Exhibit 99.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 19, 2006 among
Silverstar Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda corporation (the
“Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto
(each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and
collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section
4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser,
and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company,
securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a)
capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such
terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the
meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
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“Action”shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
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“Affiliate”means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or
is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any
investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same
investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
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“Closing”means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
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“Closing
Date” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
(i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.
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“Closing
Price” means on any particular date (a) the last reported closing bid price
per share of Common Stock on such date on the Trading Market (as reported by
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Bloomberg
L.P. at 4:15 PM (New York time), or (b) if there is no such price on such date, then the
closing bid price on the Trading Market or the OTC Bulletin Board on the date nearest
preceding such date (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. at 4:15 PM (New York time) for the
closing bid price for regular session trading on such day), or (c) if the Common
Stock is not then listed or quoted on the Trading Market and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported in the “pink sheets” published by the Pink Sheets, LLC
(or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the
most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) if the shares
of Common Stock are not then publicly traded the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock as determined by a qualified independent appraiser selected in good faith by the
Purchasers of a majority in interest of the then outstanding Debentures. |
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“Commission”means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter have been reclassified
or changed into.
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“Common
Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which
would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that
is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles
the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
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“Company
Counsel” means Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP.
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“Conversion
Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.
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“Debentures”
means, the Variable Rate Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein,
October 31, 2008, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of
Exhibit A.
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“Disclosure
Schedules” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
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“Effective
Date” means the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
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“Evaluation
Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
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“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Exempt
Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to
employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan
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duly
adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company
or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such
purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities
issued hereunder and/or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into
shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that
such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the
number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion price of any
such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic
transactions, provided any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or
through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business
of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of
funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities
primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
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“FWS”means
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP with offices located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
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“GAAP”shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
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“Intellectual
Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
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“Legend
Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
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“Liens”
means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive
right or other restriction.
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“Material
Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
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“Material
Permits”shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
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“Maximum
Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
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“Participation
Maximum” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
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“Person”
means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or
an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
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“Pre-Notice”shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
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“Proceeding”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
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“Prior
Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
October 21, 2005, by and among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
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“Purchaser
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.11.
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“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof,
among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
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“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each
Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
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“Required
Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
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“Required
Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion in full of
all Debentures, ignoring any conversion limits set forth therein, and assuming that the
Conversion Price is at all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then
Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.
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“Rule
144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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“SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
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“Securities”means
the Debentures and the Underlying Shares.
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“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Shareholder
Approval” means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and
regulations of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (or any successor entity) from the shareholders
of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
including the issuance of all of the Underlying Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued
and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing Date.
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“Short
Sales” shall include all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.
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“Subscription
Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for
Debentures purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the
signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount”,
in United States Dollars and in immediately available funds.
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“Subsequent
Financing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
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“Subsequent
Financing Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
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“Subsidiary” means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).
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“Trading
Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
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“Trading
Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the
American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market.
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“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Registration Rights
Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
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“Underlying
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of
the Debentures.
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“VWAP”
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding
date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported
by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02
p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in
the “Pink Sheets” published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization
or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market
value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in
good faith by the Purchasers and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties
hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase in the
aggregate, severally and not jointly, up to $1,400,000 principal amount of the
Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or a certified
check immediately available funds equal to their Subscription Amount and the Company
shall deliver to each Purchaser their respective Debenture and the other items set forth
in Section 2.2 issuable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of FWS, or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2
Deliveries.
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(a)
On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Purchaser the following:
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(i)
this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
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(ii)
a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto (as to the U.S. opinion only);
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(iii)
a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
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(iv)
a Personal Guarantee, duly executed by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx in
favor of the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto;
and
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(v)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
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(b)
On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company the following:
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(i)
this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
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(ii)
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company; and
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(iii)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
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2.3
Closing Conditions.
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(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
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(i)
the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing
Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained
herein;
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(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required
to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
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(iii)
the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section
2.2(b) of this Agreement.
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(b)
The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection
with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
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(i)
the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
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(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
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(iii)
the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a)
of this Agreement;
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(iv)
there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
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(v)
from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common
Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission (except for any
suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which
suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time
prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been suspended or limited, or
minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades
are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a
banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak
or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity
of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any
financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of each
Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the
Debentures at the Closing.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth under the
corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Purchasers
concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”) which Disclosure
Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth below to each Purchaser.
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(a)
Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company
are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for
or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then references in
the Transaction Documents to the Subsidiaries will be disregarded.
