatened release of or |
exposure to Hazardous Materials, or occupational health and safety. “Governmental Authority” |
means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, |
department or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative |
functions of or pertaining to government. “Hazardous Materials” means materials, wastes or |
pollutants listed or defined as “hazardous substances”, “hazardous wastes” ,”toxic substances” or |
by words of similar import or any other substance or waste otherwise regulated by applicable |
Environmental Law, including nuclear materials and radioactive substances or wastes, petroleum |
or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, |
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radon gas, infectious or medical wastes, and toxic mold. “Person” means any individual, sole |
proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated |
organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit |
corporation, entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, |
including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof), and shall include |
such Person’s successors and assigns. |
4.18 Valid Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and |
warranties of the Purchasers contained in this Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the |
Securities will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as |
amended (the “Securities Act”), and will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from |
registration and qualification) under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all |
applicable state securities laws. |
4.19 Full Disclosure. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has provided |
the Purchasers with all information requested by the Purchasers in connection with the |
Purchasers’ decision to purchase the Notes and Warrants, including all information the Company |
and its Subsidiaries believe is reasonably necessary to make such investment decision. Neither |
this Agreement, the Related Agreements, the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto nor any |
other document including, without limitation, the responses contained in any questionnaire |
provided to the Company by the Agent, delivered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to |
Purchasers or their attorneys or agents in connection herewith or therewith or with the |
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, contain any untrue statement of a material fact nor |
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or |
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. Any financial |
projections and other estimates provided to the Purchasers by the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries were based on the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ experience in the industry and |
on assumptions of fact and opinion as to future events which the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries, at the date of the issuance of such projections or estimates, believed to be |
reasonable. |
4.20 Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has general |
commercial, product liability, fire and casualty insurance policies with coverages which the |
Company and each of its Subsidiaries believe are customary for companies similarly situated to |
the Company and its Subsidiaries in the same or similar business. |
4.21 SEC Reports. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21, the Company has |
filed all proxy statements, reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the |
Exchange Act. The Company has furnished the Agent copies of: (i) its Annual Report on Form |
10-K for its fiscal year ended November 30, 2006; and (ii) its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q |
for its fiscal quarters ended February 28, 2007 and May 31, 2007, and the Form 8-K filings |
which it has made during the fiscal year ending November 30, 2007 to date (collectively, the |
“SEC Reports”). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.21, each SEC Report was, at the time of its |
filing, in substantial compliance with the requirements of its respective form and none of the |
SEC Reports, nor the financial statements (and the notes thereto) included in the SEC Reports, as |
of their respective filing dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to |
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state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in |
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. |
4.22 Listing. The Common Stock is listed or quoted, as applicable, on a |
Principal Market (as hereafter defined) and satisfies and at all times hereafter will satisfy, all |
requirements for the continuation of such listing or quotation, as applicable. The Company has |
not received any notice that its Common Stock will be delisted from, or no longer quoted on, as |
applicable, the Principal Market or that its Common Stock does not meet all requirements for |
such listing or quotation, as applicable. For purposes hereof, the term “Principal Market” means |
the NASD Over The Counter Bulletin Board, NASDAQ Capital Market, NASDAQ National |
Markets System, American Stock Exchange or New York Stock Exchange (whichever of the |
foregoing is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock). |
4.23 No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries |
or affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any |
offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that |
would cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Related |
Agreements to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities |
Act which would prevent the Company from selling the Securities pursuant to Rule 506 under |
the Securities Act, or any applicable exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will |
the Company or any of its affiliates or Subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the |
offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings. |
4.24 Stop Transfer. The Securities are restricted securities as of the date of this |
Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will issue any stop transfer order or |
other order impeding the sale and delivery of any of the Securities at such time as the Securities |
are registered for public sale or an exemption from registration is available, except as required by |
state and federal securities laws. |
4.25 Dilution. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to |
issue the shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is binding upon the Company |
and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of |
other shareholders of the Company. |
4.26 Patriot Act. The Company certifies that, to the best of Company’s |
knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been designated, nor is or shall |
be owned or controlled, by a “suspected terrorist” as defined in Executive Order 13224. The |
Company hereby acknowledges that each of the Creditor Parties seeks to comply with all |
applicable laws concerning money laundering and related activities. In furtherance of those |
efforts, the Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants that: (i) none of the cash or |
property that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will pay or will contribute to any Creditor |
Party has been or shall be derived from, or related to, any activity that is deemed criminal under |
United States law; and (ii) no contribution or payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries |
to any Creditor Party, to the extent that they are within the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ |
control shall cause any Creditor Party to be in violation of the United States Bank Secrecy Act, |
the United States International Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 or the United States |
International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001. The |
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Company shall promptly notify the Agent if any of these representations, warranties or covenants |
ceases to be true and accurate regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company |
shall provide any Creditor Party all additional information regarding the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries that such Creditor Party deems necessary or convenient to ensure compliance with |
all applicable laws concerning money laundering and similar activities. The Company |
understands and agrees that if at any time it is discovered that any of the foregoing |
representations, warranties or covenants are incorrect, or if otherwise required by applicable law |
or regulation related to money laundering or similar activities, the Creditor Parties may |
undertake appropriate actions to ensure compliance with applicable law or regulation, including |
but not limited to segregation and/or redemption of any Purchaser’s investment in the Company. |
The Company further understands that the Creditor Parties may release confidential information |
about the Company and its Subsidiaries and, if applicable, any underlying beneficial owners, to |
proper authorities if such Creditor Party, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best |
interests of such Creditor Party in light of relevant rules and regulations under the laws set forth |
in subsection (ii) above. |
4.27 ERISA. Based upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of |
1974 (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder: (i) neither the |
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any Prohibited Transactions (as defined in |
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the |
“Code”)); (ii) each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has met all applicable minimum |
funding requirements under Section 302 of ERISA in respect of its plans; (iii) neither the |
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any event or occurrence which would |
cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to institute proceedings under Title IV of |
ERISA to terminate any employee benefit plan(s); (iv) neither the Company nor any of its |
Subsidiaries has any fiduciary responsibility for investments with respect to any plan existing for |
the benefit of persons other than the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s employees; and (v) neither |
