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EXHIBIT 4(10)
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Fifth Amended and Restated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement
(“Fifth Amended Agreement”) amends and completely
replaces the prior version of this Fifth Amended Agreement. It
remains effective as of the dates originally signed as to each
Purchaser (under previous versions of this Fifth Amended
Agreement).
This
Fifth Amended Agreement, dated effective as of the date noted by
their signature as to each Purchaser, by and among Integral Vision,
Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), those
purchasers listed on Exhibit A (each individually a
“Purchaser “ and collectively, the
“Purchasers”, which term shall include Class 2
Purchasers and Class 3 Purchasers, as defined below, successors and
assigns and any permitted transferees of the Notes or the Warrants)
and J. M. Warren Law Offices, P.C., as Agent.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES AND
WARRANTS
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The Company agrees to sell to the Purchasers and,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or
made pursuant hereto, the Purchasers agree to purchase from the
Company on the Closing Date specified in Section 2 hereof, (i) a
Note or Notes in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite
such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A hereto and (ii) upon the
purchase of a Class 2 Note or Class 3 Note, a Warrant or Warrants
for the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set
forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A. The number
of Class 2 Warrants purchased by a Class 2 Purchaser will be
determined based on the amount of its Class 2 Note and the length
of time such Note is outstanding, as more fully explained in
Section 1(d), below. In addition, Class 2 Purchasers may elect to
take interest of 12% per annum on their Class 2 Note instead of
acquiring a Class 2 Warrant or Warrants. The aggregate purchase
price to be paid to the Company by the Purchasers for such Notes
and such Warrants is 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to
be purchased by the Purchasers, which amount will be allocated in
accordance with Section 2(d) hereof.
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As used herein, “Note” or
“Notes” means either “Class 2 Notes” or
“Class 3 Notes” in a total aggregate amount outstanding
at any time not to exceed $6,000,000 (excluding accrued or unpaid
interest due thereon), however such $6,000,000 shall be decreased
by the principal amount of any Class 3 Notes converted into the
Company’s common stock subsequent to August 8,
2007.
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(i) Class 1 Notes were issued by the Company
pursuant to previous note and warrant purchase agreements (between
March 2001 and September 2003). All such Class 1 Notes have been
retired and no Class 1 Notes have been outstanding since April
2005. The Company will not issue Class 1 Notes under this Fifth
Amended Agreement.
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(ii) “Class 2 Notes” means the
aggregate in principal amount of the Company’s 10% secured
working capital notes due at the time the Accounts Receivable or
the Letter of Credit proceeds on the orders specified in such Class
2 Note is received by the Company. Each Class 2 Note will be
substantially in the form of the Class 2 Note set forth as Exhibit
B hereto. Interest on the Class 2 Notes shall accrue from the
Closing Date at the rate of 10% (12% if elected and no Class 2
Warrant is received). Class 2 Notes will be issued to fund working
capital needs to enable the Company to manufacture and ship
specified orders and will be paid as the accounts receivable or the
Letter of Credit proceeds on those specified orders are received.
Payments will be applied first to accrued interest and then to
principal. In the event the Class 2 Notes are not paid by the
Company out of receivables or Letter of Credit Proceeds and the
Company defaults on its obligations on the Class 2 Notes, the Class
2 Notes will have rights to payments under the Collateral
Assignment (as defined below) and the right to payments under the
WC Security Agreement and UCC financing statements (as defined
below). At the time their Class 2 Note is issued or at any time
their notes are outstanding, Class 2 Note holders will have the
option to elect to cease accruing Class 2 Warrants, as defined
below, and to instead begin receiving interest on their Class 2
Note at the rate of 12%.
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(iii) “Class 3 Notes” means the
aggregate in principal amount of the Company’s 8% secured
convertible notes. Each Note will be substantially in the forms of
the Notes set forth as Exhibit E and F hereto. Interest on the
Class 3 Notes shall accrue from the Closing Date and shall be
payable semi-annually on the first day of July and January of each
year (the “Semi-Annual Payment Dates”), in the manner
specified in the form of Class 3 Notes attached hereto as Exhibit E
and F. Principal on the Class 3 Notes shall be paid at maturity,
unless sooner called by the Company or converted into common stock
of the Company at the option of the Holder. The conversion rate for
Class 3 Notes shall be set at the time of their issuance by the
Company’s board of directors. As of March 1, 2008, the
Company has $378,000 principal amount on Class 3 Notes outstanding
which were issued using the form of note on Exhibit E (“Old
Class 3 Notes”). Class 3 Notes issued using the form of note
on Exhibit F will be referred to herein as “New Class 3
Notes.” After the date hereof, the Company will only issue
New Class 3 Notes. Old Class 3 Notes, New
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Class 3 Notes and Class 2 Notes will be on par
with each other in their rights to receive payment under the
Collateral Assignment, as defined below.
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(c)
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If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount
of the Notes, (ii) the interest payable thereon or (iii) any fee or
other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate from the date of such
nonpayment until paid in full (both before and after
judgment).
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As used herein, “Warrants” means
“Class 2 Warrants.” “Class 2 Warrants”
means the aggregate of Class 2 Common Stock purchase warrants
evidenced by certificates substantially in the forms of Exhibit C
and D hereto, together with Class 2 Warrants issued in exchange
therefore or replacement thereof. Such Class 2 Warrants in the
aggregate initially entitle the holders thereof to purchase one
share of Common Stock of the Company, no par value, for each $1 in
value of the Class 2 Notes issued to such Class 2 Purchaser
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
days such Class 2 Note is outstanding and the denominator of which
is 365, at a specified purchase price per share which shall be as
agreed by the parties as of the date of the issuance of the
corresponding Class 2 Note or such other price as the Board of
Directors shall determine is appropriate based on the circumstances
at the time, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto as to each Class 2
Purchaser and updated with each new purchase, such number and such
price being subject to adjustment as provided in the forms of
Warrants attached hereto as Exhibit C and D. Class 2 Note holders
may elect to receive accrued Class 2 warrants at the time said
Class 2 Note holders amend their notes. In addition to electing to
receive accrued Class 2 warrants at the time Class 2 Note holders
amend their notes, Class 2 Note holders may also elect to receive
accrued Class 2 warrants once each calendar quarter. After November
1, 2006, the Company has and will only issue Class 2 Warrants in
the form of Exhibit D
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Anti-Dilution Provision for Old Class 3 Notes
and Class 2 Warrants Issued Pursuant to Class 2 Notes Issued
between January 1, 2004 and October 31, 2006 .
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In the event the Company issues, after February
29, 2004, any common stock, or any Preferred Stock, Warrant or Note
convertible into common stock, which has a share price, or an
exercise or conversion rate, lower than the exercise price for
Class 2 Warrants issued pursuant to Class 2 Notes issued after
January 1, 2004, or the conversion rate for Old Class 3 Notes, then
the exercise price for such Class 2 Warrants issued pursuant to
Class 2 Notes issued after January 1, 2004 and Old Class 3 Notes
shall be reduced to such lower rate, but in no event will the
exercise price/conversion rate be reduced to less than $0.25 per
share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and
similar events after February 29, 2004). This
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provision will not be triggered by shares issued
for existing stock options under the Company’s stock option
plans (as of February 29, 2004) or for the exercise of existing
warrants (as of February 29, 2004).
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Amendment of Class 2 Warrants . It is
agreed that Section 2.2 of the Class 2 Warrants (issued in the
forms as shown in Exhibits C and D) including issued and
outstanding warrants, shall be amended by adding the following to
said warrants:
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In Section 2.2(a) After the phrase “but in
no event will the exercise price be reduced to less than $0.25 per
share” in said section shall be added the phrase as follows:
“(subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and
similar events after the Issue Date).”
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(ii)
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In Section 2.2(d) the phrase “without
dilution” shall be deleted.
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(iii)
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The following shall be added as section
2.2(e):
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Exclusions from the Adjustment for Current
Exercise Price . No adjustment of the current exercise price
under Section 2.2 hereof shall be made as a result of or in
connection with:
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(i)
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the issuance of Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants or Class 3 Notes;
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(ii)
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the issuance of Warrants or Notes pursuant to
this Agreement; or
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(iii)
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the exercise of options to purchase shares of the
Company’s Common Stock pursuant to options granted to certain
employees or agents of the Company pursuant to the Company’s
stock option plans.
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Amendment of Class 2 Warrants . It is
further agreed that Section 3 of the Class 2 Warrants (issued in
the form as shown in Exhibit D) including issued and outstanding
warrants shall be amended by replacing said section in its entirety
with as follows:
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Section 3. Company’s Consolidation or
Merger . If the Company shall at any time consolidate with or
merge into another entity (where the Company is not the continuing
corporation after such merger or consolidation), the holder of a
Warrant shall thereafter (including, without limitation, the holder
of a Warrant that is blocked from exercising said warrant pursuant
to Section 1.1.(c) hereof [“Blocked Holder”]) be
entitled to receive, upon the exercise thereof (including, without
limitation, after allowing sufficient time for the Blocked Holder
to unblock and exercise said blocked Warrant) in whole or in part,
the securities or other property to which (and upon the same terms
and with the same rights as) a holder of the number of Shares then
deliverable upon the exercise thereof would have been entitled upon
such consolidation or merger (subject to adjustments under Section
2.2 hereof), and the Company shall take such steps in connection
with such consolidation or merger as may be necessary to assure
such holder that the provisions of the Warrants and the Purchase
Agreement shall thereafter be applicable in relation to any
securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of
this Warrant, including,
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but not limited to, obtaining a written
acknowledgment from the continuing entity of its obligation to
supply such securities or property upon such exercise and to be so
bound by the Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. A sale, transfer
or lease (in one, or a series of related, transactions) of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to another person
shall be deemed a consolidation or merger for the foregoing
purposes. The provision in this section shall apply regardless of
whether or not there would have been sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock authorized and available upon the exercise of this
Warrant as of the date of such consolidation or merger (due to a
temporary waiver granted the Company by the holder of this
Warrant).
