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EXHIBIT 10.41
AMENDED AND RESTATED STANDBY EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the 18th day of October 2005 (the
"Agreement")
between CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (the
"Investor"), and STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION, a
corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (the
"Company").
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2005, the parties hereto entered into
a Standby
Equity Distribution Agreement. This Agreement shall amend and
restate the
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated September 15,
2005;
WHEREAS, any and all agreements, documents and instruments in
connection
with the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated September
15, 2005,
including without limitation the Registration Rights Agreement
and Placement
Agent Agreement, shall be superseded by this Agreement, the
Registration Rights
Agreement and Placement Agreement, each of even date herewith
(the Escrow
Agreement dated September 15, 2005 is hereby terminated);
WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to
the
conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to
the Investor,
from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall
purchase from the
Company up to Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) of the
Company's common
stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, such investments will be made in reliance upon the
provisions of
Regulation D ("Regulation D") of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Act"), and
or upon such
other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act as may
be available with respect to any or all of the investments to be
made hereunder.
WHEREAS, the Company has engaged Monitor Capital, Inc. (the
"Placement
Agent"), to act as the Company's exclusive placement agent in
connection with
the sale of the Company's Common Stock to the Investor hereunder
pursuant to the
Placement Agent Agreement dated the date hereof by and among the
Company, the
Placement Agent and the Investor (the "Placement Agent
Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Certain Definitions
Section 1.1. "Advance" shall mean the portion of the Commitment
Amount
requested by the Company in the Advance Notice.
Section 1.2. "Advance Date" shall mean the first (1st) Trading
Day after
expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each
Advance.
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Section 1.3. "Advance Notice" shall mean a written notice in the
form of
Exhibit A attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer
of the Company
and setting forth the Advance amount that the Company requests
from the
Investor.
Section 1.4. "Advance Notice Date" shall mean each date the
Company
delivers to the Investor an Advance Notice requiring the
Investor to advance
funds to the Company, subject to the terms of this Agreement. No
Advance Notice
Date shall be less than five (5) Trading Days after the prior
Advance Notice
Date.
Section 1.5. "Bid Price" shall mean, on any date, the closing
bid price (as
reported by Bloomberg L.P.) of the Common Stock on the Principal
Market or if
the Common Stock is not traded on a Principal Market, the
highest reported bid
price for the Common Stock, as furnished by the National
Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
Section 1.6. "Closing" shall mean one of the closings of a
purchase and
sale of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.3.
Section 1.7. "Commitment Amount" shall mean the aggregate amount
of up to
Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) which the Investor has
agreed to provide to
the Company in order to purchase the Company's Common Stock
pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section 1.8. "Commitment Period" shall mean the period
commencing on the
earlier to occur of (i) the Effective Date, or (ii) such earlier
date as the
Company and the Investor may mutually agree in writing, and
expiring on the
earliest to occur of (x) the date on which the Investor shall
have made payment
of Advances pursuant to this Agreement in the aggregate amount
of Twenty Million
Dollars ($20,000,000), (y) the date this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to
Section 2.4, or (z) the date occurring twenty-four (24) months
after the
Effective Date.
Section 1.9. "Common Stock" shall mean the Company's common
stock, no par
value per share.
Section 1.10. "Condition Satisfaction Date" shall have the
meaning set
forth in Section 7.2.
Section 1.11. "Damages" shall mean any loss, claim, damage,
liability,
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorney's fees
and disbursements and costs and expenses of expert witnesses and
investigation).
Section 1.12. "Effective Date" shall mean the date on which the
SEC first
declares effective a Registration Statement registering the
resale of the
Registrable Securities as set forth in Section 7.2(a).
Section 1.13. Intentionally Omitted.
Section 1.14. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
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Section 1.15. "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any
condition,
circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise
materially interfere
with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform any of
its obligations
under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement in any
material
respect.
Section 1.16. "Market Price" shall mean the lowest closing Bid
Price of the
Common Stock during the Pricing Period.
Section 1.17. "Maximum Advance Amount" shall be the lesser of
Two Million
Dollars ($2,000,000) per Advance Notice or remaining balance of
the Commitment
Amount.
