NOTE AND WARRANT
PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 28,
2006
by and
among
INTERLINK GLOBAL
CORP.
and
THE PURCHASERS LISTED ON
EXHIBIT A
NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated
as of February 28, 2006 (this “ Agreement ”) by
and among Interlink Global Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”), and each of the purchasers of the senior
convertible promissory notes of the Company whose names are set
forth on Exhibit A attached hereto (each a “
Purchaser ” and collectively, the “
Purchasers ”).
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES
AND WARRANTS
Section 1.1
Purchase and Sale of Notes and
Warrants .
(a) Upon the following terms and conditions, the
Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers
shall purchase from the Company, (i) Series B 10% senior
convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of
Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($850,000) , convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“ Common Stock ”), in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Senior
Notes ”). The Company and the Purchasers are executing
and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance
upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section
4(2) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Securities
Act ”), including Regulation D (“ Regulation
D ”), and/or upon such other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available
with respect to any or all of the investments to be made
hereunder.
(b) Upon the following terms and conditions, the
Purchasers shall be issued:
(i) Series D Warrants, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Series D
Warrants ”), to purchase a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the number of
Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of such
Purchaser’s Senior Note at an exercise price per share equal
to the Warrant Price (as defined in the Series D Warrants) and a
term of Five (5) years following the Closing Date;
(ii) Series E Warrants, in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Series E
Warrants ”), to purchase a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the number of
Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of such
Purchaser’s Senior Note at an exercise price per share equal
to the Warrant Price (as defined in the Series E Warrants) and a
term of Seven (7) years following the Effective Date (as defined in
Section 1.4 hereof); and
(iii) Series F Warrants, in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “ Series F
Warrants ”), to purchase a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the number of
Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of such
Purchaser’s Senior Note at an exercise price per share equal
to the Warrant Price (as defined in the Series F Warrants) and a
term of Ten (10) years following the Effective Date (as defined in
Section 1.4 hereof); and
The number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants issuable to each Purchaser is set
forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A
attached hereto.
Section 1.2
Purchase Price and
Closing . Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Company agrees to issue and sell
to the Purchasers and, in consideration of and in express reliance
upon the representations, warranties, covenants, terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Purchasers, severally but not
jointly, agree to purchase the Notes and Warrants for an aggregate
purchase price of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($850,000) (the “ Purchase Price ”).
The Notes and Warrants shall be sold and funded in one closing (the
“ Closing ”) which shall take place on or before
February 28, 2006 (the “ Closing Date ”). At the
Closing, the purchase and sale of the Notes and Warrants to be
acquired by the Purchasers from the Company under this Agreement
shall take place the office of counsel for the Holders as set forth
herein, at 10:00 a.m., New York time; provided , that all of
the conditions set forth in Article IV hereof and applicable to
each Closing shall have been fulfilled or waived in accordance
herewith. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at
each Closing the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
each Purchaser (x) its Notes for the principal amount set forth
opposite the name of such Purchaser on Exhibit A hereto and
(y) the Warrants to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock
as is set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser on Exhibit
A attached hereto. At each Closing, each Purchaser shall
deliver its Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by the Company.
Section 1.3
Conversion Shares / Warrant
Shares . The Company has
authorized and has reserved and covenants to continue to reserve,
free of preemptive rights and other similar contractual rights of
stockholders, a number of its authorized but unissued shares of
Common Stock equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of (a) the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to effect the conversion
of the Notes and any interest accrued and outstanding thereon and
exercise of the Warrants as of the Closing Date. Any shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and any interest
accrued and outstanding on the Notes are herein referred to as the
“ Conversion Shares ”. Any shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (and such shares when
issued) are herein referred to as the “ Warrant Shares
”. The Notes, Warrants and the Warrant Shares are sometimes
collectively referred to herein as the “ Securities
”.
ARTICLE
II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Section 2.1
Representations and Warranties of
the Company . The Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers, as of the date
hereof and each Closing Date (except as set forth on the Schedule
of Exceptions attached hereto with each numbered Schedule
corresponding to the section number herein), as follows:
(a)
Organization, Good Standing and
Power . The Company is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has the
requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties
and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being
conducted. The Company does not have any Subsidiaries (as defined
in Section 2.1(g)) or own securities of any kind in any other
entity except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(g) hereto. The
Company and each such Subsidiary (as defined in Section 2.1(g)) is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary except for any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the
aggregate) in which the failure to be so qualified will not have a
Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“ Material Adverse Effect ” means any material
adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, prospects,
or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries and/or
any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or
otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company to
perform any of its obligations under this Agreement in any material
respect.
