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Exhibit
10.16
Bridge Loan Agreement is entered
into the day of February 2008 set forth on the signature page of
this Bridge Loan Agreement (the “Bridge Loan
Agreement”) between IPtimize, Inc., a Delaware corporation
located at 2135 S. Cherry Street, Suite 200, Denver, Colorado 80222
(the “Borrower”) and the individual, firm or entity
listed on the last page of this Bridge Loan Agreement (the
“Lender”). The Lender and the Borrower are sometimes
individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively
as the “Parties”.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , the Borrower desires to
borrow up to an aggregate of $1,650,000 (the “Total Bridge
Loan”) from the Lender and all other similarly situated
lenders who enter into Bridge Loan Agreements with the Borrower
(collectively the “Lenders”) to meet the immediate
working capital needs of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS , Borrower desires to
borrow the pro rata portion of the Total Bridge Loan set forth on
the last page of this Bridge Loan Agreement (the “Loan
Amount”) from the Lender; and
WHEREAS , the Borrower intends to
repay the Loan Amount out of the proceeds expected to be realized
by the Borrower from a $5,000,000 permanent financing private
offering planned by the Borrower (the “Private
Offering”) or to sooner prepay the Loan Amount on the terms
and conditions set forth in Section 1.5 below; and
WHEREAS, the Lender together with
all other similarly situated Lenders, each of whom shall
participate in the Total Bridge Loan on a pro rata and pari passu
basis and who shall each execute his or its own bridge loan
agreement and annexed promissory note with the Borrower are
collectively willing to lend the Total Bridge Loan to the
Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged
and accepted, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.1 The Bridge . The
Lender hereby agrees to lend the Loan Amount to the Borrower and
the Borrower hereby accepts the Loan Amount from the Lender and
agrees to repay the same in lawful money of the United States of
America. The Loan Amount shall be evidenced by a nine month
promissory note bearing interest at the rate of Twelve and 99/100
(12.99%) percent per annum on an actual day/360 day basis and
payable on the Due Date (as that term is defined below), in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit “A” and hereby
incorporated herein by reference (the “Note”). The Note
shall be duly executed by the Borrower and delivered to the Lender
simultaneously with the execution of this Bridge Loan
Agreement.
1.2 Due Date . The
Loan Amount shall be due and payable on the earlier of:
(i) nine months from the date of this Bridge Loan Agreement;
or (ii) the closing of the Private Offering (the “Due
Date”).
1.3 Payments and
Prepayments . The Borrower shall not be entitled to re-borrow
any prepaid Loan Amount or other costs or charges. All payments
made pursuant to this Bridge Loan Agreement shall be first applied
to accrued and unpaid interest, then to any lien or other proper
charges under this Bridge Loan Agreement and finally to the
aggregated principal balance of the Loan Amount. Absent the
foregoing, interest on the Loan Amount shall be due and payable in
one lump sum on the Due Date.
1.4 Closings . The
closing of the Bridge shall take place simultaneously with the
execution of this Bridge Loan Agreement via facsimile.
Simultaneously with the execution of this Bridge Loan Agreement,
the Lender shall deliver the Loan Amount to the Borrower via the
Lender’s personal check, by federal wire transfer or such
other manner as shall be mutually agreed upon between the Borrower
and the Lender (the “Closing”). At the Closing, the
Borrower shall deliver: (i) this Bridge Loan Agreement duly
executed by the Borrower; (ii) the Note duly executed by the
Borrower; and (iii) the Warrant described and defined in
Section 1.5 below duly executed by the Borrower.
1.5 Call Option . The
Borrower shall have the exclusive and non-transferable right and
option at any time following the Conditions Precedent (as that term
is defined below in this Paragraph 1.5) to demand that the Lender
surrender the Note to the Borrower for prepayment of the
outstanding principal and accrued interest due thereunder (the
“Call Option”). The Borrower cannot exercise the Call
Option and prepay the Note until and unless it furnishes the Lender
with 45 days advanced written notice of the Borrower’s
exercise of the Call Option (the “Call Option Notice”).
The Call Option Notice, which must set forth evidence of compliance
with the Conditions Precedent, shall set a closing date not later
than five business days after the date of the Call Option Notice
where the Borrower shall repay the Note in full (the “Call
Option Closing”). At the Call Option Closing, the Lender
shall surrender the original Note to the Borrower against good
funds representing full amount of unpaid principal of the Note and
all accrued interest due thereunder.