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(b)
Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries
is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of
any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on
the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a
material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any
material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”)
and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking,
limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and
authority or qualification.
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(c)
Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board
of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in
connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or
upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered
in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies.
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(d)
No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both)
of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a
Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the
Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any
court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any
property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except
in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e)
Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain
any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any
filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other
than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the filing with the
Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) the notice and/or
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of
the Debentures and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading thereon in
the time and manner required thereby, (iv) the filing of Form D with the
Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state
securities laws and (vi) Shareholder Approval (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
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(f)
Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear
of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer
provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued
in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by
the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a
number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least
equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.
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(g)
Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g). The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to
the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option
plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or
exercise of outstanding Common Stock Equivalents. No Person has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right
to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will
not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to
any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or
reset price under such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have
been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none
of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or
others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no
stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or,
to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
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(h)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such
shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) (the
foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated
by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such
time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of
any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such
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financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial
statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not
contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit
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(i)
Material Changes. Since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as
specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event,
occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings
made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans.
The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for
confidential treatment of information.
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(j)
Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or
foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely
affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the
Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of
breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the
Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer
of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company
or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
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(k)
Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of
the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l)
Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default
under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the
Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in
violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in
violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii)
is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal,
state and local laws applicable to its business except in each case as could
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m)
Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure
to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
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(n)
Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the
payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither
delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held
under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
in compliance.
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(o)
Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other
similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to
so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or
any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable
and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights of others.
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(p)
Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and
the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and
officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription
Amount. To the best knowledge of the Company, such insurance contracts and
policies are accurate and complete. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a
significant increase in cost.
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(q)
Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the
SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a
party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or
by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any
such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner, in each case in excess of $60,000 other than (i) for payment of salary
or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits,
including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
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(r)
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx. The Company is in material compliance with all provisions
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing
Date. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s controls and procedures as of the date prior to the filing date
of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date,
the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s
internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K
under the Exchange Act) or, to the knowledge of the Company, in other factors
that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls.
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(s)
Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or
will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant,
finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect
to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers
shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims
made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this
Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
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(t)
Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under
the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the
Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the
Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the
Trading Market.
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(u)
Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an
Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(v)
Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any
right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act
of any securities of the Company.
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(w)
Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the
effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is
contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12
months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on
which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of
such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will
not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements.
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(x)
Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation
(or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that
is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers
and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under
the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the
Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of
the Securities.
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(y)
Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person
acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or
counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material,
nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers
will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the
Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement,
furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the representations
and warranties made herein are true and correct with respect to such
representations and warranties and do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser
makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
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(z)
No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its
affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions,
including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading
Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
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(aa)
Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the
Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds
from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the Company’s fair saleable
value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or
in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s
assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business
for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted
including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital
requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow
of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it
to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses
of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its
debt when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to
incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into
account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it
to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the
bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding
secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for
which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any liabilities for
borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties,
endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of
others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s
balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the
ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in
excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to
any Indebtedness.
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(bb)
Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the resale of
the Underlying Shares for resale by the Purchaser on Form S-3 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
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(cc)
Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state
and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes
shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency
which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
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(dd)
No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person acting on
behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of
general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the
Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
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(ee)
Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of
the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of
which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in
any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended.
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(ff)
Accountants. The Company’s accountants are set forth on Schedule
3.1(ff) of the Disclosure Schedule. To the knowledge of the Company, such
accountants, who expressed their opinion with respect to the financial
statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended June 30, 2006 are a registered public accounting firm as required by
the Securities Act.
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(gg)
Seniority. As of the Closing Date, no indebtedness or other equity of the
Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect
to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than
indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only
as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which
is senior only as to the property covered thereby).
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(hh)
No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements
of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to
arise, between the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by
the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its
accountants and lawyers.
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(ii)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of
Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers
is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect
to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby. The
Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor
or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by any
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely
incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company
further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter
into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
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(jj)
Acknowledgement Regarding Purchasers’ Trading
Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for Section 4.16 hereof), it is understood and agreed
by the Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked to agree, nor
has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or
short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on
securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified
term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions by any
Purchaser, including Short Sales, and specifically including, without
limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after
the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively
impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii)
that any Purchaser, and counter parties in “derivative” transactions
to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may
have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that each
Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any
arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The
Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Purchasers
may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the
Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods
that the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities
are being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the
value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and
after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The
Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not
constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
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(kk)
Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no
one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of
the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for the placement
agent’s placement of the Securities), or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to
any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company.
