Exhibit 10.8
Execution Copy
CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE
AGREEMENT
THIS CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of the
9th day of May 2002, by and between CENTURY MEDICAL, INC. a
Japanese corporation (“Century”), and SENORX, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
RECITALS
A. The Company and Century desire to
enter into an Exclusive Distribution Agreement (the
“Distribution Agreement”) in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
B. Upon the Company’s
completion of certain milestones, Company, as borrower, desires the
option to borrow from Century, as Lender, at the Company’s
sole option, an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars
(US$1,000,000), for which a certain 4% Convertible Subordinate Note
with a maturity of 5-years (the “Note”), in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B, shall be issued to Century by
the Company, all as more fully described below, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
C. The Company and Century desire to
make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
in connection with the issuance of the Note and desire to prescribe
certain conditions precedent to such issuance.
D. The Company and Century desire to
make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
in connection with entering into this Agreement and desire to
prescribe certain conditions precedent to the Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the promises and of the mutual provisions, agreements and covenants
contained herein, the Company and Century hereby agree as
follows:
1. Description of Note and
Commitment.
1.1 Procedure for Loan.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and following
the Company’s introduction and sale in the United States of
the commercial versions of both the Shape Select Scalpel and the
Surgical Generator (the “Date of Introduction”), which
fact the Company shall document to Century’s reasonable
satisfaction, Century agrees for a period of twelve
(12) months following such Date of Introduction (the
“Option Period”) to make a loan (the
“Loan”) to the Company in a principal amount of One
Million Dollars (US$1,000,000.00) to be governed by the terms and
conditions of, and repaid in accordance with, this Agreement. The
Company shall provide Century with written notice of its intention
to borrow the loan amount thirty (30) Business Days prior to
the Disbursement Date, in accordance with Section 11.2 hereof.
Any amount repaid may not be reborrowed.
1.2 Interest.
(a) Interest. The Loan shall
bear interest from the Disbursement Date on the unpaid principal
amount thereof until the earlier of an Event of Default or the date
upon which such amount shall become due and payable (whether upon
the Maturity Date, by Acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per
annum equal to four percent (4.0%).
(b) Accrual and Computation of
Interest. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of
365 days for the actual number of days elapsed.
1.3 Maximum Interest Rate.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Company to pay interest
at a rate exceeding the maximum amount permitted by applicable law
to be charged by Holder; provided, that in any event the Company
shall pay the lesser of such maximum permissible rate and the rate
provided herein.
1.4 Payments.
(a) Interest Payments. On the
last day of each quarter payable in arrears on
January 31, April 30, July 31 and
October 31, commencing with the quarter of the first
Disbursement Date until the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity
Date, the Company shall pay Holder) all interest then
accrued.
(b) Loan Payment. The Company
shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of the Loan in
full on the Maturity Date without presentment, demand, protest or
any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived; provided that the Note has not been converted to shares of
Common Stock, in accordance with Article 9, prior to such
repayment.
(c) Optional Prepayment. The
Company may at any time prepay the entire outstanding principal
amount of the Loan or any portion thereof without
penalty.
1.5 Post-Maturity and Penalty
Interest. Commencing upon the earlier of an Event of Default or
the Maturity Date (whether by Acceleration or otherwise), any
outstanding principal balance of the Loan, and accrued but unpaid
interest, shall begin bearing interest, payable on demand, at a
rate per annum equal to eight percent (8%) subject to
Section 1.3 hereof. This rate shall also apply to each overdue
payment of interest.
1.6 Note. The Loan made by
Century pursuant hereto shall be evidenced by the Note in the form
of Exhibit B, hereto, and shall be payable to the order of
Century or Holder on an Event of Default or the Maturity Date
(whether by Acceleration or otherwise) of the Loan. The Company
hereby authorizes Century or Holder to indicate upon a schedule
attached to the Note all payments of principal and interest
thereon. Absent manifest error, such notations shall be presumptive
as to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loan, and
interest due thereon, but the failure by Century or Holder to make
such notations or the inaccuracy or incompleteness of any such
notations shall not affect the obligations of the Company hereunder
or under the Note.