Section 1.18. "NASD" shall mean the National Association of
Securities
Dealers, Inc.
Section 1.19. "Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation,
a
partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or
organization, including
a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.
Section 1.20. "Placement Agent" shall mean Monitor Capital,
Inc., a
registered broker-dealer.
Section 1.21. "Pricing Period" shall mean the five (5)
consecutive Trading
Days after the Advance Notice Date.
Section 1.22. "Principal Market" shall mean the Nasdaq National
Market, the
Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the American Stock Exchange, the OTC
Bulletin Board or
the New York Stock Exchange, whichever is at the time the
principal trading
exchange or market for the Common Stock.
Section 1.23. "Purchase Price" shall be set at ninety six
percent (96%) of
the Market Price during the Pricing Period.
Section 1.24. "Registrable Securities" shall mean the shares of
Common
Stock to be issued hereunder (i) in respect of which the
Registration Statement
has not been declared effective by the SEC, (ii) which have not
been sold under
circumstances meeting all of the applicable conditions of Rule
144 (or any
similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act ("Rule
144") or (iii)
which have not been otherwise transferred to a holder who may
trade such shares
without restriction under the Securities Act, and the Company
has delivered a
new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such
securities not bearing a
restrictive legend.
Section 1.25. "Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the
Registration
Rights Agreement dated the date hereof, regarding the filing of
the Registration
Statement for the resale of the Registrable Securities, entered
into between the
Company and the Investor.
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Section 1.26. "Registration Statement" shall mean a
registration
statement on Form S-1 or SB-2 (if use of such form is then
available to the
Company pursuant to the rules of the SEC and, if not, on such
other form
promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then qualifies and
which counsel
for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which form shall be
available for
the resale of the Registrable Securities to be registered
thereunder in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights
Agreement, and in accordance with the intended method of
distribution of such
securities), for the registration of the resale by the Investor
of the
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act.
Section 1.27. "Regulation D" shall have the meaning set forth in
the
recitals of this Agreement.
Section 1.28. "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Section 1.29. "Securities Act" shall have the meaning set forth
in the
recitals of this Agreement.
Section 1.30. "SEC Documents" shall mean Annual Reports on Form
10-KSB,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB, Current Reports on Form 8-K
and Proxy
Statements of the Company as supplemented to the date hereof,
filed by the
Company for a period of at least twelve (12) months immediately
preceding the
date hereof or the Advance Date, as the case may be, until such
time as the
Company no longer has an obligation to maintain the
effectiveness of a
Registration Statement as set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Section 1.31. "Trading Day" shall mean any day during which the
New York
Stock Exchange shall be open for business.
Section 1.32. "VWAP" shall mean the volume weighted average
price of the
Company's Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.
ARTICLE II.
Advances
Section 2.1. Advances.
Upon the terms and conditions set forth herein (including,
without
limitation, the provisions of Article VII hereof), the Company
may request an
Advance by the Investor by the delivery of an Advance Notice.
The number of
shares of Common Stock that the Investor shall purchase pursuant
to each Advance
shall be determined by dividing the amount of the Advance by the
Purchase Price.
No fractional shares shall be issued. Fractional shares shall be
rounded to the
next higher whole number of shares. The aggregate maximum amount
of all Advances
that the Investor shall be obligated to make under this
Agreement shall not
exceed the Commitment Amount.
Section 2.2. Mechanics.
(a) Advance Notice. At any time during the Commitment Period,
the
Company may deliver an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject
to the conditions
set forth in Section 7.2; provided, however, the amount for each
Advance as
designated by the Company in the applicable Advance Notice shall
not be more
than the Maximum Advance Amount. The aggregate amount of the
Advances pursuant
to this Agreement shall not exceed the Commitment Amount. The
Company
acknowledges that the Investor may sell shares of the Company's
Common Stock
corresponding with a particular Advance Notice after the day the
Advance Notice
is received by the Investor. There shall be a minimum of five
(5) Trading Days
between each Advance Notice Date.
