EXHIBIT 10.3
COALOGIX INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
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PURCHASE AND
SALE OF COMMON STOCK
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Sale and
Issuance of Common Stock
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Defined Terms
Used in this Agreement
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Organization,
Good Standing, Corporate Power and Qualification
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Subsidiaries
and Affiliates
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Governmental
Consents and Filings
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Compliance with
Other Instruments
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Rights of
Registration and Voting Rights
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No Company
Operations or Material Liabilities
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Employment and
Non-Competition Agreements
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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Compliance with
Other Instruments
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Purchase
Entirely for Own Account
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Disclosure of
Information
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Suitability of
Investment
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CONDITIONS TO
THE PURCHASER’S OBLIGATIONS AT CLOSING
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Representations
and Warranties of Company
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Opinion of
Company Counsel
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CONDITIONS TO
THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT CLOSING
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Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers
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Proceedings and
Documents
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Securities Laws
Compliance
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Pre-Closing
Access and Information
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Conduct of the
Company's Business.
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SURVIVAL
PERIOD; INDEMNIFICATION
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Survival of
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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Limitations on
Indemnification
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Transfer;
Successors and Assigns
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Default in
Funding Commitment
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Right to
Conduct Activities
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ExhibitA
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Schedule of
Purchasers
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ExhibitB
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Disclosure
Schedule
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ExhibitC
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Form of Legal
Opinion of Company Counsel
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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the
“ Agreement ”) is made as of April 8, 2009 by
and among CoaLogix Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), Acorn Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation
( “Acorn ”), EnerTech Capital Partners III L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership (“ EnerTech ”)
and the persons who are designated as “Management
Stockholders” on the signature pages to this Agreement
(collectively, “ Management Stockholders ” and
individually “ Management Stockholder
”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company, Acorn and EnerTech previously entered into that certain
Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of February 29, 2008
pursuant to which EnerTech purchased 15,441 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the
“ Common Stock ”) at a price of $126.1566 per
share, and that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
May 13, 2008 pursuant to which Acorn purchased 12,464 shares of
Common Stock and EnerTech purchased 2,200 shares of Common Stock at
a price of $126.1566 per share.
B. Acorn
presently owns 85% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock, and EnerTech presently owns 15% of the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
C. Acorn
and EnerTech desire to purchase additional shares of Common Stock,
and the Company desires to issue additional shares of Common Stock
to Acorn and EnerTech on the terms as set forth herein
below. The Management Stockholders desire to purchase
shares of Common Stock, and the Company desires to issue shares of
Common Stock to the Management Stockholders on the terms as set
forth herein below.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1.
Purchase and Sale of Common Stock .
1.1.
Sale and Issuance of Common Stock . Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Acorn, EnerTech and the
Management Stockholders (hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “ Purchasers ” or individually as a “
Purchaser ”) agree to purchase at the Closing and the
Company agrees to sell and issue to Acorn, EnerTech and the
Management Stockholders at each Closing (as hereinafter defined)
that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set forth
opposite Acorn’s, EnerTech’s and the Management
Stockholders’ names on Exhibit A, pro rated for each
Installment (as hereinafter defined) related to such Closing ,
at a purchase price of $7.20 per share, payable as set forth in
Section 1.2(b) (the “ Purchase Price
”). The shares of Common Stock issued to the
Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement shall be referred to in this
Agreement as the “ Shares .”
(a) The
closing of each purchase and sale of the Shares shall
take place at 10:00 a.m., on the date on the business day on which
the last of the conditions set forth in Sections 4 and
5 of this Agreement that are capable of being satisfied
before each Closing are fulfilled or waived in accordance with this
Agreement, at the offices of the Company, 11701 Mt. Holly Road,
Charlotte, NC 28214 or at such other time and place as the Company,
Acorn and EnerTech mutually agree upon, orally or in writing (which
time and place are each designated as a “ Closing
”).
(b) At
each Closing, the Purchase Price will be funded by the Purchasers
in installments (individually, an “Installment” and
collectively, the “Installments”) in accordance with
the schedule of Use of Proceeds as set forth in Section 6.3
and the terms of such Section. The Purchasers covenant
and agree that at each Closing they will fund and pay to the
Company each Installment described in Section 6.3 within
three business days of receiving from the Company a written request
for funding (the “ Funding Notice ”) which
satisfies the requirements for the applicable Installments set
forth in Section 6.3 . In connection with the
Purchasers’ payment of any Installment, the Company shall
promptly deliver to each of the Purchasers a certificate
representing the Shares being purchased by each of the Purchasers
at a particular Closing against payment of the respective
Installment therefor by wire transfer to a bank account designated
by the Company.
1.3.
Defined Terms Used in this Agreement . In
addition to the terms defined above, the following terms used in
this Agreement shall be construed to have the meanings set forth or
referenced below.
