SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT," “PURCHASE AGREEMENT,” or “SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT”), dated as of April 16, 2007, by and among QPC
LASERS, INC.,
a
Nevada corporation, ("COMPANY"), and each buyer identified on the signature
pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “BUYER” and
collectively the “BUYERS”).
WHEREAS:
A.
The
Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Rule 506 under
Regulation D ("REGULATION D") as promulgated by the United States Securities
and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 ACT" or the “SECURITIES ACT”);
B.
Buyers
desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms
and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) secured convertible debentures
(the
“DEBENTURES”) of the Company and (ii) Warrants (as defined in Section 1(b)(iv)
in the form described in this Agreement, to purchase shares of Common Stock
of
the Company in a private offering. The minimum aggregate Commitment Amount
(as
defined in Section 10) of this offering of the Debentures to all Buyers shall
be
Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars (U.S. $4,250,000) and the
maximum aggregate Commitment Amount of this offering of the Debentures to all
Buyers shall be Twelve Million U.S. Dollars (U.S. $12,000,000)(the “OFFERING”);
C. The
terms
of the Debentures, including the terms on which the Debentures may be converted
into common stock, $0.001
par
value, of the Company (the "COMMON STOCK"), are set forth in Debenture, in
the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
A;
D. Contemporaneous
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are
executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT
B
(the
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to
provide certain registration rights under the 1933 Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
NOW
THEREFORE,
the
Company and each Buyer, severally and not jointly, hereby agree as
follows:
1.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS.
(a)
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. This
Securities Purchase Agreement, the Debenture, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Warrants, and any other agreements delivered together with this Agreement
or
in connection herewith shall be referred to herein as the “TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS.” The Company and the each Buyer mutually agree to the terms of each
of the Transaction Documents. For purposes hereof:
“COMMON
STOCK EQUIVALENTS” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which
would entitle the holder thereof to acquire, directly or indirectly, 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.
“CLOSING”
means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
1(b).
“CLOSING
DATE” means the date of Closing.
“EXEMPT
ISSUANCE” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to
employees, officers, directors or consultants (provided that no such common
stock or options shall be issued to consultants unless such options are
unregistered and subject to volume limitations under Rule 144, provided that
such issuances to consultants shall not exceed 200,000 shares, subject to
adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits and the like, and provided
that
the price of such issuances of Common Stock, and the conversion or exercise
price of such issuance of options, to consultants shall not be subject to any
adjustments or resets after issuance) of the Company in any 12 month period,
provided that such issuance of shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers, directors or consultants occurs pursuant to a stock or option plan
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) up to 300,000 warrants or options
(with an exercise price no less than $1.00)
to
equipment lessors, and (c) securities upon the exercise, exchange of, conversion
or redemption of, or payment of interest or liquidated or similar damages on,
any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable,
exchangeable for, convertible into, or redeemable for 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 such securities (and including any issuances of securities
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any such securities).
“PERSON”
shall mean an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint
venture, an exempted company, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated
organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
“PAYMENT
SHARES” shall mean (i) Default Shares (as defined in the Debenture), (ii)
Interest Payment Shares (as defined in the Debenture) and (iii) shares issuable
upon conversion of Failure Payments and other Required Cash Payments (as each
is
defined in the Debenture) into Common Stock of the Company. The Payment Shares
shall be treated as Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures
for
all purposes hereof and thereof and shall be subject to all of the limitations
and afforded all of the rights of the other shares of Common Stock issuable
hereunder, including without limitation, the right to be included in the
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) filed
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
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“PERMITTED
LIENS” means (i) Liens (as defined in Section 5 hereof) in favor of the Buyer;
(ii) Liens in favor of the Holder; (iii) Liens for unpaid taxes that either
(A)
are not yet delinquent, or (B) are being contested in good faith in an
appropriate manner, (c) Liens set forth on Schedule A, (iv) the interests of
lessors or sublessors under operating leases, (v) purchase money Liens or the
interests of lessors under capital leases so long as such Lien attaches only
to
the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, (vi) Liens arising
by
operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics,
materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of the
Company’s or the Subsidiary’s business and not in connection with the borrowing
of money, and which Liens either (A) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (B)
are
being contested in good faith in an appropriate manner, (vii) Liens or deposits
to secure performance of bids, tenders, or leases incurred in the ordinary
course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, (viii)
Liens granted as security for surety or appeal bonds in connection with
obtaining such bonds in the ordinary course of business, (ix) Liens resulting
from any judgment or award that would not otherwise constitute a default
hereunder, (x) any interest or title of a licensee or licensor under any license
agreement permitted by this Agreement, (xi) Liens that arise in the ordinary
course of business and do not in any material respect affect the property,
(xii)
Liens which are being contested in good faith in an appropriate manner, (xiii)
Liens on patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, trade
secrets or other intellectual property to the extent such Liens arise solely
from the granting of licenses composing Permitted Transfers thereto or from
any
Person in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (xiv)
Liens in favor of the Existing Creditors (as defined in Section 5), and (xv)
existing Liens shown on Schedule 5.
“PERMITTED
TRANSFERS” means any disposition of property that is either (i) in the ordinary
course of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) to a third
party
for reasonably equivalent value as deemed appropriate by the Company or its
Subsidiaries in their reasonable business judgment, and that, in either case,
that does not result, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, in the disposition or sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iii) an Allowable IP Sale or
Allowable Non-Exclusive IP Transaction as set forth in Section 4(m) hereof,
or
(iv) approved in writing by the Buyers.
“PURCHASE
PRICE” shall mean the purchase price paid by the Buyer for the Debentures and
the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer.
“SECURITIES”
means the Debentures, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant
Shares.
“SECURITY
AGREEMENT” means the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the
Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto.
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“WARRANT
AMOUNT” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1(e)(v).
(b)
CLOSING OF THE PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS. The
Closing shall occur not later than April 16, 2007. On the Closing Date, subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the
Company agrees to sell, and each Buyer, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase, from the Company a Debenture having a purchase price equal to the
Commitment Amount, and an accompanying number of Warrants (as described below)
to purchase a number of shares equal to the applicable Warrant
Amount.
(c)
CLOSING
PROCEDURES; WARRANTS.
(i)
Form
of Debenture.
Each
Debenture shall be in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT
“A.”
(ii)
Purchase
Price of Debentures and Warrants; Original Issue
Discount.
Each
Buyer shall pay $0.90 (the “PURCHASE PRICE”) for each $1.00 of principal amount
of Debentures and related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing,
representing a ten percent (10%) original issue discount.
(iii)
Form
Of Payment.
On or
before each Closing Date (as defined below), (i) each Buyer shall pay the
applicable Purchase Price for the Debenture and the Warrants to be issued and
sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Company, in accordance with the Company's written wiring
instructions, against delivery of duly executed certificates representing the
Debenture (“DEBENTURE CERTIFICATE”) having an aggregate initial principal amount
(the “ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT”) equal to $1.00 for each $0.90 of the Purchase
Price and the number of Warrants equal to the applicable Warrant Amount, and
(ii) the Company shall deliver such Debenture Certificates and Warrants duly
executed on behalf of the Company, to such Buyer, against delivery of such
Purchase Price.
(iv)
Closing
Date.
Subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the
Closing shall occur when subscriber funds representing the aggregate Purchase
Price of the Debenture being purchased by the Buyers are transmitted by wire
transfer of immediately available funds by each Buyer to the Company, assuming
that the Transaction Documents are signed by both parties prior to or within
three (3) business days following such transmission. The date of the Closing
shall be referred to herein as the “CLOSING DATE.” Unless otherwise mutually
agreed by the parties, the Closing hereunder shall occur not later than April
16, 2007. The Closing contemplated by this Agreement shall occur on the
applicable Closing Date at the offices of the Company, or at such other location
as may be agreed to by the parties.
(v)
Warrants.
Each of
Buyer’s Debentures shall be accompanied by a number of warrants (“WARRANTS”)
equal to the Original Principal Amount of the Debenture being purchased by
such
Buyer, divided by the Initial Conversion Price (as defined in the Debenture),
multiplied by 150% (the “WARRANT AMOUNT”). The Warrants shall be in the form of
the Warrant annexed hereto as EXHIBIT “D,” except that the “Initial Exercise
Price,” as defined therein, shall equal $1.05 (the “INITIAL WARRANT EXERCISE
PRICE”),
subject
to adjustment therein. The Warrants shall contain Exercise Price adjustment
provisions that are consistent with the adjustment provisions afforded to the
Conversion Price of the Debenture in the Debenture and shall have a five (5)
year term.
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"MARKET
PRICE," for any security as of any date, shall have the meaning ascribed to
it
in the applicable security.
(vi)
Closing
Deliveries.
On the
Closing Date, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to each Buyer:
(A)
the
items required to be delivered to Buyer pursuant to Section 8, duly executed
by
the Company where so required,
(B)
certificates representing the applicable Debenture and Warrant,
(C)
a
certificate ("CLOSING CERTIFICATE") signed by its chief executive officer or
chief financial officer (1) representing the truth and accuracy of all the
representations and warranties made by the Company contained in this Agreement,
as of the applicable Closing Date, as if such representations and warranties
were made and given on all such dates, (2) adopting the covenants and conditions
set forth in this Agreement in relation to the applicable Debenture and
Warrants, (3) representing the timely compliance by the Company with the
Company's registration requirements set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement, and (4) certifying that an Event of Default has not
occurred,
(D)
a
legal opinion in substantially the form of Exhibit
E
attached
hereto in relation to the Company, the applicable Debenture, the applicable
Warrant and the Transaction Documents ("CLOSING LEGAL OPINION"),
(E)
a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Buyer’s Original Principal
Amount, registered in the name of such Buyer,
(F)
a
Warrant registered in the name of such Buyer to purchase up to a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the Warrant Amount (as defined in Section
1(b)(v)) with an exercise price equal to the Initial Warrant Exercise Price
(as
defined in Section 1(b)(v)) subject to adjustment therein,
(G)
Limited Standstill Agreements, in the form of Exhibit
F
hereto,
duly executed by each of the Designated Insiders (as defined in Section
4(r)).
On
the
Closing Date, each Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company
the following:
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(A)
this
Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement duly
executed by such Buyer,
(B)
funds
in the amount of such Buyer’s applicable Purchase Price by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company.
2.
BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each
Buyer represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer
that:
(a)
STATUS OF BUYER.
As of
the date hereof, the Buyer is purchasing the Debenture and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debenture or otherwise pursuant to the
Debenture and the other Transaction Documents (including, without limitation,
the Payment Shares) (such shares of Common Stock being collectively referred
to
herein as the “CONVERSION SHARES") and the Warrants and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise thereof (the "WARRANT SHARES" and, collectively
with the Debenture, Warrants and Conversion Shares, the "SECURITIES") for its
own account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration
under
the 1933 Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that by making the representations herein,
the
Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other
specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time
in
accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under
the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws.