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(b) Date of Delivery of Advance Notice. An Advance Notice shall
be
deemed delivered on (i) the Trading Day it is received by
facsimile or otherwise
by the Investor if such notice is received prior to 12:00 noon
Eastern Time, or
(ii) the immediately succeeding Trading Day if it is received by
facsimile or
otherwise after 12:00 noon Eastern Time on a Trading Day or at
any time on a day
which is not a Trading Day. No Advance Notice may be deemed
delivered on a day
that is not a Trading Day.
Section 2.3. Closings. On each Advance Date (i) the Company
shall deliver
to the Investor shares of the Company's Common Stock,
representing the amount of
the Advance specified in such Advance Notice pursuant to Section
2.1 herein,
registered in the name of the Investor and (ii) upon receipt of
such shares, the
Investor shall deliver to the Company the amount of the Advance
specified in the
Advance Notice by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
In addition, on
or prior to the Advance Date, each of the Company and the
Investor shall deliver
to the other all documents, instruments and writings required to
be delivered by
either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement
and effect the
transactions contemplated herein. The extent the Company has not
paid the fees,
expenses, and disbursements of the Investor or the Company's
counsel in
accordance with Section 12.4, the amount of such fees, expenses,
and
disbursements may be deducted by the Investor (and shall be paid
to the relevant
party) directly out of the proceeds of the Advance with no
reduction in the
amount of shares of the Company's Common Stock to be delivered
on such Advance
Date.
Section 2.4. Termination of Investment. The obligation of the
Investor to
make an Advance to the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall
terminate
permanently (including with respect to an Advance Date that has
not yet
occurred) in the event that (i) there shall occur any stop order
or suspension
of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for an
aggregate of fifty
(50) Trading Days, other than due to the acts of the Investor,
during the
Commitment Period, or (ii) the Company shall at any time fail
materially to
comply with the requirements of Article VI and such failure is
not cured within
thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the
Investor, provided,
however, that this termination provision shall not apply to any
period
commencing upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to such
Registration
Statement and ending upon the date on which such post effective
amendment is
declared effective by the SEC.
Section 2.5. Agreement to Advance Funds. The Investor agrees to
advance the
amount specified in the Advance Notice to the Company after the
completion of
each of the following conditions and the other conditions set
forth in this
Agreement:
(a) the execution and delivery by the Company, and the Investor,
of
this Agreement and the Exhibits hereto;
(b) The Investor shall have received the shares of Common
Stock
applicable to the Advance in accordance with Section 2.3. Such
shares shall be
free of restrictive legends;
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(c) the Company's Registration Statement with respect to the
resale of
the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Registration
Rights Agreement shall have been declared effective by the
SEC;
(d) the Company shall have obtained all material permits and
qualifications required by any applicable state for the offer
and sale of the
Registrable Securities, or shall have the availability of
exemptions therefrom.
The sale and issuance of the Registrable Securities shall be
legally permitted
by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject;
(e) the Company shall have filed with the Commission in a
timely
manner all reports, notices and other documents required of a
"reporting
company" under the Exchange Act and applicable Commission
regulations;
(f) the fees as set forth in Section 12.4 below shall have been
paid
or can be withheld as provided in Section 2.3; and
(g) the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 shall have been
satisfied.
(h) the Company shall have provided to the Investor an
acknowledgement, from the Company's independent certified public
accountants as
to its ability to provide all consents required in order to file
a registration
statement in connection with this transaction;
(i) The Company's transfer agent shall be DWAC eligible.
Section 2.6. Lock Up Period. On the date hereof, the Company
shall obtain
from each officer and director a lock-up agreement, as defined
below, in the
form annexed hereto as Schedule 2.6 agreeing to only sell in
compliance with the
volume limitation of Rule 144.
Section 2.7. Hardship. In the event the Investor sells shares of
the
Company's Common Stock after receipt of an Advance Notice and
the Company fails
to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.3, and
specifically the
Company fails to deliver to the Investor on the Advance Date the
shares of
Common Stock corresponding to the applicable Advance, the
Company acknowledges
that the Investor shall suffer financial hardship and therefore
shall be liable
for any and all losses, commissions, fees, or financial hardship
caused to the
Investor.
