PREFERRED STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (“
Agreement ”) is entered into and effective as of
August 17, 2009 (“ Effective Date ”), by and
among Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., a Delaware corporation
(“ Company ”), and Optimus Capital Partners,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dba Optimus Special
Situations Capital Partners, LLC (including its designees,
successors and assigns, “ Investor
”).
RECITALS
A. The parties desire that,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the
Company shall issue to Investor, and Investor shall purchase from
the Company, from time to time as provided herein, up to
$5,000,000.00 of shares of Series B Preferred Stock; and
B. The offer and sale of
the Securities provided for herein are being made without
registration under the Act, in reliance upon the provisions of
Section 4(2) of the Act, Regulation D promulgated under the Act,
and such other exemptions from the registration requirements of the
Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the purchases
of Securities to be made hereunder.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the premises, the mutual
provisions of this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, Company and Investor agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions . In addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that
are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such
terms in the Certificate of Designations, and (b) the following
terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1
:
“ Act ” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Affiliate ” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed
under Rule 144 under the Act. With respect to Investor,
without limitation, any Person owning, owned by, or under common
ownership with Investor, and any investment fund or managed account
that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment
manager as Investor will be deemed to be an
Affiliate.
“ Agreement ” means this
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement.
“ Automatic Termination ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 .
“ Change in Control ” has the
meaning set forth within the definition of Fundamental Transaction,
below.
“ Certificate of Designations
” means the certificate to be filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B .
“ Closing ” means any one of
(i) the Commitment Closing and (ii) each Tranche
Closing.
“ Commitment Closing ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) .
“ Commitment Fee ” means a
non-refundable fee of $250,000.00, payable by the Company to
Investor as follows: $175,000.00 upon the initial Tranche Closing
and $75,000 upon the first Tranche Closing which occurs (a) after
130 Preferred Shares have previously been purchased, or (b) on any
date after September 28, 2009 (regardless of the number of
Preferred Shares); provided , however , that the full
$250,000.00 shall be paid in full within six months after the
Effective Date regardless of whether any Tranche Closings have
occurred.
“ Common Shares ” includes
the Warrant Shares and any shares of Common Stock issued as the
Commitment Fee.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, and any
replacement or substitute thereof, or any share capital into which
such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital
resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
“ Company Termination ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 .
“ Delisting Event ” means any
time during the term of this Agreement, that the Common Stock is
not listed for and actively trading on a Trading Market, or is
suspended or delisted with respect to the trading of shares of
Common Stock on a Trading Market.
“ Disclosure Schedules ”
means the disclosure schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith and attached hereto and all disclosures
contained in the SEC Reports.
“ DTC ” means The Depository
Trust Company, or any successor performing substantially the same
function for Company.
“ DTC Shares ” means all
Common Shares or other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to
Investor or any Affiliate, successor or assign of Investor pursuant
to any of the Transaction Documents, including without limitation
any Warrant Shares, if any, that are issued or converted into
electronic form, freely tradable and without restriction on resale,
and timely credited to the account with DTC specified by the
recipient of such shares.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Fundamental Transaction ”
means and shall be deemed to have occurred at such time upon any of
the following events:
(i) a
consolidation, merger or other business combination or event or
transaction following which the holders of Common Stock immediately
preceding such consolidation, merger, combination or event either
(i) no longer hold a majority of the shares of Common Stock or (ii)
no longer have the ability to elect a majority the board of
directors of the Company (a “ Change in Control
”);
(ii) the
sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets, other than in the ordinary course of business;
or
(iii) a
purchase, tender or exchange offer made to the holders of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
“ GAAP ” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved.
“ Indebtedness ” means (a)
any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of
$100,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements and
other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others,
whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess
of $100,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Liens ” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“ Lock-Up Agreements ” means
an agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D, executed by each of
the Company’s officers, directors and beneficial owners of
10% or more of the Common Stock, precluding each such Person from
participating in any sale of the Common Stock from the Tranche
Notice Date through the Tranche Closing Date.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
includes any material adverse effect on (i) the legality, validity
or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) the results of
operations, assets, business, prospects or financial condition of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a
timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document.