(b)
ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS.
The
Buyer is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D (an "ACCREDITED INVESTOR").
(c)
RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS.
The
Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in
reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon
the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer's compliance with, the representations,
warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set
forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and
the
eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(d)
INFORMATION.
The
Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating
to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating
to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Buyer
or its advisors. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the
opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any
other due diligence investigation conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors
or
representatives shall modify, amend or affect Buyer's right to rely on the
Company's representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. The
Buyer
understands that its investment in the Securities involves a significant degree
of risk, provided that the Buyer shall not be entitled to rely on a
representation which it knows to be untrue.
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(e)
GOVERNMENTAL REVIEW.
The
Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the Securities.
(f)
TRANSFER OR RE-SALE.
The
Buyer understands that (i) except as provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement, the sale or re-sale of the Securities has not been and is not being
registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, and
the
Securities may not be transferred or resold unless (a) the Securities are sold
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the
Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel (which opinion
shall be in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to counsel to
the
Company) to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be
sold
or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, (c) the
Securities are sold or transferred to an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule)) ("RULE 144") of the Buyer
who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance
with
this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, or (d) the Securities
are
sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144(k); and (ii) any sale of such Securities
made in reliance on Rule 144 or Rule 144(k) may be made only in accordance
with
the terms of said Rule. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained
herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as collateral in
connection with a BONA FIDE margin account or other lending
arrangement.
(g)
ORGANIZATION; AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT.
If Buyer
is an entity, the Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized.
Buyer
has all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement have been duly and validly authorized and no further consent or
authorization of Buyer, its manager or members is required. This Agreement
has
been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this Agreement
constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Buyer of the Registration
Rights Agreement, such agreement will constitute, legal, valid and binding
agreements of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their terms.
(h)
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
Buyer
has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it
is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the
Securities.
(i)
SHORT SALES PRIOR TO THE DATE HEREOF. Buyer
and
its Affiliates have not from the time that such Buyer first received a term
sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other person setting forth
the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof
entered into or effected, or attempted to induce any third party to enter into
or effect, any short sales of the Common Stock, or any hedging transaction
which
establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock.
(j)
NO GENERAL SOLICITATION.
Buyer
has not been the subject of general solicitation and has not relied on the
content of the Company’s registration statement on Form SB-2, File #333-137413
in making its investment decision for this Offering. Furthermore, the Buyer
acknowledges that it understands that the Company’s registration statement on
Form SB-2, File #333-137413 and all subsequently filed amendments to such
registration statement have been withdrawn.
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3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The
Company represents and warrants to each Buyer that, except as set forth on
the
Company’s disclosure schedules or any update thereto prior to the Closing
Date:
(a)
ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, with full power and authority
(corporate and other) to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to
carry
on its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted.
SCHEDULE 3(A) sets forth a list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company and
the jurisdiction in which each is incorporated. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and
is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property
or
the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary
except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect. "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any material adverse
effect on (i) the Securities, (ii) the business, operations, assets, financial
condition or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as
a
whole, (iii) on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or
instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or (iv) the authority
or
the ability of the Company to perform its obligation under this Agreement,
the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Debenture or the Warrants. "SUBSIDIARIES"
means any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity
or
other ownership interest.
(b)
AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT.
(i) The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Debenture and
the
Warrants and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
and
to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii)
except as otherwise set forth in SCHEDULE 3(B), the execution and delivery
of
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Debenture and the
Warrants by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance
of
the Debenture and the Warrants and the issuance and reservation for issuance
of
the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to
the
Debenture and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant
to the Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors
and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors,
or its stockholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed
and
delivered by the Company, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon
execution and delivery by the Company of the Registration Rights Agreement,
the
Debenture and the Warrants, each of such agreements and instruments will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms.
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(c)
CAPITALIZATION. As
of the
date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company is as set forth on
SCHEDULE 3(C-1). The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
180,000,000
shares
of Common Stock, of which approximately 38,559,283
shares
are outstanding as of the date hereof and 20,000,000
shares
of preferred stock, par value $0.001
per
share, of which none are outstanding as of the date hereof. There are no
outstanding securities which are convertible into shares of Common Stock,
whether such conversion is currently exercisable or exercisable only upon some
future date or the occurrence of some event in the future, except as disclosed
on SCHEDULE 3(C-1). If any such securities are listed on the SCHEDULE 3(C-1),
the number or amount of each such outstanding convertible security and the
conversion terms are set forth in said SCHEDULE 3(C-1). All of such outstanding
shares of capital stock set forth in SCHEDULE 3(C-1) are, or upon issuance
will
be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
No
shares
of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other
similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances
imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company. Except as
disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(C-2), as of the effective date of this Agreement, (i)
there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for,
puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or
other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional
shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there
are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities
under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement) and (iii) there
are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security
issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders)
that will be triggered by the issuance of the Debenture, the Warrants, the
Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares. The Company has furnished to each Buyer
true and correct copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporation as in effect
on the date hereof ("ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION"), the Company's By-laws, as
in
effect on the date hereof (the "BY-LAWS"), and the terms of all securities
convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and the material
rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto. In the event that the date
of
execution of this Agreement is not the Closing Date, the Company shall provide
each Buyer with a written update of this representation signed by the Company's
President and Chief Executive or Chief Financial Officer on behalf of the
Company as of the Closing Date. 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 Buyers) and will not result in a right of any holder
of
Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price
under any of such 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.
The
Company owns all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Quintessence
Photonics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Quintessence”). All such shares
are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights
or
other similar rights and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free
and clear of any Liens (as defined in Section 5 hereof). There are no
subscriptions, options, warrants, voting trusts, proxies or other commitments,
understandings, restrictions or arrangements relating to the issuance, sale,
voting or transfer of any shares of capital stock or other equity interests
of
Quintessence, including any right of conversion or exchange under any
outstanding security, instrument or agreement. The Company has no material
investment in any entity other than Quintessence.
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(d)
ISSUANCE OF SHARES.
Upon
issuance upon conversion of the Debenture and upon exercise of the Warrants
in
accordance with their respective terms, and receipt of the exercise price
therefor, the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, along with any Payment
Shares or any other shares issued pursuant to the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free
from
all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances and shall not be subject to preemptive
rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the Company and will not
impose personal liability upon the holder thereof, other than restrictions
on
transfer arising under applicable federal or state securities laws.
(e)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DILUTION.
The
Company understands and acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the
Common Stock upon the issuance of the Conversion Shares upon conversion of
or
otherwise pursuant to the Debenture or upon issuance of the Warrant Shares
upon
exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants. The Company's directors
and
executive officers have studied and fully understand the nature of the
Securities being sold hereunder. The Company further acknowledges that it may
not refuse to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant
to the Debenture and to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of or otherwise
pursuant to the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other
stockholders of the Company. Taking the foregoing into account, the Company's
Board of Directors has determined, in its good faith business judgment, that
the
issuance of the Securities hereunder and under the Debenture and the Warrants
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are
in
the best interest of the Company and its stockholders.
(f)
NO CONFLICTS.
The
execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by
the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation
for issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares) will not (i) except
as
otherwise set forth in SCHEDULE 3(F), conflict with or result in a violation
of
any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, (ii) except as
otherwise set forth in SCHEDULE 3(F), trigger any resets of conversion or
exercise prices in other outstanding convertible securities, warrants or options
of the Company, (iii) trigger the issuance of securities by the Company to
any
third party, (iv) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse
of
time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement,
indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries is a party, or (v) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities
laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to
which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except, in the case of clauses (i),
(iv) and (v) above, for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments,
accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in
the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of
its
Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or
other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or
lapse
of time or both could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in default)
under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action
or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
a
party or by which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible
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defaults
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
The businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, are not being
conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as a Buyer owns any of the
Securities, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental
entity the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Except
as
disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(F) or as specifically contemplated by this Agreement
or
as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the
Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or
make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory
agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in
order
for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Debenture or the Warrants
in
accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Debenture
and Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion
Shares upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debenture and the Warrant
Shares upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants. Except as
disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(F), all consents, authorizations, orders, filings and
registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding
sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. The
Company is not in violation of the trading requirements of the Principal Market
(as defined herein) and does not reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock
will cease to be traded on the Principal Market in the foreseeable future.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which
might give rise to any of the foregoing.
(g)
SEC DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Since at
least May 12, 2006, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant
to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934 ACT") (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and since
at least May 12, 2006, and all exhibits included therein and financial
statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such
documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to
herein as the "SEC DOCUMENTS"). For purposes of this agreement, “Timely Filed”
shall mean that the applicable document was filed (i) by its original due date
under the 1934 Act, or, if a request for an extension was timely filed, (ii)
by
such extended due date. True and complete copies of the SEC Documents are
available on the SEC’s internet website (xxx.xxx.xxx), except for such exhibits
and incorporated documents. Upon the request of a Buyer, the Company will
promptly provide copies of the SEC Documents to such Buyer. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with
the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC
Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to
be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the
statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required to be
amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have
been
amended or updated in subsequent filings prior to the date hereof). As of their
respective dates, the financial statements of the Company (and the notes
thereto) included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have
been
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as
may
be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not
include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present
in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company
and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated
results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject,
in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in
the
SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other
than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent
to
the date of the Company’s most recent 10-Q or 10-K and (ii) obligations under
contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not
required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in
such
financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material
to the financial condition or operating results of the Company. The Company
is
the subject of the going concern qualification described in SCHEDULE 3(G)
attached hereto.
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(h)
ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES.
Except
for losses incurred in the ordinary course of business that have been publicly
disclosed prior to the date hereof or as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(H) hereof,
since the date of the Company’s most recent 10-Q or 10-K, there has been no
material adverse change and no material adverse development in the assets,
liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, results
of
operations or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. For purposes
of this Section 3(h), the terms "MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" and "MATERIAL ADVERSE
DEVELOPMENT" shall exclude continuing losses that are consistent with the
Company's historical losses.
(i)
ABSENCE OF LITIGATION.
Except
as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(I)(A), to the knowledge of the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries, there is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency,
self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such.
SCHEDULE 3(I)(B) contains a complete list and summary description of any known
pending or threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it, if adversely decided, would have
a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any
facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the
foregoing.
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(j)
PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC.
