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Exhibit
10.1
NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of
August 31, 2007 by and between EDIETS.COM, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”) and the entity listed on
the signature page hereof as purchaser (the
“Purchaser”). Except as otherwise indicated herein,
capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 7
hereof.
W I T N E S S E T
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WHEREAS, the Company requires
additional financing in order to carry on and expand its business;
and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser is
willing to provide certain debt financing to the Company on the
terms contained or referred to herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties hereinafter set forth
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
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Authorization and Closing. |
1.1 Authorization of Notes
and Warrant . The Company has authorized (i) the issuance
and sale of $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 15%
Senior Secured Notes due August 31, 2010 (individually, a
“Note” and collectively, the “Notes”),
substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A and
(ii) the issuance to the Purchaser (or its designee) of a
Warrant to purchase Company’s Common Stock, containing the
terms and conditions and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B
(the “Warrant”).
1.2 Purchase and Sale of
the Notes and Warrant . At the Closing (as defined in
Section 1.3 below), (i) the Company shall issue to the
Purchaser and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, a Note in
the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 in exchange for such
amount from the Purchaser and (ii) the Company shall issue to
the Purchaser (or its designee) the Warrant to purchase One Million
shares of Common Stock.
1.3 Closing . The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes and Warrant (the
“Closing”) shall take place on August 31, 2007
(the “Closing Date”). The Closing shall take place at
the offices of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, or at
such other place as may be mutually agreeable to the Company and
the Purchaser. At the Closing, upon payment by the Purchaser of the
aggregate amount of $10,000,000 by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account or accounts designated by the
Company, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser a Note and
shall deliver to the Purchaser (or its designee) the
Warrant.
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Conditions of Purchaser’s Obligation at the
Closing. |
The obligation of the
Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Note and the Warrant at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction as of the Closing of the
following conditions:
2.1 Representations and
Warranties; Material Adverse Change . The representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 hereof shall be true and
correct at and as of the Closing as though then made, and the
Company shall have performed all of the covenants required to be
performed by it hereunder prior to the Closing. Since
December 31, 2006, there has not been a material adverse
change in the financial condition, business, operations,
performance or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
2.2 Documents . The
Note Parties shall have entered into the respective Note
Documents.
2.3 Transaction Fee .
The Company shall have paid a transaction fee equal to $175,000 to
the Purchaser (or its designee).
2.4 Ticking Fee . The
Company shall have paid to the Purchaser a ticking fee, from
August 14, 2007 to the Closing, at the rate of 0.50% per
annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
number of days in such period) on the principal amount of the
Note.
2.5 Other Fees and
Expenses . The Company shall have paid the Purchaser’s
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and expenses of
counsel) arising out of or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby; provided, however that the Company shall have
no obligation to pay, and shall not pay, the Purchaser more than
$25,000 for such fees and expenses.
2.6 Legal Opinion .
The Purchaser shall have received an opinion in form and substance
satisfactory to the Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing from
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, counsel for the
Company, covering such matters incident to the transactions
contemplated by the Note Documents as the Purchaser or its counsel
may reasonably request.
2.7 Certified Corporate
Resolutions . The Purchaser shall have received a certificate
of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Note Party, dated
the date of the Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached
thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the
authorization, execution and delivery of the Note, this Agreement
and the other Note Documents, respectively.
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Affirmative Covenants. |
For so long as any Note is
outstanding, except as otherwise consented to or waived by the
Majority Holders, the Company will do the following and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to do the following (unless the context
otherwise requires):
3.1 Preserve and maintain its
corporate existence, legal structure, rights, franchises and
privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and shall not
(i) change the location of its chief executive office or any
other place of business, or the location of any Collateral,
(ii) change its name or mailing address, or (iii) conduct
its business operations under any fictitious business name or trade
name, without, in the case of this clause (iii), at least thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to the
Purchaser.
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3.2 Preserve and maintain its
business and all licenses and other rights necessary to the conduct
of its business and comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental
authority applicable to its business.
3.3 File all tax returns
required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge
all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other
taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them
or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the
extent the same have become due and payable and before they have
become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and
payable that have or might become a lien or other encumbrance on
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided
that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax,
assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount,
applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or
such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate
proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established
adequate reserves therefor in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied,
on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary and (ii) the
nonpayment of any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim has
not resulted in any lien on the property of the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be.
