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Title: NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/27/2009

NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: juma technology corp , nectar services corp
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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of May 21, 2009

 

among

 

JUMA TECHNOLOGY CORP.

 

and

 

THE PURCHASERS LISTED ON EXHIBIT A

 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

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ARTICLE I   Purchase and Sale of the Notes and Warrants

 

Section 1.1

Purchase and Sale of Notes

1

Section 1.2

Warrants

1

Section 1.3

Conversion Shares

2

Section 1.4

Purchase Price and Closing

2

 

 

 

ARTICLE II  Representations and Warranties

 

Section 2.1

Representations and Warranties of the Company

2

Section 2.2

Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers

13

 

 

ARTICLE III  Covenants

 

Section 3.1

Securities Compliance

15

Section 3.2

Registration and Listing

15

Section 3.3

Inspection Rights

15

Section 3.4

Compliance with Laws

16

Section 3.5

Keeping of Records and Books of Account

16

Section 3.6

Furnishing of Information

16

Section 3.7

Reporting Requirements

16

Section 3.8

Amendments

16

Section 3.9

Other Agreements

17

Section 3.10

Distributions

17

Section 3.11

Use of Proceeds

17

Section 3.12

Reservation of Shares

17

Section 3.13

Transfer Agent Instructions

17

Section 3.14

Disposition of Assets

18

Section 3.15

Reporting Status

18

Section 3.16

Disclosure of Transaction

18

Section 3.17

Disclosure of Material Information

18

Section 3.18

Pledge of Securities

18

Section 3.19

Form S-1 Eligibility

19

Section 3.20

DTC

19

Section 3.21

Issuance of Variable Securities

19

Section 3.22

Approval of Acquisitions.

19

Section 3.23

Most Favored Nations

19

 

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ARTICLE IV  Conditions

 

Section 4.1

Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Sell the Shares

19

Section 4.2

Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Purchase the Shares

20

 

 

ARTICLE V  Stock Certificate Legend

 

Section 5.1

Legend

22

 

 

ARTICLE VI  Indemnification

 

Section 6.1

General Indemnity

23

Section 6.2

Indemnification Procedure

23

 

 

ARTICLE VII  Registration Rights

 

Section 7.1

Piggyback Registration Rights

24

Section 7.2

Assignment of Registration Rights

25

Section 7.3

Underwriter Status

25

 

ARTICLE VIII  Miscellaneous

Section 8.1

Fees and Expenses

25

Section 8.2

Specific Enforcement

26

Section 8.3

Entire Agreement; Amendment

26

Section 8.4

Rescission and Withdrawal Right

26

Section 8.5

Notices

27

Section 8.6

Waivers

27

Section 8.7

Headings

27

Section 8.8

Successors and Assigns

28

Section 8.9

No Third Party Beneficiaries

28

Section 8.10

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction

28

Section 8.11

Survival

28

Section 8.12

Counterparts

28

Section 8.13

Publicity

28

Section 8.14

Severability

28

Section 8.15

Further Assurances

29

 

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

List of Purchasers

Exhibit B

Form of 10% Convertible Bridge Note

Exhibit C

Series A Warrant

Exhibit D

Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

Exhibit E

Opinion of Counsel

 

 

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NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of May 21, 2009 by and among Juma Technology Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the Purchasers whose names are set forth on Exhibit A hereto (individually, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

 

WHEREAS , the Purchasers hold 10% convertible bridge notes dated February 9, 2009 in the outstanding principal amount of $1,500,000 (the “ Existing Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS , the investment by the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a Qualified Financing as defined in the Existing Notes; and

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Existing Notes, the Purchasers desire to surrender their Existing Notes for cancellation in exchange for the issuance by the Company to the Purchasers of Notes (as such term is defined in Section 1.1 ) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the amounts listed on Exhibit A hereto.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

Purchase and Sale of Notes and Warrants

 

Section 1.1        Purchase and Sale of Notes . Upon the following terms and conditions, (a) the Company and one of its subsidiaries, Nectar Services Corp., a Delaware Corporation (“ Nectar ” and together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”) shall jointly issue and sell to the Purchasers and each of the Purchasers shall purchase from the Company, 10% convertible bridge notes in the aggregate principal amount of three million dollars ($3,000,000) and (b) the Purchasers shall surrender for cancellation the Existing Notes in exchange for 10% convertible bridge notes in the aggregate principal amount of one million five hundred forty two thousand five hundred dollars ($1,542,500) (the notes referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the “ Notes ”). The Notes provide for (i) optional conversion into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and (ii) mandatory conversion upon the occurrence of a Qualified Financing (as defined in the Notes). The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .  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 Rule 506 of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Section 1.2          Warrants . Upon the following terms and conditions and for no additional consideration, each of the Purchasers shall be issued Series A Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Series A Warrants ” and/or the “ Warrants ”) to purchase up to fifty percent (50%) of that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock into which the Note issued to the applicable Purchaser originally converts.  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 Warrants shall expire five (5) years following the Closing Date and shall have an initial exercise price equal to fifteen cents ($0.15) per share.