All of
the Company’s material patents, patent applications, Patents (as defined below),
patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights
("INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") are set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J-1) hereof. Any
liens, encumbrances or licenses that have been granted against the Intellectual
Property are listed in Schedule 3(J-2). Except as otherwise set forth on
Schedule 3(J-2), the Company owns all right and title to the Intellectual
Property free and clear of any liens or encumbrances and has not granted any
licenses or rights to use any of the Patents to any third party. The Company
and
each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights
to
use all Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business
as
now operated, including but not limited to the intellectual property set forth
in SCHEDULE 3(J-1) hereof (and, except as otherwise set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J-2)
hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to
be
operated in the future), except for such licenses or rights the failure of
which
to own or possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or
proceeding pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened, which challenges
the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual
Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and,
except as otherwise set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J-2) hereof, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future),
except for actions or claims which, if adversely decided, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company's
or its Subsidiaries' current and intended products, services and processes
do
not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person,
and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise
to any of the foregoing. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value
of their Intellectual Property.
For
purposes hereof, "PATENTS"
means all domestic and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents,
industrial designs, inventions, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods,
techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology, know-how, formulae,
rights of publicity and other general intangibles of like nature, now existing
or hereafter acquired (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign
letters patent, design patents, utility patents, industrial designs, inventions,
trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary
information, technology, know-how and formulae described in Schedule
3(J)
hereof), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including,
without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, or in any similar office or agency of the
United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and
all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions
or
renewals thereof, in each case owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“CORE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY” shall mean the Intellectual Property designated as “Core
Intellectual Property” on SCHEDULE 3(J-3) hereto.
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(k)
NO MATERIALLY ADVERSE CONTRACTS, ETC.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate
or
other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation
which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is reasonably likely
in
the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of
its
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment
of
the Company's officers has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l)
TAX STATUS.
Except
as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(L), the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
made
or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns,
reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject
(unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has
set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all
unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to
be
due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested
in
good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for
the
payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any
material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim. The Company
has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating
to
the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax. Except
as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(L), none of the Company's tax returns is presently
being audited by any taxing authority.
(m)
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.
Except
as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(M) and except for arm's length transactions pursuant
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary
course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of stock
options disclosed on SCHEDULE 3(C), none of the officers, directors, or
employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for 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
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director,
or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner.
(n)
DISCLOSURE.
To the
best of the Company’s knowledge, all information relating to or concerning the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement and provided
to
each Buyer pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with
the
transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects
and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order
to
make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred
or
exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their
business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which
has
not been publicly announced or disclosed but under applicable law, rule or
regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company (assuming
for this purpose that the Company's reports filed under the 1934 Act are being
incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company
under
the 1933 Act).
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(o)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING BUYER’S PURCHASE OF SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity
of arm's length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that each Buyer is not
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 that any statement made by each Buyer or any of its respective
representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely incidental
to the Buyer’s purchase of the Securities and has not been relied upon by the
Company, its officers or directors in any way. The Company further represents
to
each Buyer that the Company's decision to enter into this Agreement has been
based solely on the independent evaluation of the Company and its
representatives.
(p)
NO INTEGRATED OFFERING.
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 require
registration under the 1933 Act of the issuance of the Securities to any Buyer.
The issuance of the Securities to each Buyer will not be integrated with any
other issuance of the Company's securities (past, current or future) for
purposes of any stockholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or
its
securities.
(q)
NO BROKERS.
Other
than as set forth on SCHEDULE 3(Q), the Company has taken no action which would
give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finder's fees
or
similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. The
Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each of Buyer, its employees,
officers, directors, agents, and partners, and their respective Affiliates,
from
and against all claims, losses, damages, costs (including the costs of
preparation and attorney's fees) and expenses suffered in respect of any such
claimed or existing fees.
(r)
PERMITS; COMPLIANCE.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents,
certificates, approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted
(collectively, the "COMPANY PERMITS"), except where the failure to so possess
any such Company Permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there
is
no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding
suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits. To the best of the
Company's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except
for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Since May 12, 2006, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations
of
applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults
or
violations, which conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(s)
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(i)
Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(S), there are, to the Company's knowledge,
with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor of
the
Company, no past or present violations of Environmental Laws (as defined below),
releases of any material into the environment, actions, activities,
circumstances, conditions, events, incidents, or contractual obligations which
may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any liability under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980
or similar federal, state, local or foreign laws and neither the Company nor
any
of its Subsidiaries has received any notice with respect to any of the
foregoing, nor is any action pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened
in connection with any of the foregoing. The term "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means
all
federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes (collectively, "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS") into the environment,
or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as
well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(ii)
Other than those that are or were stored, used or disposed of in compliance
with
applicable law, no Hazardous Materials are contained on or about any real
property currently owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and no Hazardous Materials were released on or about any real
property previously owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries during the period the property was owned, leased or used by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the normal course of the Company's
or any of its Subsidiaries' business.
(iii)
Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(S), there are no underground storage tanks
on
or under any real property owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that are not in compliance with applicable law.
(t)
TITLE TO PROPERTY.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all
real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by
them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
in
each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such
as
are described in SCHEDULE 3(T) or such as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and
its
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u)
INSURANCE.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company
nor
any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(v)
INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient, in the judgment of the Company's board of directors, to
provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management's general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management's general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(w)
FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES.
Neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary
has,
in the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the Company, used any
corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee
from
corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff,
influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee.
(x)
SOLVENCY.
The
Company (both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement) is solvent (i.e., its assets have a fair market value in excess
of the amount required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts
as
they become absolute and matured) and currently the Company has no information
that would lead it to reasonably conclude that the Company would not have the
ability to, nor does it intend to take any action that would impair its ability
to, pay its debts from time to time incurred in connection therewith as such
debts mature. Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(X), the Company did not receive
a qualified opinion from its auditors with respect to its most recent fiscal
year end and does not anticipate or know of any basis upon which its auditors
might issue a qualified opinion in respect of its current fiscal
year.
(y)
NO
INVESTMENT COMPANY.
The
Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated
by this Agreement will not be an "investment company" required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an "INVESTMENT COMPANY"). The Company
is not controlled by an Investment Company.
(z)
NO
MARKET MANIPULATION.
The
Company has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock of the Company
to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or affect the price at which
the
Securities may be issued or resold.
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(aa)
STOP
TRANSFER.
The
Securities, when issued, will be restricted securities. The Company will not
issue any stop transfer order or other order impeding the sale, resale or
delivery of any of the Securities, except as may be required by any applicable
federal or state securities laws and unless contemporaneous notice of such
instruction is given to the Buyers.
(bb)
NO
UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES.
The
Company has no liabilities or obligations which are material, individually
or in
the aggregate, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's
businesses which have been disclosed in the Company’s public filings and which,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect other than as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(BB).
(cc)
NO
UNDISCLOSED EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES.
Other
than events or circumstances which have been disclosed in the Company’s public
filings, no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the
Company or its businesses, properties, operations or financial condition, that,
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been
so
publicly announced or disclosed in the Reports.
(dd)
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 Company and the accountants and lawyers
formerly or presently employed by the Company, including but not limited to
disputes or conflicts over payment owed to such accountants and lawyers.
Attached hereto as SCHEDULE DD are signed letters from the Company’s current
accounting firm and outside law firm attesting to the facts in the immediately
preceding sentence (the “ACCOUNTANT AND LAWYER LETTERS”).
(ee)
COMPANY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The
Company hereby acknowledges that each Buyer may elect to hold the Debenture
and
the Warrants for various periods of time, as permitted by the terms of the
Transaction Documents and the Company further acknowledges that Investor has
made no representations or warranties, either written or oral, as to how long
the Securities will be held by such Buyer or regarding Investor’s trading
history or investment strategies.
(ff)
DISCLOSURE.
The
Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has
provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information
that
constitutes material, nonpublic information concerning the Company or its
Subsidiaries other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The Company understands and
confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations
in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided
to
the Buyers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf
of
the Company is true and correct and does 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 the light of the circumstances under which they
were
made, not misleading. Each press release issued by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement
did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit 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. No event or circumstance has occurred
or
information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
its
or their business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions,
which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure
or
announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or
disclosed.
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(gg)
ABSENCE
OF CERTAIN COMPANY CONTROL PERSON ACTIONS OR EVENTS.
To the
Company’s knowledge, none of the following has occurred during the past five (5)
years with respect to a Company Control Person (as defined below):
(i)
A
petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was
filed
by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed
by a
court for the business or property of such Company Control Person, or any
partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before
the
time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he
was
an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such
filing;
(ii)
Such Company Control Person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a
named
subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and
other
minor offenses);
(iii)
Any order, judgment or decree, was entered within the past five (5) years and
was not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent
jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise
limiting, the following activities:
(A)
acting, as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities,
or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company,
bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, as a futures commission
merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool
operator, floor broker, any other Person regulated by the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice
in connection with such activity;
(B)
engaging in any type of business practice; or
(C)
engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security
or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities
laws or federal commodities laws;
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(iv)
Such Company Control Person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree,
not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state
authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the
right of such Company Control Person to engage in any activity described in
paragraph (iii) of this item, or to be associated with Persons engaged in any
such activity; or
(v)
Such Company Control Person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a
civil action or by the CFTC or SEC to have violated any federal or state
securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the CFTC
or
SEC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated.
For
purposes hereof, “COMPANY CONTROL PERSON” means each director, executive
officer, promoter, and such other Persons as may be deemed in control of the
Company pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act or Xxxxxxx 00 xx xxx 0000
Xxx.
(xx)
DTC STATUS. The
Company's transfer agent is a participant in and the Common Stock is eligible
for transfer pursuant to the Depository Trust Company Automated Securities
Transfer Program. The name, address, telephone number, fax number, contact
person and email address of the Company transfer agent is set forth on SCHEDULE
3(HH) hereto.
(ii)
XXXXXXXX-XXXXX;
INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS.
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.
(jj) SENIORITY.
Except
as set forth on SCHEDULE
3(JJ),
as of
the Closing Date, no indebtedness or other equity of the Company is senior
to or
pari passu with the Debenture 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).
(kk) REGISTRATION
RIGHTS. Except
as
set forth on SCHEDULE 3(KK) hereto, other than each of the Buyers, no Person
has
any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities
Act of any securities of the Company.
(ll) TRANSACTIONS
WITH AND OBLIGATIONS TO AFFILIATES. Except
as disclosed on SCHEDULE
3(LL),
none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers
or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing
for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which
any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an
officer, director, trustee or partner. SCHEDULE 3(LL) sets forth any loans,
payables, payments, transactions, debt or equity securities, or similar
agreements or obligations between the Company and any officers, directors,
management or affiliates of the Company.