(b)
Authorization;
Enforcement . The Company
has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration
Rights Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers, dated
as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit
F attached hereto (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”), and the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions (as defined in Section 3.16 hereof) (collectively, the
“ Transaction Documents ”) and to issue and sell
the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the
Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and, except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(b) , no further consent or authorization of the Company,
its Board of Directors or stockholders is required. When executed
and delivered by the Company, each of the Transaction Documents
shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation,
conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor’s rights and
remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(c)
Capitalization
. The authorized capital stock and
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 2.1(c)
hereto. All of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock and any
other outstanding security of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the
Commission Documents (as defined in Section 2.1(f)) or as set forth
on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto, no shares of Common Stock or any
other security of the Company are entitled to preemptive rights or
registration rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants,
scrip, rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into,
any shares of capital stock of the Company. Furthermore, except as
set forth in this Agreement and as set forth on Schedule
2.1(c) hereto, there are no contracts, commitments,
understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may
become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock of the
Company or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of
capital stock of the Company. Except for customary transfer
restrictions contained in agreements entered into by the Company in
order to sell restricted securities or as provided on Schedule
2.1(c) hereto, the Company is not a party to or bound by any
agreement or understanding granting registration or anti-dilution
rights to any person with respect to any of its equity or debt
securities. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) , the
Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any
agreement or understanding restricting the voting or transfer of
any shares of the capital stock of the Company.
(d)
Issuance of Securities
. The Notes and the Warrants to be
issued at each Closing have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and, when paid for or issued in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Notes shall be validly issued and
outstanding, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights
of refusal of any kind. When the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and as set forth in the Notes and Warrants, such shares
will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any
kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a
holder of Common Stock.
(e)
No Conflicts
. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the
performance by the Company of its obligations under the Notes and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, and the issuance of the Securities as
contemplated hereby, do not and will not (i) violate or conflict
with any provision of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation
(the “ Articles ”) or Bylaws (the “
Bylaws ”), each as amended to date, or any
Subsidiary’s comparable charter documents, (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture,
note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ respective properties
or assets are bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any federal,
state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment
or decree (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are bound or affected, except, in all cases, for such
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration,
cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (other than violations
pursuant to clauses (i) or (iii) (with respect to federal and state
securities laws)). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is required under federal, state, foreign or local law, rule or
regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents or issue and sell the
Securities in accordance with the terms hereof (other than any
filings, consents and approvals which may be required to be made by
the Company under applicable state and federal securities laws,
rules or regulations or any registration provisions provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement).
(f)
Commission Documents, Financial
Statements . The Common
Stock of the Company is currently listed on the Pink Sheets and
will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), and the Company will have timely
filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant to the
reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing
including filings incorporated by reference therein being referred
to herein as the “ Commission Documents ”). Any
form 10-QSB and Form 10-KSB filings to be made by the Company will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective
dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the
Commission Documents complied as to form in all material respects
with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the Commission or other applicable rules and
regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii)
in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may
not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements),
and fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments).
(g)
Subsidiaries
. Schedule 2.1(g) hereto sets
forth each Subsidiary of the Company, showing the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization and showing the percentage of
each person’s ownership of the outstanding stock or other
interests of such Subsidiary. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“ Subsidiary ” shall mean any corporation or
other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or
other ownership interest having ordinary voting power (absolutely
or contingently) for the election of directors or other persons
performing similar functions are at the time owned directly or
indirectly by the Company and/or any of its other Subsidiaries. All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have
been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(g)
hereto, there are no outstanding preemptive, conversion or other
rights, options, warrants or agreements granted or issued by or
binding upon any Subsidiary for the purchase or acquisition of any
shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary or any other securities
convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the rights to
subscribe for any shares of such capital stock. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is subject to any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares
of the capital stock of any Subsidiary or any convertible
securities, rights, warrants or options of the type described in
the preceding sentence except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(g) hereto. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is party
to, nor has any knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting
or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of any
Subsidiary.
(h)
No Material Adverse
Change . Since June 30,
2005, the Company has not experienced or suffered any Material
Adverse Effect, except as disclosed on Schedule 2.1(h)
hereto.
(i)
No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as
disclosed on Schedule 2.1(i) hereto, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, obligations,
claims or losses (whether liquidated or unliquidated, secured or
unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than
those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries respective businesses or which, individually or in the
aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(j)
No Undisclosed Events or
Circumstances . Since
June 30, 2005, except as disclosed on Schedule 2.1(j)
hereto, no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial
condition, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation,
requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which
has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.