The Borrower’s right to
exercise the Call Option, to issue a Call Option Notice and prepay
the Note is and shall be explicitly conditioned upon the following
two conditions: (i) the last sale price (i.e., the closing bid
price for the Borrower’s Common Stock in the Pink Sheet
market or the OTC Bulletin Board market as reported by the Pink
Sheets, LLC, NASDAQ or similar publisher of such quotations) for 20
consecutive trading days shall be $1.35 or greater; and (ii) a
minimum average daily trading volume of 50,000 shares during such
20 day trading period (collectively the “Conditions
Precedent”). The Call Option Notice shall be mailed to the
Lender at its, his or her address appearing in the Agreement with a
copy sent via email to the email address appearing in the Agreement
and shall be effective as of the day sent. The Lender shall have
the absolute right to convert all or any portion of the Note at any
time prior to repayment by the Borrower without regard to or
compliance with the Call Option.
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1.6 Additional
Consideration . As additional consideration for the Loan
Amount, the Borrower hereby covenants and agrees as
follows:
A. Simultaneously with the
execution of this Bridge Loan Agreement, the Borrower shall cause
the issuance and delivery to the Lender of a warrant in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit “B” and hereby incorporated
herein by reference with a five (5) year term (the
“Warrant”) entitling the Lender to purchase an
aggregate of one share of the Borrower’s Common Stock, $.001
par value per share (the “Common Stock”) for each $.90
of the Loan Amount loaned to the Borrower hereunder (the
“Warrant Shares”). In the event the Total Bridge Loan
is lent to the Borrower by the Lenders, the Borrower will issue an
aggregate of 1,833,333 Warrant Shares to the Lenders. The Warrant
shall be exercisable at a price of $.45 per Warrant Share, the same
price expected to be paid by investors in the Private Offering. The
Warrant Shares, which initially will be unregistered (i.e.,
restricted) securities as that term is defined under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), shall
be registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the
following:
1.) If at any time during the
five-year term of the Warrants, the Borrower proposes to file a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act (a
“Registration Statement”); it will at such time give
written notice to the Lender of its intention to do so. Upon
written request of the Lender, given within 15 days after the
giving of any such notice by the Borrower, the Borrower will advise
the Lender that it shall include the Lender’s Warrant Shares
in the Registration Statement. If, however, the offering to which
the Registration Statement relates is to be distributed by or
through an underwriter or placement agent approved by the Borrower,
the Lender may at the Lender’s option agree to sell the
Warrant Shares through such underwriter or placement agent on the
same terms and conditions as the underwriter or placement agent
agrees to sell the other securities proposed to be registered. In
addition, if such underwriter or placement agent determines that
the inclusion of all the Warrant Shares sought to be sold would
have an adverse effect on the offering, the Lender shall only be
entitled to participate in the underwriting and register the
Lender’s Warrant Shares on a pro rata basis or as such other
lesser quantity of the Warrant Shares as the underwriter or
placement agent may determine in its discretion.
2.) The Borrower hereby
covenants and agrees that it shall prepare and promptly file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) all amendments, post-effective amendments
and supplements to the Registration Statement as may be necessary
under the Securities Act and the regulations of the Commission to
permit the sale of the Warrant Shares to the public; and
3.) The rights of the Lender
hereof pursuant to this Section 1.5 may be exercised only by
the Lender or any affiliate thereof.
B. The Lenders shall have the
right and option to convert the entire unpaid balance of the Total
Loan Amount and all unpaid interest due thereunder into shares of
Common Stock at the rate of $.45 per share of Common Stock (the
“Conversion Shares”). The Borrower shall register the
Conversion Shares under the Securities Act in the same manner as
the Warrant Shares; and the Conversion Shares shall be subject to
the same conditions and restrictions as the Warrant Shares. If the
Total Loan Amount principal is converted to Common Stock, the
Borrower will issue an aggregate of 3,666,667 Conversion Shares to
the Lenders.
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2. |
Brief Description of the Company. |
2.1 Overview . The
Borrower is a Denver based company with 15 employees and
approximately 428 stockholders. The Borrower’s Common Stock
currently trades in the Pink Sheets under the symbol IPZI.PK.
Following the approval of the Commission of the Borrower’s
Registration Statement on Form 10 (hereinafter described in
Section 3 below) and the approval after final review of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to
the Form 211 application of a registered broker dealer for the
commencement of trading, the Borrower expects that its Common Stock
will be approved for trading on the OTCBB Market.
A. As set forth in greater
detail in Exhibit “C”, Summary Description of Business
annexed to this Bridge Loan Agreement, the Borrower is a broadband
voice and data service provider to the cable industry and to
business customers nationwide. The Borrower utilizes broadband data
access (including cable system networks and the Internet) to
furnish a suite of voice and data communications services. The
Borrower is often referred to as a hosted provider because it
serves as a single point of contact to its cable system operator
and small business customers, “hosting” various desired
Internet Protocol (“IP”) based communications
services.
