NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”), dated as of October 15, 2008, by and among DigitalFX
International, Inc., a Florida corporation, with headquarters
located at 3035 East Patrick Lane, Suite 9, Las Vegas, NV 89120
(the “ Company ”), Richard H. Kall
(the “ New Investor ”) and
__________________________________________ (the “
Selling Investor ”).
WHEREAS:
A. The Company the Selling Investor and certain
other investors (the “ Other Investors
” and collectively with the New Investor and the Selling
Investor, the “ Investors ”) are
parties to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
November 29, 2007 (the “ Original Securities Purchase
Agreement ”) and that certain Amendment and Exchange
Agreement dated as of March 24, 2008 (the “ Amendment
and Exchange Agreement ”).
B. The Company, the New Investor and the Selling
Investor desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which,
among other things, (i) the New Investor will purchase from the
Selling Investor, and the Selling Investor will sell, assign and
transfer to the New Investor, (A )
$_____________ of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Note
held by the Selling Investor (the “ Purchased
Principal Amount ”) and (B) such number of Warrants
and Common Shares heretofore issued by the Company to the Selling
Investor set forth opposite the Selling Investor’s name in
columns 4 and 6 on the Securities Schedule attached hereto
(collectively, the “ Purchased Warrants and
Shares ”); and (ii) the Selling Investor and the New
Investor shall forbear, for a period of 30 days from the Closing
Date, from seeking to enforce any rights that each may have as a
result of the Event of Default that occurred with respect to
Company’s failure to satisfy one or more Financial Covenants
for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2008.
C. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to them in the Original Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Amendment and Exchange Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
as applicable.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of
the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises hereinafter set
forth, the Company, the New Investor and the Other Investors hereby
agree as follows:
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1.
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SALE AND TRANSFER OF THE PURCHASED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AND THE PURCHASED WARRANTS AND
SHARES.
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(i) the Selling Investor shall sell,
assign and transfer to the New Investor, and the New Investor shall
purchase from the Selling Investor the Purchased Principal Amount
and the Purchased Warrants and Shares (the “
Sale ”). The Sale shall be consummated, as
follows:
(1) The New Investor shall pay
$___________ (the “ Purchase Price ”)
to the Selling Investor by payment of such amount by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the
Selling Investor, such account to be designated by the Selling
Investor by written notice to the New Investor not later than two
business days prior to the Closing Date
(2) the Selling Investor shall deliver
its Note to the Company for cancellation, and the Company, pursuant
to Section 18(a) of such Note, shall issue and deliver to the
Selling Investor and the New Investor Notes which shall be in the
principal amount set forth opposite their names in columns (1) and
(2) on the Securities Schedule attached hereto;
(3) the Selling Investor shall deliver
its Warrant to the Company for cancellation, and the Company,
pursuant to section 7(a) of such Warrant, shall issue and deliver
to the Selling Investor and the New Investor Warrants which shall
be exercisable to acquire that number of Warrant Shares set forth
opposite their names in columns (3) and (4) of the Securities
Schedule attached hereto; and
(4) the Selling Investor shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Company for cancellation the Common
Shares held by it, and the Company shall issue or cause its
transfer agent to issue to the Selling Investor and the New
Investor such number of Common Shares as is set forth opposite
their names in columns (5) and (6) of the Securities Schedule
attached hereto.
(b) Closing Date . The date and time of the Closing
(the “ Closing Date ”) shall be 10:00
a.m., New York Time, on October 15, 2008, or such other time and
date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the
Investors.
(a) In consideration for the New
Investor’s payment of the Purchase Price, and the Selling
Investor’s agreement to sell and transfer the above-mentioned
portion of its Note, Warrant and Shares to the New Investor, the
New Investor and the Selling Investor hereby covenant and agree
that, for a period of 30 days from the Closing Date (the “
First Forbearance Period ”), each of them
shall forbear from taking, or causing any other Person to take, any
action to enforce any rights that either of them may have,
individually or together with the Other Investors, as a result of
the Event of Default that occurred with respect to Company’s
failure to satisfy one or more Financial Covenants for the Fiscal
Quarter ended June 30, 2008.
