Exhibit
10.1
ESCROW DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (the “
Agreement ”) dated this ___ day of November 2005,
by and between vFinance Investments, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“ vFinance ” or “ Placement Agent
”), having an address at 830 3 rd Avenue, New
York, New York 10022, Sequiam Corporation, a California corporation
(the “ Company ”), having an office at 300
Sunport Lane, Orlando, Florida 32809 and SIGNATURE BANK (“
Signature Bank ” or the “ Escrow Agent
”), a New York State chartered bank and having an office at,
261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Purchase Agreement referred to in the first
recital.
W
I
T N E S
S E T H
:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the initial
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated November __, 2005 (the “
Purchase Agreement ”) and, as necessary, pursuant to
the terms of additional Securities Purchase Agreements, on the same
terms and conditions as the Purchase Agreement, entered into prior
to December 30, 2005, the Company desires to sell (the “
Offering ”) a maximum of, in the aggregate, $1,575,000
(“ Maximum Subscription Amount ”) of securities
of the Company; and
WHEREAS , unless the Company consummates the Offering by
December 30, 2005 (the “ Termination Date ”),
the Offering will terminate and all funds will be returned to the
Purchasers (hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS , the Company and Placement Agent desire to
establish an escrow account with the Escrow Agent into which the
Company and Placement Agent shall instruct purchasers introduced to
the Company by Placement Agent (the “ Purchasers
”) to deposit checks and other instruments for the payment of
money made payable to the order of “Signature Bank as Escrow
Agent for Sequiam Corporation” and Escrow Agent is willing to
accept said checks and other instruments for the payment of money
in accordance with the terms hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS , the Company and Placement Agent represent and
warrant to the Escrow Agent that they have not stated to any
individual or entity that the Escrow Agent’s duties will
include anything other than those duties stated in this Agreement;
and
WHEREAS , the Company and
Placement Agent warrant to the Escrow Agent that a copy of each
document that has been delivered to Purchasers and third parties
that include Escrow Agent’s name and duties, has been
attached hereto as Schedule I .
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED
as follows:
1.
Delivery of Escrow Funds .
(a) Placement
Agent and the Company shall instruct Purchasers to deliver to
Escrow Agent checks made payable to the order of “Signature
Bank, as Escrow Agent for Sequiam Corporation,” or
wire transfer to Signature Bank, 261 Madison Avenue, New
York, New York 10016, ABA No. 026013576 for credit to Signature
Bank, as Escrow Agent for Sequiam Corporation, Account
No. 1500716173 , in each case, with the name, address
and social security number or taxpayer identification number of the
individual or entity making payment. In the event any
Purchaser’s address and/or social security number or taxpayer
identification number are not provided to Escrow Agent by the
Purchaser, then Placement Agent and/or the Company agree to
promptly provide Escrow Agent with such information in writing. The
checks or wire transfers shall be deposited into a non
interest-bearing account at Signature Bank entitled
“Signature Bank, as Escrow Agent for Sequiam
Corporation” (the “ Escrow Account
”).
(b) The
collected funds deposited into the Escrow Account are referred to
as the “ Escrow Funds .”
(c) The Escrow
Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to enforce the
collection or demand payment of any funds deposited into the Escrow
Account. If, for any reason, any check deposited into the Escrow
Account shall be returned unpaid to the Escrow Agent, the sole duty
of the Escrow Agent shall be to return the check to the Purchaser
and advise the Company and Placement Agent promptly
thereof.
2. Release
of Escrow Funds . The Escrow Funds shall be paid by the Escrow
Agent in accordance with the following:
(a) In the event
that the Company and Placement Agent advise the Escrow Agent in
writing that the Offering has been terminated (the “
Termination Notice ”), the Escrow Agent shall promptly
return the funds paid by each Purchaser to said Purchaser without
interest or offset.
(b) The Escrow
Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions, in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto or in form and substance
satisfactory to the Escrow Agent, received from the Company and
Placement Agent, pay the Escrow Funds in accordance with such
written instructions, such payment or payments to be made by wire
transfer within one (1) business day of receipt of such written
instructions.
(c) If by 3:00
P.M. Eastern time on the Termination Date, the Escrow Agent has not
received written instructions from the Company and Placement Agent
regarding the disbursement of the Escrow Funds, then the Escrow
Agent shall promptly return the Escrow Funds to the Purchasers
without interest or offset. The Escrow Funds returned to each
Purchaser shall be free and clear of any and all claims of the
Escrow Agent.
(d) Following
the distribution of the Escrow Funds by the Escrow Agent in
accordance with (b) of this Section 2 through the Termination Date,
the Escrow Agent shall from time to time distribute any additional
Escrow Funds, by wire transfer or bank check, in accordance with
written instructions received from the Placement Agent and the
company in the form of Exhibit A or in form and substance
satisfactory to the Escrow Agent.
(e) The Escrow
Agent shall not be required to pay any uncollected funds or any
funds that are not available for withdrawal.
(f) If the
Termination Date or any date that is a deadline under this
Agreement for giving the Escrow Agent notice or instructions or for
the Escrow Agent to take action is not a Banking Day, then such
date shall be the Banking Day that immediately preceding that date.
A Banking Day is any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day
that a New York State chartered bank is not legally obligated to be
opened.
3.
Acceptance by Escrow Agent . The Escrow Agent hereby accepts
and agrees to perform its obligations hereunder, provided
that:
(a) The Escrow
Agent may act in reliance upon any signature believed by it to be
genuine, and may assume that any person who has been designated by
Placement Agent or the Company to give any written instructions,
notice or receipt, or make any statements in connection with the
provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so. Escrow Agent
shall have no duty to make inquiry as to the genuineness, accuracy
or validity of any statements or instructions or any signatures on
statements or instructions. The names and true signatures of each
individual authorized to act singly on behalf of the Company and
Placement Agent are stated in Schedule II , which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Company and
Placemen