2.2 Recent Events .
The Borrower recently attracted 35-year cable industry veteran Ron
Pitcock as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer pending the closing
of the Private Offering. In addition, the Borrower has attracted
three designees for the board of directors and one nominee for
Chief Financial Officer with significant experience in providing
services to the communications industries (See Section 7
“Management” on page 8). The Borrower has recently
completed a service agreement with Level 3 Communications, Inc.
(“Level 3”) and a reseller agreement with C-COR
(“C-COR,” currently being acquired by Arris Group
Inc.). The Borrower believes that it has assembled the right
industry relationships along with its VoIP product, to successfully
serve the unmet needs of cable systems located in smaller
geographic markets to offer VoIP phone service to their existing
cable subscribers.
2.3 Service to Cable
Operators . The Borrower provides voice-over-internet
(“VoIP”) telephony service for the commercial and
residential customers of cable system operators. The
Borrower’s service agreement with Level 3, a national
broadband backbone provider, allows the Borrower to offer its cable
system customers carrier-grade broadband access anywhere in the
country, and with the ability for their voice customers to
terminate calls anywhere in the world.
A. While large cable
operators have begun offering VoIP telephony in major United States
cities, few operators currently have a voice product available in
smaller “Tier 2” and “Tier 3”
markets.
B. The Borrower’s
proven technology works seamlessly on broadband networks worldwide,
including those offered by cable companies.
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C. This allows cable
operators to use the Borrower’s voice service for their
customers to complete the “triple play” bundle of
video, data and voice.
D. The Borrower can also
provide fully-supported hosted VoIP services to the “Big
Three” cable operators in major “Tier 1”
metropolitan markets by focusing on the mix of commercial services
SMBs require, while helping the “Big Three” multiple
system operators (“MSOs”, including Time Warner Cable,
Comcast Cable Communications and Cox Communications) to better
penetrate the commercial market.
2.4 Service to Business
Customers : The Borrower’s business customers use their
broadband connection (including cable-delivered broadband) to the
Internet to reach our gateway servers (that is, a means of
electronically managing and routing calls) which then directs their
call to a national broadband network to connect to any phone at any
destination in the world.
A. The Borrower’s voice
and network services help our business customers save money on
their communications costs, reduce technical complexity, and
increase business productivity.
2.5 The Borrower’s
Business Development is Directly Assisted by Major Industry
Partners . The market for cable-delivered VoIP is projected by
the Cable & Television Association for Marketing
(“CTAM”) to be 21 million subscribers,
representing $8.1 billion in industry revenue by 2010. Through the
Borrower’s service agreements with a national network
provider and a cable technology provider, the Borrower has the
opportunity to more quickly reach cable operators and SMB customers
nationwide. The Borrower anticipates serving over 50,000 VoIP
subscribers by year-end 2008.
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3. |
Form 10-SB Incorporated by Reference and the Lender’s
Awareness. |
On September 26, 2007,
the Borrower filed a Registration Statement on Form 10-SB with the
Commission (the “Form 10”), the text of which is hereby
incorporated herein by reference. By virtue of the Lender’s
initials in the separate box set fort on the signature page of this
Bridge Loan Agreement, the Lender hereby represents to the Borrower
that: (i) the Lender is an “Accredited Investor”
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act; (ii) the Lender is familiar with a
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB; and (iii) the Lender has
been furnished with the opportunity to receive a copy of the Form
10 from the Borrower together with such other information and
documentation as the Lender has requested to satisfy the
Lender’s due diligence needs with respect to the Loan Amount
and the risks associated therewith, particularly the risks set
forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Form 10
as set forth in Section 4 below.