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has withdrawn, completely or partially, from any multi- |
employer pension plan so as to incur liability under the Multiemployer Pension Plan |
Amendments Act of 1980. |
5. Representations and Warranties of each Purchaser. Each Purchaser hereby |
represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to the Company as follows (such |
representations and warranties do not lessen or obviate the representations and warranties of the |
Company set forth in this Agreement): |
5.1 No Shorting. Neither such Purchaser nor any of its affiliates and |
investment partners has, nor will cause any person or entity, to directly engage in “short sales” of |
the Common Stock as long as any Note shall be outstanding. |
5.2 Requisite Power and Authority. Such Purchaser has all necessary power |
and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Agreement and |
the Related Agreements and to carry out their provisions. All corporate action on such |
Purchaser’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Agreement and the |
Related Agreements have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing. Upon their |
execution and delivery, this Agreement and the Related Agreements will be valid and binding |
obligations of such Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except: |
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(a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, |
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ |
rights; and |
(b) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the |
availability of equitable and legal remedies. |
5.3 Investment Representations. Such Purchaser understands that the |
Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the |
Securities Act based in part upon such Purchaser’s representations contained in this Agreement, |
including, without limitation, that such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning |
of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser confirms that it has received or has |
had full access to all the information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed |
investment decision with respect to the applicable Note and Warrant to be purchased by it under |
this Agreement and the Warrant Shares acquired by it upon the exercise of such Warrant, |
respectively. Such Purchaser further confirms that it has had an opportunity to ask questions and |
receive answers from the Company regarding the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, |
management and financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the Offering, the Notes, the |
Warrants and the Securities and to obtain additional information (to the extent the Company |
possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary |
to verify any information furnished to such Purchaser or to which such Purchaser had access. |
5.4 The Purchaser Bears Economic Risk. Such Purchaser has substantial |
experience in evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in |
companies similar to the Company so that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its |
investment in the Company and has the capacity to protect its own interests. Such Purchaser |
must bear the economic risk of this investment until the Securities are sold pursuant to: (i) an |
effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or (ii) an exemption from registration is |
available with respect to such sale. |
5.5 Acquisition for Own Account. Such Purchaser is acquiring the applicable |
Note and Warrant and the Warrant Shares for such Purchaser’s own account for investment only, |
and not as a nominee or agent and not with a view towards or for resale in connection with their distribution. |
5.6 The Purchaser Can Protect Its Interest. Such Purchaser represents that by |
reason of its, or of its management’s, business and financial experience, such Purchaser has the |
capacity to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the applicable Note, the Warrant and |
the Securities and to protect its own interests in connection with the transactions contemplated in |
this Agreement and the Related Agreements. Further, such Purchaser is aware of no publication |
of any advertisement in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Agreement or the |
Related Agreements. |
5.7 Accredited Investor. Such Purchaser represents that it is an accredited |
investor within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act. |
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5.8 Legends. |
(a) The applicable Note shall bear substantially the following legend: |
“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE |
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY |
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY |
NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR |
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE |
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER |
SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS |
OR (B) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.” |
(b) The applicable Warrant Shares, if not issued by DWAC system (as |
hereinafter defined), shall bear a legend which shall be in substantially the following |
form until such shares are covered by an effective registration statement filed with the |
SEC: |
“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE |
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES |
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE |
SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, |
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN |
THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION |
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT AND |
APPLICABLE STATE LAWS OR (B) AN EXEMPTION FROM |
SUCH REGISTRATION.” |
(c) The applicable Warrant shall bear substantially the following |
legend: |
“THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE |
UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN |
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS |
AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES |
LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES |
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT |
BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR |
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE |
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR |
THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER |
SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS |
OR (B) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.” |
6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each |
Creditor Party as follows: |
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6.1 Stop-Orders. The Company will, by written notice, advise the Agent, |
promptly after it receives notice of issuance by the SEC, any state securities commission or any |
other regulatory authority of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending any |
offering of any securities of the Company, or of the suspension of the qualification of the |
Common Stock of the Company for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any |
proceeding for any such purpose. |
6.2 Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing or quotation, as |
applicable, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants on the |
Principal Market upon which shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading, as |
applicable (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing or quotation, as |
applicable, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed or quoted, as |
applicable. The Company will maintain the listing or quotation, as applicable, of its Common |
Stock on the Principal Market, and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s |
reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the National Association of |
Securities Dealers (“NASD”) and such exchanges, as applicable. |
6.3 Market Regulations. The Company shall notify the SEC, NASD and |
applicable state authorities, in accordance with their requirements, of the transactions |
contemplated by this Agreement, and shall take all other necessary action and proceedings as |
may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation, for the legal and valid |
issuance of the applicable Securities to each Purchaser and promptly provide copies thereof to |
such Purchaser. |
6.4 Reporting Requirements. The Company will deliver, or cause to be |
delivered, to the Agent each of the following, which shall be in form and detail acceptable to the |
Agent: |
(a) As soon as available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after |
the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ |
audited financial statements with a report of independent registered accounting firm of |
recognized standing selected by the Company and acceptable to the Agent (the |
“Accountants”), which annual financial statements shall include the Company’s and each |
of its Subsidiaries’ balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year and the related |
statements of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ income, retained earnings and |
cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, prepared on a consolidated basis to include the |
Company, each Subsidiary of the Company and each of their respective affiliates, all in |
reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with (i) if and when |
available, copies of any management letters prepared by the Accountants; and (ii) a |
certificate of the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial |
Officer stating that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with |
GAAP and whether or not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of |
Default (as defined in each Note) and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with |
respect thereto; |
(b) As soon as available and in any event within forty five (45) days |
after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, an unaudited/internal balance sheet |
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and statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Company and each of |
its Subsidiaries as at the end of and for such quarter and for the year to date period then |
ended, prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include all the Company, |