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(mm) INDEBTEDNESS
AND OTHER CONTRACTS. Except
as disclosed in SCHEDULE
3(MM),
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding
Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement
or
instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other
party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any
contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, or (iv) is
a
party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness,
the
performance of which, in the judgment of the Company's officers, has or is
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. SCHEDULE
3(MM)
provides a detailed description of the material terms of any such outstanding
Indebtedness. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) "INDEBTEDNESS" of
any
Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money,
(B)
all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property or services including (without limitation) “Capital Leases” in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (other than trade
payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement
or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and
other
similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures
or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect
to
any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in
the
event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F)
all
monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in
connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied
for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all
indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which
owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of
such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness
or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G)
above; (y) "CONTINGENT OBLIGATION" means, as to any Person, any direct or
indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to
any
indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the
primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary
effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that
such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating
thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be
protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z)
"PERSON" means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a
joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a
government or any department or agency thereof.
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4. COVENANTS.
(a)
BEST
EFFORTS.
The
parties shall use their best efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions
described in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement.
(b)
FORM
D; BLUE SKY LAWS.
The
Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required
under
Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such
filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action
as
the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities
for sale to the Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable
securities or "blue sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain
an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such
action so taken to each Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c)
REPORTING
STATUS.
The
Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act. So
long as any Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall
timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934
Act (“1934 ACT FILINGS”), and the Company shall not terminate its status as an
issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or
the
rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.
(d)
USE
OF PROCEEDS.
The
Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Debenture and the Warrants
in the manner set forth in SCHEDULE 4(D) attached hereto and made a part hereof
and shall not use such proceeds to pay down its corporate debt or in a manner
inconsistent with the provisions of Section 10 of the Debenture. None of the
proceeds of the offering shall be used to repay any debt or obligation to any
officer, director or manager of the Company (collectively, “INSIDERS”), or any
of their affiliates, except that (i) up to $107,827.30
in the
aggregate of the proceeds may be used to pay deferred
salary
to
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
that is
unpaid as of March 31, 2007, and (ii)
(if,
and only if, the proceeds of this Offering, less any commissions and less any
fees paid pursuant to Section 4(q), exceed $6,300,000) up to $300,000 in the
aggregate of the proceeds may be used to pay bonuses to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx that have been declared but unpaid as of the Closing Date.
From
the date hereof until the Debentures are no longer outstanding, in the event
that the Company raises capital through the issuance of debt or equity, the
Company shall be prohibited from using in excess of twenty five percent (25%)
of
the proceeds of any such issuances for the repayment of the then outstanding
indebtedness to any Insider or the payment of salaries (other than salaries
for
the current pay period) or bonuses to any Insiders that have accrued and become
payable prior to the date of such financing but that had not been
paid.
(e)
CAPITAL
RAISING LIMITATIONS; RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION.
(i)
Lock
up of Issuance of Securities.
Except
for Permitted Subsequent Financings (as defined in the Debenture), except for
Exempt Issuances and except for the transactions or other issuances of
securities by the Company as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, from
the
date hereof until the date that is one (1) year after the Closing Date, neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents, and from the date that is one (1) year after the Closing
Date
until the date that is two (2) years after the Closing Date, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents for an effective price per share, or for a conversion or exchange
price per share, that is less than the Initial Conversion Price (as defined
in
the Debenture); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER,
the one
(1) and two year periods set forth in this Section 4(e), respectively, 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 Buyers for the
resale of the Underlying Shares.
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(ii) Capital
Raising Limitations.
During
the period that any Debenture remains outstanding (the “LIMITATION PERIOD”), the
Company shall not issue or sell, or agree to issue or sell Variable Equity
Securities (as defined below), or any securities of the Company pursuant to
an
Equity Line (as defined below) structure or format or any securities of the
Company in exchange for goods or services, without obtaining the prior written
approval of each of the Buyers, with the exception of any such agreements,
transactions or Equity Lines existing as of the date hereof.
For
purposes hereof, an “EQUITY LINE” shall mean a transaction involving a written
agreement between the Company and an investor or underwriter whereby the Company
has the right to “put” its securities to the investor or underwriter over an
agreed period of time and at an agreed price or price formula. For purposes
hereof, the following shall be collectively referred to herein as, the “VARIABLE
EQUITY SECURITIES”: (A) any debt or equity securities which are convertible
into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receive additional
shares of Common Stock either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate
or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of
or
quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such
debt
or equity security, or (2) with a fixed conversion, exercise or exchange price
that is subject to being reset at some future date at any time after the initial
issuance of such debt or equity security due to a change in the market price
of
the Company’s Common Stock since date of initial issuance, or (B) any debenture
or preferred stock that is accompanied by a number of warrants greater than
the
original principal amount, divided by the Market Price at the time of closing
of
such debenture or preferred stock, or (C) any common stock that is sold at
a
discount to the Market Price at the time of closing that is greater than 10%,
(D) any adjustable warrant where the number of shares issuable thereunder is
subject to increase, (E) any Common Stock that is accompanied by a number of
warrants greater than the number of shares of Common Stock sold by the Company
in such transaction, (F) any warrant, convertible security or other Common
Stock
Equivalent with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is set a price
that represents a discount to the Market Price at the time of closing of such
warrant, convertible security or other Common Stock Equivalent that is greater
than 10%, (G) any note, debenture or other debt obligation that is accompanied
by shares of Common Stock for which the additional consideration (in excess
of
the face value of the debt obligation) per share is less than 90% of the Market
Price at the time of closing. For purposes of the above, the “MARKET PRICE” at
time of closing shall mean the Market Price, as defined in the Debenture.
(iii) Buyer’s
Right of Participation in Future Financings.
(A)
From
the date hereof and during the period that any portion of the Debenture is
outstanding, upon any financing by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each,
a “SUBSEQUENT FINANCING”) of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as
defined in Section 1(a)), excluding any securities issued pursuant to the
Offering described in this Agreement, each Buyer shall have the right to
participate in up to the Buyer’s Participation Maximum (as defined below) of the
Subsequent Financing.
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(B)
At
least ten (10) days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the
Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice of its intention to effect
a Subsequent Financing (an “ADVANCE NOTICE OF FINANCING”), which Advance Notice
of Financing shall ask such Buyer if it wants to review the details of such
financing (such additional notice, a “SUBSEQUENT FINANCING NOTICE”). Upon the
request of a Buyer, and only upon a request by such Buyer, for a Subsequent
Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading
Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such Buyer.
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.
(C)
Any
Buyer 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
tenth (10th)
Trading
Day after such Buyer has received the Advance Notice of Financing that the
Buyer
is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the Buyer’s
participation, and that the Buyer 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 Buyer as of such tenth (10th)
Trading
Day, such Buyer shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not
elect to participate.
(D)
If by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth (10th) Trading
Day after all of the requesting Buyers have received the Advance Notice of
Financing, notifications by the Buyers 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.
(E)
If by
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth (10th) Trading Day after all of
the
Buyers have received the Advance Notice of Financing, the Company receives
responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Buyers seeking to purchase
more
than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of the Subsequent Financing,
each such Buyer shall have the right to purchase up to (the “BUYER’S
PARTICIPATION MAXIMUM”) (a) their Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the
Subsequent Financing, plus (b) a pro rata amount (based upon the relative amount
of the participating Buyers’ respective Pro Rata Portions) of the aggregate of
the unused Pro Rata Portions of the other Buyers. For purposes hereof,
“PRO
RATA PORTION”
shall
mean one hundred percent (100%) of the ratio of (x) the Original Principal
Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by a Buyer participating
under this Section 4(e)(iii)(E) and (y) the sum of the aggregate Original
Principal Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by all Buyers
participating under this Section 4(e)(iii)(E).
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(F)
For
purposes of clarity, in the event that there is any amount of a Subsequent
Financing that is not requested to be purchased by a Buyer, then any other
Buyer
shall have the right to purchase such remaining amount of the Subsequent
Financing.
(G)
The
Company must provide the Buyers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice,
and
the Buyers will again have the right of participation set forth above in this
Section 4(e)(iii)(E), 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.
(H)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4(e) shall not apply in respect of an
(i)
Exempt Issuance or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common Stock,
provided that it is expressly agreed and understood that Permitted Subsequent
Financings remain subject to Buyer’s rights of participation in Subsequent
Financings pursuant to this Section 4(e)(iii).
(iv) Most
Favored Nation (MFN) Securities Exchange Provision. From
the
date hereof until the date when such Buyer no longer holds any Debentures,
if
the Company effects a Subsequent Financing, each Buyer may elect, in its sole
discretion, to exchange all or some of the Debentures then held by such Buyer
for any securities or units issued in a Subsequent Financing on a $1.00 for
$1.00 basis based on the outstanding principal amount of such Debentures, along
with any accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts
owing
thereon, and the effective price at which such securities were sold in such
Subsequent Financing; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER,
that
this Section 4(e)(iv) shall not apply with respect to (a) an Exempt Issuance
or
(b) an underwritten public offering of Common Stock. The Company shall provide
each Buyer with notice of any such Subsequent Financing in the manner set forth
in Section 4(e)(iv), provided that following such an exchange, the Holder shall
retain all of its unconverted Warrants.
(v)
Injunctive Relief. The
Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations under this
Subsection 4(e) will cause irreparable harm to Buyer, by vitiating the intent
and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company
acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this
Subsection 4(e) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or
threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that
Buyer
shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies in law or in
equity, to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure any breaches of
the
provisions of this Subsection 4(e) and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, without the necessity of showing economic loss
and
without any bond or other security being required. Specifically, the Buyer
shall
be entitled to injunctive relief to cause the court to rescind any financing
or
financings between the Company and a third party that are in violation of this
Subsection 4(e) the Buyer shall be entitled to injunctive relief to cause the
court to rescind any financing or financings between the Company and a third
party that are in violation of this Subsection 4(e).
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(f)
SECURITIES
LAWS DISCLOSURE; PUBLICITY. The
Company shall, on the next Business Day following the Closing Date, issue a
press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by 8:30
a.m. New York City time on the third (3rd)
Business Day following the Closing Date, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K,
disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and
including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company and each
Buyer shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor
any
Buyer shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public
statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press
release of any Buyer, or without the prior consent of each Buyer, with respect
to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be
withheld or delayed, 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 Buyer, or include the name
of any Buyer in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or
any
market or exchange, without the prior written consent of such Buyer, except
(i)
as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration
statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing
of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the
SEC and
(ii)
to the extent such disclosure is required by law or regulations of the Principal
Market, in which case the Company shall provide the Buyers with prior notice
of
such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii).