“ Material Agreement ”
includes any loan agreement, financing agreement, equity investment
agreement or securities instrument to which Company is a party, any
agreement or instrument to which Company and Investor or any
Affiliate of Investor is a party, and any other material agreement
listed, or required to be listed, on any of Company’s reports
filed or required to be filed with the SEC, including without
limitation Forms 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K.
“ Maximum Placement ” means
$5,000,000.00.
“ Maximum Tranche Amount ”
means, subject to any other applicable limitations set forth in
this Agreement, the Maximum Placement less the amount of any
previously noticed and funded Tranches.
“ Officer’s Closing
Certificate ” means a certificate in customary form
reasonably acceptable to the Investor, executed by an authorized
officer of the Company.
“ Opinion ” means an opinion
from Company’s independent legal counsel, in the form
attached as Exhibit E , to be delivered in connection with
the Commitment Closing and any Tranche Closing.
“ Person ” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Preferred Shares ” means
shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company provided for in
the Certificate of Designations, to be issued to Investor pursuant
to this Agreement.
“ Pricing Period ” means the
5 Trading Days immediately prior to a Tranche Notice
Date.
“ Prospectus ” includes each
prospectus (within the meaning of the Act) related to the sale or
offering of any Common Shares, including without limitation any
prospectus contained within the Registration Statement.
“ Registration Statement ”
means a valid, current and effective registration statement
registering for sale the Common Shares, and except where the
context otherwise requires, means the registration statement, as
amended, including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or
incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) any information
contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with
the SEC in connection with such registration statement, to the
extent such information is deemed under the Act to be part of the
registration statement.
“ Regulation D ” means
Regulation D promulgated under the Act.
“ Required Approval ” means
any approval of the Trading Market or the Company’s
stockholders required to be obtained by Company prior to issuing
the Securities pursuant to any applicable rules of the Trading
Market.
“ Required Tranche Documents
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e)
.
“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144
promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same
effect.
“ SEC ” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ SEC Reports ” includes all
reports required to be filed by the Company under the Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
thereof, for the two years preceding the Effective Date (or such
shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such
material).
“ Securities ” includes the
Warrants, Common Shares and Preferred Shares issuable pursuant to
this Agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” means any
Person the Company owns or controls, or in which the Company,
directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the capital stock or
similar interest that would be disclosable pursuant to Regulation
S-K, Item 601(b)(21).
“ Termination Date ” means
the earlier of (i) the date that is two years after the Effective
Date, or (ii) the Tranche Closing Date on which the sum of the
aggregate Tranche Purchase Price for all Tranche Shares equals the
Maximum Placement.
“ Termination Notice ” has
the meaning as set forth in Section 3.2 .
“ Trading Day ” means any day
on which the Common Stock is traded on the Trading Market; provided
that it shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is (a)
scheduled to trade for less than 5 hours, or (b) suspended from
trading.
“ Trading Market ” means the
OTC Bulletin Board, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global
Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NYSE Amex, or the New
York Stock Exchange, whichever is at the time the principal trading
exchange or market for the Common Stock, but does not include the
Pink Sheets inter-dealer electronic quotation and trading
system.
“ Tranche ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3 .
“ Tranche Amount ” means the
amount of any individual put purchase, as specified by the Company,
and shall not exceed the Maximum Tranche Amount.
“ Tranche Closing ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(f) .
“ Tranche Closing Date ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(f) .
“ Tranche Notice ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) .
“ Tranche Notice Date ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) .
“ Tranche Purchase Price ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) , and shall be
specified in writing by the Company.
“ Tranche Share Price ” means
$10,000.00 per Preferred Share. Company may not put fractional
Preferred Shares.