(k)
Indebtedness
. Schedule 2.1(k) hereto sets
forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the
Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any
liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of
$100,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements and
other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others,
whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess
of $25,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(l)
Title to Assets
. Each of the Company and the
Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all of its real and
personal property reflected in the Commission Documents, free and
clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security interests
or other encumbrances, except for those indicated on Schedule
2.1(l) hereto or such that, individually or in the aggregate,
do not cause a Material Adverse Effect. Any leases of the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and in full
force and effect.
(m)
Actions Pending
. There is no action, suit, claim,
investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding
or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary which questions
the validity of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction
Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto.
Except as set forth in the Commission Documents or on Schedule
2.1(m) hereto, there is no action, suit, claim, investigation,
arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or other
proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or involving the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties or assets, which individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected, if adversely determined,
to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding orders,
judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of any court, arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory body against the Company or any
Subsidiary or any officers or directors of the Company or
Subsidiary in their capacities as such, which individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(n)
Compliance with Law
. The business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries has been and is presently being conducted in
accordance with all applicable federal, state and local
governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, except as set
forth in the Commission Documents or on Schedule 2.1(n)
hereto or such that, individually or in the aggregate, the
noncompliance therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
have all franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other
governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals necessary
for the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it unless
the failure to possess such franchises, permits, licenses, consents
and other governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o)
Taxes . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has
accurately prepared and filed all federal, state and other tax
returns required by law to be filed by it, has paid or made
provisions for the payment of all taxes shown to be due and all
additional assessments, and adequate provisions have been and are
reflected in the financial statements of the Company and the
Subsidiaries for all current taxes and other charges to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is subject and which are not currently
due and payable. Except as disclosed on Schedule 2.1(o)
hereto or in the Commission Documents, none of the federal income
tax returns of the Company or any Subsidiary have been audited by
the Internal Revenue Service. The Company has no knowledge of any
additional assessments, adjustments or contingent tax liability
(whether federal or state) of any nature whatsoever, whether
pending or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary for any
period, nor of any basis for any such assessment, adjustment or
contingency.
(p)
Certain Fees
. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(p) hereto, the Company has not employed any broker or
finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage or investment
banking fees, commissions, finders’ structuring fees,
financial advisory fees or other similar fees in connection with
the Transaction Documents.
(q)
Disclosure
. Except for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Company confirms that neither
it nor any other person acting on its behalf has provided any of
the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, neither this Agreement
or the Schedules hereto nor any other documents, certificates or
instruments furnished to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the
Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made herein or therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made herein or therein, not
misleading.
(r)
Operation of Business
. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(r) hereto, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or
possesses the rights to all patents, trademarks, domain names
(whether or not registered) and any patentable improvements or
copyrightable derivative works thereof, websites and intellectual
property rights relating thereto, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and authorizations which are necessary for the
conduct of its business as now conducted without any conflict with
the rights of others.
(s)
Environmental
Compliance . To the best
knowledge of the Company, except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(s) hereto or in the Commission Documents, the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries have obtained all material approvals,
authorization, certificates, consents, licenses, orders and permits
or other similar authorizations of all governmental authorities, or
from any other person, that are required under any Environmental
Laws. “Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable
laws relating to the protection of the environment including,
without limitation, all requirements pertaining to reporting,
licensing, permitting, controlling, investigating or remediating
emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of hazardous
substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic
substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous
in nature, into the air, surface water, groundwater or land, or
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous
substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic
substances, material or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in
nature. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company
has all necessary governmental approvals required under all
Environmental Laws as necessary for the Company’s business or
the business of any of its subsidiaries. To the best of the
Company’s knowledge, the Company and each of its subsidiaries
are also in compliance with all other limitations, restrictions,
conditions, standards, requirements, schedules and timetables
required or imposed under all Environmental Laws. Except for such
instances as would not individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect, there are no past or present events,
conditions, circumstances, incidents, actions or omissions relating
to or in any way affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries that
violate or may violate any Environmental Law after the Closing Date
or that may give rise to any environmental liability, or otherwise
form the basis of any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding,
hearing, study or investigation (i) under any Environmental Law, or
(ii) based on or related to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage (including without limitation
underground storage tanks), disposal, transport or handling, or the
emission, discharge, release or threatened release of any hazardous
substance.
(t)
Books and Records; Internal
Accounting Controls . The
records and documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries
accurately reflect in all material respects the information
relating to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the
location and collection of their assets, and the nature of all
transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable
of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient, in the judgment of the Company’s board of
directors, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate actions are taken with respect to any
differences.
