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EX-10.33
BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2006, is
entered into by and between Sonoma College, Inc., a California
corporation with
headquarters located at 1304 South Point Boulevard, Suite 280,
Petaluma,
California 94954 (the "Company"), and CAMOFI MASTER LDC (the
"Lender").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Lender are executing and
delivering
this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the
exemption from
securities registration for offers and sales to accredited
investors afforded,
INTER ALIA, 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"), and/or Section
4(2) of the
1933 Act; and
WHEREAS, the Lender wishes to lend funds to the Company,
subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
acceptance of this
Agreement by the Company, the repayment of which will be
represented by 10%
Secured Promissory Note of the Company (the "Note"), on the terms
and conditions
referred to herein; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the loan to be made by the Lender,
the
Company has agreed to cause the Issued Shares (as defined below) to
be issued
and/or transferred to the Lender; and
WHEREAS, the Company's obligations to repay the Note will be
secured by certain real estate (the "Real Estate") pledged by
Charles D. Newman
and Elysa K. Newman (each a "Pledgor" and together, the "Pledgors")
pursuant to
separate Security Interest and Pledge Agreements (the "Pledge
Agreements"), and
by a mortgage (the "Mortgage") executed by the Pledgors in favor of
the Lender.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as
follows:
1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE; PURCHASE PRICE.
a. PURCHASE.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Agreements, the Lender hereby agrees to loan
to the
Company $275,000 (the "Loan Amount").
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(ii) The obligation to repay the loan from the Lender shall be
evidenced by the Company's issuance of the Note, which shall be
shall be in the
form of ANNEX I annexed hereto. The Note will be secured by the
Mortgage under
the terms of the Pledge Agreements and Mortgage, which Pledge
Agreements shall
be substantially in the form of ANNEX VI hereto, which the Company
will
acknowledge.
(iii) In consideration of the loan to be made by the Lender,
the
Company agrees to issue to the Lender the Issued Shares and the
Warrant.
Additional provisions relating to the Issued Shares and the Warrant
are provided
below.
(iv) The loan to be made by the Lender and the issuance of the
Note and Warrant to the Lender and the issuance and/or transfer of
the Issued
Shares to the Lender and the other transactions contemplated hereby
are
sometimes referred to herein and in the other Transaction
Agreements as the
purchase and sale of the Securities (as defined below), and are
referred to
collectively as the "Transactions".
b. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used herein, each of the following
terms has the meaning set forth below, unless the context otherwise
requires:
"Additional Issued Shares" means 1,527,777 shares of Common
Stock
(half of which shall be restricted and half of which shall be
free-trading or
subject to piggy-back registration rights) to be issued by the
Company to the
Lender on December 29, 2006 in the event that the Note is not
repaid in its
entirety on or before such date.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specific Person referred
to
in the relevant provision, another Person who or which controls or
is controlled
by or is under common control with such specified Person.
"Certificates" means the original ink-signed Note and the
Issued
Share Certificates, each duly executed by the Company and issued in
the name of,
or in the case of the Share Certificates, duly endorsed or
accompanied by duly
executed stock powers for transfer to, the Lender.
"Closing Date" means the date of the closing of the
Transactions,
as provided herein.
"Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Company
or
the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire
at any time
Common Stock, including without limitation, any debt, preferred
stock, rights,
options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time
convertible into or
exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to
receive, Common
Stock.
"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 Section 20 of the 1934
Act (as
defined below).
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"Disclosure Annex" means ANNEX V to this Agreement; provided,
however, that the Disclosure Annex shall be arranged in sections
corresponding
to the identified Sections of this Agreement, but the disclosure in
any such
section of the Disclosure Annex shall qualify other provisions in
this Agreement
to the extent that it would be readily apparent to an informed
reader from a
reading of such section of the Disclosure Annex that it is also
relevant to
other provisions of this Agreement.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Holder" means the Person holding the relevant Securities at
the
relevant time.
"Issued Share Certificates" means one or more stock
certificates
issued by the Company in the name of the Lender representing, in
the aggregate,
the Issued Shares and the Additional Issued Shares if required.