 

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Section 1.3         Conversion Shares . The Company has authorized and will reserve and covenants to continue to reserve, free of preemptive rights and other similar contractual rights of stockholders, (i) such number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect an Optional Conversion (as defined in the Notes) of all of the Notes, and (ii) as of the date hereof, such number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the exercise of the Warrants then outstanding. Any shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of the Note (and such shares when issued) are herein referred to as the “ Conversion Shares .” The Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares are sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Securities .”

 

Section 1.4         Purchase Price and Closing . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuers agree 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 the Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of three million dollars ($3,000,000) (the “ Purchase Price ”) and the cancellation of the Existing Notes. The closing under this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take place on or about May 21, 2009 (the “ Closing Date ”).  The Closing under this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Sadis & Goldberg LLP, 551 Fifth Avenue, 21 st Floor, New York, New York 10176 at 10:00 a.m., New York time; provided , that all of the conditions set forth in Article IV hereof and applicable to the Closing shall have been fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the 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, (y) its 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 and (z) any other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Article IV hereof. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver the applicable Purchase Price by wire transfer to the Company and surrender of the applicable Existing Notes to the Company.  In addition, the parties acknowledge that no more than twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars of the Purchase Price funded on the Closing Date shall be deducted by the Purchase Price from the total amount otherwise payable to the Company, and paid over to counsel for the Purchasers in payment of reasonable legal fees and out of pocket expenses of the Purchasers’ counsel.

 

ARTICLE II

Representations and Warranties

 

Section 2.1         Representations and Warranties of the Company . Each of the Issuers hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of the 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 (unless otherwise specifically stated herein this Section 2.1 to the contrary, all references to the Company shall be deemed to refer collectively to the Issuers):

 

(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 Delaware 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. Nectar is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware 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. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.1(g) hereto, the Company does not have any Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(a) , each of the Company and each such Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted 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 (as defined in Section 2.1(c) hereof) on the Company’s financial condition.

 

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(b)      Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants and the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 3.13 ) substantially in the form of Exhibit D  attached hereto (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 hereby and 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 or its board of directors or stockholders is required. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The other Transaction Documents will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company at the Closing. Each of the Transaction Documents constitutes, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, 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, 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)      Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the Company and the shares thereof currently issued and outstanding as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued in compliance with all securities laws.  Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto, no shares of Common Stock 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. 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 as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto, the Company is not a party to any agreement granting registration or anti-dilution rights to any person with respect to any of its equity or debt securities. The Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The offer and sale of all capital stock, convertible securities, rights, warrants, or options of the Company issued prior to the Closing complied with all applicable Federal and state securities laws, and no stockholder has a right of rescission or claim for damages with respect thereto. The Company has furnished or made available to the Purchasers true and correct copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Certificate ”) and the Company’s Bylaws as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Bylaws ”). 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, taken as a whole, 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.

 

(d)      Issuance of Securities . The Notes and the Warrants to be issued at the Closing have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and when paid for or issued in accordance with the terms hereof, the Notes and Warrants 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 the Warrant Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Notes and the 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.

 

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(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/or the Warrants and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein and therein do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the Company’s Certificate or Bylaws, (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 is a party or by which it or its properties or assets are bound, except for conflicts or defaults, which singularly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) create or impose a lien, mortgage, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any nature on any property of the Company under any agreement or any commitment to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or by which any of its respective properties or assets are bound, except for liens, mortgages, security interests, charges or encumbrances which singularly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) 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 for violations, which singularly or in the aggregate, do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not being conducted in violation of any laws, ordinances or regulations of any governmental entity, except for possible violations which singularly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required under Federal, state 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 Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof (other than (x) any consent, authorization or order that has been obtained as of the date hereof, (y) any filing or registration that has been made as of the date hereof or (z) any filings which may be required to be made by the Company with the Commission or state securities administrators subsequent to the Closing, any registration statement which may be filed pursuant hereto or any other Transaction Document); provided , that for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Purchasers herein.

 

(f)       Commission Documents, Financial Statements . The Company has 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended the (“ Exchange Act ”), including material filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing including filings incorporated by reference therein being referred to herein as the “ Commission Documents ”). The Company has delivered or made available via EDGAR or another Internet web-site to each of the Purchasers true and complete copies of the Commission Documents. Except for any information provided to Robert Thomson, the Company has not provided to the Purchasers any material non-public information or other information which, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, was required to have been disclosed publicly by the Company but which has not been so disclosed, other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. At the times of their respective filings, the Commission Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to such documents, and, as of their respective dates, none of the Commission Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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. The financial statements of the Company included in the Commission Documents comply 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 U.S. 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).

 

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(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. Each Subsidiary is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation 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. 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. 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. 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 . Other than as disclosed in the Company’s Commission Documents, since December 31, 2008 the Company has not experienced or suffered any Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)       No Undisclosed Liabilities . Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(i) , since December 31, 2008 neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has 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 and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.

 

(j)      Off Balance Sheet Arrangements .  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its Commission Documents and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(k)      No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances . 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.