(g)
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION.
The
Company agrees to send, or make available via public filings on the internet,
the following reports to each Buyer until such Buyer transfers, assigns, or
sells all of the Securities: (i) within ten (10) days after the filing with
the
SEC, a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q and any Current Reports on Form 8-K; (ii) within one (1) day after release,
copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
and (iii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the
stockholders of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the
Company makes available or gives to such stockholders.
(h)
AUTHORIZATION
AND RESERVATION OF SHARES.
(i)
Authorization
and Reservation Requirements.
The
Company represents that it has at least 180,000,000
authorized shares of Common Stock and covenants that it will initially reserve
(the “INITIAL SHARE RESERVATION”) from its authorized and unissued Common Stock
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to at least one and one-half (1.5)
times the Original Principal Amount of the Debenture, divided by the Conversion
Price in effect on the date of the Initial Share Reservation, free from
preemptive rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the
conversion of the Debenture and shall initially reserve an additional number
of
shares equal to the Warrant Amount, free from preemptive rights, to provide
for
the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants. The Company
further covenants that, beginning on the date hereof, and continuing throughout
the period the conversion right exists, the Company shall at all times have
authorized, and reserved (the “ONGOING SHARE RESERVATION REQUIREMENT”) for the
purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide
for the full conversion or exercise of the outstanding portion of the Debenture
and Warrants and issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in
connection therewith (based on the Conversion Price (as defined in the
Debenture) in effect from time to time and the Exercise Price of the Warrants
in
effect from time to time). The Company shall not reduce the number of shares
of
Common Stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant
to
the Debenture and exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants without
the
consent of the Buyers. The Company shall use its best efforts at all times
to
maintain the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved for issuance at no
less than 100% of the number that is then actually issuable upon full conversion
of the Debenture (based on the Conversion Price (as defined in the Debenture)
in
effect from time to time) and full exercise of the Warrants (based on the
Exercise Price of the Warrants in effect from time to time).
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(ii)
Stockholder
Approval.
If at
any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for
issuance is below the number of Conversion Shares issued and issuable upon
conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Debenture (based on the Conversion
Price (as defined in the Debenture) in effect from time to time) and Warrant
Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants
(based on the Exercise Price of the Warrants in effect from time to time),
together with the Payment Shares and any other shares of Common Stock issued
or
issuable pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Company will
promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a
sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special
meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's
obligations under this Section 4(h), in the case of an insufficient number
of
authorized shares, and using its best efforts to obtain stockholder approval
of
an increase in such authorized number of shares.
(i)
CERTAIN
TRADING ACTIVITIES.
Anytime
during the period that any Debentures or Warrants are outstanding, the Buyer
and
its Affiliates will not enter into or effect, or attempt to induce any third
party to enter into or effect, any "short sales" (as such term is defined in
Rule 3b-3 of the 0000 Xxx) of the Common Stock or hedging transaction which
established a net short position with respect to the Common Stock. For purposes
of clarification, a “net short position” of the Buyer shall be determined by
offsetting any short sales by the number of shares of Common Stock the Buyer
then holds plus any shares of Common Stock the Buyer may receive upon conversion
of the Debentures in full and exercise of the Warrants in full, ignoring any
conversion or exchange limitations thereon for such purpose, provided, that,
at
the time the short sale trade is entered the price of the Common Stock is at
least $1.50, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits and
the
like. If such number of shares exceeds a Buyer’s aggregate short position, or if
the minimum stock price of the Common Stock at the time the short sale trade
is
entered is below $1.50, such Buyer shall be deemed to have a “net short
position.” For the purposes of this Agreement, an "AFFILIATE" of any person or
entity means any other person or entity directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such person or
entity. Affiliate includes each subsidiary of the Company.
(j)
LISTING.
The
Company will use its best efforts to obtain and, so long as any Buyer owns
any
of the Securities, maintain the trading of its Common Stock on the over the
counter Bulletin Board (“OTC-BB”), or to obtain and, so long as any Buyer owns
any of the Securities, maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock
on
the Nasdaq National Market (the "NNM"), the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (the "NASDAQ
SMALLCAP"), the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), or the American Stock Exchange
("AMEX")(whichever of the foregoing is at the time the principal trading
exchange or market for the Common Stock is referred to herein as the "PRINCIPAL
MARKET"), and will comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing
and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the National Association
of
Securities Dealers ("NASD") and such exchanges, as applicable. The Company
shall
promptly provide to each Buyer copies of any notices it receives from the
PRINCIPAL MARKET and any other exchanges or quotation systems on which the
Common Stock is then listed regarding the continued eligibility of the Common
Stock for listing on such exchanges and quotation systems.
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(k)
CORPORATE
EXISTENCE.
So long
as a Buyer beneficially owns any portion of the Debenture or Warrants, the
Company shall maintain its corporate existence in good standing and remain
a
“REPORTING ISSUER” (defined as a Company which files periodic reports under the
Exchange Act).
(l)
NO
INTEGRATION.
The
Company shall not make any offers or sales of any security (other than the
Securities) under circumstances that would require registration of the
Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the 1933 Act or cause the
offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other offering of
securities by the Company.
(m)
LIMITATION
ON SALE OR DISPOSITION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Except
as otherwise provided in the IP Restrictions (as defined below), the Company,
may at any time, without the Buyers' written consent, enter into any of the
following agreements with respect to its Intellectual Property: (i) Licensing
Agreements and sub-licenses, or (ii) assignments or sales of its Intellectual
Property, provided, however, that any of the foregoing must be approved by
a
majority of the independent directors of the Company.
So
long
as any portion of the Debenture remains outstanding, the Company shall not,
in
each case without the written consent of Holders (as defined in the Debenture)
holding at least two-thirds (2/3) of the then outstanding principal amount
of
Debentures, (i) sell, convey, dispose of, spin off or assign any or all of
its
Intellectual Property (including but not limited to the Intellectual Property
set forth in SCHEDULE 3(J) hereof), or the rights to receive proceeds from
patent licensing agreements, patent infringement litigation or other litigation
related to such Intellectual Property (collectively, the "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS") to any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) of
Regulation D), or to any officer, director or senior manager of the Company
or
to any family member of any such person (collectively, "CONTROL PERSONS”), or to
any entity that is controlled by any such Control Person or in which any such
Control Person has any beneficial interest, (ii) sell, convey, dispose of,
spin
off or assign any or all of its Intellectual Property Rights related to Core
Intellectual Property, unless the cash consideration received by the Company
in
exchange for such Core Intellectual Property exceeds $50 million (an “Allowable
IP Sale”), or (iii) enter into one or more licensing, development or
collaboration agreements pursuant to which the Company may share rights to
its
Core Intellectual Property (collectively, "LICENSING AGREEMENTS") with respect
to its Core Intellectual Property, unless such Licensing Agreements are
Allowable Non-Exclusive IP Transactions (as defined below) or the net revenues
of the Company resulting from such licensing agreements exceed $5 million per
calendar year (collectively, the "IP RESTRICTIONS"). For purposes hereof, an
“ALLOWABLE NON-EXCLUSIVE IP TRANSACTION” is a Licensing Agreement that is made
between the Company and a person or entity that is not a Control Person (as
defined above), and which does not grant the licensee (i) any right to exclude
any other person or entity from using, selling, or licensing the Core
Intellectual Property or from using or selling products that utilize the
technologies covered by the Core Intellectual Property, or (ii) any right to
limit any other person or entity as to geography, time, or otherwise, from
using, selling, or licensing the Core Intellectual Property or from using or
selling products that utilize the technologies covered by the Core Intellectual
Property.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not, without the written
consent of any Holders (as defined in the Debenture) whose Debentures are in
default, and other Holders (who, together with the Holders whose Debentures
are
in default) hold at least two-thirds (2/3) of the then outstanding principal
amount of Debentures, (i) sell, convey, dispose of, spin off or assign title
to
any of its Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights to any person
or entity, or (ii) enter into any Licensing Agreement(s) with respect to any
of
its Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights with any person or
entity, during the period beginning on the date of any Event of Default (as
defined in the Debenture) has occurred pursuant to the terms of the Debenture
through the date that such Event of Default is cured.
(n)
LIMITATION
ON RATE OF ISSUANCE OF SHARES. The
parties agree that, if by virtue of this AGREEMENT, or by virtue of any other
agreement between the parties, Holder becomes entitled to receive from the
Company a number of shares of common stock of the Company (collectively,
“ISSUABLE SECURITIES”), such that the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common
Stock of the Company beneficially owned by HOLDER and any applicable affiliates
(other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned
through the ownership of the unconverted portion of the Debenture, the
unexercised Warrants or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other
security of HOLDER subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous
to the limitations contained herein)(collectively, the “BENEFICIALLY OWNED
SHARES”) and (2) the number Issuable Securities described above, with respect to
which the determination of this proviso is being made, would result in
beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of
the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “4.99% BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
LIMITATION”), then the Company shall immediately deliver to Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company, that can be issued without exceeding
the
4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
For
purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, (i) beneficial
ownership shall be determined by the Holder in accordance with Section 13(d)
of
the Exchange Act and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided
in clause (1) of such proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, and
PROVIDED THAT the 4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall be conclusively
satisfied if the applicable notice from Holder includes a signed representation
by the Holder that the issuance of the shares in such notice will not violate
the 4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall not be entitled
to require additional documentation of such satisfaction.
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The
parties agree that, in the event that the Company receives any tender offer
or
any offer to enter into a merger with another entity whereby the Company shall
not be the surviving entity (an “OFFER”), or in the event the Company is issuing
Default Shares (as defined in the Debenture) to the Buyer, then “4.99%” shall be
automatically revised immediately after such offer to read “9.99%” each place it
occurs in the first two paragraphs of this Section 4(n) above. Notwithstanding
the above, Holder shall retain the option to either exercise or not exercise
its
option(s) to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof after an Offer.
In addition, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section
4(n)
may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less
than
61 days’ prior notice to the Company, to change the 4.99% Beneficial Ownership
Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of the Debenture held by the Holder or upon exercise of a Warrant
held by the Holder, as applicable, and the provisions of this Section 4(n)
shall
continue to apply. The limitations on conversion set forth in this subsection
are referred to as the “BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP LIMITATION.” Upon such a change by
a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% Beneficial
Ownership Limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation may not be further waived by such Holder.
The
provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner
otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(n) to
correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or
inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained
or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect
to such limitation.
