EXHIBIT
10.1
NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
_____________, 2007 by and among Small World Kids, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Parent”), SMALL WORLD TOYS, a
California corporation (“Subsidiary”) (the Parent and
the Subsidiary, each a “Company” and collectively the
“Companies”), the investors listed on
Exhibit A attached hereto (each a
“Purchaser” and collectively the
“Purchasers”).
RECITALS
A. The Companies are willing to sell to the
Purchasers secured subordinated convertible notes (the
“Notes”) in the face amount of not less than $833,332
(the “Face Amount”) with an investment amount of not
less than $750,000 (the “Investment Amount”), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
B. Purchasers desire to purchase the Notes from
the Companies upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
C. The capitalized terms used in this Agreement
shall have the meanings assigned to them in Annex A
.
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their
respective promises contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by the parties, the Companies and Purchasers hereby
agree as follows:
1.
Issuance of the Notes and
Warrants .
1.1
Note Terms
. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties contained herein, the Companies, in
consideration for the receipt of the Investment Amount, agree to
issue to Purchasers, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly,
agrees to purchase and accept from the Companies a Note in the
amount of its Face Amount. Interest on the Face Amount shall accrue
and be payable monthly in arrears until March 31, 2008, at which
time all accrued and unpaid interest, and the unpaid Face Amount,
shall become immediately due and payable. The Notes will be
convertible into shares of Class A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock of
the Parent (the “Class A-2 Preferred Stock”) at a
conversion price of $1.00 per share. The Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
(a)
Stock Purchase
Warrants . Concurrently
with the issuance of the Notes, the Companies hereby agree to issue
to each Purchaser a Class A-2 Preferred Stock Purchase Warrants
(each a “Warrant” and collectively, the
“Warrants”) providing fifty percent (50%) warrant
coverage with respect to the Face Amount of such Purchaser’s
Note and having an Exercise Price of $1.00 per share of Class A-2
Preferred Stock. The Warrants shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit C .
(a) The initial closing of the issuance of the Notes
and the Warrants (the “Closing”) shall take place
remotely via exchange of the documents and signatures by 5:00 p.m.
P.D.T. on April 20, 2007, at such other time and place as the
Companies and Purchasers mutually agree upon, orally or in writing
(which time and place and designated as the “Initial
Closing”). In the event there is more than one closing, the
term “Closing” shall apply to each such closing unless
otherwise specified.
(b) At each Closing, the Companies shall deliver the
Notes and the Warrants to Purchasers, and Purchasers shall pay to
the Companies their respective Investment Amounts.
(c) The date of the Closing is referred to herein as
the Closing Date.
2.1
Grant of Security
Interest . To secure
prompt payment to Purchasers of the Obligations, each Company
hereby assigns, pledges and grants to Purchasers, to the extent of
their respective interests, a continuing security interest in and
Lien upon all of the Collateral. The security interest granted to
Purchasers hereunder shall be of even priority and in pari passu
with the security interest granted to Purchasers pursuant to that
certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2006, as
amended.
2.2
Perfection of Security
Interest . Each Company
hereby authorizes Purchasers, to the extent of their respective
interests, to file any financing statements, continuation
statements or amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral
(i) as all assets and personal property of such Company or words of
similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset
comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of
the UCC of such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or
lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other
information required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the
sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement,
continuation statement or amendment.
2.3
Non-Exclusive License
. Each Company hereby grants to
Purchasers, to the extent of their respective interests, an
irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable upon the
termination of this Agreement due to an occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default without payment of royalty or
other compensation to such Company) to use, transfer, license or
sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned, licensed to, or
hereafter acquired by such Company, and wherever the same may be
located, and including in such license access to all media in which
any of the licensed items may be recorded.
3.
Purchaser’s Representations
and Warranties . Each
Purchaser, severally but not jointly, hereby represents and
warrants to the Companies as follows:
3.1
Investment Purposes; Compliance
With Securities Act .
Purchaser is acquiring its Note, and upon conversion thereof, the
shares of Class A-2 Preferred Stock issuable upon such conversion
(the “Note Shares”), and the Warrants, and upon
exercise thereof, the shares of Class A-2 Preferred Stock issuable
upon such exercise (the “Warrant Shares”)
(collectively, the “Securities”) for its own account,
for investment only and not with a view towards, or in connection
with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to
sales registered under or exempt from the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”).
3.2
Accredited Purchaser
Status . Purchaser is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D. Purchaser is a sophisticated purchaser and
has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment made pursuant to this Agreement.