“ Affiliate ” means with
respect to any person or entity (a “ Person ”)
any Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with such Person, including, without
limitation, any partner, officer, director, or member of such
Person and any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing which
is controlled by or under common control with one or more general
partners or shares the same management company with such
Person.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Company Intellectual Property
” means all trademarks, service marks, tradenames,
copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and proprietary
rights and processes and all patents and patent rights owned or
possessed by the Company.
“ EES Suit ” shall have the
meaning given to it in Section 6.3 .
“ Evonik Suit ” shall have
the meaning given to it in Section 6.3 .
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Funding Notice ” shall have
the meaning given to it in Section 1.2(b) .
“ Key Employee ” means
any executive-level employee (including Vice President level
positions) as well as any employee who either alone or in concert
with others develops, invents, programs or designs any Company
Intellectual Property.
“ Management Stockholders ”
has the meaning assigned to it in the opening paragraph of the
Agreement.
“ Material Adverse Effect
” means a material adverse effect on the business, assets
(including intangible assets), liabilities, financial condition,
property, prospects or results of operations of the Company or any
of the SCR-Tech Entities.
“ Original Purchasers ” means
Acorn and EnerTech.
“ Purchasers ” has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1 .
“SCR-Tech Entities”
means CoaLogix Tech inc. (formerly
known as CESI-TECH Technologies, Inc.), CoaLogix Solutions Inc.
(formerly known as CESI-SCR, Inc.), SCR-Tech LLC and MetalliFix
LLC.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Shares ” has the meaning
assigned to it in Section 1.1 .
“ Stockholders’ Agreement
” means that certain agreement by and among the Company and
the Original Purchasers, dated as of February 29, 2008 and as
amended and restated effective the date hereof.
“ Transaction Agreements ”
means this Agreement, the Funding Notices and any other agreements,
instruments or documents entered into in connection with this
Agreement.
“ Use of Proceeds
” means the amounts and uses of the Installments
as set forth in the table in Section 6.3
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2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company .
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchasers that, except as set forth on the Disclosure
Schedule attached to this Agreement which exceptions shall be
deemed to be part of the representations and warranties made
hereunder, the following representations are true and complete as
of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the date of
each Closing following any Funding Notice, except as otherwise
indicated. The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in
sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and
subsections contained in this Section 2 , and the
disclosures in any section or subsection of the Disclosure
Schedule shall qualify other sections and subsections in this
Section 2 only to the extent it is readily apparent from a
reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to
such other sections and subsections.
For purposes of these representations and
warranties, the phrase “to the Company’s
knowledge” shall mean the knowledge after reasonable
investigation of the Key Employees of the Company.
2.1.
Organization, Good Standing, Corporate Power and
Qualification . The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.2.
Capitalization . The authorized capital of the
Company consists, immediately prior to the Closing (unless
otherwise noted), of:
(a) 5,300,000
shares of Common Stock, 2,940,125 shares of which are
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Closing. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
have been duly authorized, are fully paid and nonassessable and
were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. The Company holds no treasury
stock.
(b)
Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth
the options that the Company is committed to granting following the
Closing.
(c)
Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth
the capitalization of the Company immediately following the Closing
relating to the initial Installment including the number of shares
of the following: (i) issued and outstanding Common Stock;
(ii) the name of each holder of options for Common Stock,
together with the number of shares for which such options are
exercisable with respect to each holder, the applicable vesting
schedule, if any, and the applicable exercise price;
(iii) stock options not yet issued but reserved for issuance;
and (iv) warrants or stock purchase rights, if
any. Except for (A) the rights provided in Sections
4 and 5 of the Stockholders’ Agreement, and (B)
the securities and rights described in Section 2.2(b) of
this Agreement and Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure
Schedule , there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights
(including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first
refusal or similar rights) or agreements, orally or in writing, to
purchase or acquire from the Company, or sell to the Company, any
shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings,
or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to
issue Common Stock or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock. Except as set
forth on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule ,
no current or former shareholder of the Company's capital stock
has, or with the giving of notice or any other actions may have,
any appraisal rights or the right to obtain payment of the fair
value of that shareholder's shares of Common
Stock. Except for as provided in the Stockholders’
Agreement, no shareholder of the Company or other person has any
right to designate members to serve on the Company's board of
directors or any committee thereof.
(d) Except
as set forth on Section 2.2(d) of the Disclosure
Schedule , all outstanding shares of the Company’s Common
Stock and all shares of the Company’s Common Stock underlying
outstanding options are subject to a right of first refusal in
favor of the Company upon any proposed transfer (other than
transfers for estate planning purposes). Except as set
forth on Section 2.2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule ,
none of the Company’s stock purchase agreements or stock
option documents contains a provision for acceleration of vesting
(or lapse of a repurchase right) upon the occurrence of any event
or combination of events. Except as set forth on Section
2.2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule , the Company has never
adjusted or amended the exercise price of any stock options
previously awarded, whether through amendment, cancellation,
replacement grant, repricing, or any other means.