1.7 Delivery of Note;
Closing. The delivery of the Note shall occur at the offices of
O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Citicorp Center, 153 East
53rd Street, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022-4611, at 11:00
a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the Disbursement Date or such later
Business Day as shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and
Century (the “Closing Date”). The Note delivered to
Century on the Closing Date will be delivered to Century in the
form of a single Note, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B, in a principal amount equal to the full amount of
the Loan, against delivery by Century to the Company of immediately
available funds in the full amount equal to the principal amount of
the Loan by wire transfer for the account of the Company in
accordance with the following:
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1.8 Place of Payment. Subject
to Section 1.9, payments of principal and interest becoming
due and payable on the Note shall be made in the State of
California at the principal office of the Company in such
jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to Century or
Holder, change the place of payment of the Note so long as the
place of payment shall be either the principal office of the
Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or
trust company in such jurisdiction.
1.9 Home Office Payment.
Notwithstanding Section 1.8, so long as Century is the holder
of the Note, the Company shall pay all sums becoming due on the
Note for principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately
available funds for the account of Century to account number 232811
at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Shibuya-Ekimae Branch,
1-2-2 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0043, Japan, or by such
other method or at such other location as Century shall specify
from time to time in writing to Company, without presentation or
surrender of the Note or the making of any notation thereon. The
Company shall afford the benefits of this Section 1.9 to any
Holder that is the direct or indirect transferee of the Note
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
2. Interpretation of Agreement;
Definitions.
2.1 Definitions. Unless the
context otherwise requires, the terms hereinafter set forth when
used herein shall have the following meanings and the following
definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of any of the terms herein defined:
“Acceleration” means
that the Loan (i) shall not have been paid at the Maturity
Date, or (ii) shall have become due and payable prior to its
stated maturity pursuant to Article 7 hereof.
“Affiliate” shall mean
any Person (other than a Subsidiary) (i) which directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company,
(ii) which beneficially owns or holds five percent
(5%) or more of any class of the Voting Stock of the Company
or (iii) five percent (5%) or more of the Voting Stock
(or in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, five
percent (5%) or more of the equity interest) of which is
beneficially owned or held by the Company or a Subsidiary. The term
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Voting
Stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall have
the meaning set forth in the opening paragraph of this
document.
“Average Closing Price”
shall mean the average of the closing prices of the Company’s
Common Stock, as reported on each securities exchange or nationally
recognized quotation system on which similar securities issued by
the Company are then listed, during the Pricing Period.
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“Business Day” shall
mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other
day on which commercial banks located in San Francisco, California
or New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be
closed.
“Change of Control”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.7
hereof.
“Closing Date” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 1.7 hereof.
“Common Stock” shall
mean the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
“Company” shall mean
SenoRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any Person who in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement succeeds to all, or
substantially all, of the assets or business of SenoRx,
Inc.
“Date of Introduction”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.1
hereof.
“Disbursement Date”
shall mean any date on which the disbursement of the Loan is made.
The Disbursement Date shall be on the date designated in a written
notice from the Company to Century, in accordance with
Section 11.2; provided, however, that (a) Century shall
not be required to make any disbursement if the conditions
contained in Article 5, herein, are not satisfied, and
(b) Century shall in no event be required to make any
disbursement after the expiration of the Option Period.
“ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
any successor statute of similar import, together with the
regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to
time. References to sections of ERISA shall be construed to also
refer to any successor sections.
“Event of Default” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article 7 hereof.
“Exchange Act” shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles at the time in the United
States.
“Holder” shall mean the
registered holder of the Note, initially Century.
“Interest Payment Date”
shall mean the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the
Note.
“Lien” shall mean any
interest in property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by,
a Person other than the owner of the property, whether such
interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and
including but not limited to the security interest lien arising
from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale or trust
receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes.
The term “Lien” shall include reservations, exceptions,
encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions,
restrictions, leases and other title exceptions and encumbrances
(including, with respect to stock, stockholder agreements, voting
trust agreements, buy-back agreements and all similar arrangements)
affecting property. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Company
or a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the owner of any property
which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale
agreement, capitalized lease or other arrangement pursuant to which
title to the property has been retained by or vested in some other
Person for security purposes and such retention or vesting shall
constitute a Lien.
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“Loan” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 1.1 hereof.
“Maturity Date” shall
mean any date on which the Note becomes due and payable, whether as
stated or by virtue of mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or
otherwise.
“Note” shall have the
meaning specified in the second recital of this
Agreement.
“Option Period” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 1.1 hereof.
“Person” shall mean an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Pricing Period” shall
mean the twenty (20) Business Days immediately preceding the
receipt of notice regarding conversion of the Note, in the form
attached to Exhibit B hereto, by Holder.
“SEC” shall mean the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or successor regulatory
entity.