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SECTION 2. THE CLOSING
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the closing (the
“Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Notes and
Warrants will take place at the offices of J.M. Warren Law Offices,
P.C. at such time and date as shall be mutually agreed to by the
Company and the Purchasers. Such times and dates are herein
referred to as the “Closing Dates” and individually as
a “Closing Date.”
(b)
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on each Closing Date
(i) the Company will deliver to each Purchaser a Note or Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B for Class 2 Notes and
Exhibit F for New Class 3 Notes, payable to such Purchaser (or its
nominee as notified to the Company), and dated the Closing Date, in
the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such
Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A, and (ii) upon such
Purchaser’s receipt thereof, such Purchaser will deliver to
the Company by wire transfer an amount equal to the purchase price
for such Notes (as specified in Section 1(a) hereof) payable to the
order of the Company in immediately available funds (the Company is
also allowed to exchange outstanding Notes for another class of
Notes).
(c)
As an alternative to Section 2(b), upon receipt of a
Purchaser’s signed copy of this Agreement, the Company will
sign the Agreement, the Note and the Warrants, as applicable, and
will instruct the Agent to communicate to the Purchaser that such
documents have been signed and the Agent has obtained a perfected
interest in the Collateral. Thereafter, upon the Company’s
receipt by wire transfer of the purchase price for the Note and
Warrants, the Company will deliver the signed Agreement, Note and
Warrants, as applicable, to the Purchaser.
(d)
The Purchasers acknowledge that the Notes and the Warrants
constitute an “investment unit” within the meaning of
Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code and that the Company will allocate
the “issue price” (within the meaning of Section
1273(b) of the Code) of such investment unit, for all Income Tax
purposes, between the Notes and Warrants as required by applicable
tax law. Each Purchaser agrees to abide by Treasury Regulation
§ 1. 1273-2(h)(2) with respect to such allocation of the issue
price. For all Notes and Warrants issued under this Agreement after
December 31, 2001, the Company and its tax advisors have determined
that the limited marketability of the Company’s Common Stock
does not provide a reasonable basis for the Company and its
advisors to determine a value for the Warrants issued or the
conversion
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rights. Therefore, all warrants issued by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement, shall have only a minimal or
negligible value ascribed to them. It is understood, however, that
in the event market conditions change such that the warrants again
have value, the Company and its tax advisors will determine an
appropriate value for warrants issued thereafter with no need to
amend this Agreement.
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS
(a)
For purposes of the Loan Documents, the following definitions shall
apply (such definitions to be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Accountants”
means Rehmann Robson or another independent certified public
accounting firm selected by the Company and reasonably satisfactory
to the Majority Noteholders.
“Affiliate”,
when used with respect to any Person, means (i) if such Person is a
corporation, any officer or director thereof (other than a director
nominated by one of the Purchasers) and any Person (other than one
of the Purchasers) which is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial
owner of more than ten percent (10%) of the Voting Stock thereof,
and, if such beneficial owner is a partnership, any partner
thereof, or if such beneficial owner is a corporation, any Person,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
beneficial owner, or any officer or director of such beneficial
owner or of any corporation occupying any such control
relationship, (ii) if such Person is a partnership, any partner
thereof, (iii) in all cases, any Person (other than one of the
Purchasers) which, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with such Person, and (iv) in all cases, any Person 10% or
more of whose Voting Stock is beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including the
correlative terms “controlling”, “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), with
respect to any Person, shall mean possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise.
“Agent”
means J.M. Warren Law Offices, P.C. or any successor agent
appointed pursuant to Section 21.7 hereof
“Agreement”
means this Fifth Amended Agreement (together with exhibits and
schedules) as from time to time assigned, supplemented or amended
or as the terms hereof may be waived.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code and any
successor thereto, and the rules and regulations issued
thereunder.
“Board”
or “Board of Directors” means, with respect to any
Person which is a
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corporation, a business trust or other entity,
the board of directors or other group, however designated, which is
charged with legal responsibility for the management of such
Person, or any committee of such board of directors or group,
however designated, which is authorized to exercise the power of
such board or group in respect of the matter in
question.
“Business”
means the business conducted by the Company in the vision industry
and all other activities ancillary or related thereto.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on the New York Stock Exchange is required to close.
“Capital
Expenditures” means for any period, the amount of all
payments made by the Company during such period for the lease,
purchase, improvement, construction or use of any Property, the
value or cost of which under GAAP is required to be capitalized and
appears on the Company’s balance sheet in the category of
property, plant or equipment, without regard to the manner in which
such payments or the instrument pursuant to which they are made is
characterized by the Company or any other Person, and shall
include, without limitation, the principal components of payments
for the installment purchase of Property and payments under
Capitalized Leases.
“Capitalized
Leases” means any lease to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is party as lessee, or by which it is bound, under which
it leases any property (real, personal or mixed) from any lessor
other than the Company or any Subsidiary, and which is required to
be capitalized in accordance with GAAP, but also including any such
lease, whether or not so capitalized, where the Company or a
Subsidiary is treated as the owner of the leased property under the
Code.
“Claims”
has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Environmental
Claim.”
“Class
2 Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b)(ii)
hereof.
“Class
3 Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b)(iii)
hereof.
“Class
2 Purchaser” means a purchaser of Class 2 Notes and Class 2
Warrants, if elected.
“Class
3 Purchaser” means a purchaser of Class 3 Notes.
“Class
2 Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(d)
hereof.
“Closing”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
“Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
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“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations and interpretations
thereunder.
“Collateral”
when used in the form of Class 2 Note attached hereto as Exhibit B
is hereby defined to mean both IP Collateral and WP Collateral
(both terms defined below).
“Collateral
Assignment” means the Collateral Assignment of Proprietary
Rights and Security Agreement dated March 29, 2001 by the Company
and the Agent as amended March , 2008.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other similar
or successor agency of the federal government administering the
Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act.
“Common
Stock” means that class of stock or other equivalent
evidences of ownership of the Company, the holders of which are
entitled to vote generally to elect the Board of
Directors.
“
Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the
Company or any Subsidiary which would entitle the holder thereof to
acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation, any
debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other
instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable
for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Company”
means Integral Vision, Inc., a Michigan corporation, its successors
and permitted assigns.
“Company’s
Obligations” means all loans, debts, principal, interest
(including any interest that, but for the provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued), premiums, liabilities,
obligations (including the performance of the covenants of the
Company contained herein or in the Loan Documents), fees, lease
payments, guaranties, covenants, and duties owing by the Company to
the Purchasers or the Agent of any kind and description (whether
pursuant to or evidenced by this Agreement, any of the other Loan
Documents, or any other note or other instrument, or by any other
agreement between the Purchasers or the Agent and the Company, and
whether or not for the payment of money), whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising, and including any debt, liability,
or obligation owing from the Company to others that the Purchasers
or the Agent may have obtained by assignment or otherwise, and
further including all interest not paid when due.
“Consolidated,”
when used with reference to any financial term in this Agreement,
means the aggregate for the Company and any Subsidiary of the
amounts signified by such term for all such Persons, with
intercompany items eliminated, and, with respect to earnings, after
eliminating the portion of earnings properly attributable to
minority interests, if any, in the capital of any such Person
(other than in the capital of the Company) and otherwise as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period for
which the amount thereof is to be determined, the net income (net
of any losses or expenses) or loss of the Company and any
Subsidiary on a Consolidated basis, during such period (such net
income to be determined in accordance with GAAP) after Income Taxes
actually paid, but excluding:
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the earnings during such period of any Person to
which the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary shall have been
sold, transferred or disposed of, or into which the Company or such
Subsidiary shall have merged, prior to the date of such
transaction;
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any extraordinary gain or loss during such period
arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital
assets (such term to include all fixed assets, whether tangible or
intangible, and all inventory sold in conjunction with the
disposition of fixed assets);
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any gain or loss during such period arising from
the write-up or write-down of any asset; and
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any earnings or gains during such period
resulting from the receipt of any proceeds of any life insurance
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“Consolidated Assets” means, at any time, the total
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Contingent Liabilities” of any person means, as of any
date, all obligations of such person or of others for which such
person is contingently liable, as obligor, guarantor, surety or in
any other capacity, or in respect of which obligations such person
assures a creditor against loss or agrees to take any action to
prevent any such loss (other than endorsements of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
including all reimbursement obligations of such person in respect
of any letters of credit, surety bonds or similar obligations and
all obligations of such person to advance funds to, or to purchase
assets, property or services from, any other person in order to
maintain the financial condition of such other person.
“Default Rate” means a per annum rate equal to the
interest rate on the Notes plus four percent (4%).
“Earnings Available for Dividends” means the excess of
(A) the sum of (x) 50% of aggregate Consolidated Net Income, if
positive, for each fiscal year commencing on or after January 1,
2001 less 100% of aggregate Consolidated Net Income, if negative,
for each fiscal year commencing on or after January 1, 2001 plus
(y) net proceeds from the sale by the Company of Common Stock
(other than pursuant to the Warrants) minus (B) all Restricted
Payments and Restricted Investments made since the Closing
Date.
“Environment” means all air, surface water,
groundwater, or land, including land surface
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or
subsurface, including all fish, wildlife, biota and all other
natural resources.
“Environmental Claim” means any and all administrative
or judicial actions, suits, orders, claims, liens, notices, notices
of violations, investigations, complaints, requests for
information, proceedings, or other communication (written or oral),
whether criminal or civil, (collectively, “Claims”)
pursuant to or relating to any applicable Environmental Law by any
person (including but not limited to any Governmental or Regulatory
Authority, private person and citizens’ group) based upon,
alleging, asserting, or claiming any actual or potential (i)
violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, (ii)
violation of any Environmental Permit, or (iii) liability for
investigatory costs, cleanup costs, removal costs, remedial costs,
response costs, natural resource damages, property damage, personal
injury, fines, or penalties arising out of, based on, resulting
from, or related to the presence, or Release into the Environment,
of any Hazardous Materials at any location, including but not
limited to any off-site location to which Hazardous Materials or
materials containing Hazardous Materials were sent forth for
handling, storage, treatment or disposal.