2.3.
Subsidiaries and Affiliates . Except as set forth
on Section 2.3 of the Disclosure Schedule , the
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or
other equity securities of any corporation or have any direct or
indirect equity ownership in any business.
2.4.
Authorization . All corporate action required to
be taken by the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders
in order to authorize the Company to enter into the Transaction
Agreements, and to issue the Shares at each Closing, has been taken
or, in the case of the stockholders, will be taken prior to each
Closing. Subject to the terms of Sections 1.2(b) and
6.3 , all action on the part of the officers of the Company
necessary for the execution and delivery of the Transaction
Agreements, the performance of all obligations of the Company under
the Transaction Agreements to be performed as of each Closing, and
the issuance and delivery of the Shares has been taken or will be
taken prior to each Closing. The Transaction Agreements,
when executed and delivered by the Company, shall constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms except
(i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or
other equitable remedies, or (iii) to the extent the
indemnification provisions contained in the Stockholders’
Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities
laws.
2.5.
Valid Issuance of Shares . The Shares, when
issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and for the
consideration set forth in this Agreement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and free of restrictions on transfer
other than restrictions on transfer under this Agreement, the
Stockholders’ Agreement, applicable state and federal
securities laws and liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by
the Purchasers. Assuming the accuracy of the
representations of the Purchasers in Section 3 of this
Agreement, the Shares will be issued in compliance with all
applicable federal and state securities laws.
2.6.
Governmental Consents and Filings . Assuming the
accuracy of the representations made by the Purchasers in
Section 3 of this Agreement, no consent, approval, order or
authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation,
declaration or filing with, any federal, state or local
governmental authority is required on the part of the Company in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, except for filings, if any, pursuant
to Regulation D of the Securities Act, and applicable state
securities laws, which have been made or will be made in a timely
manner.
2.7.
Litigation . There is no claim, action, suit,
proceeding, arbitration, complaint, charge or investigation pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened that
questions the validity of the Transaction Agreements or the right
of the Company to enter into them, or to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
2.8.
Compliance with Other Instruments . The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements will not result in any violation or be in
conflict with or constitute, with or without the passage of time
and giving of notice, either (i) a default under any instrument,
judgment, order, writ, decree, contract or agreement to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound or (ii) an event which
results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or the suspension, revocation,
forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any permit or license applicable to
the Company.
2.9.
Rights of Registration and Voting Rights . Except
as provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Company is
not under any obligation to register under the Securities Act any
of its currently outstanding securities or any securities issuable
upon exercise or conversion of its currently outstanding
securities. Except as contemplated in the
Stockholders’ Agreement, no stockholder of the Company has
entered into any agreements with respect to the voting of capital
shares of the Company.
2.10.
No Company Operations or Material Liabilities
. The Company is a holding company without operations
other than the ownership of stock of its
subsidiaries. The Company, excluding its subsidiaries,
has no material liabilities or obligations, contingent or
otherwise, other than liabilities (i) under that certain Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated November 7, 2007, by and among the
Company, Acorn, Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. and with respect to
Article 11 thereof only, Renegy Holdings, Inc., (ii) under this
Agreement and the Common Stock Purchase Agreements by and among the
parties hereto dated February 29, 2008 and May 13, 2008, or (iii)
as set forth on Section 2.10 of the Disclosure
Schedule .
2.11.
Changes . To the Company’s knowledge, since
May 13, 2008, there has not been:
(a) any
change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating
results of the SCR-Tech Entities, except changes in the ordinary
course of business that have not caused, in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect on the SCR-Tech Entities;
(b) any
damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance,
that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the SCR-Tech
Entities;
(c) any
waiver or compromise by the Company of a valuable right or of a
material debt owed to any of the SCR-Tech Entities;
(d) any
satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim, or encumbrance or
payment of any obligation by the Company, except in the ordinary
course of business and the satisfaction or discharge of which would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the SCR-Tech
Entities;
(e) any
material change to a material contract or agreement by which
CoaLogix or the SCR-Tech Entities or any of their assets is bound
or subject, except changes in the ordinary course of business that
have not caused, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
SCR-Tech entities;
(f) any
mortgage, pledge, transfer of a security interest in, or lien,
created by the Company, with respect to any of the material
properties or assets of the SCR-Tech Entities, except (i) liens for
taxes not yet due or payable and liens that arise in the ordinary
course of business and do not materially impair the Company’s
or the SCR-Tech Entities’ ownership or use of such property
or assets or (ii) as set forth on Section 2.11(f) of the
Disclosure Schedule ;
(g) any
sale, assignment or transfer of any Company Intellectual Property
that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect to the SCR-Tech Entities;
(h) receipt
of notice that there has been a loss of, or material order
cancellation by, any major customer of any of the SCR-Tech
Entities; or
(i) except
as set forth on Section 2.11(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule , any other event or condition of any character, other
than events affecting the economy or the Company’s industry
generally, that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect to the SCR-Tech Entities.