(b) In the event that, on or before the
last day of the First Forbearance Period, the Selling Investor and
the Other Investors receive payment in the aggregate amount of
$250,000, which such amount shall be applied pro rata in payment of
the Company’s obligations under the Notes held by the Selling
Investor and the Other Investors, each of the New Investor and the
Selling Investor further covenants and agrees that, for a period of
30 days from the end of the First Forbearance Period (the “
Second Forbearance Period ”), each of them
shall forbear from taking, or causing any other Person to take, any
action to enforce any rights that either of them may have,
individually or together with the Other Investors, as a result of
the Event of Default that occurred with respect to Company’s
failure to satisfy one or more Financial Covenants for the Fiscal
Quarter ended June 30, 2008 or any Event of Default that may occur
with respect to the Company’s failure to satisfy one or more
Financial Covenants for the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30,
2008.
(c) In the event that, on or before the
last day of the Second Forbearance Period, the Selling Investor and
the Other Investors receive payment in the aggregate amount of
$250,000, which such amount shall be applied pro rata in payment of
the Company’s obligations under the Notes held by the Selling
Investor and the Other Investors, each of the New Investor and the
Selling Investor further covenants and agrees that, for a period of
30 days from the end of the Second Forbearance Period, each of them
shall forbear from taking, or causing any other Person to take, any
action to enforce any rights that either of them may have,
individually or together with the Other Investors, as a result of
the Event of Default that occurred with respect to Company’s
failure to satisfy one or more Financial Covenants for the Fiscal
Quarter ended June 30, 2008 or any Event of Default that may occur
with respect to the Company’s failure to satisfy one or more
Financial Covenants for the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30,
2008.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the
Company, the Selling Investor and the New Investor agree that the
agreement of the Selling Investor and the New Investor to forbear
hereunder shall not toll the application of the default interest
rate to which they are entitled under the Notes.
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3.
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RIGHTS OF THE NEW INVESTOR UNDER THE
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT .
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(a) The Company hereby agrees to prepare
and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
on SEC Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-150191), or it shall
prepare and file a new Registration Statement on an appropriate SEC
form, reflecting the changes made, as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, to the ownership by the New
Investor and the Selling Investor of the Common Shares, the
Convertible Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants that are
currently held by the Selling Investor. All costs associated with
the preparation and filing of such post-effective amendment or new
registration statement shall be borne by the Company.
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AMENDMENTS TO TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS .
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(a) Reaffirmation
. The Company hereby
confirms and agrees that, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein:
(i) the Original Securities Purchase
Agreement, as amended by the Amendment and Exchange Agreement, and
each other Transaction Document is, and shall continue to be, in
full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects, except that on and after the Closing Date (i) all
references in the Original Securities Purchase Agreement to
“this Agreement,” “hereto,”
“hereof,” “hereunder” or words of like
import referring to the Original Securities Purchase Agreement
shall mean the Original Securities Purchase Agreement, as amended
by the Amendment and Exchange Agreement, after taking into account
the transactions contemplated herein and hereby, (ii) all
references in the other Transaction Documents to the
“Original Securities Purchase Agreement”
“thereto,” “thereof,”
“thereunder” or words of like import referring to the
Original Securities Purchase Agreement, shall mean the Original
Securities Purchase Agreement, as amended by the Amendment and
Exchange Agreement, after taking into account the transactions
contemplated herein and hereby, and (iii) all references in the
other Transaction Documents to the “Registration Rights
Agreement,” “thereto,” “thereof,”
“thereunder” or words of like import referring to the
Registration Rights Agreement shall mean the Registration Rights
Agreement, after taking into account the transactions contemplated
herein and hereby. REFERENCES TO NOTES AND WARRANTS IN ALL
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS MEANS NOTES AND WARRANTS AFTER TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN AND
HEREBY;
(ii) to the extent that the Original
Securities Purchase Agreement, as amended by the Amendment and
Exchange Agreement, after taking into account the transactions
contemplated herein and hereby, or any other Transaction Document
purports to assign or pledge to the Collateral Agent for the Buyers
and the holders of the Securities, or to grant to the Collateral
Agent a security interest in or lien on, any collateral as security
for the obligations of the Company from time to time existing in
respect of the Notes and any other existing Transaction Document,
such pledge, assignment and/or grant of the security interest or
lien is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, and shall
apply with respect to the obligations under the Notes held by all
Investors after taking into account the transactions contemplated
herein and hereby, and no additional filing is required to be made
in order to maintain the perfection of the security interest in, or
lien, on such collateral; and
(iii) the execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Agreement shall not operate as an amendment
of any right, power or remedy of the Collateral Agent or the
Investors under any Transaction Document, nor constitute an
amendment of any provision of any Transaction Document.