ARTICLE III.
Representations and Warranties of Investor
Investor hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Company
that the following are true and correct as of the date hereof
and as of each
Advance Date:
Section 3.1. Organization and Authorization. The Investor is
duly
incorporated or organized and validly existing in the
jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization and has all requisite power and
authority to
purchase and hold the securities issuable hereunder. The
decision to invest and
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Investor,
the performance
by such Investor of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation by such
Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized and
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requires no other proceedings on the part of the Investor. The
undersigned has
the right, power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and all
other instruments (including, without limitations, the
Registration Rights
Agreement), on behalf of the Investor. This Agreement has been
duly executed and
delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and
delivery hereof and
acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal,
valid and binding
obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in
accordance with
its terms.
Section 3.2. Evaluation of Risks. The Investor has such
knowledge and
experience in financial, tax and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of, and bearing the economic risks entailed
by, an
investment in the Company and of protecting its interests in
connection with
this transaction. It recognizes that its investment in the
Company involves a
high degree of risk.
Section 3.3. No Legal Advice From the Company. The Investor
acknowledges
that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel
and investment
and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel
and advisors
and not on any statements or representations of the Company or
any of its
representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice
with respect to
this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the
securities laws of any jurisdiction.
Section 3.4. Investment Purpose. The securities are being
purchased by the
Investor for its own account, and for investment purposes. The
Investor agrees
not to assign or in any way transfer the Investor's rights to
the securities or
any interest therein and acknowledges that the Company will not
recognize any
purported assignment or transfer except in accordance with
applicable Federal
and state securities laws. No other person has or will have a
direct or indirect
beneficial interest in the securities. The Investor agrees not
to sell,
hypothecate or otherwise transfer the Investor's securities
unless the
securities are registered under Federal and applicable state
securities laws or
unless, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company,
an exemption from
such laws is available.
Section 3.5. Accredited Investor. The Investor is an "Accredited
Investor"
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D of the
Securities Act.
Section 3.6. Information. The Investor and its advisors (and its
counsel),
if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the
business,
finances and operations of the Company and information it deemed
material to
making an informed investment decision. The Investor and its
advisors, if any,
have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the
Company and its
management. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigations
conducted by such Investor or its advisors, if any, or its
representatives shall
modify, amend or affect the Investor's right to rely on the
Company's
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. The
Investor
understands that its investment involves a high degree of risk.
The Investor is
in a position regarding the Company, which, based upon
employment, family
relationship or economic bargaining power, enabled and enables
such Investor to
obtain information from the Company in order to evaluate the
merits and risks of
this investment. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal
and tax advice,
as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment
decision with
respect to this transaction.
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Section 3.7. Receipt of Documents. The Investor and its counsel
have
received and read in their entirety: (i) this Agreement and the
Exhibits annexed
hereto; (ii) all due diligence and other information necessary
to verify the
accuracy and completeness of such representations, warranties
and covenants;
(iii) the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended October 31,
2004 and Form
10-QSB for the period ended April 30, 2005; and (iv) answers to
all questions
the Investor submitted to the Company regarding an investment in
the Company;
and the Investor has relied on the information contained therein
and has not
been furnished any other documents, literature, memorandum or
prospectus.
Section 3.8. Registration Rights Agreement. The parties have
entered into
the Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof.
Section 3.9. No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor
any of its
affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has
engaged in any
form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the
meaning of
Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the
offer or sale of
the shares of Common Stock offered hereby.
Section 3.10. Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer,
director or
a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with
the Company or any
"Affiliate" of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405
of the
Securities Act).
Section 3.11. Trading Activities. The Investor's trading
activities with
respect to the Company's Common Stock shall be in compliance
with all applicable
federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations and the
rules and
regulations of the Principal Market on which the Company's
Common Stock is
listed or traded. Neither the Investor nor its affiliates has an
open short
position in the Common Stock of the Company, the Investor agrees
that it shall
not, and that it will cause its affiliates not to, engage in any
short sales of
or hedging transactions with respect to the Common Stock,
provided that the
Company acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of an Advance
Notice the
Investor has the right to sell the shares to be issued to the
Investor pursuant
to the Advance Notice during the applicable Pricing Period.