“Environmental Law” means any and all current and
future, federal, state, local, provincial and foreign, civil and
criminal laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, codes, rules,
regulations, Environmental Permits, policies, guidance documents,
judgments, decrees, injunctions, or agreements with any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority, relating to the protection of
health and the Environment, worker health and safety, and/or
governing the handling, use, generation, treatment, storage,
transportation, disposal, manufacture, distribution, formulation,
packaging, labeling, or Release of Hazardous Materials, whether now
existing or subsequently amended or enacted, including but not
limited to: the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.;
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq; the Hazardous Material Transportation Act 49 U.S.C. §
1801 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et
seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et
seq.; the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C.
§ 651 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. §
2701 et seq.; and the state analogies thereto, all as amended or
superseded from time to time; and any common law doctrine,
including but not limited to, negligence, nuisance, trespass,
personal injury, or property damage related to or arising out of
the presence, Release, or exposure to a Hazardous
Material.
“Environmental Permit” means any federal, state, local,
provincial, or foreign permits, licenses, approvals, consents or
authorizations required by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority
under or in connection with any Environmental Law and includes any
and all orders, consent orders or binding agreements issued or
entered into by a Governmental or Regulatory Authority under any
applicable Environmental Law.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor
statute.
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“ERISA Affiliate” means each “person” (as
defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) which is under “common
control” with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (within
the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
Code).
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section
14 hereof.
“Fair Market Value” of any property means the fair
market sale value which a willing buyer at retail would pay a
willing seller, each under no compulsion to buy or sell and in full
possession of all relevant facts.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles,
as in effect from time to time, which shall include the official
interpretations thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
or any successor thereto, consistently applied.
“Governmental Regulations” means any and all laws,
statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, judgments, writs,
injunctions, decrees, orders, awards and standards, or any similar
requirement, of the government of the United States or any foreign
government or any state, province, municipality or other political
subdivision thereof or therein or any court, agency,
instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any of the
foregoing.
“Governmental or Regulatory Authority” means any court,
tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, official or
other instrumentality of the United States, any foreign country or
any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political
subdivision.
“Hazardous Materials” means petroleum, petroleum
hydrocarbons or petroleum products, petroleum by-products,
radioactive materials, underground storage tanks, asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, gasoline, diesel fuel, pesticides,
radon, urea formaldehyde, lead or lead-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
including radon and electromagnetic frequency radiation; and any
other chemicals, materials, substances or wastes in any amount or
concentration which are now or hereafter become defined as or
included in the definition of “hazardous substances,”
“hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,”
“extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted
hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,”
“toxic pollutants “pollutants”“regulated
substances,” “solid wastes,” or
“contaminants” or words of similar import, under any
Environmental Law.
“Income Taxes” means all federal, state, local or
foreign income, taxes, assessments, duties, fees, levies or other
governmental charges, whether disputed or not, together with any
interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with
respect thereto.
“Indebtedness” means all liabilities, obligations and
reserves, contingent or otherwise, which in accordance with GAAP,
would be reflected as a liability on a balance sheet or would be
required to be disclosed in a financial statement, including,
without duplication: (i) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, (ii)
all obligations secured by any Lien upon Property owned by the
Company, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is
assumed; (iii) any
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obligation of the Company guaranteeing or intended to guarantee
(whether guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with
recourse to the Company, but exclusive of obligations arising as
the result of the endorsement by the Company of checks or other
negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business for purposes of depositing such items) any
indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit, or other
obligation of any other Person; and (iv) liabilities in respect of
unfunded vested benefits under any Single Employer Plan or in
respect of withdrawal liabilities incurred under ERISA by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any Multiemployer
Plan.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” means without
duplication, all Indebtedness (i) in respect of money borrowed,
(ii) evidenced by a note, debenture or other like written
obligation to pay money (including, without limitation, all of the
Company’s Obligations and the Permitted Senior Indebtedness,
and all reimbursement or other obligations of the Company in
respect of letters of credit (except for commercial letters of
credit up to $500,000), letter of credit guaranties, bankers
acceptances, interest rate swaps, controlled disbursement accounts,
or other financial products (except hedging transactions); (iii) in
respect of Capitalized Leases or for the deferred purchase price of
Property (other than trade payables arising in the ordinary course
of business that are not represented by promissory notes or by
other written evidence other than invoices); or (iv) in respect of
obligations under conditional sales or other title retention
agreements, and all guaranties of any or all of the
foregoing.
“Indemnified Persons” has the meaning set forth in
Section 18.1 hereof.
“Investment” means, with respect to any
Person:
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the amount paid or committed to be paid, or the
value of property (excluding stock of the Company) or services
contributed or committed to be contributed, by the Company for or
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of any stock,
bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests
or other securities of such Person; and
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the amount of any advance, loan or extension of
credit to, or guaranty or other similar obligation with respect to
any Indebtedness of such Person by the Company and (without
duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, loaned, or
extended to, or the payment of which is committed to be assured by
a guaranty or similar obligation for the benefit of, such Person by
the Company.
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“Issue Date” means the date on which Notes or Warrants
are issued pursuant to the Fifth Amended Agreement (or under
previous versions of this Agreement).
“IP
Collateral” means the Property upon which the Agent is
granted the IP Security Interests, pursuant to the terms of the
Collateral Assignment.
“IP
Security Interest” means the Liens granted to the Agent for
the benefit of the
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Noteholders pursuant to this Agreement and the Loan
Documents.
“Joint Venture” means a corporation, limited
partnership or other limited liability business entity, formed in
the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary
with Persons other than Affiliates.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), or preference, priority or other security interest of any
kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any
financing lease or Capitalized Lease having substantially the same
effect as any of the foregoing and any assignment or other
conveyance of any right to receive income).
“Loan Documents” mean, collectively, the
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Notes;
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Warrants;
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Collateral Assignment;
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WC Security Agreement;
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UCC financing statements; and
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such other instruments and documents as
Noteholders may require to evidence and perfect the IP Security
Interests, WC Security Interests and the Notes,
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and
individually any one of them.
As
to each of the foregoing, together with all alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, refinancings,
refundings, renewals, replacements, restatements or supplements
thereto.
“Losses” have the meaning set forth in Section 18.1
hereof.
“Majority Noteholders” means the holders of Notes
evidencing more than 50% of the principal amount of all Notes then
outstanding.
“Market Price” per share of the Company’s Common
Stock means the average of the daily closing prices for the period
specified. The closing price for each day shall be the last
reported sale price or, in case no such sale takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid
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and
asked prices, in either case on the principal national United
States securities exchange on which the Company’s Common
Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or if the Company’s
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any such
national securities exchange, the average of the highest reported
bid and lowest reported asked prices as furnished by the National
Association of Securities Dealers Inc., Automated Quotation System
Level I, the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board or comparable system.
If the closing price cannot be so determined, the Market Price
shall be determined:
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(a) by the written agreement of the Company and
the holders of the affected Class 3 Notes or Warrants representing
a majority of the Shares then obtainable from the conversion of
such Class 3 Notes or the exercise of such outstanding Warrants
(the “ Majority Holders ”); or
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(b) in the event that no such agreement is
reached within fifteen (15) days after the event giving rise to the
need to determine the Market Price, by a nationally recognized U.S.
investment banking firm, selected by the Company (“Company
Appraiser”) not more than 5 Business Days after the end
of such 15 day period. Any appraiser appointed pursuant to this
paragraph shall be instructed to make its determination as promptly
as possible and in any event within 30 days of appointment. If no
such selection is made within such period, then the Majority
Holders shall as promptly as possible select such a firm whose
determination shall be final and binding. If such selection is
timely made by the Company, and the Majority Holders do not object
to the Market Price as determined by the Company Appraiser within
10 days of receipt of notice thereof by all holders of Warrants,
then the Market Price as determined by the Company Appraiser shall
be the Market Price. If the Majority Holders do so object to the
Company Appraiser’s determination of Market Price, then the
Majority Holders can select a nationally recognized U.S. investment
banking firm (“Alternate Appraiser”) to review
the Company Appraiser’s report and other relevant
information. Within 10 days after receipt by the Alternate
Appraiser of such report and such other information as is
reasonably requested by the Alternate Appraiser, the Company
Appraiser and Alternate Appraiser shall communicate and/or meet to
resolve any questions or differences with respect to the Market
Price. If such appraisers agree on a Market Price, such Market
Price shall be the Market Price. If no agreement is reached then
the Company Appraiser and Alternate Appraiser shall select a third
nationally recognized firm (“Third Appraiser”) .
If the Company Appraiser and the Alternate Appraiser cannot agree
on a Third Appraiser within 20 days of the end of such 10 day
period, either may apply to the American Arbitration Association to
appoint the Third Appraiser. The Third Appraiser shall, within 30
days of its hire, issue a report with its determination of Market
Price which shall be conclusive and binding. All expenses of the
Company Appraiser shall be borne by the Company. All expenses of
the Alternate Appraiser shall be borne by the holders of the
Warrants. All expenses of the Third Appraiser shall be borne
equally by the Company and the holders of the Warrants.
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Market Price shall be determined on the basis of
the Fair Market Value of the Company as if it were sold as a going
concern on the date of valuation and without regard to the lack of
any trading market for, or the lack of liquidity in, the Common
Stock of the Company.
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The Company shall cooperate, and shall provide
all necessary information and assistance, to permit any
determination under the preceding clause (a) or (b).
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Each Appraiser shall be instructed to use its
best efforts to give the Company and all holders reasonable advance
notice of the Market Price and the contents of its report (by
delivering a draft report) before the report is delivered in final
form. Any communications or reports by an Appraiser to either the
Company or any of the holders regarding Market Price shall be given
simultaneously to both the Company and all of the
holders.