(u)
Material Agreements
. Except for the Transaction
Documents (with respect to clause (i) only), as disclosed in the
Commission Documents or as set forth on Schedule 2.1(u)
hereto, or as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have
performed all obligations required to be performed by them to date
under any written or oral contract, instrument, agreement,
commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement, filed or required to
be filed with the Commission (the “ Material
Agreements ”), (ii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice of default under any Material
Agreement and, (iii) to the best of the Company’s knowledge,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under
any Material Agreement now in effect.
(v)
Transactions with
Affiliates . Except as
set forth on Schedule 2.1(v) hereto and in the Commission
Documents, there are no loans, leases, agreements, contracts,
royalty agreements, management contracts or arrangements or other
continuing transactions between (a) the Company, any Subsidiary or
any of their respective customers or suppliers on the one hand, and
(b) on the other hand, any officer, employee, consultant or
director of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any person
owning at least 5% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company
or any Subsidiary or any member of the immediate family of such
officer, employee, consultant, director or stockholder or any
corporation or other entity controlled by such officer, employee,
consultant, director or stockholder, or a member of the immediate
family of such officer, employee, consultant, director or
stockholder which, in each case, is required to be disclosed in the
Commission Documents or in the Company’s most recently filed
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, that is not so
disclosed in the Commission Documents or in such proxy
statement.
(w)
Securities Act of 1933
. Based in material part upon the
representations herein of the Purchasers, the Company has complied
and will comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the
Securities hereunder. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its
behalf, directly or indirectly, has or will sell, offer to sell or
solicit offers to buy any of the Securities or similar securities
to, or solicit offers with respect thereto from, or enter into any
negotiations relating thereto with, any person, or has taken or
will take any action so as to bring the issuance and sale of any of
the Securities under the registration provisions of the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws, and neither the Company
nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the
Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the
Securities.
(x)
Employees . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any
collective bargaining arrangements or agreements covering any of
its employees, except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(x)
hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(x) hereto,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any employment contract,
agreement regarding proprietary information, non-competition
agreement, non-solicitation agreement, confidentiality agreement,
or any other similar contract or restrictive covenant, relating to
the right of any officer, employee or consultant to be employed or
engaged by the Company or such Subsidiary required to be disclosed
in the Commission Documents that is not so disclosed. No officer,
consultant or key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary whose
termination, either individually or in the aggregate, would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, has terminated
or, to the knowledge of the Company, has any present intention of
terminating his or her employment or engagement with the Company or
any Subsidiary.
(y)
Absence of Certain
Developments . Except as
set forth in the Commission Documents or provided on Schedule
2.1(y) hereto, since June 30, 2005, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has:
(i) issued any stock, bonds or other corporate
securities or any right, options or warrants with respect
thereto;
(ii) borrowed any amount in excess of $100,000 or
incurred or become subject to any other liabilities in excess of
$100,000 (absolute or contingent) except current liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business which are comparable in
nature and amount to the current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business during the comparable portion of its
prior fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect the current nature and
volume of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(iii) discharged or satisfied any lien or encumbrance
in excess of $100,000 or paid any obligation or liability (absolute
or contingent) in excess of $100,000, other than current
liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) declared or made any payment or distribution of
cash or other property to stockholders with respect to its stock,
or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements so to purchase or
redeem, any shares of its capital stock, in each case in excess of
$50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(v) sold, assigned or transferred any other tangible
assets, or canceled any debts or claims, in each case in excess of
$100,000, except in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) sold, assigned or transferred any patent rights,
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets or other
intangible assets or intellectual property rights in excess of
$100,000, or disclosed any proprietary confidential information to
any person except to customers in the ordinary course of business
or to the Purchasers or their representatives;
(vii) suffered any material losses or waived any
rights of material value, whether or not in the ordinary course of
business, or suffered the loss of any material amount of
prospective business;
(viii) made any changes in employee compensation except
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices;
(ix) made capital expenditures or commitments
therefor that aggregate in excess of $100,000;
(x) entered into any material transaction, whether
or not in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) made charitable contributions or pledges in
excess of $10,000;
(xii) suffered any material damage, destruction or
casualty loss, whether or not covered by insurance;
(xiii) experienced any material problems with labor or
management in connection with the terms and conditions of their
employment; or
(xiv) entered into an agreement, written or otherwise,
to take any of the foregoing actions.