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3.2
Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser hereby, for
itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
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(a)
Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to
enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction
Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and
when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by
general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(b)
Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted
securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal
for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any
of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law and has no arrangement or understanding with any other persons
regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty
not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and
state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in
the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement
or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of
the Securities.
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(c)
Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities,
it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts any
Debentures it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or
(ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a)
under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
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(d)
Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together
with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in
business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the
merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is
able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
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(e)
General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as
a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding
the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or
broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.
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(f)
Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof. Other than the
transaction contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or
indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any
understanding with such Purchaser, executed any disposition, including Short
Sales (but not including the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares
of Common Stock), in the securities of the Company during the period
commencing from the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet from
the Company or any other Person setting forth the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion
Time”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that
is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers
manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio
managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the
portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of
assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to
purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons
party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of
all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the
existence and terms of this transaction).
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or has not made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other
than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.
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ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF
THE PARTIES
4.1
Transfer Restrictions.
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(a)
The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or
to an affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to
the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does
not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities
Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a
Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
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(b)
The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
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[NEITHER] THESE
SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT
BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE
PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN
SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to
a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest
in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be
bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if
required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or
secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not
be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the
pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no
notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the
Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured
party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the
Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus
supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of
the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
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(c)
Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend
(including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a
registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the
resale of such security is effective
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under
the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule
144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv)
if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the
Company’s transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the
Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any
portion of a Debenture is converted at a time when there is an effective registration
statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may
be sold under Rule 144(k) or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations thereof) then such
Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following
the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section
4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to
the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Underlying
Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the
“Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such
Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and
other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions
to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth
in this Section. Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be
transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Purchasers by crediting the
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(d)
In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company
shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a
penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common
Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Company’s transfer
agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section
4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day 5 Trading Days
after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second
Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered
without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to
pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates
representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and such
Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief.
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(e)
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees
that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing
Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s
reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable
prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
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(f)
Until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall not
undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common
Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a majority in
principal amount outstanding of the Debentures.
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4.2
Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the
Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which
dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further
acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation its obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off,
counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any
claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect
that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.
4.3
Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company
covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the
applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date
hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and
furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such
information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The
Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of
Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within
the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.
4.4
Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the
Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the
Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.
4.5
Conversion and Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Conversion included in
the Debenturesset forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers
in order to convert the Debentures. No additional legal opinion or other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their Debentures. The Company
shall honor conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver Underlying Shares in
accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
4.6
Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. Eastern
time on the second Trading Day following the date hereof, issue a Current Report on Form
8-K, reasonably acceptable to Purchaser’s counsel disclosing the material terms of
the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach the Transaction Documents thereto.
The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press
releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company
nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public
statement without the prior consent of the
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Company, with respect to any press
release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to
any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, except
if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly
provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any
Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any
regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser,
except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with the registration
statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) to the extent such
disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company
shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under
subclause (i) or (ii).
4.7
Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, to
the knowledge of the Company, any other Person that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring
Person” under any shareholder rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect
or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the
provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the
Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the
Purchasers. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
subject to the Investment Company Act.
4.8
Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any
other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel
with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public
information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement
regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and
confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
4.9
Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities hereunder for an acquisition or for working capital purposes and not for the
satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade
payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), to
redeem any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or to settle any outstanding
litigation.
4.10
Reimbursement. If any Purchaser becomes involved in any capacity in any Proceeding
by or against any Person who is a stockholder of the Company (except as a result of
sales, pledges, margin sales and similar transactions by such Purchaser to or with any
current stockholder), solely as a result of such Purchaser’s acquisition of the
Securities under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Purchaser for its
reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation preparation
and travel in connection therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses
are incurred. The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be
in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the
same terms and conditions to any Affiliates of the Purchasers who are actually named in
such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees and
controlling persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Purchasers and any such
Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns,
heirs and personal representatives of the Company, the Purchasers and any such Affiliate
and any such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the Purchasers nor any such
Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall have any
liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the
Company solely as a result of acquiring the Securities under this Agreement.
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4.11
Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.11, the
Company will indemnify and hold the Purchasers and their directors, officers,
shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (each, a “Purchaser Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court
costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such
Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any
of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a
Purchaser, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the
Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon
a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the
Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with
any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities
laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful
misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party
shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to
assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Purchaser Party shall
have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been
specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a
reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such
action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict
on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such
Purchaser Party. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this
Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s
prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to
the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is
attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchasers in this Agreement or in the
other Transaction Documents.