3.3
Reliance on Exemptions
. Purchaser understands the
Securities are being offered and sold to in reliance on specific
exemptions from the registration requirements of the applicable
United States federal and state securities laws and that the
Companies are relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and each
Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties,
acknowledgments, understandings, agreements and covenants of
Purchasers set forth herein in order to determine the availability
of such exemptions and the eligibility of Purchasers to acquire the
Securities.
3.4
Information
. Purchaser and the advisors of the
Purchaser, if any, have been furnished with all material
information relating to the business, finances and operations of
the Company and material information relating to the offer and sale
of the Securities that have been requested by the Purchaser.
Purchaser and Purchaser’s advisors, if any, have been
afforded the opportunity to ask all questions of the Companies as
they have in their discretion deemed advisable.
3.5
Transfer or Resale
. Purchaser understands that: (i)
none of the Securities has been registered under the Securities Act
or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale,
sold, assigned or transferred unless either (a) subsequently
registered thereunder or (b) Purchaser shall have delivered to the
Parent an opinion by counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Parent,
in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent,
to the effect that the Note, the Note Shares, the Warrant or the
Warrants Shares, as the case may be, to be sold, assigned or
transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration, and (ii) except as expressly
provided herein, neither the Companies nor any other person is
under any obligation to register the Securities under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the
terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
3.6
Authority, Validity and
Enforceability . This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by Purchaser and is the valid and binding agreement of
Purchaser enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, liquidation, or similar laws relating to, or affecting,
generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies
or by other equitable principles of general application.
4.
Representations and Warranties of
the Company . Each
Company, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to
Purchasers as follows:
4.1
Organization and
Qualification . It is a
corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdictions or organization. It has the
corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and
assets and, insofar as it is or shall be a party thereto, (i) to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
(ii) to issue and sell the Notes and the Notes Shares upon
conversion of the Notes, (iii) to issue and sell the Warrants and
the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, and (iv) to carry
out the provisions of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
and to carry on its business as presently conducted. It is duly
qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing
as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature
or location of its activities and of its properties (both owned and
leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those
jurisdictions in which failure to do so has not had, or could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Parent, as
of the date hereof, consists of the following: 115,000,000 shares,
of which 100,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share, 5,410,575 shares of which are issued and outstanding,
and [15,000,000] are shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, no par
value, of which 12,000,000 shares of 6% Class A-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock are authorized and 10,312,703 shares are issued and
outstanding, 5,000,000 shares of 10% Class A Convertible Preferred
Stock are authorized and 2,500,000 shares are issued and
outstanding, and 2,500,000 shares of Class A-2 Convertible
Preferred Stock are authorized and no shares are issued and
outstanding.
(b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.2
, other than: (i) the shares reserved for issuance upon the
Parent’s stock option plans; and (ii) shares which may be
issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including
conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), proxy
or stockholder agreements, or arrangements or agreements of any
kind for the purchase or acquisition from the Companies of any of
its securities. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.2 ,
neither the offer, issuance or sale of any of the Notes or Warrants
or the issuance of any of the Note Shares or Warrant Shares, nor
the consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby will result
in a change in the price or number of any securities of the
Companies outstanding, under anti-dilution or other similar
provisions contained in or affecting any such
securities.
(c) All issued and outstanding shares of the
Companies’ Common Stock and Preferred Stock: (i) have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; and (ii) were issued in compliance with all
applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of
securities.
(d) The rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock are
as stated in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by
Certificate(s) of Designation (collectively, the
“Charter”) of the Companies. The Note Shares and the
Warrant Shares have been duly and validly reserved for issuance.
When issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and
the Parent’s Charter, the Note Shares and the Warrant Shares
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will be
free of any liens or encumbrances; provided, however, that such
Note Shares and Warrant Shares may be subject to restrictions on
transfer under state and/or federal securities laws as set forth
herein or as otherwise required by such laws at the time a transfer
is proposed.
4.3
Authorization; Binding
Obligations . All
corporate action on its part (including its officers and directors)
necessary for the authorization of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, the performance of all of its obligations hereunder and
under the Ancillary Agreement on the Closing Date and, the
authorization, issuance and delivery of the Notes and the Warrants
have been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing Date. This
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, when executed and delivered
and to the extent it is a party there, will be its valid and
binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights; and (ii)
general principals of equity that restrict the availability of
equitable or legal remedies. The issuance of the Notes and the
subsequent conversion of the Notes for the Note Shares is not and
will not be subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first
refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with. The
issuance of the Warrants and the subsequent exercise of the
Warrants for the Warrant Shares is not and will not be subject to
any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been
properly waived or complied with.