“Securities Act” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Stated Maturity,” when
used with respect to the Note or any installment of interest
thereon, shall mean the date specified in the Note as the fixed
date on which the principal of the Note, or any installment of
interest thereon, is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” shall mean
a corporation, partnership or other entity at least a majority of
whose Voting Stock is owned directly or indirectly by the
Company.
“Voting Stock” shall
mean securities of any class or classes, the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to elect a
majority of the corporate directors (or Persons performing similar
functions).
2.2 Accounting Principles.
Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of
income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation
or other accounting computation is required to be made for the
purposes of this Agreement, the same shall be done in accordance
with GAAP, to the extent applicable, except where such principles
are inconsistent with the requirements of this
Agreement.
2.3 Directly or Indirectly.
Where any provision in this Agreement refers to action to be taken
by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such
provision shall be applicable whether the action in question is
taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
2.4 Legal Holidays. In any
case where any Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity of the Note
or the last date on which Company has the right to convert the Note
shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement or of the Note) payment of interest or
principal or conversion of the Note, as the case may be, need not
be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date, or at the Stated Maturity, or on such last
day for conversion.
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3. Representations and Warranties
of the Company.
Except as otherwise specifically set
forth in the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit C
(the “Disclosure Schedule”) or in any document
expressly referenced in the Disclosure Schedule which has been
provided to Century (provided that any such disclosure made in
connection with any of the following representations and warranties
shall be deemed disclosed with respect to any other relevant
representation or warranty, whether or not expressly
cross-referenced), the Company and its Subsidiaries represent and
warrant to Century as of the date hereof as follows:
3.1 Corporate Organization and
Authority. The Company, and each of its Subsidiaries, is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and to carry out the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement and any other agreement
to which the Company is a party, the execution and delivery of
which is contemplated hereby. The Company is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which the failure so to qualify would have a materially adverse
effect on its assets, business (as presently conducted or as
proposed to be conducted), properties, financial condition, or
operating results (a “Material Adverse
Effect”).
3.2 Authority. All corporate
action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and
stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and, upon the issuance of, the Note, the
performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and
thereunder and the authorization, issuance (or reservation for
issuance) and delivery of the Note has been taken or will be taken
prior to the issuance of the Note. This Agreement constitutes upon
execution, and the Note will constitute upon issuance, a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its respective terms, subject to the effect of
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar federal or state laws affecting the rights of
creditors and the effect of rules of law governing specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies.
No consent, approval or
authorization of or designation, declaration or filing with any
governmental authority on the part of the Company is required in
connection with the valid execution and delivery of this Agreement
or the issuance of the Note except qualification (or taking such
action as may be necessary to secure an exemption from
qualification, if available) of the offer and issuance of the Note
under applicable federal and state securities law, which filings
and qualifications, if required, will be accomplished in a timely
manner.
3.3 Financial Statements. The
Company has made available to each Investor its audited financial
statements of December 31, 2001 and its unaudited financial
statements as of March 31, 2002 (collectively, the
“Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis. The Financial Statements fairly represent the financial
condition of the Company as of the date indicated therein, subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments. Except as set forth in the
Financial Statements, the Company has no material liabilities,
contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the date thereof
and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred
in the ordinary course of business and not required under GAAP to
be reflected in the balance sheet, which, in both cases,
individually or in the aggregate are not material to the financial
condition or operating results of the Company. Set forth in the
Schedule of Exceptions is a list, effective as of the date of this
Agreement, of all the amounts (including amounts due for salaries
or other compensation, reimbursement of expenses, advances made to
or on behalf of the Company, or services rendered to or for the
benefit of the Company) owed by the Company to each director and
officer.