 

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(l)       Indebtedness . Schedule 2.1(l) 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, whether individually or in aggregate, 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. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(l) , neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

(m)     Title to Assets . Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(m) , each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of its real and personal property, free and clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security interests or other encumbrances. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(m) , all leases of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and in full force and effect.

 

(n)      Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses and location in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any knowledge that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage for the Company and the Subsidiaries as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

(o)      Actions Pending . There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or any 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 the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or any 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. 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.

 

(p)      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 for such noncompliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not cause 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, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q)      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. 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.

 

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(r)       Certain Fees . No brokers, finders or financial advisory fees or commissions will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary or any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(s)      Disclosure . 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.

 

(t)       Operation of Business . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.1(t) , the Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses 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, and all rights with respect to the foregoing, which are necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted without any conflict with the rights of others.

 

(u)      Environmental Compliance . 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. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(u) , the Commission Documents describe all material permits, licenses and other authorizations issued under any Environmental Laws to the Company or its Subsidiaries. “ 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. The Company has all necessary governmental approvals required under all Environmental Laws and used in its business or in the business of any of its Subsidiaries. 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.

 

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(v)      Books and Record Internal Accounting Controls . The books and records 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, 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 GAAP 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 action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(w)     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(w) 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.

 

(x)       Intellectual Property .  The Company and its Subsidiaries own, or have rights to use, all inventions, know-how, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, trade secrets and other similar rights that are necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses now operated by them and presently contemplated to be operated by them which the failure to so have would have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”).  None of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated, or are expected to expire or terminate, within three years from the date of this Agreement.  None of the Company’s nor any Subsidiary has received written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person (as defined below).  To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries’ patents and other Intellectual Property Rights and the present activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries do not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark, trade name or other proprietary rights of any third party, and there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against, the Company or any Subsidiary regarding any of the Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company does not have any knowledge of an infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights by third parties and has no reason to believe that any of its Intellectual Property Rights is unenforceable.  The Company has taken commercially reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties. “ Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

(y)      Transactions with Affiliates . Except as set forth 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 or any Subsidiary 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 any 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.

 

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(z)       Sarbanes-Oxley; Disclosure Controls . The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the most recent periodic reporting period under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting

 

(aa)     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 preliminary conversations or 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.

 

(bb)    Governmental Approvals . Except for the filing of any notice prior or subsequent to the Closing Date that may be required under applicable state and/or Federal securities laws (which if required, shall be filed on a timely basis), including the filing of a Form D and a registration statement or statements pursuant to Section 7.1 herein, no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of, filing or registration with any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, is or will be necessary for, or in connection with, the execution or delivery of the Notes and the Warrants, or for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

(cc)    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(cc) , 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. No officer, consultant or key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary whose termination, either individually or in the aggregate, could 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.

 

(dd)    Absence of Certain Developments . Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(dd) , since December 31, 2008, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has:

 

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(i)           issued any stock, bonds or other corporate securities or any rights, options or warrants with respect thereto;

 

(ii)          borrowed any amount or incurred or become subject to any liabilities (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;

 

(iii)         discharged or satisfied any lien or encumbrance or paid any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), 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;

 

(v)         sold, assigned or transferred any other tangible assets, or canceled any debts or claims, 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, or disclosed any proprietary confidential information to any person except to customers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(vii)        suffered any substantial 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 other transaction other than in the ordinary course of business, or entered into any other material transaction, whether or not in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xi)         made charitable contributions or pledges in excess of $25,000;

 

(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;

 

(xiv)       effected any two or more events of the foregoing kind which in the aggregate would be material to the Company or its Subsidiaries; or

 

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(xv)        entered into an agreement, written or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions.

 

(ee)    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.

 

(ff)      ERISA . No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been incurred with respect to any Plan (as defined below) 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 ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”); 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(ff) , 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.

 

(gg)    Dilutive Effect . The Company understands and acknowledges that its obligation to (i) issue Conversion Shares upon an Optional Conversion of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Note, and (ii) 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.

 

(hh)    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 Rule 506 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.

 

(ii)      Listing and Maintenance Requirements .  Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Company has not, in the two (2) years preceding the date hereof, received notice (written or oral) from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market.  Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. “ Trading Market ” means the OTC Bulletin Board or any other Eligible Market, or any other national securities exchange, market or trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted. “ Eligible Market ” means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.

 

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(jj)      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 each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. 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.

 

(kk)   Questionable Payments . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company: (a) directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to foreign or domestic political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic governmental officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (c) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (d) made any other unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

(ll)      Application of Takeover Protections . The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably be expected to become applicable to any of the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

(mm)  Transfer Agent . The name, address, telephone number, fax number, contact person and email address of the Company’s current transfer agent is set forth on Schedule 2.1(mm) hereto.

 

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Section 2.2       Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers . Each Purchaser hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company (with respect solely to itself and not with respect to any other Purchaser), as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date:

 

(a)      Organization and Standing of the Purchasers . If such Purchaser is an entity, su


 
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