ARTICLE IV.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
Except as stated below, on the disclosure schedules attached
hereto or in
the SEC Documents (as defined herein), the Company hereby
represents and
warrants to the Investor that the following are true and correct
as of the date
hereof:
Section 4.1. Organization and Qualification. The Company is
duly
incorporated or organized and validly existing in the
jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization and has all requisite corporate
power to own its
properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
Each of the
Company and its subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to do
business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which
the nature of
the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary,
except to the
extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiary
taken as a whole.
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Section 4.2. Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other
Instruments.
(i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority
to enter into
and perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Placement
Agent Agreement and any related agreements, in accordance with
the terms hereof
and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Placement Agent Agreement and any related
agreements by
the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby
and thereby, have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of
Directors and
no further consent or authorization is required by the Company,
its Board of
Directors or its stockholders, (iii) this Agreement, the
Registration Rights
Agreement, the Placement Agent Agreement and any related
agreements have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) this Agreement,
the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Placement Agent Agreement and
assuming the
execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor
and any related
agreements constitute the valid and binding obligations of the
Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation
or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of
creditors' rights and
remedies.
Section 4.3. Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the
authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 800,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, no par
value per share and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, no par
value per share
("Preferred Stock"), of which 23,077,136 shares of Common Stock
and no shares of
Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. All of such
outstanding shares have
been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except
as disclosed in
the SEC Documents, no shares of Common Stock are subject to
preemptive rights or
any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered
or permitted by
the Company. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, as of the
date hereof,
(i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to
subscribe to,
calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities or
rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of
its subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by
which the Company or any of its subsidiary is or may become
bound to issue
additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
subsidiary or
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights
convertible into, any
shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiary,
(ii) there are
no outstanding debt securities (iii) there are no outstanding
registration
statements other than on Form S-8 and (iv) there are no
agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its subsidiary is
obligated to
register the sale of any of their securities under the
Securities Act (except
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement). There are no
securities or
instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that
will be
triggered by this Agreement or any related agreement or the
consummation of the
transactions described herein or therein. The Company has
furnished to the
Investor true and correct copies of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation,
as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Certificate
of
Incorporation"), and the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the
date hereof (the
"By-laws"), and the terms of all securities convertible into or
exercisable for
Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in
respect thereto.
Section 4.4. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and
performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions
contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the
Certificate of
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Incorporation, any certificate of designations of any
outstanding series of
preferred stock of the Company or By-laws or (ii) conflict with
or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a
default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiary is a party, or result in a
violation of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including
federal and state
securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of
the Principal
Market on which the Common Stock is quoted) applicable to the
Company or any of
its subsidiary or by which any material property or asset of the
Company or any
of its subsidiary is bound or affected and which would cause a
Material Adverse
Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, neither the
Company nor its
subsidiary is in violation of any term of or in default under
its Articles of
Incorporation or By-laws or their organizational charter or
by-laws,
respectively, or any material contract, agreement, mortgage,
indebtedness,
indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute,
rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or its subsidiary. The
business of the
Company and its subsidiary is not being conducted in violation
of any material
law, ordinance, regulation of any governmental entity. Except as
specifically
contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the
Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to
obtain any
consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any
court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver
or perform any
of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or
the Registration
Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.
All consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the
Company is required
to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained
or effected on
or prior to the date hereof. The Company and its subsidiary are
unaware of any
fact or circumstance which might give rise to any of the
foregoing.
Section 4.5. SEC Documents; Financial Statements. Since January
1, 2003,
the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements
and other
documents required to be filed by it with the SEC under the
Exchange Act. The
Company has delivered to the Investor or its representatives, or
made available
through the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, true and
complete copies of the
SEC Documents. As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the
Company disclosed in the SEC Documents (the "Financial
Statements") complied as
to form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.
Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved
(except (i) as may
be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent
they may exclude
footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and, fairly
present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company as of
the dates thereof
and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended
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