4.12
Reservation and Listing of Securities.
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(a)
The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common
Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may
be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.
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(b)
If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise
unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such
date, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of
incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of
Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible
and in any event not later than the 75th day after such date.
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(c)
The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the
Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares
listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal
to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps
necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing on
the Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the
Purchasers evidence of such listing, and (iv) maintain the listing of such
Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on
such Trading Market or another Trading Market. In addition, if required by law
or the rules of the Trading Market, unless the Debentures are paid off in full
on or prior to the 60th day following the date hereof, the Company
shall hold a special meeting of shareholders (which may also be at the annual
meeting of shareholders) at the earliest practical date following the Closing
Date, and in any event within 120 calendar days following the date hereof for
the purpose of obtaining Shareholder Approval, with the recommendation of the
Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the
Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in
the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and
all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such
proposal. If the Company does not obtain Shareholder Approval at the first
meeting, the Company shall call a meeting every four months thereafter to seek
Shareholder Approval until the earlier of the date Shareholder Approval is
obtained or the Debentures are no longer outstanding.
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4.13
Participation in Future Financing.
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(a)
From the date hereof until the date that is the 12 month anniversary of the
date hereof, subject to the rights granted to the purchasers under the Prior
Purchase Agreement, upon any financing by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a “Subsequent
Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up
to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 30% of the Subsequent
Financing (the “Participation Maximum”).
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(b)
At least 5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the
Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to
effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice
shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such financing
(such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”).
Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for
a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than 1
Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such
Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail
the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds
intended to be raised thereunder, the Person with whom such Subsequent
Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which shall be a term
sheet or similar document relating thereto.
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(c)
Any Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide
written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the 5th Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the
Pre-Notice that the Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent
Financing, the amount of the Purchaser’s participation, and that the
Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the
terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no
notice from a Purchaser as of such 5th Trading Day, such Purchaser
shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to
participate.
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(d)
If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications by the
Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or
to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the
total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the
remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and to the Persons
set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
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(e)
If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company receives
responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking to purchase
more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each such
Purchaser shall have the right to purchase the greater of (a) their Pro Rata
Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum and (b) the difference
between the Participation Maximum and the aggregate amount of participation by
all other Purchasers. “Pro Rata Portion” is the ratio of
(x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by a
Purchaser participating under this Section 4.13 and (y) the sum of the
aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by
all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.13.
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(f)
The Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing
Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth
above in this Section 4.13, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial
Subsequent Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set
forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the date
of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
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(g)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of
an Exempt Issuance.
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4.14
Subsequent Equity Sales.
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(a)
Until the earlier of 90 days after the Effective Date and the date that the
Debentures are no longer outstanding, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents unless the
proceeds of such financing are used to pay off the Debentures in full; provided,
however, the 90 day period set forth in this Section 4.14 shall be
extended for the number of Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading
in the Common Stock is suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the
Effective Date, the Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for
the resale of the Underlying Shares.
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(b)
From the date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of the
Securities, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an
agreement to effect any Subsequent Financing involving a “Variable Rate
Transaction”. The term “Variable Rate Transaction” shall
mean a transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or
include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a
conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or
varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock
at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or
(B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being
reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity
security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or
indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common
Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an
equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future
determined price.
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(c)
Unless the Debentures are repaid in full prior to the 60th day
following the date hereof, following such 60th day until Shareholder
Approval has been obtained and deemed effective, the Company shall not make any
issuance whatsoever of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Any Purchaser
shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude
any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect
damages.
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(d)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.14 shall not apply in respect of
an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt
Issuance.