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“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse
effect on the assets, properties, liabilities, business, affairs,
results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Company and any Subsidiary on a Consolidated
basis, (ii) an effect which is prejudicial in any material respect
to the holders of the Notes or the Warrants or (iii) an effect on
the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, any Loan Document, the Notes or
the Warrants.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any multiemployer plan
(within the meaning of section 3(37) of ERISA) to which either the
Company, the Subsidiary, or any ERISA Affiliate has an obligation
to contribute.
“Note” or “Notes” has the meaning set forth
in Section l(b) hereof.
“Noteholder” or “Noteholders” shall mean
the holder of an outstanding Note or Notes or holders of
outstanding Notes.
“Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement” as used in the
Exhibits attached hereto, in the Collateral Assignment, and in the
Agreement of Appointment of Representative appointing The Klonoff
Company, Inc. as Representative of the Class 2 Purchasers is
defined to mean this Agreement.
“Outstanding” or “outstanding” means, when
used with reference to the Notes or Warrants as of a particular
time, all Notes or Warrants, as the case may be, theretofore duly
issued except (i) Notes or Warrants theretofore reported as lost,
stolen, mutilated or destroyed or surrendered for transfer,
exchange or replacement, in respect of which new or replacement
Notes or Warrants have been issued by the Company, (ii) Notes
theretofore paid in full, (iii) Warrants theretofore fully
exercised and (iv) Notes theretofore canceled by the Company,
whether upon exercise of a Warrant in whole or in part or
otherwise; except that for
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the purpose of determining whether holders of the
requisite principal amount of Notes or Warrants have made or
concurred in any declaration, waiver, consent, approval, notice,
annulment of acceleration or other communication under this
Agreement or under any Notes or Warrants, Notes or Warrants
registered in the name of, as well as Notes or Warrants owned
beneficially by, the Company, the Subsidiary or any of their
Affiliates (other than one of the Purchasers) shall not be deemed
to be outstanding.
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
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“Permits” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.10 hereof
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“Permitted Liens” means any of the
following Liens:
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the IP Security Interests and the WC Security
Interests;
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Liens for taxes not delinquent or for taxes being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which
adequate financial reserves have been established on its books and
records;
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Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA)
created and maintained in the ordinary course of business which are
not material in the aggregate, and which would not constitute or
result in a Material Adverse Effect, and which constitute (A)
pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws,
unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, (B) good faith
deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or leases to
which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party for a purpose other
than borrowing money or obtaining credit, including rent security
deposits, (C) Liens imposed by law, such as those of carriers,
warehousemen and mechanics, if payment of the obligation secured
thereby is not yet due or if such Liens are discharged within sixty
(60) days of the date they are imposed, (D) Liens securing taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet subject
to penalties for nonpayment, and (E) pledges or deposits to secure
public or statutory obligations of a Company or a Subsidiary, or
surety, customs or appeal bonds to which the Company or a
Subsidiary is a party;
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Liens affecting real property which constitute
minor survey exceptions or defects or irregularities in title,
minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other
restrictions as to the use of such real property; provided,
however, that all of the foregoing, in the aggregate, do not at any
time materially detract from the value of said properties or
materially impair their use in the operation of the businesses of
the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be; and
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Purchase Money Liens securing purchase money
Indebtedness; provided ,
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however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of
Indebtedness and secured by all such Purchase Money Liens for the
Company and all Subsidiaries shall not exceed, on an aggregate
basis, $500,000 at any time.
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“Permitted
Senior Indebtedness” means the interests of the lessor under
any Capitalized Leases permitted to exist hereunder.
“Person”
means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, limited
liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization,
government, governmental body or political subdivision
thereof.
“Plan”
shall mean any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of section
3(3) of ERISA) maintained or contributed to by the Company, any
Subsidiary, or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer
Plan.
“Potential
Default” means a condition or event which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
“Principal
Market” means the principal securities exchange or market on
which the Common Stock is listed or traded.
“Prohibited
Transaction” means any transaction involving any Plan which
is proscribed by Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
“Property”
means all types of real, personal or mixed property and all types
of tangible or intangible property.
“Purchase
Agreement” when used in any of the Exhibits attached hereto
and in the Collateral Assignment and WC Security Agreement shall
have the same meaning as Agreement herein.
“Purchase
Money Liens” means Liens securing purchase money Indebtedness
incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets by
the Company in the ordinary course of business; provided that (a)
such Liens do not extend to or cover assets or properties other
than those purchased in connection with the purchase in which such
Indebtedness was incurred and (b) the obligation secured by any
such Lien so created shall not exceed 100% of the cost of the
property including transportation and installation costs, covered
thereby.
“Purchaser(s)”
has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph
hereof.
“Real
Estate” means all real estate and improvements located
thereon owned by the Company.
“Registration
Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 17
hereof.
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“Release”
means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing
of a Hazardous Material into the Environment.
“Representative”
means The Klonoff Company, Inc. or any successor Representative in
its capacity as agent for the Class 2 Purchasers as Secured Party
under the Security Agreement.
“Reportable
Event” shall mean, with respect to any Single Employer Plan,
an event described in section 4043(b) of ERISA, other than an event
as to which the notice requirement is waived under applicable PBGC
regulations.
“Restricted
Investment” means any Investment other than (1) obligations
of the United States government due within one year, (2)
certificates of deposit and bankers acceptances due within one year
of a United States domiciled commercial bank having capital funds
of at least $100 million and whose long-term unsecured debt
obligations have been given a rating of at least A by Standard
& Poor’s or A2 by Moody’s, (3) commercial paper
rated P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by Standard & Poor’s
and maturing not more than 270 days from the date of creation
thereof, (4) debt of any state or political subdivision that is
rated AA or better by Moody’s or Aa2 or better by Standard
and Poor’s and maturing in less than one year, (5)
investments in, and loans and advances to, Subsidiaries or entities
that will, concurrently with such investment become Subsidiaries,
(6) trade credit extended in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business, (7) loans and advances made in the
ordinary course of business to officers and employees of Company
for relocation expenses, travel advances and similar expenses
relating to their employment, (8) endorsements of instruments or
items of payment for deposit to the Company’s bank accounts,
and (9) additional Investments not to exceed $500,000 in the
aggregate.
“Restricted
Payment” means (i) every direct or indirect dividend or other
distribution paid, made or declared by the Company on or in respect
of any class of its capital stock or in respect of any partnership
or Joint Venture, in all cases whether now or hereafter
outstanding, interests and any payment under or with respect to
anti-dilution provisions of any capital stock of the Company, (ii)
every payment in connection with the redemption, purchase,
retirement or other acquisition, direct or indirect, by or on
behalf of the Company of any shares of the Company’s capital
stock, whether or not owned by the Company or any partnership or
Joint Venture interests of the Company, or any warrants, rights or
options to acquire such stock or partnership interests, (iii) every
payment by or on behalf of the Company (whether as repayment or
prepayment of principal or as interest or otherwise) on or with
respect to any obligation to any Person, of any Affiliate of the
Company or of any other holder of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, which obligation is assumed or guaranteed by the
Company; provided, however, (a) that the restrictions of the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any dividend,
distribution, or other payment to the extent payable in shares of
the Common Stock of the Company or in options, warrants or other
rights to purchase such Common Stock, (b) that none of the
foregoing clauses shall apply to any payments from a Subsidiary to
the Company, (c) that none of the foregoing clauses shall apply to
any purchases by the Company from a Wholly-
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Owned Subsidiary of additional capital stock of
such Subsidiary and (d) that none of the foregoing clauses shall
apply to any payments, distributions or other transfers or actions
on or with respect to the Notes or Warrants. For purposes of this
definition, “capital stock” shall also include warrants
(other than the Warrants) and other rights and options to acquire
shares of capital stock.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder.
“Securities
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations
thereunder.
“Share”
or “Shares” means shares of the Company’s Common
Stock, or other securities, which can be obtained or have been
obtained by an exercise in whole or in part of any Warrant or Class
3 Note or the exchange of a Warrant or Class 3 Note for shares of
the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants, including, without limitation, shares of the
Company’s Common Stock received by the exercise of Class 1
Warrants in 2004 and 2005 under previous versions of this note and
warrant purchase agreement. In the event that any Shares are sold
either in a public offering pursuant to an effective registration
statement under Section 6 of the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule
144 (but if sold under Rule 144, only if sold in
“brokers’ transactions” within the meaning of
Rule 144), then the transferees of such Shares shall not be
entitled to any benefits under this Agreement with respect to such
Shares and such Shares shall no longer be considered to be
“Shares” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Single
Employer Plan” shall mean any Plan that is subject to Title
IV of ERISA.
“Subordinated
Debt” means debt of the Company issued in a capital raising
transaction which meets each of the following requirements:
(a) such debt is wholly unsecured; (b) such debt is
contractually fully subordinated (including, without limitation,
interest payments due thereon), as to payment and liquidation, to
the payment in full of the Notes on terms, and pursuant to written
agreements in form and substance, that restrict the subordinated
creditor from pre-paying any amounts in respect of the principal of
such debt (upon acceleration or otherwise) or commencing any
judicial or other collection efforts or exercising any other
remedies in respect of the principal of such debt prior to the date
that is ninety-one (91) days following the payment in full of the
Notes outstanding at the time of the issuance of said Subordinated
Debt; and (c) such debt does not mature prior to the date that is
ninety one (91) days following the latest maturity date (as defined
in the Notes) of the Notes outstanding at the time of the issuance
of said Subordinated Debt. Interest payments payable on
Subordinated Debt cannot be required to be paid until after April
1, 2009.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation in which at least a majority of the shares
(other than any directors’ qualifying shares required by law)
of each class of the capital stock (other than preferred stock), at
the time as of which any determination is being made, is owned,
beneficially and of record, directly or indirectly, by the Company
or its Subsidiary, or both.