"Issued Shares" " means $137,500 worth of Common Stock, half of
which shall be restricted and half of which shall be free-trading
or subject to
piggy-back registration rights.
"Last Audited Date" means December 31, 2005.
"Lender Control Person" means each director, executive officer,
promoter, and such other Persons as may be deemed in control of the
Lender
pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934
Act.
"Liens" means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance,
right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
"Material Adverse Effect" means an event or combination of
events,
which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to (w)
adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the
Securities or
any of the Transaction Agreements, (x) have or result in a material
adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or
condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (y)
adversely impair the Company's ability to perform fully on a timely
basis its
obligations under any of the Transaction Agreements or the
transactions
contemplated thereby, or (z) materially and adversely affect the
value of the
rights granted to the Lender in the Transaction Agreements.
"Person" means any living person or any entity, such as, but
not
necessarily limited to, a corporation, partnership or trust.
"Principal Trading Market" means the Over the Counter Bulletin
Board or such other market on which the Common Stock is principally
traded at
the relevant time, but shall not include the "pink sheets."
"Registrable Securities" means all of the following: (i) the
Issued Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares and (iii) the Additional
Issued Shares in
the event such shares are issued, except to the extent such shares
can then be
sold by the Holder without volume or other restrictions or
limits.
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"Registration Rights Provisions" means the piggy-back
registration
rights contemplated by the terms of this Agreement, if any,
including, but not
necessarily limited to, Section 4(g) hereof, and of the other
Transaction
Agreements.
"Registration Statement" means an effective registration
statement
covering the Registrable Securities.
"Securities" means the Note and the Shares.
"Shares" means the shares of Common Stock representing any or
all
of the Issued Shares, the Additional Issued Shares in the event
such shares are
issued, the Warrant Shares and, where relevant, the Pledged
Shares.
"State of Incorporation" means California.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth
on
the Disclosure Annex.
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means the Subsidiary Guarantee dated as
of
September 1, 2006 between each Subsidiary and the Lender.
"Trading Day" means any day during which the Principal Trading
Market shall be open for business.
"Transaction Fees" means legal and due diligence fees incurred
by
the Lender.
"Transfer Agent" means, at any time, the transfer agent for the
Company's Common Stock.
"Transaction Agreements" means this Bridge Loan Agreement, the
Note, the Subsidiary Guarantee, the Pledge Agreements, the Mortgage
and the
Warrant and includes all ancillary documents referred to in those
agreements.
"VWAP" means, for any date, the price determined by the first
of
the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or
quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price
of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
primary
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by
Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. EST
to 4:02 p.m.
Eastern Time) using the VAP function; (b) if the Common Stock is
not then listed
or quoted on the Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock
are then
reported in the "Pink Sheets" published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or
a similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices), the
most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or
(c) in all
other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by a
nationally recognized-independent appraiser selected in good faith
by Holders
holding a majority of the principal amount of Notes then
outstanding.
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"Warrant Shares" means shares of Common Stock underlying the
Warrant.
c. FORM OF PAYMENT; DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES.
(i) The Lender shall pay the Loan Amount by delivering
immediately available good funds in United States Dollars to the
Company on the
Closing Date.
(ii) No later than one (1) business day from the Closing Date,
the Company shall deliver the Certificates, each duly executed on
behalf of the
Company to the Lender.
(iii) By signing this Agreement, each of the Lender and the
Company agrees to all of the terms and conditions of the
Transaction Documents,
all of the provisions of which are incorporated herein by this
reference as if
set forth in full.
d. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the Loan Amount shall be made
by wire transfer of funds to:
LAW OFFICE OF ISAAC M. ZUCKER, PLLC
ATTORNEY TRUST ACCOUNT
BANK: CITIBANK, N.A.
ADDRESS: 600 OLD COUNTRY ROAD
GARDEN CITY, NY 11530
ABA ROUTING NO.: 021001486
ACCOUNT NO.: 065641284
The Company shall issue disbursement instructions to effectuate
transfer of funds from the above-referenced account.
