EXHIBIT 10.27
IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
March 27, 2006
Signature Stock Transfer Inc.
One Preston Park
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxxx 00000
RE: IVI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the
"Securities Purchase Agreement") of even date herewith by and between IVI
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the Buyers set
forth on Schedule I attached thereto (collectively the "Buyers") and that
certain Pledge and Escrow Agreement (the "Pledge Agreement") of even date
herewith among the Company, the Buyers and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, as escrow agent (the
"Escrow Agent"). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company
shall sell to the Buyers, an the Buyers shall purchase from the Company,
convertible debentures (collectively, the "Debentures") in the aggregate
principal amount of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000), plus accrued
interest, which are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par
value $.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), at the Buyers discretion. The
Company has also issued to the Buyer warrants to purchase up to 3,500,000 shares
of Common Stock, at the Buyer's discretion (the "Warrant"). These instructions
relate to the following stock or proposed stock issuances or transfers:
1. Shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyers upon conversion of
the Debentures ("Conversion Shares") plus the shares of Common Stock
to be issued to the Buyers upon conversion of accrued interest and
liquidated damages into Common Stock (the "Interest Shares").
2. Up to 3,500,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyers
upon exercise of the Warrant (the "Warrant Shares").
3. The transfer of up to 15,967,500 shares of Common Stock (the
"Escrowed Shares") that have been delivered to the Escrow Agent
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.
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This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to
Signature Stock Transfer (the "Transfer Agent") to do the following:
1. Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares.
a. Instructions Applicable to Transfer Agent. With respect to the
Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the Interest Shares, the
Transfer Agent shall issue the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and
the Interest Shares to the Buyers from time to time upon delivery to
the Transfer Agent of a properly completed and duly executed
Conversion Notice (the "Conversion Notice") in the form attached as
Exhibit A to the Debentures, or a properly completed and duly
executed Exercise Notice (the "Exercise Notice") in the form
attached as Exhibit A to the Warrant, delivered to the Transfer
Agent by the Escrow Agent on behalf of the Company. Upon receipt of
a Conversion Notice or an Exercise Notice, the Transfer Agent shall
within three (3) Trading Days thereafter (i) issue and surrender to
a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address as specified
in the Conversion Notice or the Exercise Notice, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Buyer or its designees, for the number
of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyer shall be entitled as
set forth in the Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice or (ii)
provided the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the
request of the Buyers, credit such aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Buyers shall be entitled to the Buyer's or
their designees' balance account with DTC through its Deposit
Withdrawal At Custodian ("DWAC") system provided the Buyer causes
its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC transaction. For purposes
hereof "Trading Day" shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq Market
is open for customary trading.
b. The Company hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Buyer that
certificates representing the Conversion Shares and the Warrant
Shares shall not bear any legend restricting transfer and should not
be subject to any stop-transfer restrictions and shall otherwise be
freely transferable on the books and records of the Company;
provided that counsel to the Company delivers (i) the Notice of
Effectiveness set forth in Exhibit I attached hereto and (ii) an
opinion of counsel in the form set forth in Exhibit II attached
hereto, and that if the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the
Interest Shares are not registered for sale under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, then the certificates for the Conversion
Shares, Warrant Shares and Interest Shares shall bear the following
legend:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR
ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR
THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A
FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT."
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c. In the event that counsel to the Company fails or refuses to render
an opinion as required to issue the Conversion Shares or the Warrant
Shares in accordance with the preceding paragraph (either with or
without restrictive legends, as applicable), then the Company
irrevocably and expressly authorizes counsel to the Buyer to render
such opinion. The Transfer Agent shall accept and be entitled to
rely on such opinion for the purposes of issuing the Conversion
Shares.
d. Instructions Applicable to Escrow Agent. Upon the Escrow Agent's
receipt of a properly completed Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice
and the Aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant), the
Escrow Agent shall, within one (1) Trading Day thereafter, send to
the Transfer Agent the Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice as the
case may be, which shall constitute an irrevocable instruction to
the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice or Exercise
Notice in accordance with the terms of these instructions.