each Subsidiary of the Company and each of their respective affiliates, in reasonable |
detail and stating in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and periods |
in the previous year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end |
adjustments and accompanied by a certificate of the Company’s President, Chief |
Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, stating (i) that such financial statements |
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and |
(ii) whether or not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default |
(as defined in each Note) not theretofore reported and remedied and, if so, stating in |
reasonable detail the facts with respect thereto; |
(c) As soon as available and in any event within twenty (20) days after |
the end of each calendar month, an unaudited/internal balance sheet and statements of |
income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the |
end of and for such month and for the year to date period then ended, prepared on a |
consolidating and consolidated basis to include the Company, each Subsidiary of the |
Company and each of their respective affiliates, in reasonable detail and stating in |
comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and periods in the previous year, |
all prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end adjustments and accompanied |
by a certificate of the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial |
Officer, stating (i) that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with |
GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and (ii) whether or not such officer has |
knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default (as defined in each Note) not |
theretofore reported and remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with |
respect thereto; |
(d) The Company shall timely file with the SEC all reports required to |
be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and refrain from terminating its status as an issuer |
required by the Exchange Act to file reports thereunder even if the Exchange Act or the |
rules or regulations thereunder would permit such termination. Promptly after (i) the |
filing thereof, copies of the Company’s most recent registration statements and annual, |
quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which the Company files with the SEC, and |
(ii) the issuance thereof, copies of such financial statements, reports and proxy statements |
as the Company shall send to its stockholders; and |
(e) The Company shall deliver, or cause the applicable Subsidiary of |
the Company to deliver, such other information as any Creditor Party shall reasonably |
request. |
6.5 Use of Funds. The Company shall use the proceeds of the sale of the |
Notes and the Warrants for general working capital purposes only (it being understood that |
$2,664,035.38 of the proceeds of the Notes will be deposited in the Restricted Account on the |
Closing Date and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Account |
Agreement and the Restricted Account Side Letter). |
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6.6 Access to Facilities. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries will |
permit any representatives designated by the Agent (or any successor of the Agent), upon |
reasonable notice and during normal business hours, at such person’s expense and accompanied |
by a representative of the Company or any Subsidiary (provided that no such prior notice shall be |
required to be given and no such representative of the Company or any Subsidiary shall be |
required to accompany the Agent, except in the case of access to switching facilities, in the event |
the Agent believes such access is necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral (as defined in the |
Master Security Agreement) or following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event |
of Default (as defined in each Note)), to: |
(a) visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries; |
(b) examine the corporate and financial records of the Company or any |
of its Subsidiaries (unless such examination is not permitted by federal, state or local law |
or by contract) and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and |
(c) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company or any of |
its Subsidiaries with the directors, officers and independent accountants of the Company |
or any of its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will provide any |
material, non-public information to any Creditor Party unless such Creditor Party signs a |
confidentiality agreement and otherwise complies with Regulation FD, under the federal |
securities laws. |
6.7 Taxes. |
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries will promptly pay and |
discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, when due and payable, all taxes, |
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the income, profits, |
property or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that any |
such tax, assessment, charge or levy need not be paid currently if (i) the validity thereof |
shall currently and diligently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) |
such tax, assessment, charge or levy shall have no effect on the lien priority of the Agent |
in any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) if the Company and/or |
such Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in |
accordance with GAAP; and provided, further, that the Company and its Subsidiaries will |
pay all such taxes, assessments, charges or levies forthwith upon the commencement of |
proceedings to foreclose any lien which may have attached as security therefor. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all state and local telecom taxes need only be paid in |
accordance with industry practices. |
(b) All payments made by the Company under this Agreement or any |
Note shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on |
account of, any present or future Taxes (as defined below) now or hereafter imposed, |
levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, other than |
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Excluded Taxes (as defined below). If any Non-Excluded Taxes (as defined below) or |
Other Taxes (as defined below) are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to |
any Creditor Party under this Agreement or any Note, the amounts so payable to such |
Creditor Party shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Creditor Party |
(after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, including those imposed on |
payments made pursuant to this paragraph (b) of this Section 6.7 or any such other |
amounts payable in this Agreement or any Note at the rates or in the amounts specified |
herein or therein), an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such |
withholding or deductions been made; provided, however, that no Company shall be |
required to increase any such amounts payable to any Creditor Party with respect to any |
Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Creditor Party’s failure to comply |
with the requirements of paragraph (e) of this Section 6.7 or (ii) that are United States |
withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Creditor Party at the time such |
Creditor Party becomes a party to Purchase Agreement, except to the extent that such |
Creditor Party’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive |
additional amounts from the Company with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes |
pursuant to this paragraph (b). |
(c) In addition, the Company shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant |
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. |
(d) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by |
the Company, as promptly as possible thereafter the Company shall send to the Agent for |
its own account or for the account of the relevant Purchaser, as the case may be, a |
certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Company showing payment |
thereof (or such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent). If the Company |
fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing |
authority or fails to remit to the Agent the required receipts or other required |
documentary evidence, the Company shall indemnify the Creditor Parties for any |
incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Creditor Party as |
a result of any such failure. |
(e) Each Purchaser (or its assignee) that is not a “United States |
Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Purchaser”) shall |
deliver to the Company and the Agent two completed originals of an appropriate U.S. |
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, as applicable, or any subsequent versions thereof or |
successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Purchaser. |
Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Purchaser on or before the date it |
becomes a party to this Agreement. In addition, each Non-U.S. Purchaser shall deliver |
such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously |
delivered by such Non-U.S. Purchaser. Each Non-U.S. Purchaser shall promptly notify |
the Company at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any |
previously delivered certificate to the Company (or any other form of certification |
adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other |
provision of this paragraph (e), a Non-U.S. Purchaser shall not be required to deliver any |
form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Purchaser is not legally able to |
deliver. |
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(f) The agreements in the preceding paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and |
this paragraph (f) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the |
Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder or thereunder or under any other Related |
Agreement. |
As used in this Section 6.7, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such |
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): |
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Creditor Party, taxes imposed on or |
measured by its overall net income and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, |
by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Creditor |