2. LENDER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.; ACCESS TO
INFORMATION; INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
The Lender represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees
with, the Company as follows:
a. Without limiting Lender's right to sell the Securities
pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in
compliance with
the 1933 Act, the Lender is purchasing the Securities for its own
account for
investment only and not with a view towards the public sale or
distribution
thereof and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution
thereof.
b. The Lender is (i) an "accredited investor" as that term is
defined in Rule 501 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
1933 Act by
reason of Rule 501(a)(3), (ii) experienced in making investments of
the kind
described in this Agreement and the related documents, (iii) able,
by reason of
the business and financial experience of its officers (if an
entity) and
professional advisors (who are not affiliated with or compensated
in any way by
the Company or any of its Affiliates or selling agents), to protect
its own
interests in connection with the transactions
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described in this Agreement, and the related documents, and to
evaluate the
merits and risks of an investment in the Securities, and (iv) able
to afford the
entire loss of its investment in the Securities.
c. All subsequent offers and sales of the Securities by the
Lender shall be made pursuant to registration of the relevant
Securities under
the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration.
d. The Lender understands that the Securities are being
offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the
registration
requirements of the 1933 Act and state securities laws and that the
Company is
relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Lender's compliance
with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of
the Lender set forth herein in order to determine the availability
of such
exemptions and the eligibility of the Lender to acquire the
Securities.
e. The Lender and its advisors, if any, have been furnished
with or have been given access to 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 Lender,
including those
set forth on in any annex attached hereto. The Lender and its
advisors, if any,
have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company
and its
management and have received complete and satisfactory answers to
any such
inquiries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Lender has also
had the opportunity to obtain and to review the Company's filings
on EDGAR
listed on ANNEX IV hereto (the documents listed on such Annex IV,
to the extent
available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Lender as indicated
on said
Annex IV, collectively, the "Company's SEC Documents").
f. The Lender understands that its investment in the
Securities involves a high degree of risk.
g. The Lender hereby represents that, in connection with its
purchase of the Securities, it has not relied on any statement or
representation
by the Company or any of its officers, directors and employees or
any of their
respective attorneys or agents, except as specifically set forth
herein.
h. The Lender understands that no United States federal or
state agency or any other government or governmental agency has
passed on or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.
i. This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to
which the Lender is a party, and the transactions contemplated
thereby, have
been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf
of the Lender
and are valid and binding agreements of the Lender enforceable in
accordance
with their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to
general principles
of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other
similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
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3. COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS, ETC. The Company represents and
warrants to the Lender as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date that,
except as otherwise provided in the Disclosure Annex or in the
Company's SEC
Documents:
a. RIGHTS OF OTHERS AFFECTING THE TRANSACTIONS. There are no
preemptive rights of any shareholder of the Company, as such, to
acquire the
Note, the Issued Shares or the Additional Issued Shares in the
event such shares
are issued. No party other than a Lender has a currently
exercisable right of
first refusal which would be applicable to any or all of the
transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
b. STATUS. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of
Incorporation and has the requisite corporate power to own its
properties and to
carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly
qualified as a
foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction
where the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it
makes such
qualification necessary, other than those jurisdictions in which
the failure to
so qualify would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company
has registered its stock and is obligated to file reports pursuant
to Section 12
or Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the
"1934 Act"). The Common Stock is, or immediately following the
Closing Date will
be, quoted on the Principal Trading Market. The Company has
received no notice,
either oral or written, with respect to the continued eligibility
of the Common
Stock for such quotation on the Principal Trading Market, and the
Company has
maintained all requirements on its part for the continuation of
such quotation.
c. AUTHORIZED SHARES.
(i) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 63,510,467 of
which are
outstanding as of the date hereof.
(ii) All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been
duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. The Company
has sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock as
may be
necessary to affect the issuance of the Shares on the Closing
Date.