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3.4 Business Changes. Since
March 31, 2002, there has not been:
(a) any change in the assets,
liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the
Company from that reflected in the Balance Sheet, except changes in
the ordinary course of business that have not, in the aggregate,
had a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any damage, destruction or loss,
whether or not covered by insurance, having a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) any waiver or compromise by the
Company of a material debt owed to it;
(d) any satisfaction or discharge of
any lien, claim, or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by the
Company, except in the ordinary course of business and not having a
Material Adverse Effect;
(e) any material change to a
material contract or agreement by which the Company or any of its
assets is bound or subject;
(f) any material change in any
compensation agreement or agreement with any employee, officer,
director or stockholder;
(g) any sale, assignment or transfer
of any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other
intangible assets;
(h) any resignation or termination
of employment of any officer or key employee of the Company; and
the Company is not aware of any pending resignation or termination
of any such officer or key employee;
(i) any mortgage, pledge, transfer
of a security interest on or lien, created by the Company, with
respect to any of its material properties or assets, except liens
for taxes not yet due or payable;
(j) any loans or guarantees made by
the Company to or for the benefit of its employees, officers or
directors or any members of their immediate families, other than
travel advances and other advances made in the ordinary course of
business;
(k) any declaration, setting aside
or payment or other distribution in respect to any of the
Company’s capital stock, or any direct or indirect
redemption, purchase, or other acquisition of any of such capital
stock by the Company, except the repurchase of shares of Common
Stock issued or held by employees, consultants, directors or
service providers of or to the corporation or any of its
subsidiaries upon termination of their employment or services
pursuant to agreements providing for the right of such repurchase
between the corporation and such persons and the repurchase of
shares of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of the right
of first refusal pursuant to agreements providing for the right of
first refusal between the Company and any of its
stockholders;
(l) any material change in the
accounting methods or practices followed by the Company;
(m) to the Company’s
knowledge, any other event or condition that might have a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(n) any arrangement or commitment to
do any of the things described in this Section 3.4.
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3.5 Litigation. There is no
dispute, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
currently threatened against the Company which questions the
validity of this Agreement or the Note, or the right of the Company
to enter into each such agreement, or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or that would have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
The foregoing includes, without limitation, actions pending or
threatened involving the prior employment of any of the
Company’s employees, the use in connection with the
Company’s business of any information or techniques allegedly
proprietary to any of the Company’s former employers, or the
Company’s obligations under any agreements with prior
employers. The Company is not a party to, nor subject to the
provisions of, any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of
any court or government agency or instrumentality. There is no
action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company currently
pending or which the Company intends to initiate.
3.6 Compliance with Laws and
Other Instruments.
(a) The Company is not in violation
or default of any provisions of its Restated Certificate or Bylaws
or of any instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree, or contract to
which it is a party or by which it is bound or of any provision of
federal or state statute, rule or regulation applicable to the
Company the violation of which would have a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement,
and the issuance of the Note, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in any
such violation or be in conflict with or constitute, with or
without the passage of time and giving of notice, a default under
(i) any such provision of the Restated Certificate or the
Company’s Bylaws, (ii) any such instrument, judgment,
order, writ, decree or contract, or (iii) any statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to the Company, nor an event
which results in the creation of any lien, charge, or encumbrance
upon any assets of the Company.
(b) The Company has not performed
any act, the occurrence of which would result in the
Company’s loss or impairment of any right granted under any
license, distribution or other agreement.
(c) The Company has no knowledge,
after reasonable investigation, of any third-party’s intent
to terminate any material license, distribution, or other
agreement.
3.7 Title to Properties;
Leases. The Company owns its property and assets free and clear
of all mortgages, liens, loans, and encumbrances, except such
encumbrances and liens which arise in the ordinary course of
business and do not impair the Company’s ownership or use of
such property or assets. With respect to the property and assets it
leases and, to its knowledge, the Company is in compliance with
such leases and holds a valid leasehold interest free of any liens,
claims or encumbrances.
3.8 Licenses, etc. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has all franchises, permits,
and licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of
its business, the lack of which could have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is not in default in any material respect under
any such franchise, permits, licenses, or similar
authority.
3.9 Proprietary
Rights.