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“Trading
Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is purchased and
sold on the Principal Market.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof
in the State of Michigan, as amended, or as in effect in any
jurisdiction in which IP Collateral or WC Collateral is
located.
“Voting
Stock” means capital stock or a partnership or membership of
any class or classes of a corporation, partnership or other limited
liability entity, respectively, the holders of which are ordinarily
entitled to elect the directors, or persons performing similar
functions, of such corporation, partnership or entity.
“Warrant”
or “Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section l(d)
hereof.
“WC
Collateral” means all of the following assets and rights of
the Company, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising: Accounts; Letters of Credit; Letter-of-credit
rights; Inventory, including Work in Progress; Supporting
obligations; and all Cash Proceeds and products of the foregoing
[said terms having the respective meanings given such terms in
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) (or
absent definition in Article 9 of the UCC, as defined in any other
article of the UCC) as enacted in the State of Michigan as of the
date of this Agreement, and as amended thereafter].
“WC
Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated May 1,
2002 between the Representative and the Company as amended
March , 2008.
“WC
Security Interest” means Liens granted to the Representative
of the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement and the Loan
Documents.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary, all of the equity
securities of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
are owned by the Company or one or more other Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Company.
(e)
For all purposes of the Loan Documents, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
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(i) the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to the particular Loan Document as a whole and
not to any particular Section or other subdivision
thereof,
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(ii) all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with
GAAP;
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(iii) all computations provided for herein, if
any, shall be made in accordance with
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GAAP, unless another method of computation is
herein specified;
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(iv) any uses of the masculine, feminine or
neuter gender shall also be deemed to include any other gender, as
appropriate; and
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(v) the exhibits and schedules to this Agreement
shall be deemed a part of this Agreement and any Exhibit, Annex or
Schedule to any other Loan Document shall be deemed a part of such
other Loan Document, as the case may be.
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
The
Company represents and warrants as follows as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date:
4.1.
Corporate Existence and Power . The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and is duly
qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in all
additional jurisdictions where such qualification is necessary
under applicable law. The Company has all requisite corporate power
to own or lease the properties used in its business and to carry on
its business as now being conducted and as proposed to be
conducted, and to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to be executed and to engage in the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
4.2.
Corporate Authority . The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and are not in contravention of any applicable Governmental
Regulation, or of the terms of the Company’s charter or
by-laws, or of any contract or undertaking to which the Company is
a party or by which the Company or its property may be bound or
affected and do not result in the imposition of any Lien, except
for Permitted Liens.
4.3.
Binding Effect . This Agreement is, and each of the Loan
Documents to which the Company is a party when delivered hereunder
will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms.
4.4.
Subsidiaries . The Company has no active
Subsidiaries.
4.5.
Financial Condition . The financial statements included in
the documents delivered pursuant to Section 10.6, copies of which
have been furnished to the Purchasers, fairly present, and the
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.4 will fairly
present, the financial position of the Company and any Subsidiary
as at the respective dates thereof, and the results of operations
of the Company and any Subsidiary for the respective periods
indicated, all on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
(subject, in the case of interim statements, to normal, immaterial
year-end audit adjustments). There is no material Contingent
Liability of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not reflected in
such Consolidated statements or in the notes thereto.
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4.6.
Use of Loans . The Company will use the proceeds of the sale
of the Notes and the Warrants for working capital and other general
corporate purposes. The Company does not extend or maintain, in the
ordinary course of business, credit for the purpose, whether
immediate, incidental, or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any
Note will be used for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental,
or ultimate, of buying or carrying any such margin stock or
maintaining or extending credit to others for such
purpose.
4.7.
Consents, Etc . Except for such consents, approvals,
authorizations, declarations, registrations or filings delivered by
the Company at or prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 10.4, if
any, each of which is in full force and effect, no consent,
approval or authorization of or declaration, registration or filing
with any governmental authority or any nongovernmental person,
including any creditor, lessor or shareholder of the Company or any
Subsidiary, is required on the part of the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or as a condition to
the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
4.8.
Taxes . Each of the Company and any Subsidiary has filed all
tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed and
have paid all taxes shown thereon to be due, including interest and
penalties, or has established adequate financial reserves on its
books and records for payment thereof. The Company does not know of
any actual or proposed tax assessment or any basis therefor, and no
extension of time for the assessment of deficiencies in any federal
or state tax has been granted to the Company.
4.9.
Title to Properties . Except as otherwise disclosed in the
latest Consolidated balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section
4.5, the Company and any Subsidiary have a valid and indefeasible
ownership interest in all of the properties and assets reflected in
the Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and any Subsidiary or
subsequently acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary. All of such
properties and assets are free and clear of any Lien, except for
Permitted Liens.
4.10.
Compliance with Governmental Relations . To the best of the
Company’s knowledge, the Company and any Subsidiary is in
compliance in all material respects with all Governmental
Regulations (including Environmental Laws) applicable to such
person or its business or properties. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, all licenses, permits, orders or
approvals which are required under any Governmental Regulation in
connection with any of the businesses or properties of the Company
or any Subsidiary (“Permits”) are in full force and
effect, no notice of any violation has been received in respect of
any such Permits and no proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened to terminate, revoke or limit any such
Permits.
4.11.
ERISA . To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the
Company and its Plans are in
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compliance in all material respects with those
provisions of ERISA and of the Code which are applicable with
respect to any Plan. No Prohibited Transaction and no Reportable
Event has occurred with respect to any such Plan. The Company is
not an employer with respect to any Multiemployer Plan. The Company
has met the minimum funding requirements under ERISA and the Code
with respect to its Plans, if any, and has not incurred any
liability to the PBGC or any Plan. There is no material unfunded
benefit liability, determined in accordance with Section 400 1
(a)(1 8) of ERISA, with respect to any Plan of the
Company.
4.12.
Environmental Matters. Without limiting the generality of
Section 4.10:
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No written demand, claim, notice, suit, suit in
equity, action, administrative action, investigation or inquiry
whether brought by any governmental authority, private person or
otherwise, arising under, relating to or in connection with any
Environmental Laws is pending or, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, threatened against Company, the
Subsidiary any Property or any past or present operation of the
Company or any Subsidiary which could result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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The Company does not have any knowledge that any
other person has ever received any notice, claim or allegation of
any violation, and the Company is not aware of any existing
violation, of Environmental Laws at or about any Property, and the
Company does not have any knowledge of any actions commenced or
threatened by any party for or related to or arising out of
non-compliance with Environmental Laws which apply to any Property,
activities at any Property or Hazardous Materials at, from or
affecting any Property.
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None of the Property appears on the National
Priority List (as defined under federal law) or any state listing
which identifies sites for remedial clean-up or investigatory
actions. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, none of the
Property has been contaminated with substances which give rise to a
clean-up obligation under any Environmental Law or common
law.
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4.13.
Investment Company Act . Neither Company nor any Subsidiary
is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company,”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
4.14.
Disclosure . No report or other information furnished in
writing by or on behalf of the Company to any Purchaser in
connection with the negotiation or administration of this Agreement
contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading. Neither this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, nor any other document, certificate, or report or
statement or other information furnished to any Purchaser by or on
behalf of the Company in connection with the
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transactions contemplated hereby contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact in order to make the statements contained herein and therein
not misleading. There is no fact known to the Company which
materially and adversely affects, or which in the future may (so
far as the Company can now foresee) materially and adversely
affect, the business, properties, operations, condition, financial
or otherwise, or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, which
has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the other documents,
certificates, statements, reports or other information furnished in
writing to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.15.
Stock Ownership . The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, without
par value, of which 29,566,409 shares are outstanding, and (ii)
400,000 shares of Preferred Stock (though 7,000 shares of preferred
stock are retired), without par value, none of which are
outstanding. Such outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly
authorized, validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and
nonassessable. Except for the Warrants, the warrants to purchase
3.5 million shares of the Company issued to investors who purchased
7 million shares of the Company in April 2005 [“PIPE
Investors”] (said warrants include provisions requiring the
Company to issue additional warrants to purchase shares of the
Company to said warrant holders when the Company issues any equity
securities below said warrants’ initial exercise price of
$1.60 per share) the Class 3 Notes and options to purchase shares
of Common Stock granted to employees, directors or agents of the
Company pursuant to the Company’s stock option
plans.
4.16.
No Defaults or Conflicts.
(a)
No Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(b)
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including,
without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants and the
Shares as contemplated herein or therein) do not and will not (i)
violate or conflict with, with or without the giving of notice or
the passage of time or both, any provision of (A) the Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or (B) any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction, decree, agreement,
indenture or other instrument applicable to the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties (or to which the
Company of the Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their
respective properties may be bound), (ii) other than pursuant to
this Agreement or the Loan Documents, result in the creation of any
Lien upon any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
Properties, (iii) require the consent, waiver, approval, order or
authorization of, or declaration, registration, qualification or
filing with, any Person (whether or not a governmental authority
and including, without limitation any shareholder approval) other
than (A) the consent of the Senior Lender (B) any registration,
qualification or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
or any state securities commission necessary in connection with the
Company’s obligations under Section 17 hereof and (C) the
Company’s routine filing obligations under the Securities
Exchange Act or (iv) cause anti-dilution clauses of any outstanding
securities to become operative or give rise to any preemptive
rights. No such
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provision referred to in the preceding clause (i)
will have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.17.
Offering of Notes . Neither the Company nor any agent nor
any other Person acting on their behalf, directly or indirectly,
(i) offered any of the Notes, Warrants or any similar security of
the Company (A) by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the
Securities Act) or (B) for sale to or solicited offer to buy any
thereof from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect
thereto with, any Person other than the Purchasers and additional
potential investors who, either alone or with their Purchaser
Representatives(s) (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities
Act) have such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that they are capable of evaluation the merits and risks of
the prospective investment and who are able to bear the economic
risks of the investment or (ii) has done, or caused to be done (or
has omitted to do or to cause to be done) any act which act (or
which omission) would result in bringing the issuance or sale of
the Notes, Warrants or Shares within the provisions of Section 5 of
the Securities Act.