3.4 Maintain insurance with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies or associations
in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably
deems appropriate.
3.5 Furnish to each Holder of
not less than $1,000,000 of principal amount of the Notes
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 50 days after
the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal
Year, a copy of its quarterly financial statements for each such
fiscal quarter, (b) as soon as available and in any event
within 95 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of its
annual audit report for such Fiscal Year and (c) such other
financial information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries
as the Holder may reasonably request from time to time; provided,
however, that the financial statements to be delivered by the
Company pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall be
deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such reports
containing such financial statements are posted on the Securities
Exchange Commissions’ website on the internet at
“www.sec.gov”.
3.6 Promptly notify the
Holders of the occurrence of any Event of Default under the
Notes.
3.7 Maintain proper books of
record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with its existing business practice shall be made of all
financial transactions and matters involving its assets and
business.
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3.8 Permit representatives of
the Holders to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine
its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies
thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent
public accountants, at such reasonable times during normal business
hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable
advance written notice to the Company; provided, however, that when
an Event of Default exists, the Holders (or any of their respective
representatives) may do any of the foregoing at any time during
normal business hours and without advance written
notice.
3.9 Promptly (a) notify
the Holders upon the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary of
the Company and (b) upon the reasonable request by any Holder,
(i) correct any material defect or error that may be
discovered in any Note Document or in the execution,
acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (ii) do,
execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,
register and re-register any and all such further deeds,
certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Holders may
reasonably require from time to time in order to (A) carry out
more effectively the purposes of the Note Documents, (B) to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject the
Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ properties, assets,
rights or interests to the liens covered by the Security Agreement,
(C) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and
priority of the Security Agreement and any of the liens created
thereunder and (D) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer,
preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Holders the
rights granted to the Holders under any Note Document or under any
other instrument executed in connection with any Note Document to
which the Holders are a party, and cause each of the Subsidiaries
to do so; and cause each domestic Subsidiary (formed or acquired
after the date hereof) to be a party to the Guaranty and the
Security Agreement.
3.10 File all reports
required to be filed with the SEC by the due date
thereof.
3.11 In the event the Notes
are held by more than one Person, enter into an amendment of the
Security Agreement and the Guaranty, as reasonably requested by the
Holders, to provide for, among other things, the appointment of an
agent to act on behalf of the Holders and other customary
provisions relating to such appointment.
3.12 Not later than 15
Business Days following the Closing Date or such later date as the
Purchaser may determine in its sole discretion, deliver a control
agreement in respect of deposit and securities accounts maintained
by the Note Parties at Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
required by Section 5 of the Security Agreement.
Except as otherwise consented
to or waived by the Majority Holders, the Company will not (and
will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to), for so long as any
amount due under any Note is outstanding:
4.1 Declare or pay any
dividends on any capital stock, purchase, redeem, retire or
otherwise acquire for value any of its capital stock (except for
shares of Common Stock repurchased from current or former
employees, consultants, or directors upon termination of service in
accordance with plans approved by the Board), or otherwise make any
distribution or payment to any holder of its capital stock in
respect of such capital stock.
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4.2 Enter into any
transaction with any person or entity that is affiliated with,
controls or is controlled by, the Company, except for transactions
in the ordinary course of business and on terms not less favorable
to the Company than it would obtain in a transaction between
unrelated parties.
4.3 Authorize, create,
designate, establish or issue any other class or series of capital
stock ranking senior to the Common Stock as to dividends or upon
liquidation, or reclassify any shares of Common Stock into shares
having any preference or priority as to dividends or upon
liquidation superior to any such preference or priority of Common
Stock.
4.4 Sell or otherwise dispose
of any assets or any interest therein except in the ordinary course
of business or to a Note Party.
4.5 Except for liens as
provided in the Security Agreement or liens permitted hereunder
including any capital leases permitted hereunder and covering only
the property subject to the respective capital lease, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage, security
interest or other encumbrance on any of its properties or assets,
or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income, other
than liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges and levies
if the same shall not at the time be delinquent, liens imposed
by
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