To the Company’s knowledge, since May 13,
2008 (x) the SCR-Tech Entities have carried on and operated their
business in the ordinary course of business and (y) the SCR-Tech
Entities have not suffered a Material Adverse Effect.
2.12.
Corporate Documents . The Certificate of
Incorporation, amendments thereto, and Bylaws of the Company are in
the form provided to the Purchasers. The copy of the
minute books of the Company provided to the Purchasers contains
minutes of all meetings of directors and stockholders and all
actions by written consent without a meeting by the directors and
stockholders since May 13, 2008 and accurately reflects in all
material respects all actions by the directors (and any committee
of directors) and stockholders with respect to all transactions
referred to in such minutes.
2.13.
Offering . Subject in part to the truth and
accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations set forth in
Article III of this Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the
Shares as contemplated by this Agreement are exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and neither the Company nor any authorized agent acting on
its behalf will take any action hereafter that would cause the loss
of such exemption.
2.14.
Preemptive Rights . The Company has fully
satisfied (including with respect to rights of timely notification)
or obtained enforceable waivers in respect of any preemptive or
similar rights directly or indirectly affecting any of its
securities.
2.15.
Consents . All consents, approvals, releases,
filings, terminations and waivers by third parties necessary to
complete the transactions contemplated hereby that are set forth in
Section 2.15 of the Disclosure Schedule have been
obtained and delivered to the Purchasers and such consents,
approvals, releases, filings, terminations and waivers have not
expired or been withdrawn.
2.16.
Employment and Non-Competition Agreements
. William McMahon, Michael Mattes, Frank Wenz, Michael
Cooper, Eric Dana and Joe Cogdell are bound by and have executed
employment agreements with the Company and the SCR-Tech Entities,
as applicable as well as joinder agreements to become parties to
the Stockholders’ Agreement. All other employees
of the SCR-Tech Entities have entered into non-competition
agreements with applicable SCR-Tech Entities.
2.17.
Qualified Business Stock . The Shares when issued
in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, will be
“Qualified Business Stock” as defined in Section
1202(c) of the Code for qualifying holders.
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers
. Each of the Purchasers hereby represents and warrants,
individually and not jointly, to the Company that with respect to
only itself:
3.1.
Authorization . The Purchaser has full power,
authority and capacity to enter into the Transaction
Agreements. The Transaction Agreements to which the
Purchaser is a party, when executed and delivered by the Purchaser,
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their 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, and as limited by laws relating
to the availability of a specific performance, injunctive relief,
or other equitable remedies, or (b) to the extent the
indemnification provisions contained in the Stockholders’
Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities
laws.
3.2.
Compliance with Other Instruments . The execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, and the
performance by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder, will not
conflict, or result in any violation of, or default under, any
provision of any charter, bylaws, trust agreement, partnership
agreement or other governing instrument applicable to the
Purchaser, or any agreement or other instrument to which the
Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser or any of the
Purchaser’s properties are bound, or any permit, franchise,
judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to the
Purchaser or the Purchaser’s business or
properties.
3.3.
Purchase Entirely for Own Account . This
Agreement is made with the Purchaser in reliance upon the
Purchaser’s representation to the Company, which by the
Purchaser’s execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser hereby
confirms, that the Shares to be acquired by the Purchaser will be
acquired for investment for the Purchaser’s own account, not
as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or
distribution of any part thereof, and that the Purchaser has no
present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or
otherwise distributing the same. By executing this
Agreement, the Purchaser further represents that the Purchaser does
not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or
arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant
participations to such person or to any third person, with respect
to any of the Shares. The Purchaser has not been formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the Shares.
3.4.
Disclosure of Information . The Purchaser has had
an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management,
financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of
the Shares with the Company’s management. Except as set forth
in the Transaction Agreements, no representations or warranties,
whether written or oral, have been made to the Purchaser by the
Company or any officer, employee, affiliate or agent of the
Company. The foregoing, however, does not limit or
modify the representations and warranties of the Company in
Section 2 of this Agreement or the right of the Purchaser to
rely thereon.
3.5.
Restricted Securities . The Purchaser understands
that the Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under
the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the
registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon,
among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent
and the accuracy of the Purchaser&r
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