Party is incorporated or organized or by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) in |
which the principal place of management or applicable lending office of such Creditor Party is |
located. |
“Non-Excluded Taxes” means all Taxes other than (i) Excluded Taxes and (ii) Other |
Taxes. |
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any |
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made |
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this |
Agreement or any other Related Agreement. |
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, |
assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto. |
6.8 Insurance. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries will keep its assets |
which are of an insurable character insured by financially sound and reputable insurers against |
loss or damage by fire, explosion and other risks customarily insured against by companies in |
similar business similarly situated as the Company and its Subsidiaries; and the Company and its |
Subsidiaries will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance against other |
hazards and risks and liability to persons and property to the extent and in the manner which the |
Company reasonably believes is customary for companies in similar business similarly situated |
as the Company and its Subsidiaries and to the extent available on commercially reasonable |
terms. The Company, and each of its Subsidiaries, will jointly and severally bear the full risk of |
loss from any loss of any nature whatsoever with respect to the assets pledged to the Purchaser as |
security for their respective obligations hereunder and under the Related Agreements. At the |
Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ joint and several cost and expense in amounts and with |
carriers reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries |
shall (i) keep all its insurable properties and properties in which it has an interest insured against |
the hazards of fire, flood, sprinkler leakage, those hazards covered by extended coverage |
insurance and such other hazards, and for such amounts, as is customary in the case of |
companies engaged in businesses similar to the Company’s or the respective Subsidiary’s |
including business interruption insurance; (ii) maintain a bond in such amounts as is customary |
in the case of companies engaged in businesses similar to the Company’s or the respective |
Subsidiary’s insuring against larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation of |
insured’s officers and employees who may either singly or jointly with others at any time have |
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access to the assets or funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries either directly or through |
governmental authority to draw upon such funds or to direct generally the disposition of such |
assets; (iii) maintain public and product liability insurance against claims for personal injury, |
death or property damage suffered by others; (iv) maintain all such worker’s compensation or |
similar insurance as may be required under the laws of any state or jurisdiction in which the |
Company or the respective Subsidiary is engaged in business; and (v) furnish the Purchaser with |
(x) copies of all policies and evidence of the maintenance of such policies at least thirty (30) |
days before any expiration date, (y) excepting the Company’s workers’ compensation policy, |
endorsements to such policies naming the Purchaser as “co-insured” or “additional insured” and |
appropriate loss payable endorsements in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, |
naming the Purchaser as loss payee, and (z) evidence that as to the Purchaser the insurance |
coverage shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of the Company or any |
Subsidiary and the insurer will provide the Purchaser with at least thirty (30) days notice prior to |
cancellation. The Company and each Subsidiary shall instruct the insurance carriers that in the |
event of any loss thereunder, the carriers shall make payment for such loss to the Company |
and/or the Subsidiary and the Purchaser jointly. In the event that as of the date of receipt of each |
loss recovery upon any such insurance, the Purchaser has not declared an event of default with |
respect to this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements, then the Company and/or such |
Subsidiary shall be permitted to direct the application of such loss recovery proceeds toward |
investment in property, plant and equipment that would comprise “Collateral” secured by the |
Purchaser’s security interest pursuant to the Master Security Agreement or such other security |
agreement as shall be required by the Purchaser, with any surplus funds to be applied toward |
payment of the obligations of the Company to the Purchaser. In the event that the Purchaser has |
properly declared an event of default with respect to this Agreement or any of the Related |
Agreements, then all loss recoveries received by the Purchaser upon any such insurance |
thereafter may be applied to the obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Related |
Agreements, in such order as the Purchaser may determine. Any surplus (following satisfaction |
of all Company obligations to the Purchaser) shall be paid by the Purchaser to the Company or |
applied as may be otherwise required by law. Any deficiency thereon shall be paid by the |
Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Purchaser, on demand. |
6.9 Intellectual Property. |
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall maintain in full |
force and effect its existence, rights and franchises and all licenses and other rights to |
own or use Intellectual Property including registrations and applications therefore, that |
are necessary to the conduct of its business, as now conducted or as presently proposed to |
be conducted, and shall not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any of such |
Intellectual Property may lapse, or become abandoned, dedicated to the public, or |
unenforceable, or the Lien therein in favor of the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the |
Creditor Parties, would be adversely affected, |
(b) The Company shall report to the Agent (i) the filing by the |
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any application to register a Copyright no later |
than ten (10) days after such filing occurs (ii) the filing of any application to register any |
other Intellectual Property with any other Intellectual Property registry, and the issuance |
thereof, no later than thirty (30) days after such filing or issuance occurs and, in each |
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case, shall, simultaneously with such report, deliver to the Agent fully-executed |
documents required to acknowledge, confirm, register, record or perfect the Lien in such |
Intellectual Property. In addition, the Company and its Subsidiaries hereby authorize the |
Agent to modify this Agreement by amending Schedule 4.10 to include any registrations |
or applications for Intellectual Property inadvertently omitted from such Schedule or |
filed, registered, acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof |
and agree to cooperate with the Agent in effecting any such amendment to include any |
new item of Intellectual Property included in the Collateral. |
(c) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, |
promptly upon the reasonable request of the Agent, execute and deliver to the Agent any |
document or instrument required to acknowledge, confirm, register, record, or perfect the |
Lien of the Agent in any part of the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its |
Subsidiaries. |
(d) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries |
to, sell, assign, transfer, license, grant any option, or create or suffer to exist any Lien |
upon or with respect to Intellectual Property, except for the Permitted Encumbrances or |
with the written consent of the Agent. |
6.10 Properties. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries will keep its |
properties in good repair, working order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and |
from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and |
improvements thereto; and each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries will at all times |
comply with each provision of all leases to which it is a party or under which it occupies |
property if the breach of such provision could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably |
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
6.11 Confidentiality. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its |
Subsidiaries to, disclose, and will not include in any public announcement, the name of any |
Creditor Party, unless expressly agreed to by such Creditor Party or unless and until such |
disclosure is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the extent of such |
requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company may disclose any Creditor Party’s |
identity and the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements to its current and |
prospective debt and equity financing sources, and (ii) the Company (and each employee, |
representative, or other agent of the Company) may disclose to any and all Persons, without |
limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and any facts that may be relevant to the tax structure of |
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements and the |
agreements referred to therein; provided, however, that the Company (and no employee, |
representative or other agent of the Company) disclose pursuant to this clause (ii) any other |
information that is not relevant to understanding the tax treatment or tax structure of such |
transactions (including the identity of any party or any information that could lead another to |
determine the identity of any party); and, provided, further, that the Company will not, and will |
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, disclose any information to the extent that such disclosure |
could reasonably be expected to result in a violation of any U.S. federal or state securities law or |
similar law of another jurisdiction. Each Creditor Party shall be permitted to discuss, distribute |
or otherwise transfer any non-public information of the Company and its Subsidiaries in such |