4.18.
Outstanding Securities . All securities (as defined in the
Securities Act) of the Company have been offered, issued, sold and
delivered in compliance with, or pursuant to exemptions from, all
applicable federal and state laws, and the rules and regulations of
federal and state regulatory bodies governing the offering,
issuance, sale and delivery of securities. The Company’s
common stock is currently traded on the the OTC Bulletin
Board®.
4.19.
Intellectual Property .
(a)
The Company owns, free and clear of claims or rights of any other
Person, except as provided under this Agreement, with full right to
use, sell, license, sublicense, dispose of, and bring actions for
infringement of, or, to the knowledge of the Company, has acquired
licenses or other rights to use, all Intellectual Property
necessary for the conduct of its business as presently conducted
(other than with respect to software which is generally
commercially available and not used or incorporated into the
Company’s products and open source software which may be
subject to one or more “general public” licenses). All
works that are used or incorporated into the Company’s
services, products or services or products actively under
development and which is proprietary to the Company was developed
by or for the Company by the current or former employees,
consultants or independent contractors of the Company or purchased
or licensed by the Company.
(b)
The business of the Company as presently conducted and the
production, marketing, licensing, use and servicing of any products
or services of the Company do not, to the knowledge of the Company,
infringe or conflict with any patent, trademark, copyright, or
trade secret rights of any third parties or any other Intellectual
Property of any third parties in any material respect. The Company
has not received written notice from any third party asserting that
any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company, or
which the Company otherwise has the right to use, is invalid or
unenforceable by the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge,
there is no valid basis for any such claim (whether or not pending
or threatened).
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(c)
No claim is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company nor has the Company received any
written notice or other written claim from any Person asserting
that the Company’s present or contemplated activities
infringe or may infringe in any material respect any Intellectual
Property of such Person.
(d)
All licenses or other agreements under which the Company is granted
Intellectual Property (excluding licenses to use software utilized
in the Company’s internal operations and which is generally
commercially available) are in full force and effect and, to the
Company’s knowledge, there is no material default by any
party thereto. The Company has no reason to believe that the
licensors under such licenses and other agreements do not have and
did not have all requisite power and authority to grant the rights
to the Intellectual Property purported to be granted
thereby.
(e)
All licenses or other agreements under which the Company has
granted rights to Intellectual Property to others (including all
end-user agreements) are in full force and effect, there has been
no material default by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no
material default of any provision thereof relating to Intellectual
Property by any other party thereto.
(f)
The Company has taken all steps required in accordance with
commercially reasonable business practice to establish and preserve
their ownership in its owned Intellectual Property and to keep
confidential all material technical information developed by or
belonging to the Company which has not been patented or
copyrighted. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company is not
making any unlawful use of any Intellectual Property of any other
Person, including, without limitation, any former employer of any
past or present employees of the Company. To the Company’s
knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its employees has any
agreements or arrangements with former employers of such employees
relating to any Intellectual Property of such employers, which
materially interfere or conflict with the performance of such
employee’s duties for the Company or result in any former
employers of such employees having any rights in, or claims on, the
Company’s Intellectual Property. Each current employee of the
Company has executed agreements regarding confidentiality,
proprietary information and assignment of inventions and copyrights
to the Company, as the case may be, each independent contractor or
consultant of the Company has executed agreements regarding
confidentiality and proprietary information, and the Company has
not received written notice that any employee, consultant or
independent contractor is in violation of any agreement or in
breach of any agreement or arrangement with former or present
employers relating to proprietary information or assignment of
inventions. Without limiting the foregoing: (i) the Company has
taken reasonable security measures to guard against unauthorized
disclosure or use of any of its Intellectual Property that is
confidential or proprietary; and (ii) the Company has no reason to
believe that any Person (including, without limitation, any former
employee or consultant of the Company) has unauthorized possession
of any of its Intellectual Property, or any part thereof, or that
any Person has obtained unauthorized access to any of its
Intellectual Property. The Company has complied in all material
respects with its respective obligations pursuant to all agreements
relating to Intellectual Property rights that are the subject of
licenses granted by third parties, except for any non-
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compliance that has not had or would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material.
4.20.
Chief Executive Office . The chief executive office of the
Company and its records with respect to the IP Collateral and WC
Collateral are located at Wixom, Michigan.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE
PURCHASERS
Each
Purchaser severally represents and warrants, but only as to itself,
to the Company that:
5.1.
Power and Authority . Such Purchaser has all requisite
power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver, enter into,
consummate and perform this Agreement and the Loan Documents to
which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party by
such Purchaser have been duly authorized by all required corporate
and other actions. Such Purchaser has duly executed and delivered
this Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and
this Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to the
rights of creditors generally and subject to the availability of
equitable remedies and the application of equitable
principles.
5.2.
Purchase for Investment . Such Purchaser is capable of
evaluating the risk of its investment in the Notes and Warrants
being purchased by it and is able to bear the economic risk of such
investment. Such Purchaser is purchasing the Notes and Warrants to
be purchased by it for its own account, and the Notes and Warrants
are being purchased by it for investment and not with a present
view to any distribution thereof.
It
is understood that the disposition of such Purchaser’s
property shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, at all
times be within such Purchaser’s control. If such Purchaser
should in the future decide to dispose of any of its Notes,
Warrants or Shares, it is understood that it may do so only in
compliance with the Securities Act and this Agreement.
SECTION 6. PREPAYMENTS
6.1. Optional Prepayments of Class 2 Notes .
Class
2 Notes must be paid at such times as the Company receives payment
on the specified order(s) associated with such Notes, with payment
being applied first to accrued interest and then to principal. In
addition, the Company may make prepayment in full or part on the
Class 2 Notes at any time.
6.2.
Optional Prepayments of Class 3 Notes .
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(a)
The Company may at its option (subject to the other provisions of
this Section 6.2) prepay all or part of the principal amount of
Class 3 Notes, at a price equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes to be prepaid plus accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment.
(b)
The aggregate amount of each prepayment of the principal amount of
affected Class 3 Notes pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be
allocated among all affected Class 3 Notes, in proportion, as
nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts
of such Class 3 Notes.
(c)
The right of the Company to prepay Class 3 Notes pursuant to this
Section 6.2 shall be conditioned upon its giving notice of
prepayment, signed by an officer, to the holders of Class 3 Notes
not less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days
prior to the date upon which the prepayment is to be made
specifying (i) the registered holder of each Class 3 Note to be
prepaid, (ii) the aggregate principal amount being prepaid, (iii)
the date of such prepayment (which must be a Business Day), (iv)
the accrued and unpaid interest (to but not including the date upon
which the prepayment is to be made) and (v) that the prepayment of
Class 3 Notes is being made pursuant to this Section 6.2. Notice of
prepayment having been so given, the aggregate principal amount of
the Class 3 Notes so specified in such notice, and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, shall become due and payable on the
specified prepayment date, but the right to convert any or all of
the Class 3 Notes to Common Stock shall continue to, but not
including, the date of such prepayment.
(d)
The right of the Company to prepay Old Class 3 Notes pursuant to
this Section 6.2 shall be further conditioned upon either of the
following being met:
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fourteen months shall have elapsed from the
Closing Date for each Class 3 Note affected, the Common Stock of
the Company shall have been trading at an average Market Price of
the greater of $1 per share or 125% of the conversion price for the
Class 3 Notes being called for the four months prior to the
specified prepayment date and the Common Stock receivable by the
Class 3 Purchasers upon conversion of their Class 3 Notes having
been eligible for public market sale, whether through registration
or an exemption therefrom, for at least four months prior to the
specified prepayment date; or
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the common stock of the Company shall have been
trading at an average Market Price of the greater of $1 per share
or 200% of the conversion price for the Class 3 Notes being called
for the four month prior to the specified prepayment date and the
Common Stock receivable by the Class 3 Purchasers upon conversion
of their Class 3 Notes having been eligible for public market sale,
through registration, for at least four months prior to the
specified prepayment date.
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The provisions of this section 6.2(d) shall not
be applicable if the prepayment by the Company is pursuant to the
sale by the Company of substantially all of its assets.
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(e)
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions in this Agreement
(including, without limitation, other provision in this Section
6.2), the Company shall have the right to prepay $100,000 of Old
Class 3 Notes prior to April 1, 2008 without being required to
prepay any New Class 3 Notes.
(f)
The right of the Company to prepay New Class 3 Notes pursuant to
this Section 6.2 shall be further conditioned upon the satisfaction
of the following conditions:
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Twelve (12) months have elapsed from the Issue
Date,
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The Market Price for the Common Stock shall have
averaged at least $0.50 per share during any period of twenty (20)
consecutive Trading Days prior to the date the Company gives notice
to prepay said notes, and
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During such twenty consecutive Trading Days
(referred to in ii above), the resale of issuable shares underlying
said notes shall have been covered by an effective registration
statement or such issuable shares shall have been eligible for sale
to the public pursuant to Rule 144 without limitation as to the
number of shares to be sold. Notwithstanding other provisions in
this Agreement that require the Company to treat all New Class 3
Notes without partiality, the Company may prepay notes under this
provision [6.2.(f) iii] where the resale of issuable shares
underlying said notes shall only have been eligible for sale to the
public pursuant to Rule 144 without limitation as to the number of
shares to be sold provided that the Company also offers to prepay a
proportional share of the balance of New Class 3 Notes then
outstanding.
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The provisions of this section 6.2(f) shall not
be applicable if the prepayment by the Company is pursuant to the
sale by the Company of substantially all of its assets.
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(g)
The right of the Company to prepay Class 3 Notes (other than notes
specified in 6.2.(e) above) pursuant to the terms in 6.2 (d) and
(f) shall be further conditioned that the Company has no Class 2
Notes outstanding at the prepayment date.
