EXHIBIT 2.1
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (the
"Agreement"), dated as of July 11, 2008, by and between
Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc. , a Nevada
corporation (the "Company"), and First Strategy Finance
Corp. , a Panama based company (the
"Buyer"). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein are defined in Section 10
hereof.
WHEREAS:
Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company wishes to sell
to the Buyer, and the Buyer wishes to buy from the Company, up to
Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Stock"). The shares of Common Stock to be purchased
hereunder are referred to herein as the "Purchase
Shares."
NOW THEREFORE
, the Company and the Buyer hereby
agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE
OF COMMON STOCK.
Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company has the right
to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer has the obligation to purchase
from the Company, Purchase Shares as follows:
(a)
Initial Purchases; Commencement of Base and Block Purchases of
Common Stock . Within five Business Days after the
execution of this Agreement, the Buyer shall purchase from the
Company 100,000 Purchase Shares and upon receipt of such Purchase
Shares pay to the Company as the purchase price therefor, via wire
transfer, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) (such
purchase an "Initial Purchase" and such Purchase Shares are
referred to herein as "Initial Purchase Shares"). Upon
issuance and payment therefor as provided herein, such 100,000
Initial Purchase Shares shall be, validly issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable.
In addition, within One Hundred
and Twenty (120) Business Days after the execution of this
Agreement, the Buyer shall purchase from the Company 50,000
additional Purchase Shares and upon receipt of such Purchase Shares
pay to the Company as the purchase price therefore, via wire
transfer, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) (such
purchase an "Initial Purchase" and such Purchase Shares are
referred to herein as "Initial Purchase Shares"). Upon
issuance and payment therefore as provided herein, such 50,000
Initial Purchase Shares shall be, validly issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable.
Further still, on the Filing Date
(as defined in Section 4(a) hereof), the Buyer shall purchase from
the Company 50,000 additional Purchase Shares and upon receipt of
such Purchase Shares pay to the Company as the purchase price
therefor, via wire transfer, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000.00) (such purchase an "Initial Purchase" and such
Purchase Shares are referred to herein as "Initial Purchase
Shares"). Upon issuance and payment therefore as
provided herein, such 50,000 Initial Purchase Shares shall be,
validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
The three Initial Purchases
hereunder shall be One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in aggregate
and the Buyer shall receive 200,000 shares in the aggregate
relating to the three Initial Purchases. The
Initial Purchase Shares shall be issued in
certificated form and (subject to Section 5 hereof) shall bear only
the restrictive legend set forth in Section 4(e) hereof.
Thereafter, the purchase and sale of Purchase Shares hereunder
shall occur from time to time upon written notices by the Company
to the Buyer on the terms and conditions as set forth herein
following the satisfaction of the conditions (the "Commencement")
as set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below (the date of
satisfaction of such conditions, the "Commencement
Date").
(b)
The Company's Right to Require Purchases . Any
time on or after the Commencement Date, the Company shall have the
right but not the obligation to direct the Buyer by its delivery to
the Buyer of Base Purchase Notices from time to time to buy
Purchase Shares (each such purchase a "Base Purchase") in any
amount up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per Base
Purchase Notice (the "Base Purchase Amount") at the Purchase Price
on the Purchase Date. The Company may request and the Buyer, in its
sole
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discretion, may elect to allow
the Company to increase a Base Purchase beyond One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000) for any one or more Purchases.
The Company may deliver multiple
Base Purchase Notices to the Buyer so long as at least twenty (20)
Business Days have passed since the most recent Base Purchase was
completed.
(c)
Payment for Purchase Shares . The Buyer shall pay
to the Company an amount equal to the Purchase Amount with respect
to such Purchase Shares as full payment for such Purchase Shares
via wire transfer of immediately available funds on the same
Business Day that the Buyer receives such Purchase Shares if they
are received by the Buyer before 11:00 a.m. eastern time or if
received by the Buyer after 11:00 a.m. eastern time, the next
Business Day. The Company shall not issue any fraction
of a share of Common Stock upon any purchase. If the
issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of
Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of
Common Stock up or down to the nearest whole share.