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4. |
Risk Factors Associated with the Borrower and the
Note. |
An investment in the Borrower
involves a high degree of risk and should be considered only by a
Lender who can sustain the loss of the Lender’s entire
investment. Accordingly, and by virtue of the Lender’s
initials in the separate box set fort on the signature
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page of this Bridge Loan Agreement, the
Lender hereby represent that, prior to the signing of this Bridge
Loan Agreement, the Lender have read the 26 risk disclosures
contained under the caption “Risk Factors” set forth
starting on page 23 of the Form 10 as well as the following special
risks:
4.1 Possible
Undercapitalization . This Offering is being made by the
Borrower on a strictly “best efforts” basis. There is
no minimum amount of Total Bridge Loans that must be advanced by
the Lenders nor are there any escrow provisions or protection. All
funds received from investors will be deposited in the
Borrower’s operating account and immediately utilized for
working capital purposes. In the event insufficient capital is
available through the Private Offering, there can be no assurance
that additional capital will be available when needed, and the
Borrower may be deemed to be undercapitalized and may be unable to
implement or to carry out its business plan. While management
believes that it will be successful in raising the capital
contemplated by the Private Offering, there can be no assurance
thereof. In the event the Borrower is undercapitalized, the risk of
failure will, in all probability, be borne primarily by the
purchasers of the Lenders;
4.2 Amendments to Rule
144 . On November 15, 2007 the Commission adopted changes
to Rule 144 which among other things, shorten the holding period
for restricted (i.e., unregistered) shares of publicly owned
companies from one year to six months. There can be no assurance
that the Borrower will have registered the Conversion Shares or the
Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Loans or the
exercise of the Warrant in the Registration Statement prior to
August 2008 when the same will become eligible for sale under Rule
144 or that the Borrower will then be in compliance with the public
information requirements of Rule 144 necessary to allow the
Lender’s use of Rule 144;
4.3 Insolvency of the
Borrower . As of the date of this Bridge Loan Agreement, the
Borrower may legally be deemed to be insolvent in that its
liabilities exceed its assets, it has a negative shareholder equity
balance, has outstanding liabilities that cannot presently be met
by its revenues, and has effectively no market value as a
“Pink-Sheet” traded company;
4.4 OTCBB Trading .
The listing of the Borrower’s Common Stock on the OTCBB
Market and the commencement of trading thereon will be dependent
upon both the Commission’s final review of the Form 10 and
the final review of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) to the application of a registered broker
dealer for the commencement of trading on the OTCBB Market (the
“Form 211”). The Form 10 automatically became effective
on November 25, 2007 (60 days after filing) despite the fact
that the Borrower has not finished responding to all of the
Commission’s comments; and the Form 211 will not become
effective until the submitting broker dealer is finished responding
to the comments of FINRA. Accordingly, the Borrower can offer no
assurance as to when, if ever, that its Common Stock will commence
trading on the OTCBB Market; and
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4.5 “ Stale”
Financial Information . The selected financial information set
forth below in Section 5 is as of June 30, 2007 and not
September 30, 2007 as would normally be the case for a company
whose Form 10 Registration Statement became effective under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). Since the Form 10 did not become effective under the
Exchange Act until November 25, 2007, the Borrower was not
required to file a Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007; and its next
required filing will be its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, containing audited
financial statements for the two fiscal years then ended.
Accordingly, the Lenders will be making their investment decision
to invest in the Borrower based upon what would normally be deemed
to be “stale” financial statements. In the absence of
reviewed financial statements for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, the Lenders will be relegated to relying
upon the verbal assurance of the Borrower’s management that
the Borrower’s financial condition has not materially
degenerated during this period.
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5. |
Selected Financial Information . |
Comparison of the year ended
December 31, 2006 to the year ended December 31,
2005 .
The following data summarizes the
Borrower’s statements of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2006. The information presented below
was derived from audited financial information.
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Year Ended December 31, |
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Statement of Operations
Data
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2005 |
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2006 |
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Revenue
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$ |
1,525,892 |
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$ |
926,021 |
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Costs and operating expenses
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Costs of sales
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735,836 |
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515,150 |
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General and administrative
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2,139,973 |
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1,973,253 |
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Non-cash stock compensation
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1,765,889 |
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846,253 |
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Impairment of fixed assets
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25,000 |
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— |
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Depreciation and amortization
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41,760 |
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|
22,254 |
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Total costs and expenses
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4,508,458 |
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3,356,910 |
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Net operating (loss)
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(3,270,066 |
) |
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(2,430,889 |
) |
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Other income (expense)
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|
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Non-cash interest expense
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(30,400 |
) |
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(195,002 |
) |
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Non-cash financing expense
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87,500 |
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(98,274 |
) |
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Interest expense
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(49,726 |
) |
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(83,369 |
) |
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Net (loss)
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(3,350,192 |
) |
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(2,807,534 |
) |
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Class A Preferred stock
dividend
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(53,387 |
) |
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(50,000 |
) |
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Net (loss) attributable to common
stockholders
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$ |
(3,403,579 |
) |
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$ |
(2,857,534 |
) |
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Comparison of the six months ended
June 30, 2007 to six months ended June 30, 2006
.
The following table summarizes the
results of the Borrower’s operations for the six months ended
June 30, 2006 and 2007. The information presented below and in
the following discussion was derived from unaudited financial
information. In the opinion of the Borrower’s management, the
unaudited financial statements include all adjustments, consisting
only of normal, recurring adjustments that management considers
necessary for a fair statement of the results of that period. The
Borrower’s historical results are not necessarily indicative
of the results to be expected in any future period.