(h)
The right of the Company to prepay New Class 3 Notes outstanding
that are “blocked” from being converted pursuant to
Section 2 of said notes shall be subject to additional terms and
conditions in this section as follows:
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If such “blocked” holder of a New
Class 3 Note is directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten
percent (10%) of shares of the Company (pursuant to Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act) [“Blocked Insider”] and
said Blocked Insider has sold any shares of the Company within the
6 month period prior to date of such planned prepayment date as
specified in the notice of prepayment given pursuant to Section
6.2.(c) above, the Company must extend the prepayment date for such
Blocked Insider to10 Business Days after six months have elapse
from said Blocked Insider’s latest sale or disposition of
shares of the Company prior to said Blocked Insider being given
notice of such planned prepayment (this limitation shall not apply
to sales of shares by the
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Blocked Insider after being given notice of such
planned prepayment). Said Blocked Insider may waive the extra
prepayment notice time and accept the prepayment. If the Blocked
Insider has not waived the extra prepayment notice time, delaying
prepayment to the Blocked Insider pursuant to this section shall
not be considered a violation of requirements in this Agreement
that the Company treat all Class 3 Note holders without
partiality.
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6.3.
Obligations Unconditional . The Company hereby agrees and
confirms that its obligations under the Notes shall be deemed to
constitute for all purposes obligations for the payment of
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money and shall accordingly be absolute
and unconditional in accordance with the terms of the Notes and
this Agreement and shall not be affected by (and the Company agrees
not to assert) any right the Company may now or at any time
hereafter have, including any right to terminate, cancel, quit or
surrender this Agreement or any Note except in accordance with the
express terms thereof.
SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The
Company covenants and agrees that, until payment in full of the
principal of and accrued interest on the Notes and the payment or
performance of all other obligations under the Loan Documents, the
Company shall:
7.1.
Preservation of Corporate Existence; Etc . Do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect its legal existence and its qualification as a foreign
corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is necessary under applicable law, and the rights,
licenses, permits (including those required under Environmental
Laws), franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names
material to the conduct of its businesses; and defend all of the
foregoing against all claims, actions, demands, suits or
proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental
instrumentality or other agency or regulatory authority.
7.2.
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . Maintain, preserve
and protect all property that is material to the conduct of its
business and keep such property in good repair, working order and
condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all
needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and
replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried
on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times
in accordance with customary and prudent business practices for
similar businesses; and maintain in full force and effect insurance
with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations
in such amounts, on such terms and covering such risks, including
fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is
usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and
owning similar properties similarly situated and maintain in full
force and effect public liability insurance, business interruption
insurance, insurance against claims for personal injury or death or
property damage occurring in connection with any of its activities
or any properties owned, occupied or controlled by it, in such
amounts as it shall reasonably deem necessary, and maintain such
other insurance as may be required by Governmental Regulations or
as may be reasonably
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requested by the Majority Noteholders. Upon
request, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser copies of all
or any of such insurance policies or the related certificates of
insurance.
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7.3. Reporting Requirements . Furnish to
each Purchaser the following:
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(a) promptly and in any event within five (5)
calendar days after becoming aware of the occurrence of (A) any
Potential Default or Event of Default, (B) the commencement of any
material litigation against, by or affecting the Company or any
Subsidiary, and any material developments therein, or (C) any
development in the business or affairs of the Company which has
resulted in or which is likely, in the reasonable judgment of the
Company, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, a statement of an
officer of the Company setting forth details of such Potential
Default or Event of Default or such litigation or such event or
condition and the action which the affected person has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto;
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(b) as soon as available and in any event within
45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, the
Consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of each
such quarter and Consolidated income statement of the Company for
each such quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the
previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the corresponding date or period of the preceding
fiscal year;
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(c) as soon as available and in any event within
90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of
the annual audited Consolidated financial statements of the Company
for such fiscal year;
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(d) promptly after receipt thereof by the
Company, copies of any audit or management reports submitted to it
by independent Accountants in connection with any audit, interim
audit or other report submitted to the board of directors of the
Company;
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(e) promptly after the same are available, copies
of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other
communication sent to the Company’s stockholders and copies
of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and
registration statements which the Company may file or be required
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or with any
securities exchange or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.; and
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(f) promptly, such other information respecting
the business, properties, operations or condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Company as any Purchaser may from time to time
reasonably request upon reasonable notice.
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The
requirement that information under Sections 7.3.(b), (c), (d), and
(e) be furnished to each Purchaser shall be met by the Company
filing such documents with the Commission. Additionally, the
Company will also provide copies of such documents to any Purchaser
upon
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written request of such Purchaser.
Each
holder of Notes and Warrants hereby acknowledges that it is aware
of the restrictions imposed by federal and state securities laws on
a person possessing material nonpublic information about a company.
In this regard, each such holder hereby agrees that (i) while it is
in possession of material nonpublic information with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, such holder will not purchase or sell
any securities of the Company, or communicate such information to
any third party, in violation of any such laws and (ii) it will
keep all such nonpublic information confidential.
7.4.
Accounting; Access to Records, Books; Etc . Maintain a
system of accounting established and administered in accordance
with sound business practices to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP and to comply with the
requirements of this Agreement and, at any reasonable time and from
time to time, (i) permit the Agent to examine and make copies of
and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit
the properties of, such person and to discuss the affairs, finances
and accounts of such person with their respective directors,
officers, employees and independent auditors, and by this provision
the Company does hereby authorize the same, and (ii) permit the
Agent to conduct a comprehensive field audit of its books, records,
properties and assets, if there is no Event of Default or Potential
Default continuing, at the Purchasers’ expense, otherwise at
the Company’s expense.
7.5.
Further Assurances . Execute and deliver promptly after
request therefor by any Purchaser, all further instruments and
documents and take all further action that may be necessary or
desirable, or that any Purchaser may request, in order to give
effect to, and to aid in the exercise and enforcement of the rights
and remedies of any Purchaser under, this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents.
7.6.
Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds
realized from the sale of the Notes for working capital and other
general corporate purposes and to repay up to $100,000 of Old Class
3 Notes. No portion of such proceeds will be used for the purpose,
whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or
carrying, within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to
time, any “margin stock” as defined in said Regulation
U, or any “margin stock” as defined in Regulation G of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended
from time to time, or for the purpose of purchasing, carrying or
trading in securities within the meaning of Regulation T of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from
time to time, or for the purpose of reducing or retiring any
indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase any such
margin stock or other securities.
7.7.
Office for Payment, Exchange and Registration . So long as
any of the Notes or Warrants are outstanding, the Company will
maintain an office or agency where Notes or Warrants may be
presented for payment, exchange, exercise or registration of
transfer as provided in this Agreement or in the Warrants. Such
office or agency initially shall be the office of the Company set
forth in Section 22 hereof, which place may from time to time be
changed by
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notice to the holders of all Notes and Warrants
then outstanding.
7.8.
Notices . The Company will give notice to each holder of a
Note or Warrant promptly after it learns (other than by notice from
all of such holders) of the existence of any default under any
Permitted Senior Indebtedness or any material default under any
other evidence of Indebtedness or under any indenture, mortgage or
other agreement relating to any evidence of Indebtedness in respect
of which the Company or any Subsidiary is liable.
7.9.
Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Company for tax,
accounting and any other purposes shall end on December 31 of each
calendar year.
7.10.
Communication with Accountants . The Company hereby
authorizes the Agent or Representative (on behalf of the
Purchasers) to communicate directly with the independent certified
public Accountants for the Company and authorizes such Accountants
to disclose to the Agent any and all financial statements and any
other information of any kind that they may have with respect to
the assets, Properties, liabilities, business, affairs, results of
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company; provided, that the Company be informed of any such
disclosures and participate in any conversations between such
Accountants and the Agent (and the Company agrees that it will not
fail to cooperate in arranging or unreasonably delay any such
conversations); and further provided that the Agent or
Representative shall not incur charges from such Accountants in
exercise of such rights for more than ten (10) hours per calendar
year without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company
shall deliver a letter addressed to such Accountants instructing
them to comply with the provisions of this Section 7.10.
7.11.
Environmental Matters . The Company agrees to indemnify,
defend, protect and hold harmless Purchasers, their officers,
directors, shareholders, employees, and agents from and against any
and all liability, loss, damage, cost and expense, including, but
not limited to, attorneys’ and consultants fees and
disbursements arising from any breach of representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4.12 or covenants set forth in
Section 7.2 herein, the Release or presence of Hazardous Materials
on, under, about, adjacent to, from or at any properties or
facilities currently or previously owned, operated or leased by the
Company or any Subsidiary, any predecessors of the Company or any
Subsidiary or any entities previously owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary, or at any off-site location to which Hazardous
Materials generated by the Company or any Subsidiary, any
predecessors of the Company or any Subsidiary or any entities
previously owned by the Company or any Subsidiary were sent for
handling, treatment, storage, or disposal or any violation of any
Environmental Law or Environmental Permit by the Company or any
Subsidiary or any entity previously owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary. The obligations of the Company under this Section shall
survive the Closing indefinitely.
7.12.
Taxes . All payments to a holder of Notes or to a partner of
a holder (or to a partner of such a partner) (any of the foregoing
referred to herein as a “recipient”) of principal of,
and interest on, the Notes and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement and any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of, and without deduction for, any present or future
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income, stamp or other taxes, fees, duties,
withholding or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by
any taxing authority, other than taxes imposed on or measured by
the net income of such recipient (such non-excluded items being
herein called “Taxes”). In the event that any
withholding or deduction from any payment to be made hereunder is
required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any applicable law,
rule or regulation, then the Company will:
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(a) pay to the relevant authority the full amount
required to be so withheld or deducted; and
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(b) promptly forward to such recipient an
official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to such
recipient evidencing such payment to such authority.
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7.13.