All payments made under this
Agreement shall be made in lawful money of the United States of
America or wire transfer of immediately available funds to such
account as the Company may from time to time designate by written
notice in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by
the terms of this Agreement is due on any day that is not a
Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day.
(d)
Purchase Price Floor . The Buyer shall not be
obligated to effect any sales under this Agreement on any Purchase
Date where the Purchase Price for any purchases of Purchase Shares
would be less than the Floor Price. "Floor Price"
means $0.25, which shall NOT be adjusted for any
reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or
other similar transaction.
(e)
Records of Purchases . The Buyer and the Company
shall each maintain records showing the remaining Available Amount
at any give time and the dates and Purchase Amounts for each
purchase or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to
the Buyer and the Company.
(f)
Taxes . The Company shall pay any and all
transfer, stamp or similar taxes that may be payable with respect
to the issuance and delivery of any shares of Common Stock to the
Buyer made under this Agreement.
2. BUYER'S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Buyer represents and warrants
to the Company that as of the date hereof and as of the
Commencement Date:
(a)
Investment Purpose . The Buyer is entering into
this Agreement and acquiring the Securities (the Purchase Shares
(as defined in Section 5 hereof) is referred to herein as the
"Securities"), for its own account for investment only and not with
a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale
or distribution thereof; provided however, by making the
representations herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any of the
Securities for any minimum or other specific term.
(b)
Investor Status . The Buyer is an "accredited
investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation
D, or is not a "U.S. Person" as that term is defined under Rule
902(o)(1) of Regulation S under the 1933Act. If the Buyer is not a
U.S. Person, the Buyer hereby represents that it has satisfied
itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in
connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Purchase Shares
or any use of this Agreement, including (i) the legal requirements
within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Purchase Shares,
(ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase,
(iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be
obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if
any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption,
sale, or transfer of the Purchase Shares. The Buyer's subscription
and payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Purchase
Shares will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of
the Buyer's jurisdiction.
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(c)
Organization, Standing, Authorization . Buyer is duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of
the Panama and has the requisite power and authority to enter into
this Agreement, acquire the Shares, and execute and deliver any
documents or instruments in connection with this Agreement. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, and all other documents
and instruments executed by Buyer in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, have been duly
authorized by all required action of Buyer's stockholder or
directors. The person executing, on Buyer's behalf, this Agreement
and any other documents or instruments executed by Buyer in
connection with this Agreement is duly authorized to do
so.
(d)
Sole Party in Interest . Buyer represents that it is the
sole and true party in interest, and no other person or entity has
or will have upon the issuance of the Shares beneficial ownership
interest in the Shares or any portion thereof, whether direct or
indirect (excluding any contractual right to payments based on the
value of such Shares), other than the equity holders or
beneficiaries of such Buyer.
(e)
Absence of Conflicts . Buyer represents and warrants that
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other document
or instrument executed in connection with this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and
compliance with the requirements thereof, will not violate any law,
rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or
award binding on Buyer, or the provision of any indenture,
instrument or agreement to which Buyer is a party or is subject, or
by which Buyer or any of their properties is bound, or conflict
with or constitute a material default thereunder, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, instrument or agreement, or constitute a breach of
any fiduciary duty owed by such Buyer to any third party, or
require the approval of any third-party pursuant to any material
contract.
(f)
Reliance on Exemptions . The Buyer understands
that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on
specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is
relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer's
compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in
order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the
eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(g)
Information . The Buyer has been furnished with
all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of
the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the
Securities that have been reasonably requested by the Buyer,
including, without limitation, the SEC Documents (as defined in
Section 3(f) hereof). The Buyer understands that its
investment in the Securities involves a high degree of
risk.
The Buyer (i) is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities including a total
loss, (ii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the proposed investment in the Securities and (iii) has
had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
officers of the Company concerning the financial condition and
business of the Company and others matters related to an investment
in the Securities. Neither such inquiries nor any other
due diligence investigations conducted by the Buyer or its
representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Buyer's right to
rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained in
Section 3 below. The Buyer has sought such accounting,
legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an
informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the
Securities.
(h)
No Governmental Review . The Buyer understands
that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any
recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or
suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such
authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of
the Securities.