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4.15
Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any
person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the
Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties
to the Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of
principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate to the
respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For
clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each
Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for
the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as
the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition
or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.16
Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser severally
and not jointly with the other Purchasers covenants that neither it nor any affiliates
acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short
Sales during the period after the Discussion Time and ending at the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
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first publicly announced as described
in Section 4.6. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers,
covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will
maintain, the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Each Purchaser
understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the
Commission currently takes the position that coverage of short sales of shares of the
Common Stock “against the box” prior to the Effective Date of the Registration
Statement with the Securities is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set
forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone
Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of
Corporation Finance. Each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any other
Purchasers, that it or any Person acting at the request or direction of Purchaser, will
not enter into any Net Short Sales (as hereinafter defined) from the period commencing on
the Closing Date and ending on the date that such Purchaser no longer holds any
Debentures. For purposes of this Section 4.16, a “Net Short
Sale” by any Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that
is marked as a short sale and that is made at a time when there is no equivalent
offsetting long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser. For purposes of
determining whether there is an equivalent offsetting long position in Common Stock held
by the Purchaser, the Underlying Shares that have not yet been converted or exercised
pursuant to the Debentures shall be deemed to be held long by the Purchaser, and the
amount of shares of Common Stock held in a long position shall be all Shares, Underlying
Shares (ignoring any conversion limitations included therein) held by such
Purchaser on such date, plus any shares of Common Stock otherwise then held by such
Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate
portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct
knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other
portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply
with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
4.17
Secured Obligation. The parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations of the
Company under the Transaction Documents, including but not limited to the Debentures, are
subject to security interest granted by the Company pursuant to that certain Security
Agreement, dated October 21, 2005, by and among the Company and the secured parties
thereto and that such obligations are “Obligations” under such Security
Agreement. The Company and the Subsidiaries shall take any and all actions requested by
the Purchasers in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the
assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
4.18
Repricing of Prior Issued Warrants. As an inducement for the Purchasers to
purchase the Debentures, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Exercise Price of
the Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued pursuant to the Prior Purchase Agreement is
hereby reduced to $1.796, subject to further adjustment therein. Such adjustment is
effective immediately.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1
Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such
Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the
obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before October 31, 2006; provided,
however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for
any breach by the other party (or parties).
5.2
Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse DKR
SoundShore Oasis Holding Fund Ltd. (“DKR”) a non-accountable sum of
$5,000, for its actual, reasonable, out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses. Accordingly,
in lieu of the foregoing payments, the aggregate amount that DKR is to pay for the
Securities at the Closing shall be reduced by an amount equal to $5,000 in lieu thereof.
The Company shall deliver, prior to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the
Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. Except as expressly set forth in
the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of
its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes
and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities.
5.3
Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and
schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or
written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4
Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or
permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the
signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day,
(b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages
attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2ndTrading Day following the date of
mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon
actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for
such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto.
5.5
Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended
except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and
each Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any
such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition
or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future
or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right
hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
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5.6
Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by
the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be
applied against any party.
5.7
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not
assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this
Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities,
provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred
Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the “Purchasers”.
5.8
No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the
benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as
otherwise set forth in Section 4.11.
5.9
Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party
hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or
agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the
City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for
the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the
enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or
proceeding is improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified
mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party
shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction
Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by
the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with
the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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5.10
Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
Closing and the delivery, exercise and/or conversion of the Securities, as applicable for
the applicable statue of limitations.
5.11
Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other
party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the
event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall
create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
5.12
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and
provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in
this Agreement.
5.13
Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents,
whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the
periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole
discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice,
demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and
rights; provided, however, in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a
Debenture, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject
to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.
5.14
Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to
be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of
and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or
instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs
associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15
Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or
granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company
will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees
to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
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5.16
Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to
any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises
its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent
or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded,
repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person
under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law,
common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the
obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17
Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to
insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all
efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding
that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any
Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any
Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the
Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not
exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”),
and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default
interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest
that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such
Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law
and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any
official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate
of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction
Documents from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by
applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum
Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by
the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid
principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of
handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.
5.18
Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of
each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for
the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document.
Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any
Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its
rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to
be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in theirreview and negotiation of the
Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and
their respective counsel have chosen to communicate wEach Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in theirith the Company through FWS. FWS does
not represent all of the Purchasers but only DKR. The Company has elected to provide all
Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the
Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
5.19
Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated
damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation
of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and
other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security
pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable
shall have been canceled.
5.20
Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore,
the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction
Documents or any amendments hereto.
(Signature Pages
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
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Address for Notice: |
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Suite 305 |
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
With a copy to (which shall not
constitute notice):
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As to Section 4.17:
SILVERSTAR HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN HOLDINGS PTY LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN MANAGEMENT
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
STRATEGY FIRST INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
FANTASY SPORTS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE
PAGES TO SSTR SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: DKR Sound Shore Oasis Holdings Fund Ltd.
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name of Authorized Signatory: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title of Authorized Signatory: Director
Email Address of Purchaser: XXxXxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Address for Notice of
Purchaser:
0000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Address for Delivery of Securities
for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription Amount: $1,400,000
EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS
UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
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Annex A
CLOSING STATEMENT
Pursuant to the attached Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the purchasers shall purchase up to
$1,400,000 of Debentures from Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company”).
All funds will be wired into a trust account maintained by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel
to the Company. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.
Disbursement Date:
October ___, 2006
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WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:
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