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Creditor Party’s possession now or in the future to potential or actual (i) direct or indirect |
investors in such Creditor Party and (ii) third party assignees or transferees of all or a portion of |
the obligations of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries hereunder and under the Related |
Agreements, provided, that such entities who receive such non-public information shall be bound |
by the same confidentiality requirements imposed on the Creditor Parties by the terms of this |
Agreement and the Related Agreements. |
6.12 Required Approvals. (I) The Company, without the prior written consent |
of the Agent, shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to: |
(a) (i) directly or indirectly declare or pay any dividends, other than |
dividends paid to the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, (ii) issue any |
preferred stock that is mandatorily redeemable prior to the one year anniversary of the |
Maturity Date (as defined in each Note) or (iii) redeem any of its preferred stock or other |
equity interests; |
(b) liquidate, dissolve or effect a material reorganization (it being |
understood that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries dissolve, |
liquidate or merge with any other person or entity (unless, in the case of such a merger, |
the Company or, in the case of merger not involving the Company, such Subsidiary, as |
applicable, is the surviving entity); |
(c) become subject to (including, without limitation, by way of |
amendment to or modification of) any agreement or instrument which by its terms would |
(under any circumstances) restrict the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries, right to |
perform the provisions of this Agreement, any Related Agreement or any of the |
agreements contemplated hereby or thereby; |
(d) materially alter or change the scope of the business of the |
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or |
(e) (i) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness |
(exclusive of trade debt and debt incurred to finance the purchase of equipment (not in |
excess of five percent (5%) of the fair market value of the Company’s and its |
Subsidiaries’ assets; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, capitalized leases |
and/or financing to purchase equipment in connection with the Company’s Voice Over IP |
Point-of-Presence system shall be permitted to the extent not in excess of, when |
aggregated with all other debt incurred to finance the purchase of equipment, twenty-five |
percent (25%) of the fair market value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets)) |
whether secured or unsecured other than (x) the Company’s obligations owed to each |
Purchaser, (y) indebtedness set forth on Schedule 6.12(e) attached hereto and made a part |
hereof and any refinancings or replacements thereof on terms no less favorable to the |
Purchasers than the indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, and (z) any indebtedness |
incurred in connection with the purchase of assets (other than equipment) in the ordinary |
course of business, or any refinancings or replacements thereof on terms no less favorable |
to the Purchasers than the indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, so long as any lien |
relating thereto shall only encumber the fixed assets so purchased and no other assets of |
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the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) cancel any indebtedness owing to it in excess |
of $50,000 in the aggregate during any twelve (12) month period; (iii) assume, guarantee, |
endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with any |
obligations of any other person or entity, except the endorsement of negotiable |
instruments by the Company or any Issuer Party for deposit or collection or similar |
transactions in the ordinary course of business or guarantees of indebtedness otherwise |
permitted to be outstanding pursuant to this clause (e); (iv) make any payment or |
distribution in respect of any subordinated indebtedness of the Company or its |
Subsidiaries in violation of any subordination or other agreement made in favor of any |
Creditor Party; and (v) except as set forth on Schedule 6.12(e), make any optional |
payment or prepayment on or redemption (including, without limitation, by making |
payments to a sinking fund or analogous fund) or repurchase of any indebtedness for |
borrowed money other than indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement; |
(f) purchase or hold beneficially any Stock or other securities or |
evidences of indebtedness of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make |
any investment or acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person, including any |
partnership or joint venture, except (x) travel advances, (y) loans to its and its |
Subsidiaries’ officers and employees not exceeding at any one time an aggregate of |
$10,000, and (z) loans or advances to any Issuer Parties (as used herein, “Stock” means |
all certificated and uncertificated shares, options, warrants, membership interests, general |
or limited partnership interests, participation or other equivalents (regardless of how |
designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent |
entity whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any |
other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and |
Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act); |
(g) enter into any transaction with any employee, director or Affiliate, |
except in the ordinary course on arms-length terms (as used herein (x) “Affiliate” means, |
with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly |
or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such |
Person or (b) any other Person who is a director or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any |
Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For the |
purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power (direct or indirect) to |
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by |
contract or otherwise and (y) “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, |
partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, |
association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, |
entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, |
including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof), and shall |
include such Person’s successors and assigns); |
(h) permit any Inactive Subsidiary to hold significant assets or |
liabilities (other than in respect of AVI Holdings, capitalized lease obligations not to |
exceed $35,000, and in respect of Line One, liabilities not to exceed $50,000) or engage |
in any business activities; and |
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(i) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or |
assets, or any of the properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, except for (1) sales, leases, |
transfer or dispositions by any Issuer Party to any other Issuer Party, (2) the sale of |
Inventory (as defined in the Master Security Agreement) in the ordinary course of |
business and (3) the disposition or transfer in the ordinary course of business during any |
fiscal year of obsolete and worn-out Equipment (as defined in the Master Security |
Agreement) and only to the extent that (x) the proceeds of any such disposition are used |
to acquire replacement Equipment which is subject to the Purchaser’s first priority |
security interest or are used to repay the Purchaser or to pay general corporate expenses, |
or (y) following the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) which |
continues to exist, the proceeds of which are remitted to the Purchaser to be held as cash |
collateral for the Obligations (as defined in the Master Security Agreement). |
(II) The Company, without the prior written consent of the Agent, shall not, and shall not |
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or acquire any Subsidiary after the date hereof unless (i) |
such Subsidiary is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) such Subsidiary becomes |
a party to (A) the Master Security Agreement and the Stock Pledge Agreement (either by |
executing a counterpart thereof or an assumption or joinder agreement in respect thereof); (B) a |
Subsidiary Guaranty in favor of the Purchasers in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent |
and (c) to the extent required by the Agent, satisfies each condition of this Agreement and the |
Related Agreements as if such Subsidiary were a Subsidiary on the Closing Date. |
6.13 Reissuance of Securities. The Company agrees to reissue certificates |
representing the Securities without the legends set forth in Section 5.8 above at such time as: |
(a) the holder thereof is permitted to dispose of such Securities |
pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act; or |
(b) upon resale subject to an effective registration statement after such |
Securities are registered under the Securities Act. |
The Company agrees to cooperate with the Purchasers in connection with all resales pursuant to |
Rule 144(d) and Rule 144(k) and provide legal opinions necessary to allow such resales provided |
the Company and its counsel receive reasonably requested representations from the applicable |
Purchasers and broker, if any. |
6.14 Opinion. On the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Creditor |
Parties an opinion substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto acceptable to the Agent from the |
Company’s external legal counsel. The Company will provide, at the Company’s expense, such |
other legal opinions in the future as are deemed reasonably necessary by the Agent (and |
acceptable to the Agent) in connection with the exercise of the any Warrant. |
6.15 Margin Stock. The Company will not permit any of the proceeds of the |
Notes or the Warrants to be used directly or indirectly to “purchase” or “carry” “margin stock” or |
to repay indebtedness incurred to “purchase” or “carry” “margin stock” within the respective |
meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the |
Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect. |
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6.16 FIRPTA. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, is a “United |