(i)
Transfer or Sale . The Buyer understands that
except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined
in Section 4(a) hereof): (i) the Securities have not been and are
not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities
laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or
transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder or (B) an
exemption exists permitting such Securities to be sold, assigned or
transferred without such registration; (ii) any sale of the
Securities made
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in reliance on Rule 144 may be
made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if
Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities
under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom
the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term
is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other
exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the
SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other person
is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933
Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and
conditions of any exemption thereunder.
(j)
Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement has been
duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of
the Buyer and is a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer
enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with its terms, subject
as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting
generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and
remedies.
(k)
Residency . The Buyer is a resident of the
country of Panama.
(l)
No Prior Short Selling . The Buyer represents and
warrants to the Company that at no time prior to the date of this
Agreement has any of the Buyer, its agents, representatives or
affiliates engaged in or effected, in any manner whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, any (i) "short sale" (as such term is
defined in Section 242.200 of Regulation SHO of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")) of the Common
Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short
position with respect to the Common Stock.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and
warrants to the Buyer that as of the date hereof and as of the
Commencement Date:
(a)
Organization and Qualification . The Company and
its "Subsidiaries" (which for purposes of this Agreement means any
entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns 50% or
more of the voting stock or capital stock or other similar equity
interests) are corporations duly organized and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are
incorporated, and have the requisite corporate power and authority
to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being
conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of
property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to
be so qualified or be in good standing could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in
this Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect" means any material
adverse effect on any of: (i) the business, properties, assets,
operations, results of operations or financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or (ii) the
authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under the Transaction Documents (as defined in Section 3(b)
hereof). The Company has no Subsidiaries except as set
forth on Schedule 3(a).
(b)
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . (i) The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and each of the other
agreements entered into by the parties on the Commencement Date and
attached hereto as exhibits to this Agreement (collectively, the
"Transaction Documents"), and to issue the Securities in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery
of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including
without limitation, the issuance of the Initial Purchase Shares and
the reservation for issuance and the issuance of additional
Purchase Shares issuable under this Agreement, have been duly
authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and no further
consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of
Directors or its shareholders, (iii) this Agreement has been, and
each other Transaction Document shall be on the Commencement Date,
duly executed and delivered by the Company and (iv) this Agreement
constitutes, and each other Transaction Document upon its execution
on behalf of the Company, shall constitute, the valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by
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general principles of equity or
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally,
the enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies. The
Board of Directors of the Company has approved the resolutions (the
"Signing Resolutions") substantially in the form as set forth as
Exhibit C-1 attached hereto to authorize this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby. The Signing
Resolutions are valid, in full force and effect and have not been
modified or supplemented in any respect other than by the
resolutions set forth in Exhibit C-2 attached hereto
regarding the registration statement referred to in Section 4
hereof. The Company has delivered to the Buyer a true
and correct copy of a unanimous written consent adopting the
Signing Resolutions executed by all of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company. No other approvals or consents
of the Company's Board of Directors and/or shareholders is
necessary under applicable laws and the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation and/or Bylaws to authorize the execution and delivery
of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including, but not limited to, the issuance of the Initial Purchase
Shares and the issuance of any additional Purchase
Shares.
(c)
Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 9,000,000,000 shares
of common stock, of which as of the date hereof,
14,650,000 shares are issued and outstanding, none are held as
treasury shares, 2,000,000 shares are reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans of which the
entire 2,000,000 shares remain available for future grants and no
shares are issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to
securities (other than stock options issued pursuant to the
Company's stock option plans) exercisable or exchangeable for, or
convertible into, shares of Common Stock and (ii) 50,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value of which two series of
Preferred Stock have been designated: 4,000,000 share of Series A
Preferred Stock of which 2,593,350 Series A Preferred Stock have
been issued and 60,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of which
60,0000 have been issued. The Series A and Series B Preferred Stock
are not convertible.