“ Tranche Shares ” means the
Preferred Shares that are purchased by Investor pursuant to a
Tranche. For the Maximum Placement, the Company shall
issue 500 Preferred Shares to Investor.
“ Transaction Documents ”
include this Agreement and the Exhibits hereto and
thereto.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
National Stock Transfer, Inc., or any successor transfer agent for
the Common Stock.
“ VWAP ” means, for any date,
the volume-weighted average price, calculated by dividing the
aggregate value of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (price
multiplied by number of shares traded) by the total volume (number
of shares) of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market for such
date, or the nearest preceding Trading Day.
“ Warrant Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
“ Warrants ” means the
warrants issuable under this Agreement, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A, to purchase shares of Common Stock equal in value to
$6,750,000.00.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND
SALE
2.1 Agreement to
Purchase . Subject to the terms and conditions
herein and the satisfaction of the conditions to closing set forth
in this ARTICLE 2 :
(a) Investor hereby agrees to purchase such amounts
of Preferred Shares as the Company may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, from time to time elect to issue and sell to Investor
according to one or more Tranches pursuant to Section 2.3
below; and
(b) The Company agrees to issue the Commitment Fee
and the Warrants to Investor as provided below.
2.2 Investment
Commitment
(a)
Investment Commitment
. The closing of this Agreement (the
“ Commitment Closing ”) shall be deemed to occur
when this Agreement has been duly executed by both Investor and the
Company, and the other Conditions to the Commitment Closing set
forth in Section 2.2(b) have been met.
(b)
Conditions to Investment
Commitment . As a
condition precedent to the Commitment Closing, all of the following
(the “ Conditions to Commitment Closing ”) shall
have been satisfied prior to or concurrently with the
Company’s execution and delivery of this
Agreement:
(i) the following documents shall have been
delivered to Investor: (A) this Agreement, executed by
the Company; (B) a Secretary’s Certificate as to (x) the
resolutions of the Company’s board of directors authorizing
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, (y) a copy of the Company’s
current Certificate of Incorporation, and (z) a copy of the
Company’s current Bylaws; (C) the Certificate of Designations
executed by the Company and accepted by the Secretary of State of
Delaware; (D) the Opinion; and (E) a copy of the press release
announcing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, if any,
and Current Report on Form 8-K describing the transaction
contemplated by, and attaching a complete copy of, the Transaction
Documents;
(ii) other than for losses incurred in the ordinary
course of business, there have been no material adverse changes in
the Company’s business prospects or financial condition since
the date of the last SEC Report filed by the Company, including but
not limited to incurring material liabilities;
(iii) the representations and warranties of the
Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects and the Company shall have delivered an Officer’s
Closing Certificate to such effect to Investor, signed by an
officer of the Company;
(iv) Investor shall have received the Commitment Fee
and the Warrant;
(v) Investor shall have entered into Stock Loan
Agreements with lending stockholders of the Company who are parties
thereto (each, a “ Lending Stockholder ,” and,
collectively, the “ Lending Stockholders ”) in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (each, a “ Stock
Loan Agreement ”), and received the Borrowed Shares (as
defined in the Stock Loan Agreement) pursuant thereto;
and
(vi) any Required Approval has been
obtained.
(c)
Investor’s Obligation to
Purchase . Subject to the
prior satisfaction of all conditions set forth in this Agreement,
following the Investor’s receipt of a validly delivered
Tranche Notice, the Investor shall be required to purchase from the
Company a number of Tranche Shares equal to the permitted Tranche
Share Amount, in the manner described below.
(a)
Procedure to Elect a
Tranche . Subject to the
Maximum Tranche Amount, the Maximum Placement and the other
conditions and limitations set forth in this Agreement, at any time
beginning on the Effective Date, the Company may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, elect to exercise one or more tranches of
Preferred Share issuances (each a “ Tranche ”)
according to the following procedure, provided that each subsequent
Tranche Notice Date (defined below) after the first Tranche Notice
Date shall be no sooner than 5 Trading Days following the preceding
Tranche Notice Date.