2. Escrowed Shares.
a. With respect to the Escrowed Shares, upon an event of default as set
forth in the Pledge Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall send written
notice to the Transfer Agent ("Escrow Notice") to transfer such
number of Escrow Shares as set forth in the Escrow Notice to the
Buyers. Upon receipt of an Escrow Notice and the share certificate
along with a properly executed stock power, the Transfer Agent shall
promptly transfer such number of Escrow Shares to the Buyers as
shall be set forth in the Escrow Notice delivered to the Transfer
Agent by the Escrow Agent. Further, the Transfer Agent shall
promptly transfer such shares from the Buyers to any subsequent
transferee promptly upon receipt of written notice from the Buyers
or their counsel and the share certificate along with a properly
executed stock power. If the Escrow Shares are not registered for
sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, then the
certificates for the Escrow Shares shall bear the legend set forth
in Section 1b.
b. In the event that counsel to the Company fails or refuses to render
an opinion as may be required by the Transfer Agent to affect a
transfer of the Escrow Shares (either with or without restrictive
legends, as applicable), then the Company irrevocably and expressly
authorizes counsel to the Buyers to render such opinion. The
Transfer Agent shall accept and be entitles to rely on such opinion
for the purpose of transferring the Escrow Shares.
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3. All Shares.
a. The Transfer Agent shall reserve for issuance to the Buyers a
minimum of 18,750,000 Conversion Shares and 3,500,000 Warrant
Shares. All such shares shall remain in reserve with the Transfer
Agent until the Buyers provides the Transfer Agent instructions that
the shares or any part of them shall be taken out of reserve and
shall no longer be subject to the terms of these instructions.
b. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Escrow Agent as a duly
authorized agent of the Company for the purposes of authorizing the
Transfer Agent to process issuances and transfers specifically
contemplated herein.
c. The Transfer Agent shall rely exclusively on the Conversion Notice,
the Escrow Notice, or the Exercise Notice and shall have no
liability for relying on such instructions. Any Conversion Notice,
Escrow Notice, or Exercise Notice delivered hereunder shall
constitute an irrevocable instruction to the Transfer Agent to
process such notice or notices in accordance with the terms thereof.
Such notice or notices may be transmitted to the Transfer Agent by
facsimile or any commercially reasonable method.
d. The Company hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Buyers
that no instructions other than as contemplated herein will be given
to Transfer Agent by the Company with respect to the matters
referenced herein. The Company hereby authorizes the Transfer Agent,
and the Transfer Agent shall be obligated, to disregard any contrary
instructions received by or on behalf of the Company.
Certain Notice Regarding the Escrow Agent. The Company and the Transfer
Agent hereby acknowledge that the Escrow Agent is general counsel to the Buyers,
a partner of the general partner of the Buyers and counsel to the Buyers in
connection with the transactions contemplated and referred herein. The Company
and the Transfer Agent agree that in the event of any dispute arising in
connection with this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any transaction
or agreement contemplated and referred herein, the Escrow Agent shall be
permitted to continue to represent the Buyers and neither the Company nor the
Transfer Agent will seek to disqualify such counsel.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall not replace the Transfer
Agent as the Company's transfer agent without the prior written consent of the
Buyers.
Any attempt by Transfer Agent to resign as the Company's transfer agent
hereunder shall not be effective until such time as the Company provides to the
Transfer Agent written notice that a suitable replacement has agreed to serve as
transfer agent and to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions.
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The Company herby confirms and the Transfer Agent acknowledges that
while any portion of the Debenture remains unpaid and unconverted the Company
and the Transfer Agent shall not, without the prior consent of the Buyers, (i)
issue any Common Stock or Preferred Stock without consideration or for a
consideration per share less than closing bid price determined immediately prior
to its issuance, (ii) issue any Preferred Stock, warrant, option, right,
contract, call, or other security or instrument granting the holder thereof the
right to acquire Common Stock without consideration or for a consideration per
share less than the closing bid price of the Common Stock determined immediately
prior to its issuance, (iii) issue any S-8 shares of the Company's Common Stock.
The Company and the Transfer Agent hereby acknowledge and confirm
that complying with the terms of this Agreement does not and shall not prohibit
the Transfer Agent from satisfying any and all fiduciary responsibilities and
duties it may owe to the Company.
The Company and the Transfer Agent acknowledge that the Buyers is
relying on the representations and covenants made by the Company and the
Transfer Agent hereunder and are a material inducement to the Buyers purchasing
convertible debentures under the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company and
the Transfer Agent further acknowledge that without such representations and
covenants of the Company and the Transfer Agent made hereunder, the Buyers would
not purchase the Debentures.