All of such outstanding
shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3(c), (i) no shares of the Company's capital stock are
subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any
liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company, (ii)
there are no outstanding debt securities, (iii) there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional
shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities
or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the
1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement and except for
agreements disclosed in Schedule 3 (c)), (v) there are no
outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions,
and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or
may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (vi) there are no securities or instruments
containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be
triggered by the issuance of the Securities as described in this
Agreement and (vii) the Company does not have any stock
appreciation rights or "phantom stock" plans or agreements or any
similar plan or agreement. The Company has furnished to
the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the
"Certificate of Incorporation"), and the Company's By-laws, as
amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the "By-laws"), and
summaries of the terms of all securities convertible into or
exercisable for Common Stock, if any, and copies of any documents
containing the material rights of the holders thereof in respect
thereto.
(d)
Issuance of Securities . The 200,000 Initial
Purchase Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance in
accordance with the terms hereof, the Initial Purchase Shares shall
be (i) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (ii) free
from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof. 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock have been duly
authorized and reserved for issuance upon purchase under this
Agreement after the Commencement. Upon issuance and
payment therefor in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, the Purchase Shares shall be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges
with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled
to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.
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(e)
No Conflicts . Except as disclosed in Schedule
3(e), the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without
limitation, the reservation for issuance and issuance of the
Purchase Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the
Certificate of Incorporation, any Certificate of Designations,
Preferences and Rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock
of the Company or the By-laws or (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, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party, or result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations
of the Principal Market applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations,
cancellations and violations under clause (ii), which could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3(e), neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of
Incorporation, any Certificate of Designation, Preferences and
Rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company
or By-laws or their organizational charter or by-laws,
respectively. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(e),
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of
any term of or is in default under any material contract,
agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment,
decree or order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to
the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for possible conflicts,
defaults, terminations or amendments which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not being conducted, and
shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, ordinance,
regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible
violations, the sanctions for which either individually or in the
aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as specifically contemplated by
this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act or applicable
state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any
consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or governmental agency or any
regulatory or self-regulatory agency in order for it to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by
the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(e), all
consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which
the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be obtained or effected on or prior to the
Commencement Date. Except as listed in Schedule 3(e),
since July 12, 2006, the Company has not received nor delivered any
notices or correspondence from or to the Principal
Market. The Principal Market has not commenced any
delisting proceedings against the Company.
(f)
SEC Documents; Financial Statements . Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3(f), since July 12, 2006, the Company has timely filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting
requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to
the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial
statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by
reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the "SEC
Documents"). As of their respective dates (except as
they have been correctly amended), the SEC Documents complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable
to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time
they were filed with the SEC (except as they may have been properly
amended), 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. As of their respective dates (except as they
have been properly amended), the financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied, 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 exclude footnotes or may be condensed or
summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the
results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to
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normal year-end audit
adjustments). Except as listed in Schedule 3(f), the
Company has received no notices or correspondence from the SEC
since July 12, 2006 . The SEC has not
commenced any enforcement proceedings against the Company or any of
its subsidiaries.
(g)
Absence of Certain Changes . Except as disclosed
in Schedule 3(g), since April 15, 2008, there has been no material
adverse change in the business, properties, operations, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company or its
Subsidiaries. The Company has not taken any steps, and
does not currently expect to take any steps, to seek protection
pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law nor does the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have any knowledge or reason to believe that its
creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy
or insolvency proceedings. The
Company is financially solvent and is generally able to pay its
debts as they become due .
(h)
Absence of Litigation . There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public
board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company, the
Common Stock or any of the Company's Subsidiaries or any of the
Company's or the Company's Subsidiaries' officers or directors in
their capacities as such, which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. A description of
each action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or
by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body which, as of the date of this Agreement, is
pending or threatened in writing against or affecting the Company,
the Common Stock or any of the Company's Subsidiaries or any of the
Company's or the Company's Subsidiaries' officers or directors in
their capacities as such, is set forth in Schedule 3(h).
(i)
Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer's Status . The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer is acting solely in
the capacity of arm's length purchaser with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Buyer
is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company
(or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
any advice given by the Buyer or any of its representatives or
agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental
to the Buyer's purchase of the Securities. The Company
further represents to the Buyer that the Company's decision to
enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the
independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives and
advisors.