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5.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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(a) Selling Investor’s Bring
Down . The
Selling Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company and
the New Investor with respect to itself only as set forth in
Section 2 of the Original Securities Purchase Agreement as if such
representations and warranties were made as of the date hereof and
set forth in their entirety in this Agreement. Such representations
and warranties to the transactions thereunder and the securities
issued thereby are hereby deemed for purposes of this Agreement to
be references to the transactions hereunder and the issuance of the
securities hereby.
(b) No Event of Default
. The Company represents
and warrants to the Selling Investor and the New Investor that
after giving effect to the terms of this Agreement and the Other
Agreements, no Event of Default (as defined in the Note) shall have
occurred and be continuing as of the date hereof, except for the
Event of Default or Events of Default which have occurred or may
occur by reason of one or more of Financial Covenant Failures with
respect to the Company’s Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2008
and the Company’s Fiscal Quarter ending on September 30,
2008, as the case may be.
(c) Investor Status
. As of the date hereof
and during the preceding three-month period,
(i) the Selling Investor, together with
any other Person with whom the Selling Investor must aggregate
sales under Rule 144, (A) does not beneficially own, and has not
beneficially owned, in excess of 10% of the Common Stock, (B) has
not appointed any member to the board of directors of the Company
or (C) has not participated in the management or daily operations
of the Company; and
(ii) the New Investor, together with any
other Person with whom the New Investor must aggregate sales under
Rule 144, has beneficially owned in excess of 10% of the Common
Stock, but has not (A) appointed any member to the board of
directors of the Company or (B) participated in the management or
daily operations of the Company.
(d) Shell Company Status
. The Company has
complied with all of the requirements set forth in Rule
144(i)(2).
(e) New Investor Representations and
Warranties .
The New Investor represents and warrants to the Selling Investor
and to the Company as follows:
(i) Enforceability
. This Agreement, when
executed and delivered by the New Investor, will constitute a valid
and legally binding obligation of the New Investor, enforceable
against the New Investor in accordance with its terms, except (a)
as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, and any other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, or (b) as limited by laws relating to the availability
of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable
remedies.
(ii) Investment Experience; Access to
Information .
The New Investor (a) either alone or together with his
representatives, but without reliance upon the Selling Investor,
has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this
investment and make an informed decision to so invest, and has so
evaluated the risks and merits of such investment, (b) has the
ability to bear the economic risks of this investment and can
afford a complete loss of such investment, (c) understands the
terms of and risks associated with the acquisition of the Purchased
Principal Amount and the Purchased Warrants and Shares, including,
without limitation, a lack of liquidity, price transparency or
pricing availability and risks associated with the industry in
which the Company operates, (d) has had the opportunity to review
such disclosure regarding the Company, its business, its financial
condition and its prospects as the New Investor has determined to
be necessary in connection with the purchase of the Purchased
Principal Amount and the Purchased Warrants and Shares, including,
without limitation, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
(or substantially equivalent form) for its most recently completed
fiscal year, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (or
substantially equivalent form) for the fiscal quarters since the
end of such completed fiscal year, and the Company’s Current
Reports on Form 8-K (or substantially equivalent form) since the
end of such completed fiscal year, each as amended, and (e) has had
an opportunity to ask such questions and make such inquiries
concerning the Company, its business, its financial condition and
its prospects as the New Investor has deemed appropriate in
connection with such purchase and to receive satisfactory answers
to such questions and inquiries. The New Investor acknowledges that
the Selling Investor has not given the New Investor any investment
advice, credit information or opinion on whether the purchase of
the Notes, Common Shares and Warrants is prudent.
(iii) No Conflicts; Advice
. Neither the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, does or will violate any
constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment,
order, decree, ruling, charge or other restriction of any
government, governmental agency, or court to which the New Investor
is subject, or conflict with, violate or constitute a default under
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument or
understanding to which the New Investor is a party. The New
Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as
it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in
connection with its purchase of the Notes, Common Shares and
Warrants.
(iv) No Litigation
. There is no action,
suit, proceeding, judgment, claim or investigation pending, or to
the knowledge of the New Investor, threatened against the New
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