Delivery of Information for Rule 144A Transactions . If a
holder of Notes proposes to transfer any such Notes pursuant to
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (as in effect from time to
time), the Company agrees to provide (upon the request of such
holder or the prospective transferee) to such holder and (if
requested) to the prospective transferee any financial or other
information concerning the Company which is required to be
delivered by such holder to any transferee of such Notes pursuant
to such Rule 144A.
7.14.
Amending Articles of Incorporation to increase authorized shares
outstanding . The Company agrees to request that shareholders
amend its Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized
shares outstanding to Seventy (70) million shares at the next
regularly scheduled annual meeting of shareholders. If the Company
does not obtain approval of the shareholders for this increase in
authorized shares outstanding at said annual meeting, the Company
shall call a meeting every fiscal quarter thereafter to seek
approval of the shareholders until such approval is
obtained.
SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The
Company further covenants and agrees that it will not and will not
permit any Subsidiary to:
8.1.
Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except Permitted Liens.
8.2.
Contingent Liabilities . Assume, guarantee, endorse,
contingently agree to purchase, become liable in respect of any
letter of credit, or otherwise become liable upon the obligation of
any Person, except (i) liabilities arising from the endorsement of
letters of credit, notes, drafts, instruments or documents for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) other Contingent Liabilities not in
excess of $500,000 in the aggregate.
8.3.
Restricted Payments . Make any Restricted Payment or
Restricted Investment, except from Earnings Available for
Dividends.
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8.4.
Sale or Transfer of Assets . Sell, lease, assign, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any IP Collateral except in the ordinary
course of business or except upon payment to the Noteholders and
holders of notes issued pursuant to Other Note Purchase Agreements
(as defined in Section 23 below) of 90% of the net proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of such IP Collateral, up to
the full amount of the Company’s Obligations to the
Noteholders and holders of notes issued pursuant to Other Note
Purchase Agreements, except that Class 3 Note holders and holders
of notes issued pursuant to Other Note Purchase Agreements would
have the option instead to convert the portion of their Class 3
Notes or notes issued pursuant to Other Note Purchase Agreements
which is proposed to be repaid into the common stock of the Company
with the Company retaining that portion of the proposed payment. It
is agreed that the Company may place source code for software in
escrow at the request of purchasers of its products without
violating this Agreement.
8.5.
Amendment of Charter . Amend, modify or waive any term or
provision of its corporate charter, unless required by law, except
as provided herein.
8.6.
Corporate Offices; Corporate Name; Corporate Records .
Transfer its executive offices or change its corporate name or
maintain records (including computer printouts and programs) with
respect to the IP Collateral or WC Collateral at any locations
other than those at which the same are presently kept or
maintained, except upon giving notice to the Noteholders and the
Agent
8.7.
Private Placement Status . Neither the Company nor any agent
nor any other Person acting on the Company’s behalf will do
or cause to be done (or will omit to do or to cause to be done) any
act which act (or which omission) would result in bringing the
issuance or sale of the Notes, Warrants or Shares within the
provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act (other than in
accordance with a registration and qualification of Shares under
Section 17 hereof).
8.8.
Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into, or permit or
suffer to exist, any transaction or arrangement with any Affiliate,
except on terms which are no less favorable to the Company than
could be obtained from persons who are not Affiliates.
8.9.
Limitations of dilution rights on future securities issued .
From March 1, 2008 until such time as Purchasers in the aggregate
hold less than one million of the Shares and No Purchaser holds any
of the Notes, enter into an agreement to effect any
“Subsequent Financing” involving a “Dilutive
Transaction” or an “MFN Transaction” (each as
defined below). The term “Subsequent Financing” shall
mean any capital raising financing by the Company or any Subsidiary
using Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The term
“Dilutive Transaction ” shall mean (A) a
transaction in which the Company or any Subsidiary issues or sells
any note or other security, including without limitation preferred
shares, convertible into Common Stock (“Convertible
Securities”) which calls for the conversion price at which
such Convertible Securities may be converted into Common Stock to
be reduced from the conversion price specified at the time of the
issuance of such Convertible Securities below $0.25 per
share
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(subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock
dividends and similar events after February 25, 2008), or (B) a
transaction in which the Company or any Subsidiary issues or sells
any warrant or other security exercisable or exchangeable into
Common Stock (“Other Exercisable Securities”) which
calls for the Company to issue or commit to issue more shares of
its Common Stock than was specified at the time of the issuance of
said Other Exercisable Securities caused by the future issuance by
the Company or any Subsidiary of Common Stock, Convertible
Securities, or Other Exercisable Securities convertible,
exchangeable, or exercisable into Common Stock below $0.25 per
share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and
similar events after March 1, 2008). The term “ MFN
Transaction ” shall mean a transaction in which the
Company or any Subsidiay issues or sells any securities in a
capital raising transaction or series of related transactions which
grants to an investor the right to receive additional shares based
upon future transactions of the Company on terms more favorable
than those granted to such investor in such offering. Any Purchaser
shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company
to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to
any right to collect damages. The limitations in this section shall
not apply to the warrants issued to the PIPE Investors (as defined
in Section 4.15 above), including, without limitation, additional
warrants issued to said PIPE investors pursuant to the terms or
waiver of terms in said PIPE Investors’ warrants.
8.10.
Limitations of future Common Stock issuances . Issue any
security which commits it to issue or potentially to issue Common
Stock in excess of the limit of authorized shares outstanding at
the time of the issuance of any such security. This limitation
shall only apply to authorized shares outstanding above Seventy
(70) million shares.
8.11.
Limitations on equity securities which may be issued under
employee compensation plans . Issue restricted stock bonuses,
new stock options, or link other bonus plans to the change in the
price of its Common Stock to its current employees, officers, or
directors (current employees, officers, or directors being defined
as any individuals that were engaged in such capacities at any time
from January 1, 2007 to the date at which this Agreement is
effective) in the aggregate amount exceeding Two Million Eight
Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand (2,828,000) issued or issuable shares
of its Common Stock until all Class 2 Notes are repaid (said
2,828,000 issued or issuable share limitation shall be reduced by
any such share issuances that were not made pursuant to an existing
employee stock option plan since January 1, 2008 and shall also be
reduced by any of the options to purchase 128,000 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock at $1.065 per share that have been
granted to employees pursuant to the Company’s 1995 stock
option plan that are outstanding at February 8, 2008 and that are
not cancelled by May 5, 2008). (This limitation does not preclude
the Company from seeking shareholder approval for employee
compensation plans which allow the company to issue over 2,828,000
shares, options, or issuable shares of its Common Stock prior to
repaying all of its Class 2 Notes.)
8.12.
Limitations of subordinated debt issuances . Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement and until there are no Notes
outstanding, issue any debt securities in a capital raising
transaction which do not meet the definition of Subordinated Debt
herein.
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SECTION 9.
Intentionally
Omitted
SECTION 10. CONDITIONS TO
PURCHASERS’OBLIGATIONS
The
Purchasers’ obligations to purchase a Note or Notes and a
Warrant or Warrants hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the
following conditions at the Closing (any of which may be waived by
the Purchasers):
10.1.
Accuracy of Representations and Warranties . The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and
in the Loan Documents or in any certificate or document delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto shall be correct and complete on and as
of the Closing Date with the same effect as though made on and as
of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement).
10.2.
Compliance with Agreements; No Defaults . Except as
disclosed on Exhibit G, the Company performed and complied in all
material respects with all agreements, covenants and conditions
contained in this Agreement or the Loan Documents and any other
document contemplated hereby or thereby which are required to be
performed or complied with by the Company on or before the Closing
Date. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby), there shall be no Event of Default or
Potential Default.
10.3.
Proceedings . All corporate and other proceedings in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents, and all documents incident thereto, shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchasers and their counsel, and the
Purchasers shall have received all such originals or certified or
other copies of such documents as the Purchasers or their counsel
may reasonably request.
10.4.
Legality; Governmental and Other Authorization . The
purchase of and payment for the Notes and Warrants shall not be
prohibited by any law or governmental order, rule, ruling,
regulation, release, interpretation or opinion applicable to the
Purchasers and shall not subject the Purchasers to any penalty, tax
(excepting income tax obligations of Purchasers), liability or
other onerous condition. Any necessary consents, approvals,
licenses, permits, orders and authorizations of, and registrations
or qualifications with, any governmental or administrative agency,
or other Person, with respect to the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents shall have been obtained or made and shall be in
full force and effect. The Company shall have delivered to the
Purchasers, upon their reasonable request setting forth what is
required, factual certificates or other evidence, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchasers and their counsel, to
enable the Purchasers to establish compliance with this
condition.
10.5.
No Change in Law, etc . No legislation, order, rule, ruling
or regulation shall have been proposed, enacted or made by or on
behalf of any governmental body, department or
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agency, and no legislation shall have been
introduced in either House of Congress, and no investigation by any
governmental authority or administrative body shall have been
commenced or threatened, and no action, suit or proceeding shall
have been commenced before, and no decision shall have been
rendered by, any court, other governmental body or arbitrator,
which, in any such case, in the Purchasers’ reasonable
judgment could adversely affect, restrain, prevent or change the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Loan Documents
(including without limitation the issuance of the Notes and the
Warrants hereunder or the issuance of Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants) or materially and adversely affect the business, affairs,
assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company on a
consolidated basis.
10.6.
Delivery of Additional Disclosure Documents . The Company
shall have delivered a copy of its most recent Form 10-K and any
interim reports, including financial statements, as filed with the
Commission.
10.7
Related Agreements . The Company shall have delivered to the
Purchasers executed copies of the Collateral Assignment, and the WC
Security Agreement.
10.8
Security Interests . All filings of UCC financing statements
and all other filings and actions necessary to perfect the IP
Security Interests and the WC Security Interests as valid and
perfected Liens in the Property covered thereby, subject only to
Permitted Liens in effect on the date hereof, shall have been filed
or taken and confirmation thereof shall have been received by the
Agent. All filings of UCC financing statements and all other
filings and actions necessary to perfect th
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