(j)
No General Solicitation . 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 1933 Act)
in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(k)
Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and
its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use
all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark
registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights,
inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade
secrets and rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses
as now conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k),
none of the Company's material trademarks, trade names, service
marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent
rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, government
authorizations, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights
have expired or terminated, or, by the terms and conditions
thereof, could expire or terminate within two years from the date
of this Agreement. The Company and its Subsidiaries do
not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its
Subsidiaries of any material trademark, trade name rights, patents,
patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names,
service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other
similar rights of others, or of any such development of similar or
identical trade secrets or technical information by others and,
except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), there is no claim, action or
proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company's
knowledge, being threatened against, the Company or its
Subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent
rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service
marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other
infringement, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(l)
Environmental Laws . The Company and its
Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to
the protection of human
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health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where,
in each of the three foregoing clauses, the failure to so comply
could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)
Title . The Company and its Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and
good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them
which is material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as are described in Schedule
3(m) or such as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held
under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such
exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
(n)
Insurance . The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in
the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has
been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and
neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect
the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(o)
Regulatory Permits . The Company and its
Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or
permit.
(p)
Tax Status . The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal and state income and all
other material tax returns, reports and declarations required by
any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the
extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside
on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all
unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other
governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount,
shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has
set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the
payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which
such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are
no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the
Company know of no basis for any such claim.
(q)
Transactions With Affiliates . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3(q) and other than the grant or exercise of
stock options disclosed on Schedule 3(c), none of the officers,
directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
for services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has an interest
or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
(r)
Application of Takeover Protections . The Company
and its board of directors have taken or will take prior to the
Commencement Date 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 Certificate of
Incorporation or the laws of the state of its incorporation which
is or could become applicable to the Buyer as a result of the
transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Company's issuance of the
Securities and the Buyer's ownership of the Securities.
(s)
Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company,
nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or other person 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, used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any
provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended; or made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee.
4. COVENANTS.
(a)
Filing of Form 8-K and Registration Statement
. Subject to the Buyer's prior approval, the Company
agrees that it shall, within the time required under the 1934 Act
file a Report on Form 8-K disclosing this Agreement and the
transaction contemplated hereby. The Company shall also
file within one hundred and eighty (180) Business Days (the "Filing
Date") from the date hereof a new registration statement
covering the sale of the 200,000 Initial Purchase Shares
and an additional 10,000,000 Purchase Shares (which does not
include the 200,000 Initial Purchase Shares) in accordance with the
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and
the Buyer, dated as of the date hereof ("Registration Rights
Agreement").
(b)
Blue Sky . The Company shall take such action, if any, as is
reasonably necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to
qualify (i) the sales of any Purchase Shares to the Buyer under
this Agreement and (ii) any subsequent sales of any Purchase Shares
by the Buyer, in each case, under applicable securities or "Blue
Sky" laws of the states of the United States in such states as is
reasonably requested by the Buyer from time to time, and shall
provide evidence of any such action so taken to the
Buyer.
(c)
Listing . The Company shall promptly secure the
listing of all of the Purchase Shares upon each national securities
exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares
of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of
issuance) and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common
Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all such securities from
time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction
Documents. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock's
authorization for quotation on the Principal
Market. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall take any action that would be reasonably expected to result
in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal
Market. The Company shall promptly, and in no event
later than the following Business Day, provide to the Buyer copies
of any notices it receives from the Principal Market regarding the
continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing on such
automated quotation system or securities exchange. The
Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with
satisfying its obligations under this Section.
(d)
Limitation on Short Sales and Hedging Transactions
. The Buyer agrees that beginning on the date of this
Agreement and ending on the date of termination of this Agreement
as provided in Section 11(k), the Buyer and its agents,
representatives and affiliates shall not in any manner whatsoever
enter into or effect, directly or indirectly, any (i) "short sale"
(as such term is defined in Section 242.200 of Regulation SHO of
the 1934 Act) of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction,
which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common
Stock.