(a) The Company has sufficient title
and ownership of patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, trade secrets, information, and proprietary rights and
processes
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necessary for its business as now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted in the future, the lack
of which would not result in a Material Adverse Affect to such
business, without any known conflict with or infringement of the
rights of others. There are no outstanding options, licenses, or
agreements of any kind relating to the foregoing, nor is the
Company bound by or a party to any options, licenses, or agreements
of any kind with respect to the patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information,
proprietary rights and processes of any other person or entity. To
its knowledge after reasonable investigation, the Company has not
violated nor, by conducting its business as proposed, would violate
any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, or trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any
other person or entity and the Company has not received any
communication alleging such a violation or alleging that the
conduct of the business as proposed to be conducted, would
constitute such a violation. The Company has a valuable body of
trade secrets, including know-how, concepts, computer programs and
other technical data and proprietary rights and processes (the
“Proprietary Information”) for the development,
manufacture and sale of its products. To its knowledge, the Company
has the right to use the Proprietary Information free and clear of
any rights, liens, encumbrances or claims of others, except that
the possibility exists that other persons may have independently
developed trade secrets or technical information similar or
identical to those of the Company. Since its organization, the
Company has taken reasonable measures to protect the value (and, to
the extent applicable, the confidentiality and security) of all
Proprietary Information. The Company is not aware of any such
independent development nor of any misappropriation of its
Proprietary Information. The Company is not aware that any of its
employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses,
covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or
subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
administrative agency, that would interfere with the use of his or
her best efforts to promote the interests of the Company or that
would conflict with the Company’s business as proposed to be
conducted. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement nor
the Note nor the carrying on of the Company’s business by the
employees of the Company, nor the conduct of the Company’s
business as proposed, will, to the Company’s knowledge,
conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract,
covenant or instrument under which any of such employees is now
obligated. The Company does not believe it is or will be necessary
to utilize any inventions of any of its employees (or people it
currently intends to hire) made prior to their employment by the
Company. Set forth in the Schedule of Exceptions is a list of all
patents, trademarks and licenses of the Company.
(b) Each past and current employee
and officer of the Company has executed an agreement with the
Company regarding confidentiality and proprietary information
substantially in the form or forms provided to Investors’
counsel. The Company, after reasonable investigation, is not aware
that any of its employees or officers is in violation thereof, and
the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent
any such violation. All past and current consultants to or vendors
of the Company with access to confidential information of the
Company are or were parties to a written agreement substantially in
the Company’s form under which, among other things, each such
consultant or vendor is obligated to maintain the confidentiality
of confidential information of the Company. The Company, after
reasonable investigation, is not aware that any of its consultants
or vendors are in violation thereof, and the Company will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any such violation. No
employee or consultant subject to any obligations under a similar
agreement with another company that could adversely effect such
person’s or the Company’s ability to engage in the
Company’s business as conducted.
3.10 Taxes. The Company has
timely filed all tax returns and reports as required by law. Such
returns and reports are true and correct in all material respects.
The Company has paid all taxes and other assessments due, except
those contested by it in good faith that are listed in the Schedule
of Exceptions. To the Company’s knowledge, the income tax
returns of the Company have never been audited by local, state or
federal authorities, and the Company has not been advised that any
of its returns are presently being audited. The Company is not a
party to any pending action or proceeding, nor, to the knowledge of
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Company, is any such action or
proceeding threatened by any governmental authority for the
assessment or collection of taxes, interest, penalties,
assessments, or deficiencies for such taxes, and no claim for
assessment or collection of taxes, interest, penalties,
assessments, or deficiencies for such taxes has been asserted
against the Company. No material issue has been raised by any
federal, state, local, or foreign taxing authority in connection
with an audit or examination of the tax returns, reports, business,
or properties of the Company which has not been settled or
resolved. The Company has not agreed to extend the statue of
limitations with respect to any tax period or the review or audit
of any tax return. The Company has not made or agreed (or been
required) to make any adjustment or change in accounting method. No
material special charges, penalties, fines, liens, or similar
encumbrances have been asserted against the Company with respect to
the payment or failure to pay any taxes which have not been paid or
received without further liability to the Company. Proper and
accurate amounts have been withheld by the Company from its
employees for all periods in compliance with the withholding
provisions of applicable federal, state and local tax
laws.
3.11 Private Offering.
Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf will offer the
Note or any similar securities for issuance or sale to, or solicit
any offering to acquire any of the same from, anyone so as to make
the sale and issuance of the Note subject to the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act. Assuming the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of Century contained
in Section 4 hereof, the offer, sale, and issuance of the Note
will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from
registration and qualification) under the registration, permit, or
qualification requirements of all applicable state securities
laws.
3.12 Full Disclosure. The
Company has fully provided Century with all the information that
Century has reasonably requested for deciding whether to enter into
this Agreement and all information which the Company believes is
reasonably necessary to enable Century to make such decision.
Neither this Agreement nor the Note nor any other statements or
certificates made or delivered in connection herewith contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not
misleading when all such documents are read together as a
whole.
4. Representations and Warranties
of Century. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, Century
represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof as
follows:
4.1 Corporate Organization.
Century is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of Japan. Century is duly qualified to
do business in Japan. Century is duly licensed or qualified and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which such licensing or qualification is required by law or wherein
the nature of the business transacted by it or the nature of the
property owned or leased by it otherwise makes such licensing or
qualification necessary, other than to the extent that
fail