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Six Months Ended June 30, |
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Statement of Operations
Data
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2006 |
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2007 |
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Revenue
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$ |
516,552 |
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$ |
433,944 |
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Costs and operating expenses
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Costs of sales
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264,275 |
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318,100 |
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General and administrative
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1,276,687 |
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716,087 |
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Non-cash stock compensation
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391,111 |
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319,084 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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12,096 |
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22,927 |
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Total costs and expenses
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1,944,169 |
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1,376,198 |
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Net operating (loss)
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(1,427,617 |
) |
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(942,254 |
) |
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Other income (expense)
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Gain on settlement of A/P
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— |
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32,713 |
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Non-cash interest expense
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(195,002 |
) |
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— |
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Non-cash financing expense
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(30,125 |
) |
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(43,757 |
) |
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Interest expense
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(31,347 |
) |
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(99,806 |
) |
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Net (loss)
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(1,684,091 |
) |
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(1,053,104 |
) |
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Class A Preferred stock
dividend
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(25,000 |
) |
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(30,000 |
) |
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Net (loss) attributable to common
stockholders
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$ |
(1,709,091 |
) |
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$ |
(1,083,104 |
) |
The Borrower will make its
full audited and unaudited financial statements available to the
Lender upon the Lender’s written request. The
Borrower’s historical results are not necessarily indicative
of the results to be expected in any future period.
The Borrower’s
capitalization is comprised of 70,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
of which 12,942,242 shares are outstanding (exclusive of an
aggregate of 4,738,430 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of outstanding options and warrants, 2,582,762 shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding convertible
debt and 803,079 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
outstanding Series A and Series B Preferred Stock; and 10,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, $.001 par value per share,
(“Preferred Stock”), of which 513,079 shares in two
classes are outstanding as of the date of this Bridge Loan
Agreement.
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If all of the Notes are
converted, the 3,666,667 Conversion Shares will represent an
approximate 22% equity interest in the Borrower’s outstanding
shares of Common Stock. If all of the Warrants are exercised, the
825,000 Warrant Shares will represent an approximate 4.7% equity
interest in the Borrower’s outstanding shares of Common
Stock. The combined 4,491,667 Conversion and Warrant Shares will
represent an approximate 25.8% equity interest in the 17,433,909
shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock that will then be
issued and outstanding.
The following table provides information
regarding the individuals who presently comprise and who are
expected to comprise the Borrower’s executive officers and
directors following the closing of the Private Offering:
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Name
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Age |
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Present
Position
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Post–Closing
Position
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Ron Pitcock
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60 |
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Advisor and
CEO designee |
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Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
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Clinton J. Wilson
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52 |
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President
and Director |
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President,
Chief Operating Officer and Director |
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Robert T. Flood
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57 |
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Chief
Technology Officer |
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Chief
Technology Officer |
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Adam Nichols
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42 |
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Advisor and
Nominee |
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Chief
Financial Officer |
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William R. Cullen
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66 |
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Nominee as
director |
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Director |
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Stanley F. McGinnis
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61 |
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Nominee as
director |
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Director |
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Donald Prosser
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56 |
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Nominee as
director |
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Director |
The principal occupations for the past
five years (and, in some instances, for prior years) of each of the
Borrower’s executive officers, executive officer designees,
directors and director nominees are as follows:
Ron Pitcock joined the Borrower
as a consultant and advisor in April 2007 pending his election as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer following the Borrower’s
receipt of the Total Bridge Loan. Mr. Pitcock is a
successful technology entrepreneur, who brings 35 years of cable
and communications experience to the Borrower principally as a
chief executive officer or as head of the business. From 1997
through 2000, he founded and took public High Speed Access
Corporation, a publicly owned Delaware corporation (NASDAQ: HSAC).
High Speed Access Corporation was a leading provider of high-speed
internet access via cable modem to residential and commercial end
users in exurban areas with an eventual market cap of $2.5 billion.