States real property holding corporation” as such term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the |
Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2 promulgated thereunder and neither the Company |
nor any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time take any action or otherwise acquire any interest in |
any asset or property to the extent the effect of which shall cause the Company and/or such |
Subsidiary, as the case may be, to be a “United States real property holding corporation” as such |
term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2 |
promulgated thereunder. |
6.17 Restricted Cash Disclosure. The Company agrees that, in connection with |
its filing of its 8-K Report with the SEC concerning the transactions contemplated by this |
Agreement and the Related Agreements (such report, the “Transaction 8-K”) in a timely manner |
after the date hereof, it will disclose in such Transaction 8-K the amount of the proceeds of the |
Notes issued to the Purchasers that has been placed in a restricted cash account and is subject to |
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Related Agreements. Furthermore, the |
Company agrees to disclose in all public filings required by the SEC (where appropriate) |
following the filing of the Transaction 8-K, the existence of the restricted cash referred to in the |
immediately preceding sentence, together with the amount thereof. |
6.18 No Restrictions on Additional Financing. The Company will not, and will |
not permit its Subsidiaries to, agree, directly or indirectly, to any restriction with any person or |
entity which limits the ability of the Purchaser to extend any additional indebtedness to the |
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and/or the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries |
to sell or issue any equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Purchaser. |
6.19 Authorization and Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times |
have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the |
exercise of the Warrant A-1 and B-1 by each applicable Purchaser. No later than June 30, 2008, |
the Company shall at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of |
Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the Warrant A-0, X-0, X-0 xnd B-3 by each |
applicable Purchaser. |
6.20 Intentionally Omitted. |
6.21 Board Observation Rights. Until such time as all Obligations (as defined |
in the Master Security Agreement) have been indefeasibly paid in full, the Purchasers will be |
entitled to the following board observation rights (“Board Observation Rights”): the Company |
shall, upon the request of the Agent, permit one representative of the Purchasers to attend all |
meetings of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) in a non-voting |
observer capacity, which observation right shall include the ability to observe discussions of the |
Board of Directors, and shall provide such representative with copies of all notices, minutes, |
written consents, and other materials that it provides to members of the Board of Directors, at the |
time it provides them to such members. The observation right may be exercised in person or via |
telephone or videophone participation. Each Purchaser agrees, on behalf of itself and any |
representative exercising the observation rights set forth herein, that so long as it shall exercise |
its observation right (i) it shall hold in strict confidence pursuant to a confidentiality and non- |
disclosure agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to each Purchaser) all information and |
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materials that it may receive or be given access to in connection with meetings of the Board of |
Directors and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided (provided |
that this shall not limit its ability to discuss such matters with its officers, directors or legal |
counsel, as necessary), and (ii) the Board of Directors may withhold from it certain information |
or material furnished or made available to the Board of Directors or exclude it from certain |
confidential “closed sessions” of the Board of Directors if the furnishing or availability of such |
information or material or its presence at such “closed sessions” would jeopardize such |
Company’s attorney-client privilege or if the Board of Directors otherwise reasonably so |
requires. The Board Observation Rights set forth in this Section shall automatically terminate |
and be of no further force or effect upon the indefeasibly payment in full of all Obligations (as |
defined in the Master Security Agreement). |
6.22 Share Increase. |
(a) No later than June 30, 2008, the Company shall deliver to the |
Agent evidence of the filing of a Proxy Statement with respect to an increase in the |
Company’s authorized common stock to an aggregate amount of not less than |
250,000,000. |
(b) No later than June 30, 2008, the Company shall deliver to the |
Agent evidence that the Company's Certificate of Incorporation has been amended to |
increase the authorized Common Stock to an aggregate amount of not less than |
250,000,000. |
7. Covenants of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser covenants and agrees with the |
Company as follows: |
7.1 Confidentiality. No Purchaser will disclose, nor will it include in any |
public announcement, the name of the Company, unless expressly agreed to by the Company or |
unless and until such disclosure is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the |
extent of such requirement. |
7.2 Non-Public Information. No Purchaser will effect any sales in the shares |
of the Common Stock while in possession of material, non-public information regarding the |
Company if such sales would violate applicable securities law. |
7.3 Limitation on Acquisition of Common Stock of the Company. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Related Agreement |
or any document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection with any other transactions |
with a Purchaser and the Company, no Purchaser (and/or Subsidiaries or Affiliates of such |
Purchaser) may acquire stock in the Company (including, without limitation, pursuant to a |
contract to purchase, by exercising an option or warrant, by converting any other security or |
instrument, by acquiring or exercising any other right to acquire, shares of stock or other security |
convertible into shares of stock in the Company, or otherwise, and such contracts, options, |
warrants, conversion or other rights shall not be enforceable or exercisable) to the extent such |
stock acquisition would cause any interest (including any original issue discount) payable by the |
Company to a Non-U.S. Purchaser not to qualify as “portfolio interest” within the meaning of |
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Section 871(h)(2) or Section 881(c)(2) of the Code, by reason of Section 871(h)(3) or Section |
881(c)(3) of the Code, as applicable, taking into account the constructive ownership rules under |
Section 871(h)(3)(C) of the Code (the “Stock Acquisition Limitation”). The Stock Acquisition |
Limitation shall automatically become null and void without any notice to the Company upon the |
earlier to occur of either (a) the Company’s delivery to the Purchaser of a Notice of Redemption |
(as defined in the Note) or (b) the existence of an Event of Default (as defined in each Note) at a |
time when the average closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on |
the Principal Market for the immediately preceding five trading days is greater than or equal to |
150% of the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant). |
8. Covenants of the Company and the Purchasers Regarding Indemnification. |
8.1 Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify, hold |
harmless, reimburse and defend each Creditor Party, each of such Creditor Party’s officers, |
directors, agents, affiliates, control persons, and principal shareholders, against all claims, costs, |
expenses, liabilities, obligations, losses or damages (including reasonable legal fees) of any |
nature, incurred by or imposed upon such Creditor Party which result, arise out of or are based |
upon: (i) any misrepresentation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or breach of any |
warranty by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in this Agreement, any other Related |
Agreement or in any exhibits or schedules attached hereto or thereto; or (ii) any breach or default |
in performance by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any covenant or undertaking to be |
performed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries hereunder, under any other Related Agreement |
or any other agreement entered into by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and such |
Creditor Party relating hereto or thereto. |
8.2 Purchaser Indemnification. Each Creditor Party agrees to indemnify, hold |
harmless, reimburse and defend the Company and each of the Company’s officers, directors, |
agents, affiliates, control persons and principal shareholders, at all times against any claims, |
costs, expenses, liabilities, obligations, losses or damages (including reasonable legal fees) of |
any nature, incurred by or imposed upon the Company which result, arise out of or are based |
upon: (i) any misrepresentation by such Creditor Party or breach of any warranty by such |
Creditor Party in this Agreement or in any exhibits or schedules attached hereto or any Related |
Agreement; or (ii) any breach or default in performance by such Creditor Party of any covenant |
or undertaking to be performed by such Creditor Party hereunder, or any other agreement entered |
into by the Company and such Creditor Party relating hereto. |
9. Exercise of Warrant; Cancellation of Warrant. |
9.1 Mechanics of Exercise. Provided the Warrant Shares are included in an |
effective registration statement or are otherwise exempt from registration when sold, |
(a) Provided such Purchaser has notified the Company of such |
Purchaser’s intention to sell: (i) upon the exercise of the applicable Warrant or part |
thereof, the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all necessary action |
(including the issuance of an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser |
following a request by such Purchaser) to assure that the Company’s transfer agent shall |
issue shares of the Common Stock in the name of such Purchaser (or its nominee) or such |
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other Persons as designated by such Purchaser in accordance with Section 9.1(b) hereof |
and in such denominations to be specified representing the number of Warrant Shares |
issuable upon such exercise; and (ii) the Company warrants that no instructions other |
than these instructions have been or will be given to the transfer agent of the Common |
Stock and that the applicable Warrant Shares issued will be freely transferable, subject to |
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act if the Warrant Shares are |
included in an effective registration statement and the provisions of this Agreement, and |
will not contain a legend restricting the resale or transferability of the Warrant Shares. |
(b) Such Purchaser will give notice of its decision to exercise its right |
to exercise the applicable Warrant or part thereof by telecopying or otherwise delivering |
an executed and completed notice of the number of shares to be exercised to the |
Company (the “Form of Subscription”) and by either remitting payment to the Company |
for the purchase of the Warrant Shares or electing the cashless exercise provisions of the |
applicable Warrant. Such Purchaser will not be required to surrender the applicable |
Warrant until such Purchaser receives a credit to the account of the Purchaser’s prime |
broker through the DWAC system (as defined below), representing all the Warrant |
Shares issuable under the Warrant. Each date on which a Form of Subscription is |
telecopied or delivered to the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be |
deemed an “Exercise Date.” Pursuant to the terms of the Form of Subscription, the |
Company will issue instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of |
counsel within one (1) business day of the date of the delivery to the Company of the |
Form of Subscription and shall cause the transfer agent to transmit the certificates |
representing the Warrant Shares set forth in the applicable Form of Subscription to the |
Holder by crediting the account of such Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository |
Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) |
system within three (3) business days after receipt by the Company of the Form of |
Subscription (the “Delivery Date”). |
(c) The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the |
Warrant Shares in the form required pursuant to Section 9 hereof beyond the Delivery |
Date could result in economic loss to such Purchaser. In the event that the Company fails |
to direct its transfer agent to deliver the applicable Warrant Shares to such Purchaser via |
the DWAC system within the time frame set forth in Section 9.1(b) above and the |
applicable Warrant Shares are not delivered to such Purchaser by the Delivery Date, as |
compensation to such Purchaser for such loss, the Company agrees to pay late payments |
to such Purchaser for late issuance of the applicable Warrant Shares in the form required |
pursuant to Section 9 hereof upon exercise of the applicable Warrant in the amount equal |
to the greater of: (i) $500 per business day after the Delivery Date; or (ii) such |
Purchaser’s actual damages from such delayed delivery. The Company shall pay any |
payments incurred under this Section in immediately available funds upon demand and, |
in the case of actual damages, accompanied by reasonable documentation of the amount |
of such damages. Such documentation shall show the number of shares of Common |
Stock such Purchaser is forced to purchase (in an open market transaction) which such |
Purchaser anticipated receiving upon such exercise, and shall be calculated as the amount |
by which (A) such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including customary brokerage |
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (B) the |
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aggregate exercise price of the applicable Warrant, for which such Form of Subscription |
was not timely honored. |
9.2 Warrant Cancellations. |
(a) If the Company’s Operating Cash Flow (as defined below) for any |
two (2) consecutive months during the thirteen (13) month period following the Closing |
Date is greater than $0 (as reflected in the Company’s financial statements delivered in |
accordance with Section 6.4), then Warrants A-2 and B-2 (as more fully described on |
Schedule II) shall automatically, and without the requirement of any further action by any |
party, be cancelled and terminated. |
(b) If, prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the |
Company repays the Obligations, then both Warrants A-3 and B-3 (as more fully |
described on Schedule II) shall automatically, and without the requirement of any further |
action by any party, be cancelled and terminated. |
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Operating Cash Flow” shall |
mean net cash flow from operations according to GAAP as it appears on the Company's |
cash flow statement delivered to Agent in accordance with Section 6.4. |
(d) Upon cancellation of any Warrant, the Purchaser then holding such |
Warrants shall cause the original of such Warrants to be returned to the Company. |
10. Offering Restrictions. Except as previously disclosed in the SEC Reports or in |
the Exchange Act Filings, or stock or stock options granted to employees or directors of the |
Company (these exceptions hereinafter referred to as the “Excepted Issuances”), neither the |
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, prior to the full exercise by the Purchasers of the |
Warrants, (x) enter into any equity line of credit agreement or similar agreement or (y) issue, or |
enter into any agreement to issue, any securities with a variable/floating conversion and/or |
pricing feature which are or could be (by conversion or registration) free-trading securities (i.e. |
common stock subject to a registration statement). |
11. Miscellaneous. |
11.1 Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial. |
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER RELATED |
AGREEMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED |
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK |
APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, |
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. |
(b) THE COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT |
THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW |
YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO |
HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE |
COMPANY, ON THE ONE HAND, AND ANY CREDITOR PARTY, ON THE |
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OTHER HAND, PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE |
RELATED AGREEMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR |
RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER RELATED |
AGREEMENTS; PROVIDED, THAT EACH CREDITOR PARTY AND THE |
COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS |
MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY |
OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK; AND FURTHER PROVIDED, THAT, |
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO |
PRECLUDE ANY CREDITOR PARTY FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING |
OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO COLLECT THE |
OBLIGATIONS, TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL (AS DEFINED IN THE |
MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT) OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE |
OBLIGATIONS (AS DEFINED IN THE MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT), OR |
TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF ANY |
CREDITOR PARTY. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS |
IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT |
COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES |
ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL |
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS. THE |
COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, |
COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT |
AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER |
PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED |
TO THE COMPANY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.8 AND |
THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE |
EARLIER OF THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) |
DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID. |
(c) THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE |
RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, |
TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL |
SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHTS |
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO |
RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR |
OTHERWISE BETWEEN ANY CREDITOR PARTY AND/OR THE COMPANY |
ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE |
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS |
AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER RELATED AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS |
RELATED HERETO OR THERETO. |
11.2 Severability. Wherever possible each provision of this Agreement and the |
Related Agreements shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under |
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or any Related Agreement shall be |
prohibited by or invalid or illegal under applicable law such provision shall be ineffective to the |
extent of such prohibition or invalidity or illegality, without invalidating the remainder of such |
provision or the remaining provisions thereof which shall not in any way be affected or impaired |
thereby. |
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11.3 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements |
made herein shall survive any investigation made by any Creditor Party and the closing of the |
transactions contemplated hereby to the extent provided therein. All statements as to factual |
matters contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company |
pursuant hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be |