(z)
Public Utility Holding Company
Act and Investment Company Act Status . The Company is not a “holding
company” or a “public utility company” as such
terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended. The Company is not, and as a result of and
immediately upon the Closing will not be, an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company,” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(aa)
ERISA . No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation has been incurred with respect to any Plan by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is or would be materially
adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the
Securities will not involve any transaction which is subject to the
prohibitions of Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or in
connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided
that, if any of the Purchasers, or any person or entity that owns a
beneficial interest in any of the Purchasers, is an “employee
pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA) with respect to which the Company is a “party in
interest” (within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA), the
requirements of Sections 407(d)(5) and 408(e) of ERISA, if
applicable, are met. As used in this Section 2.1(aa), the term
“Plan” shall mean an “employee pension benefit
plan” (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been
established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have
been made, by the Company or any Subsidiary or by any trade or
business, whether or not incorporated, which, together with the
Company or any Subsidiary, is under common control, as described in
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
(bb)
Independent Nature of
Purchasers . The Company
acknowledges that the obligations of each Purchaser under the
Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of
any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents. The Company
acknowledges that the decision of each Purchaser to purchase
Securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such
Purchaser independently of any other purchase and independently of
any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the
business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities,
results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Company or of its Subsidiaries which may have made
or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any
other Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its agents or employees
shall have any liability to any Purchaser (or any other person)
relating to or arising from any such information, materials,
statements or opinions. The Company acknowledges that nothing
contained herein, or in any Transaction Document, and no action
taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed
to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption
that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that for
reasons of administrative convenience only, the Transaction
Documents have been prepared by counsel for one of the Purchasers
and such counsel does not represent all of the Purchasers but only
such Purchaser and the other Purchasers have retained their own
individual counsel with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Company acknowledges that it has elected to
provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction
Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was
required or requested to do so by the Purchasers. The Company
acknowledges that such procedure with respect to the Transaction
Documents in no way creates a presumption that the Purchasers are
in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the
Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.
(cc)
No Integrated Offering
. Neither the Company, nor any of
its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has
directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that
would cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to this
Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for
purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from
selling the Securities pursuant to Regulation D and Rule 506
thereof under the Securities Act, or any applicable
exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will the
Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries take any action or
steps that would cause the offering of the Securities to be
integrated with other offerings. The Company does not have any
registration statement pending before the Commission or currently
under the Commission’s review and except as set forth on
Schedule 2.1(cc) hereto, since June 1, 2005, the Company has
not offered or sold any of its equity securities or debt securities
convertible into shares of Common Stock.
(dd)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
. The Company is in
compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, that are effective
and intends to comply with other applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, upon the effectiveness of such provisions.
(ee)
Dilutive Effect
. The Company understands and
acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon
conversion of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the
Notes and its obligations to issue the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the
Warrants, is, in each case, absolute and unconditional regardless
of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership
interest of other stockholders of the Company.
(ff)
DTC Status
. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(ff) hereto, the Company’s transfer agent is a
participant in and the Common Stock is eligible for transfer
pursuant to the Depository Trust Company Automated Securities
Transfer Program. The name, address, telephone number, fax number,
contact person and email of the Company transfer agent is set forth
on Schedule 2.1(ff) hereto.
(gg)
Acknowledgement Regarding
Purchasers’ Trading Activity . The Company understands and acknowledges that,
one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various
times during the period that the Securities are
outstanding.
Section 2.2
Representations and Warranties of
the Purchasers . Each of
the Purchasers hereby represents and warrants to the Company with
respect solely to itself and not with respect to any other
Purchaser as follows as of the date hereof and as of each Closing
Date:
(a)
Organization and Standing of the
Purchasers . If the
Purchaser is an entity, such Purchaser is a corporation, limited
liability company or partnership duly incorporated or organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.
(b)
Authorization and
Power . Each Purchaser
has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform the
Transaction Documents and to purchase the Securities being sold to
it hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by each Purchaser and the consummation by it
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate or partnership action, and no further
consent or authorization of such Purchaser or its Board of
Directors, stockholders, or partners, as the case may be, is
required. When executed and delivered by the Purchasers, the other
Transaction Documents shall constitute valid and binding
obligations of each Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in
accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar
laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of,
creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable
principles of general application.
(c)
No Conflict
. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents by the Purchaser and the
consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
thereby and hereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of
the Purchaser’s charter or organizational documents, (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust,
indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or
obligation to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the
Purchaser’s respective properties or assets are bound, or
(iii) result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to
the Purchaser or by which any property or asset of the Purchaser
are bound or affected, except, in all cases, other than violations
pursuant to clauses (i) or (iii) (with respect to federal and state
securities laws) above, except, for such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and
violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(d)
Acquisition for
Investment . Each
Purchaser is purchasing the Securities solely for its own account
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with distribution.
Each Purchaser does not have a present intention to sell any of the
Securities, nor a present arrangement (whether or not legally
binding) or intention to effect any distribution of any of the
Securities to or through any person or entity; provided ,
however , that by making the representations herein, such
Purchaser does not agree to hold the Securities for any minimum or
other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the
Securities at a
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