Mr. Pitcock was employed in increasingly responsible positions
including Vice Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer,
President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to 1997, and
since 1990, he was employed by Antec Corp., a publicly owned
Delaware corporation (Nasdaq: ANTC) a wholly owned subsidiary of
Anixter International and a developer, manufacturer and distributor
of optical
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and radio frequency transmission
equipment for broadband communications systems and developer of
emerging opportunities in the cable television and
telecommunications industry. Mr. Pitcock was employed in
increasingly responsible positions including Executive Vice
President of Antec’s TeleWire Division with $230 million in
sales where he was responsible for business forecasting, expense
control, sales and marketing programs, new product development and
corporate re-engineering. Prior thereto since 1980, he was
employed by Anixter Brothers, then a privately owned Illinois
corporation that was subsequently acquired by Sam Zell of Intel
Corporation and became Anixter International (NYSE: AXE), the
world’s leading supplier of communications products with
7,500 employees and $4.9 billion in 2006 revenue. Mr. Pitcock
was employed in increasingly responsible positions including
Regional Vice President where he was responsible for growing the
Midwest Region sales from $5 million to $100 million. From
1974 through 1980, Mr. Pitcock was engaged in the cable
television industry including serving as Vice President and General
Manager of Comsec Corporation, a privately owned cable television
company in Corpus Christi, Texas that developed a six town
franchise that was sold to Telecommunications, Inc.; and Regional
Engineer and Chief Technician for Contental Cablevision, a
privately owned cable television system in Dover, New
Hampshire. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree from Corpus Christi State University (now part of Texas
A&M University) in Corpus Christi, TX in 1978 and a Master of
Science degree in Telecommunications from the University of Denver
in 1992. Mr. Pitcock entered the army in 1967 as an
enlisted man and exited in 1974 as a Major. During his enlistment
he served in the United States, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.
Clinton J. Wilson was a
co-founder of the Borrower in May 2003 and served as the
Borrower’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Development
until June 2004 when he was elected to the Borrower’s Board
of Directors and until April 2005 when he was elected President. He
was elected Chief Executive Officer in May 2006 to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of John R. Evans from that position.
Mr. Wilson has more than 26 years of senior sales and
marketing management experience. In 2001, Mr. Wilson was
president of InDigiNet, Inc., a Denver based data networking
solutions provider. Prior to this engagement, he was the senior
vice president and general manager of AuraServ Communications, a
venture-backed VoIP service platform for business clients. Between
1997 and 2000, Mr. Wilson was a vice president for Convergent
Communications, Inc. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Wilson was the
vice president of sales for ICG Communications, Inc. His industry
experience also includes positions with both MCI and AT&T. He
earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Marketing from
the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Robert T. Flood has been the
Borrower’s Chief Technology Officer since August 2004, and
was a director from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Flood has more than 30
years of technical leadership experience within the
telecommunications industry. In 2001, he founded and became Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Virginia-based
Pingtone Communications, Inc. (“Pingtone”), a telephone
service company which supplied IP telephony services to desktop and
permitting customers. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Flood was Chief
Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer for
Cable & Wireless Global, an international communications
carrier with operations in more than 70 countries. From 1993 to
1999, Mr. Flood served as Senior Vice-President of Engineering
and Chief Technology Officer for ICG Communications, Inc. Beginning
in 1974, Mr. Flood worked at Centel (“Centel”), a
local telephone service provider that was acquired by Sprint in
1992. In 1988, Mr. Flood became the General Engineering
Manager for Centel’s Nevada and Texas territories.
Mr. Flood received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from
the University of Nebraska and a Master’s degree in Economics
from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He has participated in the
Kellogg Executive Development Program at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate
School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Mr. Flood has authored two books on IP telephony.
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Adam Nichols joined the Borrower
as a consultant and advisor in April 2007 pending his nomination as
Chief Financial Officer following the closing of the Private
Offering. Mr. Nichols brings 18 years of corporate
finance and accounting experience to the Borrower. Prior to
joining the Borrower, and since April 2005, he served as Chief
Financial Officer for Guardian Holdings, Inc., a privately owned a
retail mortgage banking and provider of Internet based document
preparation in Denver, Colorado where he was instrumental in
developing and/or implementing several innovative systems including
key business metrics, budgeting and forecasting processes, a
business intelligence system utilizing data warehousing technology
and expense reduction strategies. Prior and since 1994, he was
employed by ICG Communications, Inc., a regional telecommunications
provider that was acquired by Level 3 Communications, Inc., in 2006
for $163 MM (“ICG”) in increasingly responsible
positions including the Director of Finance. At ICG he developed
and implemented the process and financial models used to evaluate
capital expenditures which exceeded $100MM annually and led
implementation of a data warehouse designed to provide timely and
accurate information on the Company’s revenue ($600MM
annually). Prior to joining ICG, and since 1994, he served as
Assistant Controller for ABC Companies, Inc, a privately owned
receivable management and commercial debt collection services
company where he developed and implemented process improvements to
eliminate inefficiencies, improve accuracy and reduce costs through
lower headcount and reduced overtime. From 1993 to 1994, he was
employed as a senior auditor by DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours
and Company). From 1988 to 1993, he was a Senior Analyst for the
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Division of
DuPont. Mr. Nichols received a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree in Finance from New Mexico State University
in 1987.
Board of Directors
Nominees:
William R. Cullen is a nominee to
the Borrower’s Board of Directors who is expected to be
elected following the closing of the Private Offering.