4.4
Liabilities
. Neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any liability, except current liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business and liabilities disclosed in any
Exchange Act Filings.
4.5
Agreements
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.5 or as disclosed in any Exchange Act
Filings:
(a) There are no agreements, understandings,
instruments, contracts, proposed transactions, judgments, orders,
writs or decrees to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or to its knowledge by which it is bound which may involve: (i)
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, it or any
of its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 (other than obligations
of, or payments to, it or any of its Subsidiaries arising from
purchase or sale agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business); or (ii) the transfer or license of any patent,
copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from it
(other than licenses arising from the purchase of “off the
shelf” or other standard products); or (iii) provisions
restricting the development, manufacture or distribution or its or
any of its Subsidiaries’ products or services; or (iv)
indemnification by it or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
infringements of proprietary rights.
(b) Since December 31, 2006 (the “Balance
Sheet Date”) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has: (i)
declared or paid any dividend or authorized or made any
distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its
capital stock; (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or
other liabilities (other than ordinary course obligations)
individually in excess of $50,000 or, in the case of indebtedness
and/or liabilities individually less than $50,000, in excess of
$100,000 in the aggregate, except for draw downs under the existing
credit facilities provided by Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.
(“Laurus”) and Horizon Financial Services Group USA
(“Horizon”); (iii) made any loans or advances to any
Person not in excess, individually or in the aggregate, of
$100,000, other than ordinary course advances for travel expenses;
or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed or any of its assets
or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary
course of business.
4.6
Title to Properties and Assets;
Liens, Etc . Except as
set forth on Schedule 4.6 , it and each of its
Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to its and their
respective properties and assets, and good title to its and their
leasehold interests, in each case subject to no Liens. All
facilities, Equipment, Fixtures, vehicles and other properties
owned, leased or used by it or any of its Subsidiaries are in good
operating condition and repair and are reasonably fit and usable
for the purposes for which they are being used. Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.6 , it and each of its Subsidiaries is in
compliance with al material terms of each lease to which it is a
party or otherwise bound.
4.7
Intellectual Property
.
(a) It and each of its Subsidiaries owns or
possesses sufficient legal rights to all Intellectual Property
necessary for their respective businesses as now conducted and, to
its knowledge as presently proposed to be conducted, without any
known infringement of the right of others. There are no outstanding
options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to its or any
of its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property, nor is it or any
of its Subsidiaries bound by or a party to any options, licenses or
agreements of any kind with respect to the Intellectual Property of
any other Person other than such licenses or agreements arising
from the purchase of “of the shelf” or standard
products.
(b) Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any communication alleging that it or any of its
Subsidiaries has violated the Intellectual Property or other
proprietary rights or any other Person, nor is it or any of its
Subsidiaries aware of any basis therefore.
(c) Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries believes
it is or will be necessary to utilize any inventions, trade secrets
or proprietary information of any of its employees made prior to
their employment by it or any of its Subsidiaries, except for
inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information that have been
rightfully assigned to it or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.8
Compliance with Other
Instruments . Neither it
nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any
term of its Charter or Bylaws, or (ii) any provisions of any
indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or any
judgment, decree, order or writ, which violation or default, in the
cause of this clause (ii) has had, or could reasonably be expected
to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of and
compliance with this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to
which it is a party, and the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants
and the other Securities each pursuant hereto and thereto, will
not, with or without the passage of time or giving of notice,
result in any such material violation, or be in conflict with or
constitute a default under any such term or provision, or result in
the creation of any Lien upon any of its or any of its
Subsidiary’s properties or assets or the suspension,
revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any permit,
license, authorization or approval applicable to it or any of its
Subsidiaries, their businesses or operations or any of their assets
or properties.
