Exhibit 10.2
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
COMMON STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
August 27, 2009 by and between GREENCHEK TECHNOLOGY INC. , a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and BODIE
INVESTMENT GROUP INC , a Michigan corporation (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 Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) of the
Company’s common stock, no par value 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)
Commencement of Purchases of Common Stock . 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 at
the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date. The Company may deliver a
Base Purchase Notice to the Buyer on the first trading day after
the pricing period. The Purchase Price will be 90% of the
“Market Price”. The Market Price is defined
as the average of three lowest closing bids for the twenty days
preceding the Put date.
(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 Company and the Buyer shall not
affect 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 $0.05,
which shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization,
recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other similar
transaction. This provision can be altered at any time
by the Company with thirty days written notice.
(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.
(g)
Compliance with Principal Market Rules
. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary,
the Company shall not be required to issue any Purchase Shares
under this Agreement if such issuance would breach the
Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the
Principal Market.
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 Commitment Shares, (as defined in
Section 4(e) hereof) (this Agreement, the Purchase Shares and the
Commitment Shares are collectively 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 other than as
set forth in Section 4(e) with respect to the Commitment
Shares.
(b)
Accredited Investor Status . The Buyer is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in
Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
(e) 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.
(f)
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 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.
(g)
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.
(h)
Residency . The Buyer is a resident of the State of
Michigan.
(i) 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 Commitment Shares and the
reservation for issuance and the issuance of the 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 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 Commitment Shares and the issuance of the
Purchase Shares.
(c)
Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 100,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 64,314,667 shares are
issued and outstanding, none are held as treasury shares, of which
as of the date hereof none are issued and outstanding. 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), (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 Commitment Shares have been
duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Commitment 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. 35,000,000
shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and reserved for
issuance upon purchase under this Agreement. Three Million
(3,000,000) shares of Common Stock (subject to equitable adjustment
for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock
split or other similar transaction) have been duly authorized and
reserved for issuance as Commitment Shares in accordance with
Section 4(e) this Agreement. Upon issuance and payment therefore 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.
(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
August 27, 2009 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 August 27, 2009, 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 normal year-end audit
adjustments). Except as listed in Schedule 3(f), the Company
has received no notices or correspondence from the SEC since August
27, 2009 . 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 August 27, 2009, 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 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 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 . The Company agrees
that it shall, within the time required under the 1934 Act file a
Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing this Agreement and the
transaction contemplated hereby. The Company shall also file within
thirty (30) Business Days from the date hereof a new registration
statement covering only the sale of the Commitment Shares and
Commitment Warrants 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 initial sale of the Commitment Shares and any
Purchase Shares to the Buyer under this Agreement and (ii) any
subsequent resale of the Commitment Shares and 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 and Commitment 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 Commitment Shares; Limitation on Sales of Commitment
Shares . On or before the closing date, the Company shall pay
to the Buyer, as consideration for the Buyer entering into this
Agreement, Three Million (3,000,000) commitment shares (the
“Initial Commitment Fee”). The Initial
Commitment Shares shall be issued in certificated form and (subject
to Section 5 hereof) shall bear the following restrictive
legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED
FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO: (1) RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (2) AN OPINION OF
HOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN A CUSTOMARY FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS
NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
(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.
5. TRANSFER
AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
On or before the
closing date, 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 Initial Commitment
Shares. On the Commencement Date, the Company shall
cause any restrictive legend on the Initial Commitment Shares to be
removed and all of the Purchase Shares and Additional Commitment
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 referred to in this Section 5, will be given by
the Company to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Purchase
Shares and that the Commitment Shares and the 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 subject to the provisions of Section
4(e) in the case of the Commitment Shares.
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 Commitment
Shares and 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;
and
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Buyer shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of
the Commencement Date as though made at that time (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date),
and the Buyer shall ha
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