Maximum
Exercise of Rights. In the event the Buyer notifies the Company that the
exercise of the rights described herein or in the Warrants, or the issuance
of
Payment Shares or other shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder under
the
terms of the Transaction Documents (collectively, “ISSUABLE SHARES”) would
result in the issuance of an amount of common stock of the Company that would
exceed the maximum amount that may be issued to a Buyer calculated in the manner
described in Section 4(n) of this Agreement, then the issuance of such
additional shares of common stock of the Company to such Buyer will be deferred
in whole or in part until such time as such Buyer is able to beneficially own
such common stock without exceeding the maximum amount set forth calculated
in
the manner described in herein. The determination of when such common stock
may
be issued shall be made by each Buyer as to only such Buyer.
(o)
[Intentionally
left blank]
(p)
EQUAL
TREATMENT OF BUYERS.
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 Agreements
unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Agreements.
(q)
LEGAL
AND DUE DILIGENCE FEES.
The
Company shall pay to Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd. (the “BRISTOL”) a cash fee of
$20,000 at closing as reimbursement for legal services rendered by its attorneys
in connection with this Agreement and the purchase and sale of the Debentures
and Warrants and as reimbursement for due diligence expenses. Bristol may
withhold such amount out of the Purchase Price for its Debenture. In addition,
the Company shall pay Bristol Capital, LLC a seven percent (7%) origination
fee
on Bristol’s Commitment Amount and Bristol Capital, LLC will be entitled to ten
percent (10%) warrant coverage on Bristol’s Commitment Amount. The origination
fee and Warrant Shares shall be delivered to Bristol Capital, LLC at 00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn. Xxx Xxxx,
telephone number (000) 000-0000.
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(r)
LIMITED
STANDSTILL.
The
Company will deliver to the Subscribers on or before the Closing Date and
enforce the provisions of irrevocable standstill agreements ("LIMITED STANDSTILL
AGREEMENTS") in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT
F
with the
Insiders that are identified on SCHEDULE 4(r) hereto (the “DESIGNATED
INSIDERS”).
(s)
NON-PUBLIC
INFORMATION. The
Company covenants and agrees that from and after the date hereof, neither it
nor
any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Buyer or its agents
or
counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material
non-public information, unless prior thereto such Buyer shall have executed
a
written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.
The
Company understands and confirms that each Buyer shall be relying on the
foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
(t)
ADDITIONAL
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS. Until
the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the
Company will not file a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating
to
securities that are not the Securities, other than an S-8 to cover no more
than
5,800,000 shares issued pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan(s), attached
as SCHEDULE 4(t) hereto and the non-qualified stock option grants set forth
on
SCHEDULE 3(C-2).
(u)
TRANSACTIONS
WITH AFFILIATES. So
long
as any Debenture or Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, enter into, amend, modify or supplement,
or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, amend, modify or supplement any
agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement with any of its or any
Subsidiary’s officers, directors, person who were officers or directors at any
time during the previous two (2) years, stockholders who beneficially own five
percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock, or Affiliates (as defined below)
or
with any individual related by blood, marriage, or adoption to any such
individual or with any entity in which any such entity or individual owns a
five
percent (5%) or more beneficial interest (each a “RELATED PARTY”), except for
customary employment arrangements and benefit programs on reasonable terms.
“AFFILIATE” for purposes hereof means, with respect to any person or entity,
another person or entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a ten percent
(10%) or more equity interest in that person or entity, (ii) has ten percent
(10%) or more common ownership with that person or entity, (iii) controls that
person or entity, or (iv) shares common control with that person or entity.
“CONTROL” or “CONTROLS” for purposes hereof means that a person or entity has
the power, direct or indirect, to conduct or govern the policies of another
person or entity.
(v)
[INTENTIONALLY
LEFT BLANK].
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5.
SECURITY; SENIOR DEBT.
(i)
Grant
Of Security Interest.
Except
as otherwise set forth on SCHEDULE 5 annexed hereto, the Company
hereby represents that it has good and marketable title to all of the common
stock of Quintessence (the “QUINTESSENCE
COMMON STOCK”),
free
and clear of
any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance
(collectively, “LIENS”),
including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of
the
Quintessence Common Stock. Prior
to,
and as a condition to Closing, the Company shall enter into a Security Agreement
in the form of EXHIBIT C annexed hereto (the “SECURITY AGREEMENT”), which shall
grant the Buyers a continuing security interest in all of the assets of the
Company, which consist of the Company’s right, title and interest to all of the
Quintessence
Common Stock (the “INITIAL
COLLATERAL”)
as
collateral security for all of its “Obligations” (as defined in the Security
Agreement).
In the
event that subsequent to the Closing Date, any of the Holders of a minimum
of
Five Hundred Thousand (US $500,000) of the Original Principal Amount of the
outstanding Debentures determines that he, she or it would like a security
interest on all of the property of Quintessence, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to (i) obtain an inter-creditor arrangement
with
Finisar Corporation (“FINISAR”) and the other existing secured creditors of
Quintessence (the “EXISTING
CREDITORS”)
whereby such Existing Creditors each agree to allow Quintessence to grant to
all
of the holders of Debentures (the “HOLDERS”) a security interest lien junior
only to liens existing on the date of this Agreement and the Permitted Liens
on
all of the property constituting collateral under the Quintessence Security
Agreement (defined below) and (ii) cause Quintessence to enter into a Security
Agreement (the “QUINTESSENCE SECURITY AGREEMENT”) which shall state that all of
the Debentures are secured by substantially all of Quintessence’s property as
described therein (the “SUBSEQUENT
COLLATERAL”)
from
that day forward; provided
that
the
Buyer and the Holders acknowledge and agree that they will enter into
subordination agreements in favor of the Existing Creditors, in a form
acceptable to the Existing Creditors, with respect to such Subsequent Collateral
concurrently with, and as a condition precedent to, the Company satisfying
the
obligations in this sentence.
The
Company hereby represents that the Holder has a senior lien on the Initial
Collateral and agrees not to grant any liens on the Initial Collateral that
are
either senior to, or in parity with, the Holder’s lien. The Company agrees that
from the Issue Date of the Debentures through the date that all of the
Debentures have been paid in full or converted in full (the “COVERED PERIOD”),
the Company shall not enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any
Liens upon or in any of the property owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries except for Permitted Liens and shall not assign or transfer any
interest in the property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless
such transfer is a Permitted Transfer.
(ii) Limitation
On Future Debt; Subordination.
Before
entering into any future debt with a third party that is not otherwise
prohibited under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall further comply
with the following requirements: (i) any debt financing issued by the Company
after the date hereof but prior to the earlier of (1) the date that the
Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, or (2) the Filing
Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall, by its terms,
be made either expressly subordinate to, or pari-passu with, the Debentures,
and
(b) any debt financing issued by the Company after the earlier of (1) the date
that the Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, or (2) the
Filing Deadline shall, by its terms, be made expressly subordinate to the
Debentures. With respect to any financing that is required to be expressly
subordinate to the Debentures, the Company shall first obtain a subordination
agreement, satisfactory to the Holders of an outstanding majority of the
Debentures, from the proposed debt holder.
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(iii) Senior
Debt.
In the
event that the Liens held by Existing Creditors are terminated and released,
the
Company shall agree to provide the Holders with a first lien on all of the
property of Quintessence. Furthermore, the Company hereby consents to permit
Bristol and its designees to negotiate and purchase the senior debt from the
Existing Creditors, and agrees to honor the transfer of any such senior debt
from the Existing Creditors to Bristol and/or its designees, provided that
such
transfer complies with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and Bristol
and its designees shall have received all required consents and authorizations
for such transfer.
6.
LEGENDS.
(a)
The
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, together with any other shares of
Common Stock that are issued or issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents
shall be referred to herein as the “ISSUED COMMON SHARES.” Certificates
evidencing the Issued Common Shares shall not contain any legend restricting
the
transfer thereof (including the legend set forth in Section 2(e) of the
Debenture): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the
Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Issued Common Shares pursuant
to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Issued Common 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) (collectively, the
“UNRESTRICTED CONDITIONS”). 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 issuance of Issued Common
Shares without a restrictive legend or removal of the legend hereunder. If
the
Unrestricted Conditions are met at the time of issuance of Issued Common Shares,
then such Issued Common Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company
agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as the Unrestricted
Conditions are met or such legend is otherwise no longer required under Section
6(b), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a
Buyer to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate
representing Issued Common Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive
legend (such third Trading Day, the “LEGEND REMOVAL DATE”), deliver or cause to
be delivered to such Buyer a certificate representing such shares that is free
from all restrictive and other legends.
(b)
Each
Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees that the removal
of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set
forth
in this Section 6 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that each Buyer will
sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements,
or an
exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set
forth therein.
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7. CONDITIONS
TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Debenture and Warrants
to a Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these
conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company
at any time in its sole discretion:
(a)
The
Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents, and delivered
the
same to the Company.
(b)
The
Buyer shall have delivered the applicable Purchase Price in accordance with
Section 1(b) above.
(c)
The
representations and warranties of the Buyer shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a
specific date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct
as
of such date), and the Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in
all
material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer at or prior
to the Closing Date.
(d)
No
litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or
in
any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any
self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated
hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
8. CONDITIONS
TO BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The
obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Debenture and Warrants at
the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each
of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Buyer's
sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole
discretion:
(a)
The
Company shall have executed this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement, and delivered the same to the Buyer.
(b)
The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer the duly executed Debenture and
Warrants in accordance with Section 1 above.
(c)
The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement,
as
modified by the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, shall be true and correct in
all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though
made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a
specific date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct
as
of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied
in
all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required
by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at
or
prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate or
certificates, executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such
other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer including, but not
limited to certificates with respect to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' resolutions relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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(d)
No
litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or
in
any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any
self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated
hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(e)
Trading in the Common Stock on the PRINCIPAL MARKET shall not have been
suspended by the SEC or the Nasdaq and, within two (2) business days of the
Closing, the Company will make application to the PRINCIPAL MARKET, if legally
required by Nasdaq, to have the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares
authorized for quotation.
(f)
The
Buyer shall have received an opinion of the Company's counsel, dated as of
the
Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer
and in substantially the same form as EXHIBIT
E
attached
hereto.
(g)
The
Buyer shall have received a Closing Certificate described in Section 1(b)(v)
above, dated as of the Closing Date.
(h)
The
Company shall have delivered to the Buyer an executed Accountant Letter and
an
executed Law Firm Letter, as described in Section 3(dd) hereof.
(i) Prior
to
the Closing, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to
each
Buyer true copies of UCC search results, listing all effective financing
statements which name as debtor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries filed
in
the prior five years to perfect an interest in any assets thereof, together
with
copies of such financing statements, and the results of searches for any tax
lien and judgment lien filed against such Person or its property, which results,
except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Buyers shall not show any such
Liens.