(e)
Issuance of Initial Purchase Shares; Limitation on Sales of
Purchase Shares . The Initial Purchase Shares shall
be issued in certificated form and (subject to Section 5 hereof)
shall bear only the following restrictive legend:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED
PURSUANT TO A CLAIM OF EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
OR
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QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND
THEREFORE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S OR, IF APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER
THE
ACT,
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF THE
ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. THE COMPANY WILL INSTRUCT ITS
STOCK TRANSFER AGENT NOT TO RECOGNIZE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES
UNLESS SUCH SALE IS MADE PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR THE COMPANY HAS FIRST RECEIVED AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS SECURITIES
COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
(f)
Forward share split . Within ten (10) Business Days after
the execution of this Agreement, the Buyer shall effect a 30-for-1
share split.
(g)
Due Diligence . The Buyer shall have the right,
from time to time as the Buyer may reasonably deem appropriate, to
perform reasonable due diligence on the Company during normal
business hours. The Company and its officers and
employees shall provide information and reasonably cooperate with
the Buyer in connection with any reasonable request by the Buyer
related to the Buyer's due diligence of the Company, including, but
not limited to, any such request made by the Buyer in connection
with (i) the filing of the registration statement described in
Section 4(a) hereof and (ii) the Commencement. Each
party hereto agrees not to disclose any Confidential Information of
the other party to any third party and shall not use the
Confidential Information for any purpose other than in connection
with, or in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated
hereby. Each party hereto acknowledges that the
Confidential Information shall remain the property of the
disclosing party and agrees that it shall take all reasonable
measures to protect the secrecy of any Confidential Information
disclosed by the other party.
(h)
Agreement to Take Necessary and Desirable Actions . The
Buyer shall execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and such other documents, certificates,
agreements and other writings and take such other actions as may be
necessary, desirable or reasonably requested by the Company in
order to consummate or implement as expeditiously as practicable
the transactions contemplated hereby.
5. TRANSFER
AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
Immediately upon the execution of
this Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Transfer Agent a
letter in the form as set forth as Exhibit E attached hereto
with respect to the issuance of the 100,000 Initial Purchase Shares
to be purchase by the Buyer upon execution hereof.
Upon the issuance of the second installment of
Initial Purchase Shares the Company shall deliver to the
Transfer Agent a letter in the form as set forth as Exhibit
E attached hereto with respect to the issuance of these 50,000
Initial Purchase Shares to be purchase by the Buyer within 120
Business Days from the execution hereof. On the Filing Date, the
Company shall also deliver to the Transfer Agent a letter in the
form as set forth as Exhibit E attached hereto with respect
to the issuance of the 50,000 Initial Purchase Shares to be
purchase by the Buyer on the Filing Date.
On the Commencement Date, the Company shall cause any restrictive
legend on the 200,000 Initial Purchase Shares
to be removed and all of the remaining
Purchase Shares to be issued under this Agreement shall be issued
without any restrictive legend unless the Buyer expressly consents
otherwise. The Company shall issue irrevocable
instructions to the Transfer Agent, and any subsequent transfer
agent, to issue Purchase Shares in the name of the Buyer for the
Purchase Shares (the "Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions"). The Company warrants to the Buyer that
no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions expressly referred to in this Agreement will be given
by the Company to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Purchase
Shares (including the Initial Purchase Shares) and the Purchase
Shares (including the Initial Purchase Shares) shall otherwise be
freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and
to the extent provided in this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement.
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6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO
COMMENCE SALES OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT.
The right of the Company
hereunder to commence sales of the Purchase Shares is subject to
the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or before
the Commencement Date (the date that the Company may begin
sales):
(a) The
Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents and
delivered the same to the Company;
(b) A
registration statement covering the sale of all of the Purchase
Shares (including the 200,000 Initial Purchase Shares), shall have
been declared effective under the 1933 Act by the SEC and no stop
order with respect to the registration statement shall be pending
or threatened by the SEC.
7. CONDITIONS
TO THE BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO MAKE PURCHASES OF SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK.
The obligation of the Buyer to
buy Purchase Shares (other than the 200,000 Initial Purchase
Shares) under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of each
of the following conditions on or before the Commencement Date (the
date that the Company may begin sales other than the 200,000
Initial Purchase Shares) and once such conditions have been
initially satisfied, there shall not be any ongoing obligation to
satisfy such conditions after the Commencement has
occurred:
(a)