4.9
Compliance with Laws;
Permits . Neither it nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 or any regulation or rule promulgated thereunder or any
rule or regulation related thereto adopted at any time by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any
other applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of
any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency
thereof in respect of the conduct of its business or the ownership
of its properties which has had, or could reasonably be expected to
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. No governmental orders, permissions, consents, approvals or
authorizations are required to be obtained and no registration or
declarations are required to be filed in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Ancillary
Agreement and with the issuance of any of the Securities, except as
such as have been duly and validly obtained or file, or with
respect to any filings that must be made after the Closing Date, as
will be filed in a timely manner. It and each of its Subsidiaries
has all material franchises, permits, licenses and any similar
authority necessary for the conduct of its business as now being
conducted by it, the lack of which could, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.10
SEC Reports
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.10 , the Companies have filed all proxy
statements, reports and other documents required to be filed by it
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the
“Exchange Act”). The Companies have furnished, or when
they are filed will furnish, Purchasers with copies of: (i) its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006, and (ii) its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2007, (collectively, the “SEC
Reports”). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10 ,
each SEC Report was, at the time of its filing, in substantial
compliance with the requirements of its respective form and none of
the SEC Reports, nor the financial statements (and the notes
thereto) included in the SEC Reports, as of their respective filing
dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with 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) and fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, the results of
operations and cash flows of the Companies and Subsidiaries, or a
consolidated basis, as of, and for, the periods presented in each
such SEC Report.
4.11
Absence of Certain
Changes . Since December
31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change in the
business, properties, operation, financial condition, results
of operations or prospects of the Companies.
4.12
Absence of Litigation
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.12 , there is no action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or
body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, wherein an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect or which
would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the
authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under, this Agreement or any of the documents contemplated
herein.
4.13
Registration Rights
. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.13 , and except as disclosed in Exchange Act
Filings, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is presently under
any obligation, and neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has
granted any rights, to register any of its or any of its
Subsidiaries’ presently outstanding securities or any of its
securities that may hereafter be issued.
4.14
Valid Offering
. Assuming the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of Purchasers contained in this
Agreement, the offer and issuance of the Notes and the Warrants,
the offer and issuance of the Note Shares upon the conversion of
the Notes, and the offer issuance of the Warrant Shares upon
exercise of the Warrants, will be exempt for the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, and will have been registered
or qualified (or exempt from registration and qualification) under
the registration, permit or qualification requirement of all
applicable state securities laws.
4.15
No Integrated Offering
. Neither it nor any of its
subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf, has directly or indirectly made ay 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 or any Ancillary Agreement to be
integrated with prior offerings by it for purposes of the
Securities Act which would prevent it from issuing such Securities,
or any of them, pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or
any applicable exchange-related stockholder approval provisions,
nor will it 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.
4.16
Stop Transfer
. The Securities are restricted
securities as of the date of this Agreement. Neither Company will
issue any stop transfer order or other order impeding the sale and
delivery of any of the Securities at such time as the Securities
are registered for public sale or an exemption form registration is
available, except as required by state and federal securities
laws.
4.17
Dilution . It specifically acknowledges that the
Parent’s obligation to issue the Note Shares upon conversion
of the Notes and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants
is binding upon the Parent and enforceable regardless of the
dilution such issuances may have on the ownership interests of
other shareholders of the Parent.
4.18
Patriot Act
. It certifies that, to the best of
its knowledge, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries, has been
designated, nor is or shall be owned or controlled, by a
“suspected terrorist” as defined in Executive Order
13224. It hereby acknowledges that Purchasers seek to comply with
all applicable laws concerning money laundering and related
activities. In furtherance of those efforts, it hereby represents
and warrants and covenants that: (i) none of the cash or property
that it or any of its Subsidiaries will pay or will contribute to
Purchasers has been or shall be derived from, or related to, any
activity that is deemed criminal under United States law; and (ii)
no contribution or payment by it or any of its Subsidiaries to
Purchasers, to the extent that they are within its or any such
Subsidiary’s control shall cause Purchasers to be in
violation of the United States Bank Secrecy Act, the United States
International Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 or the United
States International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist
Financing Act of 2001. It shall promptly notify Purchasers if any
of these representations, warranties and covenants cease to be true
and accurate regarding it or any of its Subsidiaries. It shall
provide Purchasers with any additional information regarding it and
each Subsidiary thereof that Purchasers deem necessary or
convenient to ensure compliance with all applicable laws concerning
money laundering and similar activities. It understands and agrees
that if at any time it is discovered that any of the foregoing
representations, warranties and covenants are incorrect, or if
otherwise required by applicable law or regulation related to money
laundering or similar activities, Purchasers may undertake
appropriate action to ensure compliance with applicable law and
regulation, including, but not limited to, segregation and/or
redemption of Purchasers’ investment in it. It further
understands that Purchasers may release confidential information
about it and its Subsidiaries and, if applicable, any underlying
beneficial owners, to proper authorities if Purchasers, in their
sole discretion, determine that it is in their best interests in
light of relevant rules and regulations under the laws set for in
subsection (ii) above.