(iii) As of the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been duly
authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and,
when issued
on the Closing Date or pursuant to other relevant provisions of the
Transaction
Agreements, in each case in accordance with their respective terms,
will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not
subject the
Holder thereof to personal liability by reason of being such
Holder.
d. TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS AND STOCK. This Agreement and each
of the other Transaction Agreements, and the transactions
contemplated thereby,
have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, this
Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and this Agreement is,
and the Note
and each of the other Transaction Agreements, when executed and
delivered by the
Company, will be, valid and binding agreements of the Company
enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, subject as to
enforceability to general
principles of equity and
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to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws
affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
E. NON-CONTRAVENTION. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements by the
Company, the
issuance of the Securities, and the consummation by the Company of
the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the Notes and
the other
Transaction Agreements do not and will not conflict with or result
in a breach
by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default
under (i) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Company, each as
currently in effect, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
or other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which it
or any of its properties or assets are bound, including any listing
agreement
for the Common Stock except as herein set forth, or (iii) to its
knowledge, any
existing applicable law, rule, or regulation or any applicable
decree, judgment,
or order of any court, United States federal or state regulatory
body,
administrative agency, or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its properties or assets, except such conflict,
breach or
default which would not have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
f. APPROVALS. No authorization, approval or consent of any
court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory
organization, or
stock exchange or market or the shareholders of the Company is
required to be
obtained by the Company for the issuance and sale of the Securities
to the
Lender as contemplated by this Agreement, except such
authorizations, approvals
and consents that have been obtained.
g. FILINGS. None of the Company's SEC Documents contained, at
the time they were filed, any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the
statements made therein in light of the circumstances under which
they were
made, not misleading. Since December 31, 2005, the Company has
timely filed all
requisite forms, reports and exhibits thereto, if any, required to
be filed by
the Company with the SEC.
h. ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES. Since the Last Audited Date,
there has been no material adverse change and no Material Adverse
Effect, except
as disclosed in the Company's SEC Documents. Since the Last Audited
Date, except
as provided in the Company's SEC Documents, the Company has not (i)
incurred or
become subject to any material liabilities (absolute or contingent)
except
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past
practices; (ii) discharged or satisfied any material lien or
encumbrance or paid
any material obligation or liability (absolute or contingent),
other than
current liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past
practices; (iii) declared or made any payment or distribution of
cash or other
property to shareholders with respect to its capital stock, or
purchased or
redeemed, or made any agreements to purchase or redeem, any shares
of its
capital stock; (iv) sold, assigned or transferred any other
tangible assets, or
canceled any debts owed to the Company by any third party or claims
of the
Company against any third party, except in the ordinary course of
business
consistent with past practices; (v) waived any rights of material
value, whether
or not in the ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of
any material
amount of existing business; (vi) made any increases in employee
compensation,
except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices; or
(vii)
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experienced any material problems with labor or management in
connection with
the terms and conditions of their employment.
i. FULL DISCLOSURE. To the best of the Company's knowledge,
there is no fact known to the Company (other than general economic
conditions
known to the public generally or as disclosed in the Company's SEC
Documents)
that has not been disclosed in writing to the Lender that would
reasonably be
expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
j. ABSENCE OF LITIGATION. There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public
board or
body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or
affecting the Company before or by any governmental authority or
nongovernmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or
any other
person, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would
have a Material
Adverse Effect or which would adversely affect the validity or
enforceability
of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under,
any of the Transaction Agreements. The Company is not aware of any
valid basis
for any such claim that (either individually or in the aggregate
with all other
such events and circumstances) could reasonably be expected to have
a Material
Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding or unsatisfied judgments,
orders,
decrees, writs, injunctions or stipulations to which the Company is
a party or
by which it or any of its properties is bound, that involve the
transaction
contemplated herein or that, alone or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be
expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.
k. ABSENCE OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Except as set forth in
Section 3(e) and 3(g) hereof, (i) neither the Company nor any of
its
subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any
material
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
material
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement to
which it is a
party or by which its property is bound, and (ii) no Event of
Default (or its
equivalent term), as defined in the respective agreement to which
the Company or
its subsidiary is a party, and no event which, with the giving of
notice or the
passage of time or both, would become an Event of Default (or its
equivalent
term) (as so defined in such agreement), has occurred and is
continuing, which
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
l. 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:
(1) 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;
(2) 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);
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(3) Such Company Control Person was the subject of any order,
judgment
or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
court
of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him
from,
or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
(i) 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;
(ii) engaging in any type of business practice; or
(iii) 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;
(4) 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 (3) of this item, or to be
associated
with Persons engaged in any such activity; or
(5) 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.