Each party hereto specifically acknowledges and agrees that in the
event of a breach or threatened breach by a party hereto of any provision
hereof, the Buyers will be irreparably damaged and that damages at law would be
an inadequate remedy if these Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions were not
specifically enforced. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach
by a party hereto, including, without limitation, the attempted termination of
the agency relationship created by this instrument, the Buyers shall be
entitled, in addition to all other rights or remedies, to an injunction
restraining such breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to
post any bond or other security, and/or to a decree for specific performance of
the provisions of these Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this letter agreement
regarding Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to be duly executed and
delivered as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
IVI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
SIGNATURE STOCK TRANSFER
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: President
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SCHEDULE I-1
SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
Address/Facsimile
Name Signature Number of Buyers
Cornell Capital Partners, LP By: Yorkville Advisors, LLC 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx - Xxxxx 0000
Xxx: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx: Portfolio Manager
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EXHIBIT I-2
EXHIBIT I-1
EXHIBIT I
TO IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
_________, 2006
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Attention:
RE: IVI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to IVI Communications, Inc., (the "Company"), and have
represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of November __, 2005 (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"),
entered into by and among the Company and the Buyers set forth on Schedule I
attached thereto (collectively the "Buyers") pursuant to which the Company has
agreed to sell to the Buyers up to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000)of
secured convertible debentures, which shall be convertible into shares (the
"Conversion Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share
(the "Common Stock"), in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase
Agreement. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has
entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March ___, 2006, with
the Buyers (the "Investor Registration Rights Agreement") pursuant to which the
Company agreed, among other things, to register the Conversion Shares under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). In connection with the
Company's obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, on _______, 2006, the Company filed a
Registration Statement (File No. ___-_________) (the "Registration Statement")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the sale of
the Conversion Shares.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise the Transfer Agent that a
member of the SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered
an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at
____ P.M. on __________, 2006 and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry
of a member of the SEC's staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness
has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or
threatened by, the SEC and the Conversion Shares are available for sale under
the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.
The Buyers has confirmed it shall comply with all securities laws and
regulations applicable to it including applicable prospectus delivery
requirements upon sale of the Conversion Shares.
Very truly yours,
By:
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EXHIBIT II-2
EXHIBIT II
EXHIBIT II
TO IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
FORM OF OPINION
________________ 2006
VIA FACSIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL
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Attention:
RE: IVI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to IVI Communications, Inc. (the
"Company"), in connection with the registration of ___________shares (the
"Shares") of its common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"). We have not acted as your counsel. This opinion is given at the request
and with the consent of the Company.
In rendering this opinion we have relied on the accuracy of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (the "Registration
Statement"), filed by the Company with the SEC on _________ ___, 2006. The
Company filed the Registration Statement on behalf of certain selling
stockholders (the "Selling Stockholders"). This opinion relates solely to the
Selling Shareholders listed on Exhibit "A" hereto and number of Shares set forth
opposite such Selling Stockholders' names. The SEC declared the Registration
Statement effective on __________ ___, 2006.
We understand that the Selling Stockholders acquired the Shares in a
private offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Information regarding the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders
is contained under the heading "Selling Stockholders" in the Registration
Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference. This opinion
does not relate to the issuance of the Shares to the Selling Stockholders. The
opinions set forth herein relate solely to the sale or transfer by the Selling
Stockholders pursuant to the Registration Statement under the Federal laws of
the United States of America. We do not express any opinion concerning any law
of any state or other jurisdiction.
In rendering this opinion we have relied upon the accuracy of the
foregoing statements.
Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares have been
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and that ________ may remove the restrictive legends
contained on the Shares. This opinion relates solely to the number of Shares set
forth opposite the Selling Stockholders listed on Exhibit "A" hereto.
This opinion is furnished to Transfer Agent specifically in connection
with the sale or transfer of the Shares, and solely for your information and
benefit. This letter may not be relied upon by Transfer Agent in any other
connection, and it may not be relied upon by any other person or entity for any
purpose without our prior written consent. This opinion may not be assigned,
quoted or used without our prior written consent. The opinions set forth herein
are rendered as of the date hereof and we will not supplement this opinion with
respect to changes in the law or factual matters subsequent to the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT A
(LIST OF SELLING STOCKHOLDERS)
Name: No. of Shares:
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