9. GOVERNING
LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.
(a)
GOVERNING LAW. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement and the other 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 is an 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 other
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 reasonable attorneys’
fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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(b)
COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES BY FACSIMILE.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.
This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party
hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the
signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
(c)
HEADINGS.
The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d)
SEVERABILITY.
If any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(e)
ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS.
This
Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding
of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and
supersede all previous communication, representation, or Agreements whether
oral
or written, between the parties with respect to the matters covered herein.
Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor
the
Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect
to such matters. The Agreement may not be orally modified. Only a modification
in writing, signed by authorized representatives of both parties, and approved
by Buyers holding at least sixty seven percent (67%) of the total outstanding
Debentures will be enforceable. The parties waive the right to rely on any
oral
representations made by the other party, whether in the past or in the future,
regarding the subject matter of the Agreement, the instruments referenced herein
or any other dealings between the parties related to investments or potential
investments into the Company or any securities transactions or potential
securities transactions with the Company.
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(f) INDEPENDENT
NATURE OF BUYERS’ OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS. The
obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible
in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under
any
Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document,
and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute
the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind
of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in
concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Buyer 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 Buyer to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Buyer has been represented by
its
own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents.
(g)
NOTICES.
Any
notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement
shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or
delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery
service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed
in
the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered
personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service)
or
by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses for such
communications shall be:
If
to the
Company, to:
Attn:
Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, CFO
QPC
Lasers, Inc.
00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Phone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
With
copy
to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxx , Esq.
Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx
000
Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
If
to a
Buyer: To the address set forth immediately below such
Buyer's
name on the signature pages hereto.
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Each
party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in
address.
(h)
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and assigns. Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 2(f),
Buyer may assign its rights hereunder to any person that purchases Securities
in
a private transaction from a Buyer or to any of its "AFFILIATES," as that term
is defined under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Company; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that prior to any assignment of its rights hereunder to a person (other
than an affiliate) that purchases any Debenture or Warrants from such Buyer
in a
private transaction such Buyer shall provide the Company with written notice
of
its intention to sell some or all of the Debenture or Warrants, which notice
shall disclose the proposed purchase price for such Debenture or Warrants,
and
the Company shall have the option, during the ten (10) business day period
following such notice, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Debenture
and/or Warrants at the proposed purchase price, after which period the Buyer
shall be free to sell the Debenture and/or Warrants to a third party at such
proposed purchase price.
(i)
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.
(j)
SURVIVAL.
The
representations and warranties of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement
shall survive the closing hereunder for a period of three (3) years after each
Closing contemplated by this Agreement notwithstanding any due diligence
investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Buyer.
(k)
INDEMNIFICATION.
The
Company (the “INDEMNIFYING PARTY”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Buyer and all its officers, directors, employees, agents, members and managers
(the “INDEMNIFIED PARTY”) for loss or damage arising as a result of or related
to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof or any of its
covenants and obligations under this Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred with respect
to claims by third parties.
Promptly
after receipt of notice of the commencement of any action against an Indemnified
Party, such Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party in writing
of
the commencement thereof and the basis hereunder upon which a claim for
indemnification is asserted, but the failure to do so shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent the
Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. In the event of
the
commencement of any such action, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to
participate therein and to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory
to the Indemnified Party, and, after notice from the Indemnifying Party to
the
Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party hereunder for
any legal expenses (including attorneys' fees) subsequently incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified
Party and the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to it which are
different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party or
if
the interests of the Indemnified Party reasonably may be deemed to conflict
with
the interests of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the
right to select one separate counsel and to assume such legal defenses and
otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the reasonable
expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other expenses related to such
participation to be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as incurred.
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As
to
cases in which the Indemnifying Party has assumed and is providing the defense
for the Indemnified Party, the control of such defense shall be vested in the
Indemnifying Party; provided that the consent of the Indemnified Party shall
be
required prior to any settlement of such case or action, which consent shall
not
be unreasonably withheld. As to any action, the party which is controlling
such
action shall provide to the other party reasonable information (including
reasonable advance notice of all proceedings and depositions in respect thereto)
regarding the conduct of the action and the right to attend all proceedings
and
depositions in respect thereto through its agents and attorneys, and the right
to discuss the action with counsel for the party controlling such action.
(l)
PUBLICITY.
The
Company and the Buyer shall have the right to review a reasonable period of
time
before issuance of any press releases, filings with the SEC, NASD or any stock
exchange or interdealer quotation system, or any other public statements with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Buyer, to make
any
press release or public filings with respect to such transactions as is required
by applicable law and regulations (although the Buyer shall be consulted by
the
Company in connection with any such press release prior to its release and
shall
be provided with a copy thereof and be given an opportunity to comment
thereon).
(m)
FURTHER ASSURANCES.
Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(n)
NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION.
The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by
the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction
will
be applied against any party.
(o)
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.
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(p)
REMEDIES.
The
Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will
cause
irreparable harm to Buyer, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that
the
remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Agreement will be
inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the
Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that Buyer shall be entitled,
in
addition to all other available remedies in law or in equity, to an injunction
or injunctions to prevent or cure any breaches of the provisions of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond
or other security being required.
10. NUMBER
OF SHARES AND PURCHASE PRICE.
Buyer
subscribes Debenture in an initial principal amount equal to the Original
Principal Amount set forth on the signature page hereto against payment by
wire
transfer or
other form acceptable to the Company, in
the
amount of the Commitment Amount (less any offset of expenses as permitted
hereunder).
The
undersigned acknowledges that this Agreement and the subscription represented
hereby shall not be effective unless accepted by the Company as indicated
below.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Buyer does represent and certify under penalty
of perjury that the foregoing statements are true and correct and that Buyer
by
the following signature(s) executed this Agreement.
Dated
this 16th day of April, 2007.
Your
Signature
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[signature
page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
THIS
AGREEMENT IS ACCEPTED BY THE COMPANY AS TO A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF DEBENTURES
IN
THE AMOUNT OF $_________________
(the
“COMMITMENT AMOUNT”) AND THE ACCOMPANYING WARRANTS ON THE 16th DAY OF APRIL,
2007.
QPC LASERS, INC. | |||
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[Signature
page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
SCHEDULE
OF BUYERS
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Principal
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Exhibit
A
Debenture
Please
see Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current
Report
on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2007.
Exhibit
B
Registration
Rights Agreement
Please
see Exhibit 99.4 to the Company’s Current
Report
on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2007.
Exhibit
C
Security
Agreement
Please
see exhibit 99.5 to the Company’s Current
Report
on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2007.
Exhibit
D
Warrant
Please
see Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current
Report
on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2007.
Exhibit
E
Form
of Legal Opinion
April
___, 2007
To
the
Buyers identified on the signature page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
dated April 16, 2007
Re:
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QPC
Lasers, Inc Convertible Debentures with
Warrants
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
acted as counsel to QPC Lasers, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”),
in
connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of US $ _______ principal
amount of 10% secured convertible debentures due on April 16, 2009 (the
“Debentures”)
and
warrants to purchase ______ shares of the Company’s common stock (the
“Warrants”),
pursuant to the terms of an Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 16,
2007
(the “Purchase Agreement”),
by
and among the Company and the buyers identified on the signature pages thereto
(the “Buyers”).
This
opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 8(f) of the Purchase
Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
We
have
examined originals or copies of the following documents; all dated as of April
16, 2007 (the “Transaction
Documents"):
i.
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the
Purchase Agreement;
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ii.
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the
Debenture;
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iii.
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the
Registration Rights Agreement; and
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iv.
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the
Warrants.
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In
addition, we have examined such corporate records, documents, instruments,
certificates of public officials and of the Company, including a certificate
of
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company, dated April 16, 2007, (the “Opinion
Certificate”),
made
such inquiries of the officials of the Company and considered such questions
of
law as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering the opinions set
forth herein. In rending this opinion, we have relied upon the Opinion
Certificate as to certain factual matters. We have made no independent
investigation of the accuracy or completeness of such matters.
In
such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the
authenticity of all items submitted to us as originals and the conformity with
originals of all items submitted to us as copies. In making our examination
of
documents executed by parties other than the Company, we have assumed that
each
other party has the power and authority (or in the case of an individual, the
capacity) to execute and deliver, and to perform and observe the provisions
of
such documents, and the due authorization by each such party of all requisite
action and the due execution and delivery of such documents by each such party,
and that such documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations
of
each such party enforceable against such party in accordance with their
terms.
Our
opinions in paragraph 1 and 2 below as to the qualification and good
standing of the Company and Quintessence Photonics Corporation are based solely
on certificates of public officials in the state(s) named in those paragraphs.
Our
opinions in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 assume compliance by the Company with
applicable provisions of Nevada law.
Our
opinions in paragraph 5 and 6(iii) below are based solely upon our review of
the
orders, judgments, writs, and decrees described therein, if any.
Our
opinion in paragraph 7 is based solely upon the facts included in the Opinion
Certificate. We have made no independent investigation of the accuracy or
completeness of such matters.
In
rending our opinion expressed in paragraph 8 below, we have relied solely upon
(i) the representations and warranties of the investors contained in the
Purchase Agreements, which we have assumed to be true and correct in all
respects as of the date hereof, (ii) our review of the Transaction Documents
and
the (iii) Opinion Certificate.
We
have
made no independent investigation as to whether the foregoing certificates
are
accurate or complete.
Whenever
our opinion herein with respect to the existence or absence of facts is
indicated to be based on our knowledge, it is intended to signify that, in
the
course of our representation of the Company, none of Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxx
Cops,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or Xxxxxxxx Xxxx has acquired actual knowledge of the existence
or
absence of such facts. We have not undertaken any independent investigation
to
determine the existence or absence of such facts, and no inference as to our
knowledge of the existence or absence of such facts should be drawn from the
fact of our representation of the Company.