(b)
Delivery of Tranche
Notice . The
Company shall deliver an irrevocable written notice (the “
Tranche Notice ”), the form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit F, to Investor stating that the Company shall
exercise a Tranche and stating the number of Preferred Shares which
the Company will sell to Investor at the Tranche Share Price, and
the aggregate purchase price for such Tranche (the “
Tranche Purchase Price ”). A Tranche Notice
must be delivered by the Company to Investor by 4:30 p.m. Eastern
time on any Trading Day via facsimile or electronic mail, with
confirming copy by overnight carrier, and shall be deemed delivered
on the next Trading Day (the “ Tranche Notice Date
”).
(c)
Issuance of Warrants
. On each Tranche Notice
Date, the Company shall issue a replacement Warrant, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A, amending and replacing a portion of
the initial Warrant issued on the Commitment Closing to acquire
that portion of Warrant Shares equal in value to 135.0% of the
Tranche Purchase Price, at an exercise price equal to the closing
bid price for the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the Tranche Notice Date. Each Warrant shall
have a term of 5 years from issuance.
(d)
Conditions Precedent to Right to
Deliver a Tranche Notice . The right of the Company to deliver
a Tranche Notice is subject to the satisfaction, on the date of
delivery of such Tranche Notice, of each of the following
conditions:
(i) the Common Stock shall be listed for and
actively trading on the Trading Market, and to the Company’s
knowledge there is no notice of any suspension or delisting with
respect the trading of the shares of Common Stock on such market or
exchange;
(ii) the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects as if made on such date (provided, however, that
any information disclosed by the Company in a filing with the SEC
after the Effective Date but prior to the date of the Tranche
Notice shall be deemed to update the Disclosure Schedules), and no
material default shall have occurred under this Agreement, or any
other agreement with Investor, any Affiliate of Investor, or any
other Material Agreement, and the Company shall deliver an
Officer’s Closing Certificate to such effect to Investor,
signed by an officer of the Company;
(iii) other than losses incurred in the ordinary
course of business, there have been no material adverse changes in
the Company’s business prospects or financial condition since
the Commitment Closing, including but not limited to incurring
material liabilities;
(iv) the Company is not, and will not be as a result
of the applicable Tranche, in default of any Material
Agreement;
(v) there is not then in effect any law, rule or
regulation prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated
by any of the Transaction Documents, or requiring any consent or
approval which shall not have been obtained, nor is there any
pending or threatened proceeding or investigation which may have
the effect of prohibiting or adversely affecting any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; no statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or adopted by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no actions, suits
or proceedings shall be in progress, pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge threatened, by any person (other than
Investor or any Affiliate of Investor), that seek to enjoin or
prohibit the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(vi) all Common Shares shall have been timely
delivered as required pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
including all Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to any Exercise
Notice delivered to Company prior to the Tranche Notice
Date;
(vii) with respect to any Tranche Closing after a
Registration Statement is declared effective or more than six
months after the Effective Date, all previously-issued and issuable
Common Shares are DTC Shares, and have been converted
into electronic form without restriction on resale;
(viii) Company is in compliance with all requirements
to maintain listing on the Trading Market;
(ix) with respect to any Tranche Closing after a
Registration Statement is declared effective or more than six
months after the Effective Date, either (a) such Registration
Statement is current, valid and effective and permits the lawful
resale of all previously-issued and then-exercisable Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant in connection with such
Tranche or (b) Investor shall have Borrowed Shares pursuant to the
terms of the Stock Loan Agreements equal to at least 135% of the
Tranche Purchase Price;
(x) Company has a sufficient number of duly
authorized shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance in such
amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations pursuant to
the Transaction Documents and any outstanding agreements with
Investor and any Affiliate of Investor, including without
limitation all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant
issued in connection with such Tranche;
(xi) Company has provided notice of its delivery of
the Tranche Notice to all signatories of a Lock-Up Agreement as
required under the Lock-Up Agreement;
(xii) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrant at that Tranche Notice Date,
aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock deemed
beneficially owned by the Investor and its Affiliates, would not
result in the Investor owning more than 9.99% of all Common Stock
outstanding on the Tranche Notice Date, as determined in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(xiii) with respect to any Tranche Closing before a
Registration Statement is declared effective, Investor shall have
Borrowed Shares pursuant to the terms of the Stock Loan Agreements
equal to at least 135% of the Tranche Purchase Price.