m. NO UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES OR EVENTS. To the best of the
Company's
knowledge, the Company has no liabilities or obligations other than
those
disclosed in the Transaction Agreements or the Company's SEC
Documents or those
incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's business since the
Last Audited
Date, or which individually or in the aggregate, do not or would
not have a
Material Adverse Effect. No event or circumstances has occurred or
exists with
respect to the Company or its properties, business, operations,
condition
(financial or otherwise), or results of operations, which, 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.
There are no proposals currently under consideration or currently
anticipated to
be under consideration by the Board of Directors or the executive
officers of
the Company which proposal would (x) change the articles or
certificate of
incorporation or other charter document or by-laws of the Company,
each as
currently in effect, with or without shareholder approval, which
change would
reduce or otherwise adversely affect the rights and powers of the
shareholders
of the Common Stock or (y) materially or substantially change the
business,
assets or capital of the Company, including its interests in
subsidiaries.
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n. NO INTEGRATED OFFERING. Neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has,
directly or
indirectly, at any time since September 1, 2005, made any offer or
sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security under
circumstances that
would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration
under
Regulation D in connection with the offer and sale of the
Securities as
contemplated hereby.
o. DILUTION. The Issued Shares and the Additional Issued Shares
in
the event such shares are issued may have a dilutive effect on the
ownership
interests of the other shareholders (and Persons having the right
to become
shareholders) of the Company. The Company's executive officers and
directors
have studied and fully understand the nature of the Securities
being sold hereby
and recognize that they have such a potential dilutive effect. The
board of
directors of the Company has concluded, in its good faith business
judgment,
that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company.
p. RESERVED.
q. FEES TO BROKERS, FINDERS AND OTHERS. Except for payment of
the
fees to Clark Dodge & Company, Inc., payment of which is the
sole responsibility
of the Company, the Company has taken no action which would give
rise to any
claim by any Person for brokerage commission, finder's fees or
similar payments
by Lender relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Lender shall have no obligation with respect to such fees or with
respect to any
claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type
contemplated in
this paragraph that may be due in connection with the transactions
contemplated
hereby. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each of
Lender, 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, as and when incurred.
r. CONFIRMATION. The Company confirms that all statements of
the
Company contained herein shall survive acceptance of this Agreement
by the
Lender. The Company agrees that, if any events occur or
circumstances exist
prior to the Closing Date or the release of the Loan Amount to the
Company which
would make any of the Company's representations, warranties,
agreements or other
information set forth herein materially untrue or materially
inaccurate as of
such date, the Company shall immediately notify the Lender
(directly or through
its counsel, if any) in writing prior to such date of such fact,
specifying
which representation, warranty or covenant is affected and the
reasons therefor.
s. AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions
contemplated by each of the Transaction Agreements and otherwise to
carry out
its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of
the
Transaction Agreements by the Company and the consummation by it of
the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary
action on the part of the Company and no further action is required
by the
Company in connection therewith other than in connection with the
Required
Approvals. Each Transaction Agreement has been (or upon delivery
will have
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been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the
terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except
(i) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights
generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability
of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
t. SEC REPORTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Other than as previously
disclosed to the Lender, the Company has filed all reports required
to be filed
by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the
date hereof (or
such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such
material)
(the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto, being
collectively
referred to herein as the "SEC REPORTS") on a timely basis or has
received a
valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC
Reports prior
to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective
dates, the SEC
Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of
the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports,
when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not
misleading. The financial statements of the Company comply in all
material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United
States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during
the periods involved ("GAAP"), except as may be otherwise specified
in such
financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited
financial
statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and
fairly present in
all material respects the financial
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