representations and warranties by the Company hereunder solely as of the date of such certificate |
or instrument. All indemnities set forth herein shall survive the execution, delivery and |
termination of this Agreement and the Notes and the making and repayment of the obligations |
arising hereunder, under the Notes and under the other Related Agreements. |
11.4 Successors. |
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions |
hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, heirs, executors |
and administrators of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of and be |
enforceable by each person or entity which shall be a holder of the Securities from time |
to time, other than the holders of Common Stock which has been sold by any Purchaser |
pursuant to Rule 144 or an effective registration statement. Each Purchaser may assign |
any or all of the Obligations to any Person and, subject to acceptance and recordation |
thereof by the Agent pursuant to Section 11.4(b) and receipt by the Agent of a copy of the |
agreement or instrument pursuant to which such assignment is made (each such |
agreement or instrument, an “Assignment Agreement”), any such assignee shall succeed |
to all of such Purchaser’s rights with respect thereto; provided that no Purchaser shall be |
permitted to assign its rights hereunder or under any Related Agreement to a competitor |
of the Company unless an Event of Default (as defined in each Note) has occurred and is |
continuing. Upon such assignment, such Purchaser shall be released from all |
responsibility for the Collateral (as defined in the Master Security Agreement, the Stock |
Pledge Agreement and each other security agreement, mortgage, cash collateral deposit |
letter, pledge and other agreements which are executed by the Company or any of its |
Subsidiaries in favor of any Creditor Party) to the extent same is assigned to any |
transferee. Each Purchaser may from time to time sell or otherwise grant participations |
in any of the Obligations (as defined in the Master Security Agreement) and the holder of |
any such participation shall, subject to the terms of any agreement between such |
Purchaser and such holder, be entitled to the same benefits as such Purchaser with respect |
to any security for the Obligations (as defined in the Master Security Agreement) in |
which such holder is a participant. The Company agrees that each such holder may |
exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, set-off and counterclaim with respect to its |
participation in the Obligations (as defined in the Master Security Agreement) as fully as |
though the Company were directly indebted to such holder in the amount of such |
participation. The Company may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder |
without the prior written consent of the Agent. All of the terms, conditions, promises, |
covenants, provisions and warranties of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each |
of the undersigned, and shall bind the representatives, successors and permitted assigns of |
the Company. |
(b) The Agent shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, for this |
purpose only as agent of the Company, (i) a copy of each Assignment Agreement |
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delivered to it and (ii) a registry within the meaning of US Treasury Regulation Section |
15f.103-1(c) (the “Register”), in which it will register the name and address of each |
Purchaser and the name and address of each assignee of each Purchaser under this |
Agreement, and the principal amount of the Notes owing to each such Purchase pursuant |
to the terms hereof and each Assignment Agreement. The Company and each Creditor |
Party shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Purchaser |
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Purchaser hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, |
notwithstanding notice to the contrary or any notation of ownership or other writing or |
any Note. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company or any |
Purchaser, at any reasonable time and from time to time, upon reasonable prior notice. |
11.5 Entire Agreement; Maximum Interest. This Agreement, the Related |
Agreements, the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto and the other documents delivered |
pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties |
with regard to the subjects hereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other in any |
manner by any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set |
forth herein and therein. Nothing contained in this Agreement, any Related Agreement or in any |
document referred to herein or delivered in connection herewith shall be deemed to establish or |
require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum rate |
permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest or dividends required to be paid |
or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum rate permitted by such law, any payments in |
excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the |
Purchasers and thus refunded to the Company. |
11.6 Amendment and Waiver. |
(a) This Agreement may be amended or modified only upon the |
written consent of the Company and the Agent. |
(b) The obligations of the Company and the rights of the Creditor |
Parties under this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the Agent. |
(c) The obligations of the Creditor Parties and the rights of the |
Company under this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the |
Company. |
11.7 Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise |
any right, power or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by |
another party under this Agreement or the Related Agreements, shall impair any such right, |
power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or |
noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach, default or |
noncompliance thereafter occurring. All remedies, either under this Agreement or the Related |
Agreements, by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative. |
11.8 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing |
and shall be deemed effectively given: |
(a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; |
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(b) when sent by confirmed facsimile if sent during normal business | ||||
hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day; | ||||
(c) three (3) business days after having been sent by registered or | ||||
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or | ||||
(d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight | ||||
courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. | ||||
All communications shall be sent as follows: | ||||
If to the Company, to: | eLEC Communications Corp. | |||
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
with a copy to: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP | |||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
If to the Agent, to: | LV Administrative Services, Inc. | |||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000 | ||||
with a copy to: | Loeb & Loeb, LLP | |||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq. | ||||
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000 | ||||
If to a Purchaser: | To the address indicated under its signature | |||
on the signature pages hereto | ||||
or at such other address as the Company or the applicable Creditor Party may designate by | ||||
written notice to the other parties hereto given in accordance herewith. | ||||
11.9 Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any suit or action is instituted to enforce | ||||
any provision in this Agreement or any Related Agreement, the prevailing party in such dispute | ||||
shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any | ||||
right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Agreement and/or such Related | ||||
Agreement, including, without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and | ||||
accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of appeals. | ||||
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11.10 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this |
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this |
Agreement. |
11.11 Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by |
facsimile signatures and in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all |
of which together shall constitute one agreement. |
11.12 Broker’s Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 11.12 hereof, each party |
hereto represents and warrants that no agent, broker, investment banker, person or firm acting on |
behalf of or under the authority of such party hereto is or will be entitled to any broker’s or |
finder’s fee or any other commission directly or indirectly in connection with the transactions |
contemplated herein. Each party hereto further agrees to indemnify each other party for any |
claims, losses or expenses incurred by such other party as a result of the representation in this |
Section 11.12 being untrue. |
11.13 Construction. Each party acknowledges that its legal counsel participated |
in the preparation of this Agreement and the Related Agreements and, therefore, stipulates that |
the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be |
applied in the interpretation of this Agreement or any Related Agreement to favor any party |
against the other. |
11.14 Agency. Each Purchaser has pursuant to an Administrative and Collateral |
Agency Agreement designated and appointed the Agent as the administrative and collateral agent |
of such Purchaser under this Agreement and the Related Agreements. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the SECURITIES | ||||||
PURCHASE AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof. | ||||||
COMPANY: | PURCHASER: | |||||
eLEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | CALLIOPE CAPITAL CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | Name: Xxx Xxxxx | |||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | Title: Senior Managing Director | |||||
AGENT: | PURCHASER: | |||||
LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., | VALENS OFFSHORE SPV II. CORP. | |||||
as Agent | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxx Xxxxx | Name: Xxx Xxxxx | |||||
Title: Senior Managing Director | Title: Authorized Signatory |