The
opinions hereinafter expressed are subject to the following qualifications
and
exceptions:
(i)
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The
effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors
generally, including, without limitation, laws relating to fraudulent
transfers or conveyances, preferences and equitable subordination;
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(ii)
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Limitations
imposed by general principles of equity upon the availability of
equitable
remedies or the enforcement of provisions of the Transaction Documents;
and the effect of judicial decisions which have held that certain
provisions are unenforceable where their enforcement would violate
the
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or would be commercially
unreasonable, or where their breach is not material;
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(iii)
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The
provisions of Section 9(k) of the Purchase Agreement purporting to
provide for indemnification under certain circumstances may be
unenforceable as violative of public policy expressed in the Act,
and
accordingly, we are unable to render an opinion as to the enforceability
of such provisions;
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(iv)
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Our
opinion is based upon current statutes, rules, regulations, cases
and
official interpretive opinions, and it covers certain items that
are not
directly or definitively addressed by such authorities;
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(v)
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Except
to the extent encompassed by an opinion set forth below with respect
to
the Company, we express no opinion as to the effect on the opinions
expressed herein of (1) the compliance or non-compliance of any party
to the Transaction Documents with any law, regulation or order applicable
to it, or (2) the legal or regulatory status or the nature of the
business of any such party;
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(vi)
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The
effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of
extrinsic evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of the
Transaction Documents;
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(vii)
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The
enforceability of provision of the Transaction Documents which purport
to
establish evidentiary standards or to make determinations conclusive
or
powers absolute;
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(viii)
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The
enforceability of provisions of the Transaction Documents imposing
or
which are construed as effectively imposing a
penalty;
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(ix)
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The
enforceability of provisions of the Transaction Documents providing
that
rights or remedies are not exclusive, that every right or remedy
is
cumulative, or that the election of a particular remedy or remedies
does
not preclude recourse to one or more other
remedies;
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(x)
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We
express no opinion as to compliance with applicable antifraud statutes,
rules or regulations of applicable state and federal laws concerning
the
issuance or sale of securities;
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(xi)
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We
express no opinion as to the enforceability of provisions of the
Transaction Documents under which the Company agrees to submit to
the
jurisdiction of, or that disputes arising under the Transaction Documents
are to be determined by a particular court or
courts;
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We
express no opinion as to whether the provisions of the Transaction
Documents under which the Company submits to the jurisdiction of
one or
more New York courts or federal courts located in the State of New
York
are subject to application of the doctrine of forum
non conveniens
or
a similar statutory principle;
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We
call your attention to the arbitration provisions of the Transaction
Documents and to the existence of differences between the arbitral
and
judicial processes; we have based our opinion upon an assessment
of legal
authorities which would be applicable in judicial
proceedings;
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We
express no opinion as to whether the provisions of the Transaction
Documents under which the Company agrees that disputes arising under
the
Transaction Documents are to be determined by one or more New York
courts
are subject to application of the doctrine of forum
non conveniens
or
a similar statutory principle;
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(xv)
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We
express no opinion as to the fairness of the transactions contemplated
by
the Purchase Agreement to the Company or its shareholders;
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(xvi)
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We
express no opinion as to whether or not, in light of the SEC's current
policies, the Company will be able to register the shares issuable
upon
conversion of the Debenture or the exercise of the Warrants, pursuant
to
its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement;
and
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(xvii)
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We
have assumed that the directors of the Company have acted and will
act in
accordance with their fiduciary duties in authorizing the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and taking corporate
action thereunder.
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Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1.
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The
Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and
in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. The Company is duly
qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation in the State
of
California.
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2.
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Quintessence
Photonics Corporation, the Company’s subsidiary, is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the
state of Delaware.
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3.
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The
Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been
duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each constitutes
the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company.
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4.
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The
shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures or exercise of
the
Warrants, as applicable, will be duly authorized, validly issued
and fully
paid, assuming delivery and receipt of payment therefor in accordance
with
the Debentures or Warrants, as
applicable.
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5.
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To
our knowledge, except as disclosed in the Transaction Documents and
the
Company’s public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”), there are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations,
investigations, or inquiries, pending or threatened, of a material
character before any court or governmental or administrative body
or
agency, or any private arbitration tribunal, against the Company
or its
Subsidiaries, or any of its Officers, directors or employees ( in
connection with the discharge of their duties as officers, directors
or
employees of the Company) or affecting any of the Company’s properties or
assets.
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6.
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The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the performance
by
the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations under
the
Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Debentures and Warrants
as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (and the common stock issuable
upon conversion) (i) do not violate or result in a violation of the
Company’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, (ii) do not violate any
applicable federal or state law, rule or regulation that is known
to us to
be customarily applicable to transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement and (iii) do not violate any judgment, order or decree
disclosed in the Transaction Documents or the Company’s public filings
made with the SEC.
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7.
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To
our knowledge, the Company is not an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and rules
promulgated thereunder.
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8.
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Based
in part upon the representations of the Buyers contained in the Purchase
Agreement, the Shares,
the Debentures, the conversion shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant
Shares may
be issued to the Buyers without registration under the Securities
Act of
1933, as amended.
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9.
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The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents
by the
Company will not violate or result in a material breach of any of
the
terms of or constitute a material default under or (except as contemplated
in the Transaction Documents) result in the creation of any lien,
charge
or encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company, pursuant
to the
terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement
or
order disclosed in the Company’s public filings made with the SEC. As to
agreements which by their terms are or may be governed by the laws
of a
jurisdiction other than New York, we assume that such agreements
are
governed by the law of New York for purposes of the opinion expressed
in
this paragraph. In addition, we exclude from the scope of such opinion
any
potential violation of financial covenants contained in such
agreements.
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We
express no opinion as to matters governed by laws of any jurisdiction other
than
the substantive laws of the State of New York, and the federal laws of the
United States of America (without reference to choice-of-law rules), as in
effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to enforceability of the
New York choice-of-law provision contained in the Transaction Documents.
Unless separately engaged to so in writing, we will not update our opinions
expressed hereinabove for subsequent changes or modifications to the law and
regulations or the judicial and administrative interpretations
thereof.
This
letter is furnished solely for the benefit of the Buyers. Neither this letter
nor any opinion expressed herein may be relied upon, nor may copies be delivered
or disclosed to, any other person or entity without our prior written
consent.
Very
truly yours,
Xxxxxxxx
&
Xxxxxxxx
LLP
Exhibit
F
Limited
Standstill Agreement
This
AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of the ___
day of
April, 2007, by the signatories hereto (each an "Insider"), in connection with
his or her ownership of shares of QPC LASERS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company").
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt
of
which consideration are hereby acknowledged, Insider agrees as
follows:
1.
Background.
a.
Insider is the actual and/or beneficial
owner of
the amount of shares of the Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company
("Common Stock") and rights to purchase Common Stock designated on the signature
page hereto, some or all of which are owned by virtue of Insider's ownership
of
a note convertible into Common Stock.
b.
Insider acknowledges that the Company has entered into or will enter into an
agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) with each buyer (collectively, the
“Buyers”) of the Company's convertible debentures (“Debentures”) and warrants
(“Warrants”), for the sale to the Buyers of an aggregate of up to $10,000,000 of
principal amount of secured Debentures and Warrants (the "Offering"). Insider
understands that, as a condition to proceeding with the Offering, the Buyers
have required, and the Company has agreed to obtain an agreement from the
Insider, to refrain from selling any securities of the Company from the date
of
the Securities Purchase Agreement until the date that none of the Debentures
remain outstanding (the "Restriction Period"), as further described herein.
2.
Share
Restriction; Non-Default.
a.
The Insider agrees that during the Restriction Period, the Insider will not
sell
or transfer, directly or indirectly, any Common Stock, option, convertible
security or any other instrument convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock, or to convert or exercise any such convertible or exercisable
instrument (except as may be issued pursuant to the terms of the Company’s
approved stock option plan) beneficially owned by such person, unless (i)
holders
of Debentures representing at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of
the
Debentures then outstanding shall
have executed a written consent to such sale, transfer or exercise or (ii)
for
each of the sixty (60) consecutive Trading Days (the “Limitation Measuring
Period”) prior to the date of such sale, transfer or exercise, the Registration
Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company
and the Buyers) covering the resale of the Conversion Shares (as defined in
the
Debentures) shall have been effective and the VWAP (as defined in the
Debentures) of the Company’s Common Stock shall have equaled or exceeded 175% of
the initial Conversion Price (as defined in the Debentures) (subject to
appropriate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations
and other similar transactions after the Issue Date) for each Trading Day (as
defined in the Debentures) during the Limitation Measuring Period (the “Senior
Management Limitation”). Insider further agrees that the Company is authorized
to and the Company agrees to place "stop orders" on its books to prevent any
transfer of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company held
by
Insider in violation of this Agreement.
b.
Any subsequent issuance to and/or acquisition of shares or the right to acquire
shares by Insider will be subject to the provisions of this
Agreement.
c.
The foregoing restrictions notwithstanding the Insider may sell during the
Restriction Period, up to two and one-half percent (2-1/2%) of the amount of
shares of Common Stock actually and/or beneficially owned by Insider on the
Closing Date (as defined in the Subscription Agreement). In no event may more
than one percent (1%) of the amount of shares of Common Stock actually owned
by
the Insider on the Closing Date be sold during any thirty (30) day
period.
d.
Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions on transfer, the Insider may, at
any
time and from time to time during the Restriction Period, transfer the Common
Stock (i) as bona fide gifts or transfers by will or intestacy, (ii) to any
trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate
family of the Insider, provided that any such transfer shall not involve a
disposition for value, (iii) to a partnership which is the general partner
of a
partnership of which the Insider is a general partner, provided, that, in the
case of any gift or transfer described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), each
donee
or transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions
contained herein in the same manner as such terms and conditions apply to the
undersigned. For purposes hereof, "immediate family" means any relationship
by
blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
e.
The
Insider further agrees not to place into default any debt that is owed to it
by
the Company or preferred stock of the Company that is held by it during the
Restricted Period (“Insiders Non-Default Covenant”).
f. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, (i) nothing herein shall prevent the Insider
from converting any of its options or convertible securities into Common Stock
during the Restriction Period, so long as any resales of the resulting Common
Stock are made in conformity with this Agreement, and (ii) nothing herein shall
prohibit each Insider from making charitable contributions of up to $100,000
worth of Common Stock without further restriction on the resale thereof by
the
recipient charity.
3.
Miscellaneous.
a.
At any time, and from time to time, after the signing of this Agreement Insider
will execute such additional instruments and take such action as may be
reasonably requested by the Subscribers to carry out the intent and purposes
of
this Agreement.
b.
This Agreement shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with
the
laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles
that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another
jurisdiction, except to the extent that the securities laws of the state in
which Insider resides and federal securities laws may apply. Any proceeding
brought to enforce this Agreement may be brought exclusively in courts sitting
in New York County, New York.
c.
This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Insider with respect to
the
subject matter hereof.
d.
This Agreement shall be binding upon Insider, its legal representatives,
successors and assigns.
e.
This Agreement may be signed and delivered by facsimile and such facsimile
signed and delivered shall be enforceable.
f.
The Company agrees not to take any action or allow any act to be taken which
would be inconsistent with this Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Insider has executed
this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
INSIDER:
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(Signature
of Insider)
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(Print
Name of Insider)
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Number
of Shares of Common Stock
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Beneficially
Owned
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Note
Principal Owned on the date of
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This
Agreement
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COMPANY:
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QPC
LASERS, INC.
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