Mr. Cullen brings us over 35 years of hands on cable and
communications experience including 25 years as President and 15
years as Chief Executive Officer. Since 2005, he has been the
founder and CEO of Cullcom, LLC, a California based strategy and
financial consultancy. From 1997 through 2004, he served as
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (previously the
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer) of Webb Interactive Services, Inc., (NASDAQ:
WEBB), a publicly owned Colorado corporation then engaged in
pioneering high speed Internet services in the cable industry and
developing and marketing Internet-based commerce and communications
services and presently in the development of extensible instant
messaging/presence software and products. From 1994 through 1997,
he served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder
of Access Television Network, Inc., a privately owned, Irvine,
California based cable television system operator with
25 million subscribers. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Cullen
served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
California News Channel operation of Cox Communications, Inc., a
Big 3 multiple cable system operator. From 1983 to 1991, he was
employed by United Artists Cable Corporation; a Los Angeles based
multiple cable system operator, in increasingly
responsible
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positions including Senior Vice
President of the Southwest Division. From 1981 through 1983 he
served as President of Tribune Cable of California, Inc., a cable
television system operator. Mr. Cullen received a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Economics from the University of Vermont in 1963. In
addition to being a respected cable speaker and panelist,
Mr. Cullen was Cable Television Business Magazine’s
Marketing 1990 Executive of the Year and recipient of the
California Cable Television Association’s Outstanding
Leadership Award In 1991 and 1992. Mr. Cullen is qualified as
an Audit Committee Financial Expert as that term is defined in
Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended.
Stanley F. McGinnis is a nominee
to the Borrower’s Board of Directors who is expected to be
elected following the Borrower’s receipt of the Total Bridge
Loan. Mr. McGinnis is the Chief Executive Officer and
principal stockholder of Secure Signals International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and successor to McGinnis Group International,
LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, d/b/a Secure Signals
International that he founded in 1987(“SSI”). SSI is a
leading cable risk management company that developed an
industry-unique theft of services program resulting in the
collection of over $300 million in stolen signal revenue, the
recovery of over 500,000 illegal devices and over 13,000
theft-of-service interrogations for its “Big 3” and
other cable system clients. Mr. McGinnis, who has been active
in the cable and satellite television industry for over 19 years,
is a Certified Fraud Specialist, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a
court certified expert witness for piracy. In addition to
spearheading several national and regional piracy device
investigations that resulted in multi-million dollar recoveries, he
has recovered over $300 million for the cable industry during his
career. Prior to his involvement with the SSI, he served as the
President and Chief Operating Officer for four successful retail
companies with locations nationwide. Mr. McGinnis is also a
qualified expert witness in the areas of labor relations, employee
defalcations, worker’s compensation fraud, wrongful
terminations, sexual harassment, and bonding insurance claims. He
attended the College of Marin in Kentfield, California for two
years of criminal law courses and three years of law school at
LaSalle University in Chicago.
Donald W. Prosser, CPA is a
nominee to the Borrower’s Board of Directors who is expected
to be elected following the Borrower’s receipt of the Total
Bridge Loan. Mr. Prosser brings us over 30 years of experience
in finance and accounting including over ten years as Chief
Financial Officer of publicly owned corporations. Mr. Prosser
was Chief Financial Officer for VCG Holding Corp. (NASDAQGM:VCGH),
a publicly owned Colorado corporation engaged in ownership and
operation of nightclubs that provide quality live adult
entertainment and food and beverage services with a $160 million
market cap from 2002 through September 2007 and served as Treasurer
since 2003. From 1997 until his employment by VCG Holding Corp.,
Mr. Prosser served as CFO and director of three publicly
traded companies: from 1997 to 1999, Chartwell International,
Inc.(OTCBB: CWII), a publisher of high school athletic information
and recruiting services; from 1999 to 2000, Inform Worldwide
Holdings Inc. formerly Anything Internet Corporation (OTCBB: IWWI),
a computer equipment and internet services provider; and from 2001
to 2002, NetCommerce, Inc., an Internet services provider, and
Arête Industries, Inc. as director from 2003 to present. From
1992 through 1998, he served as a Managing Director of American
Express Tax and Business Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of American Express
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Company. From 1975 through 1992,
Mr. Prosser was engaged in public accounting as a senior
manager and/ or partner in three CPA firms: FOX and Company (a
national firm now Grant Thornton) 1975 – 1982;
Idleberg & Hayes 1983 – 1987; and Pannell
Kerr & Forester (a national firm) 1988 – 1992.