(e)
Documents to be Delivered at
Tranche Closing . The
Closing of any Tranche and Investor’s obligations hereunder
shall additionally be conditioned upon the delivery to Investor of
each of the following (the “ Required Tranche
Documents ”) on or before the applicable Tranche Closing
Date:
(i) a number of Preferred Shares equal to the
Tranche Purchase Price divided by the Tranche Share Price shall
have been delivered to Investor or an account specified by Investor
for the Tranche Shares;
(ii) the following executed
documents: Opinion, Officer’s Certificate and
Lock-Up Agreements;
(iii) a “ Use of Proceeds ”
certificate, signed by an officer of the Company, and setting forth
how the Tranche Purchase Price will be applied by the
Company;
(iv) all Warrant Shares shall have been timely
delivered in accordance with any Exercise Notice delivered to
Company prior to the Tranche Closing Date;
(v) all documents, instruments and other writings
required to be delivered by the Company to Investor on or before
the Tranche Closing Date pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement or in order to implement and effect the transactions
contemplated herein; and
(vi) payment of a $5,000.00 non-refundable
administrative fee to Investor’s counsel, by offset against
the Tranche Amount, or wire transfer of immediately available
funds.
(f)
Mechanics of Tranche
Closing . Each
of the Company and Investor shall deliver all documents,
instruments and writings required to be delivered by either of them
pursuant to Section 2.3(e) of this Agreement at or prior to
each Tranche Closing. Subject to such delivery and the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(d) as of the
Tranche Closing Date, the closing of the purchase by Investor of
Preferred Shares shall occur by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, on the date
which is 10 Trading Days following the Tranche Notice Date (each a
“ Tranche Closing Date ”) at the offices of
Investor; provided, however, that if any Warrant Shares issued or
issuable pursuant to the exercise of any Warrants are not DTC
Shares by the Share Delivery Date in accordance with Section
1.1 of any Warrant exercised before the Tranche Closing Date
(whether due to the non-availability of DWAC shares or otherwise),
then the Tranche Closing Date shall be extended one Trading Day for
each Trading Day that such shares are not issued or converted into
DTC Shares. On or before each Tranche Closing Date,
Investor shall deliver to the Company the Tranche Purchase Price to
be paid for such Tranche Shares. The closing (each a
“ Tranche Closing ”) for each Tranche shall
occur on the date that both (i) the Company has delivered to
Investor all Required Tranche Documents, and (ii) Investor has
delivered to the Company the Tranche Purchase Price.
(g)
Limitation on Obligations to
Purchase and Sell . Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, in the event the closing price of the Common Stock
during the 9 Trading Days following the Tranche Notice Date falls
below 75.0% of the closing price on the day prior to the Tranche
Notice Date: (i) Investor may, at its option, and
without penalty, decline to purchase the applicable Tranche Shares
on the Tranche Closing Date, and return to the Company all Warrants
issued in connection with such Tranche Notice that remain
unexercised; or (ii) Company may, at its option, and without
penalty, terminate the Tranche Notice and decline to sell the
applicable Tranche Shares on the Tranche Closing Date.
2.4 Maximum
Placement . Investor shall not be obligated to
purchase any additional Tranche Shares once the aggregate Tranche
Purchase Price paid by Investor equals the Maximum
Placement.