4.19
Company Name; Location of
Offices .
Schedule 4.19 sets forth each Company’s name as
its appears in official filings in the state of its organization,
the type of entity of each Company, the organizational
identification number issued by each Company’s state of
organization or a statement that no such number has been issued,
each Company’s state of organization, and the location of
each Company’s chief executive office, corporate offices,
warehouses, other locations of Collateral and locations where
records with respect to Collateral are kept (including in each case
the county of such locations) and, except as set forth on
Schedule 4.19 , such locations have not changed during
the preceding twelve months. As of the Closing Date, during the
prior five years, except as set forth on Schedule 4.19
, no company has been known as or conducted business in any other
name (including trade names). Each Company has only one state of
organization.
4.20
Full Disclosure
. Neither this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements nor the exhibits or schedules hereto or
thereto nor any other document delivered by it to Purchasers or
their attorneys or agents in connection herewith or therewith or
with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact not omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not
misleading.
5.
Negative Covenants
. So long as any Obligations are
owed under the Notes, without the prior written consent of
Purchasers holding at least a majority in Face Amount of the Notes
issued hereunder (the “Majority Purchasers”), neither
of the Companies shall:
5.1
Incur Indebtedness
. Incur any debt for borrowed money
except for indebtedness owing to Laurus, Horizon and St. Cloud
Capital Partners, L.P. (“St. Cloud”) as such facilities
may exist from time to time, including any extensions or
modifications thereto, and existing obligations owed to Eddy
Goldwasser;
5.2
Distributions
. Make any cash payments in respect
of its capital stock whether by dividends, redemption or
otherwise;
5.3
Sell or Encumber
Assets . Sell, transfer,
mortgage, assign, pledge, lease, exchange, grant a security
interest in, or encumber any such Company’s assets, except to
Purchasers, Laurus, St. Cloud or otherwise in the ordinary course
of business;
5.4
Change of Business
. Engage in any business activities
substantially different than those in which such Company is
presently engaged, or cease operations, liquidate, merge, transfer,
acquire, or consolidate with any other entity or
dissolve;
5.5
Change Name or
Location . Change its
legal name or trade name or any location of it chief executive
offices, corporate offices, warehouses or other locations of
Collateral.
6.
Conditions to Issuance and
Acceptance of the Notes and the Warrants .
6.1
Conditions to Companies’
Obligations to Issue the Notes and the Warrants
. The obligations of the Companies
hereunder are subject to the satisfaction, on or before the
Closing, unless otherwise specified, of each of the following
conditions, provided that these conditions are for the
Companies’ sole benefit and may be waived by the Companies at
any time in its sole discretion:
(a) Each Company and Purchaser shall have executed
this Agreement and all of the Ancillary Agreements as to which it
is a party.
(b) The representations and warranties of Purchasers
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing as though made at that time (except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a specific date). Purchasers shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements to be performed, satisfied or complied
with by Purchasers at or prior to the Closing.
(c) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self regulatory organization having
authority over the matters contemplated hereby which restricts or
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
herein.
(d) All consents, approval, authorizations and
orders required to be obtained and all registrations, filings and
notices required to be made with or given to any regulatory
authority or person as provided herein shall have been
made.
(e) Purchasers shall execute such reasonable
subordination agreements with Laurus, St. Cloud and the Goldwassers
necessary to affirm that the Obligations of the Company under the
Notes are and will continue to be subordinated to existing
indebtedness owed to Laurus, St. Cloud and the
Goldwassers.
(f) The Companies shall have received the requisite
consent and approval from the holders of the Class A-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock to the creation of the Class A-2 Preferred
Stock.
6.2
Conditions to Purchasers’
Obligation to Accept the Notes and the Warrants
. The obligations of Purchasers are
subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing, unless
otherwise specified, of each of the following conditions, provided
that these conditions are for the sole benefit of Purchasers and
may be waived by Purchasers at any time in their sole
discretion:
(a) Each Company and Purchaser shall have executed
this Agreement and all Ancillary Agreements as to which it is a
party.
(b) The representations and warranties of the
Companies shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
the Closing (except for representations and warranties that speak
as of a specific date). The Companies shall have performed,
satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants,
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to be performed, satisfied or complied with by
the Companies at or prior to the Closing. The Purchaser may require
a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of each of
the Companies, dated as of the Closing, to the foregoing effect and
as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by
Purchasers.
(c) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self regulatory organization having
authority over the matters contemplated hereby which restricts or
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
herein.
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