Mr. Prosser received a Master of Arts degree in Taxation and a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and History from Western
State College of Colorado in 1975 and 1973, respectively. He has
been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of
Colorado since 1975, and has maintained a private practice since
1992. Since 2003, he has served as a member of the Board of
Director and as an Officer of the Western State College of Colorado
Foundation. Mr. Prosser is qualified as an Audit Committee
Financial Expert as that term is defined in Section 407 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.
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8. |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants. |
In order to implement the operation of
this Bridge Loan Agreement, the Parties hereby jointly and
severally represent, warrant, covenant, agree and consent as
follows:
8.1 Financial Condition of
the Borrower . The Borrower has provided, or will provide as
available, all material information regarding the financial
condition of the Borrower as of the latest practicable
date;
8.2 Authority . The
Borrower and the Lender have full legal authority to enter into
this Agreement and to perform the same in the time and manner
contemplated;
8.3 Approval . This
Agreement has been submitted to, ratified and approved by the Board
of Directors of the Borrower and by the Lender in the manner
required by the law of the Lender’s jurisdiction of
residence;
8.4 Licenses, Etc .
The Borrower shall comply with all applicable laws and regulatory
requirements at all times. The Borrower shall obtain and maintain
such authorizations, licenses, permits and other governmental or
regulatory agency approvals as are required for the performance of
this Bridge Loan Agreement;
8.5 Valid Issuance .
The Warrant, the Warrant Shares and the Conversion Shares shall be
when issued, duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable;
8.6 Reservation . The
Borrower shall reserve the Warrant Shares and the Conversion Shares
for issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants and the conversion
of the Note by the Lender;
8.7 Restricted
Securities . The Lender acknowledges, accepts and understands
that until and unless the same are registered under the Securities
Act: (i) the Warrant Shares and the Conversion Shares will be
“restricted securities” as that term is defined under
the Securities Act; (ii) the Lender will be acquiring the
Warrant Shares and the Conversion Shares solely for the
Lender’s own account, for investment purposes and without a
view towards the resale or distribution thereof; (iii) the
Warrant Shares
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and the Conversion Shares
will be subject of stop transfer orders on the books and records of
the Borrower’s transfer agent and shall be imprinted with a
standard form of restrictive legend; and (iv) any sale of the
Warrant Shares or the Conversion Shares will be accomplished only
in accordance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission adopted thereunder;
8.8 Accredited
Investor . As evidenced by the Lender’s completion
of the individual questionnaire annexed hereto as Exhibit
“D” or the entity questionnaire annexed hereto as
Exhibit “E” and hereby incorporated herein by
reference, the Lender is an “accredited investor” as
that terms is defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act and as
such: (i) has adequate means of providing for the
Lender’s current needs and possible contingencies;
(ii) is able to bear the economic risk of the Lender’s
investment; (iii) is capable of evaluating the relative risks
and merits of the Lender’ investment in the Borrower;
(iv) can bear the economic risk of losing the Lender’s
entire investment in the Borrower represented by the Loan Amount;
(v) has not relied upon any oral statements or representations
by the Borrower or its principals; (vi) understands the
undercapitalized and speculative nature of the Borrower’s
business as well as the uncertainties attendant upon the
Borrower’s ability to reach profitability from its present
insolvent status; and (vii) has consulted the Lender’
own financial, legal and tax advisors with respect to the economic,
legal and tax consequences of the Lender’s investment in the
Borrower;
8.9 Use of Proceeds .
As indicated in the summary of use of proceeds set forth on Exhibit
“F” annexed hereto and hereby incorporated herein by
reference, the Borrower shall utilize an approximate $400,000
portion of the proceeds from the Bridge Loan to satisfy or
compromise its federal withholding tax obligation to the Internal
Revenue Service as its first order of priority; and
8.10 Sale or Merger .
In the event that prior to the Lender’s conversion or full
repayment of the Bridge Loan, the Borrower shall have been sold to,
consummated a merger or have been acquired by a third party (a
“Business Combination”), the Lender shall be entitled
to receive an amount equal to the difference between $1.35 and the
amount per share received by the Borrower in the Business
Combination (the “Business Combination Payment”). The
Business Combination Payment shall be paid to the Lender at the
closing of the Business Combination (the “Business
Combination Closing”) in cash, equity or debt instruments at
the option of the Borrower. The Borrower shall furnish the Lender
with ten days prior written notice of the Business Combination
Closing; and the Borrower shall furnish the Lender with written
notice of its intent to pay cash, equity or debt instruments prior
to the date of the Business Combination Closing.
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9. |
Default: Rights and Remedies on Default
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9.1 Events of Default
. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be an event
of default under this Agreement (“Events of
Default”):
A. The material breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Borrower contained
in
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