ARTICLE 3
TERMINATION
3.1 Automatic
Termination . This Agreement and the
Company’s right to initiate subsequent Tranches to Investor
under this Agreement shall terminate permanently (each, an “
Automatic Termination ”) upon the occurrence of any of
the following:
(a) if, at any time, either the Company or any
director or executive officer of the Company has engaged in a
transaction or conduct related to the Company that has resulted in
(i) a SEC enforcement action, or (ii) a civil judgment or criminal
conviction for fraud or misrepresentation, or for any other offense
that, if prosecuted criminally, would constitute a felony under
applicable law;
(b) on any date after a Delisting Event that lasts
for an aggregate of 20 Trading Days during any calendar
year;
(c) if at any time the Company has filed for and/or
is subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any
bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors instituted by
or against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company;
(d) the Company is in breach or default of any
Material Agreement, which default could have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e) the Company is in breach or default of this
Agreement, any Transaction Document, or any agreement with Investor
or any Affiliate of Investor;
(f) upon the occurrence of a Fundamental
Transaction;
(g) so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding,
the Company effects or publicly announces its intention to create a
security senior to the Series B Preferred Stock, or substantially
altering the capital structure of the Company in a manner that
materially adversely effects the rights or preferences of the
Series B Preferred Stock; and
(h) on the Termination Date.
3.2 Company
Termination . The Company may at any time in its
sole discretion terminate (a “ Company Termination
”) this Agreement and its right to initiate future Tranches
by providing 30 days advanced written notice (“
Termination Notice ”) to Investor.
3.3 Effect of
Termination . The termination of this Agreement
will have no effect on any Common Shares, Preferred Shares,
Warrants or Warrant Shares previously issued, delivered or
credited, or on any rights of any holder
thereof. Notwithstanding any other provision, all fees
paid to Investor or its counsel are non-refundable.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
4.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth under the
corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, which shall be
deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby represents and warrants
to, and as applicable covenants with, Investor as of each
Closing:
(a)
Subsidiaries
. All of the direct and
indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule
4.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of
the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary, and
all of such directly or indirectly owned capital tock or other
equity interests are owned free and clear of any
Liens. All the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has
no subsidiaries, then references in the Transaction Documents to
the Subsidiaries will be disregarded.
(b)
Organization and
Qualification . Each of the Company and the
Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as applicable,
with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company
and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect and no proceeding has been instituted in
any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking
to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(c)
Authorization;
Enforcement . The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further consent or action is required by the Company other than
the filing of the Certificate of Designations. Each of
the Transaction Documents has been, or upon delivery will be, duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or
articles of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or
charter documents except where such violation could not,
individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d)
No Conflicts
. The execution, delivery
and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the
issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the
Company of the other transactions contemplated thereby do not and
will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound or affected, or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree
or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to
which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or
asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iv)
conflict with or violate the terms of any agreement by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any property or
asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected; except
in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e)
Filings, Consents and
Approvals . Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization
or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration
with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than the filing of the Certificate of
Designations and required federal and state securities filings,
each of which has been, or (if not yet required to be filed) shall
be, timely filed.
(f)
Issuance of the
Securities . The Securities are duly authorized
and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable
Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. The
Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a
number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock for issuance
of the Securities at least equal to the number of Securities which
could be issued pursuant to the terms of the Transaction
Documents.
(g)
Capitalization
. Except as set forth in
Section 4.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, the
capitalization of the Company is as described in the
Company’s most recently filed SEC Report and the Company has
not issued any capital stock since such filing. Except
as set forth in Section 4.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedule,
no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right
of participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale
of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants,
script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock. The issuance and
sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than Investor) and will not result in a right of any holder of
Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange, or
reset price under such securities. All of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. No further
approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of
Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and
sale of the shares of the Securities. There are no
stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar
agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to
which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company,
between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(h)
SEC Reports; Financial
Statements . Except as set forth in Schedule
4.1(h) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has filed all
required SEC Reports for the two years preceding the Effective Date
(or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file
such material) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension
of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to
the expiration of any such extension. Except as set
forth in Schedule 4.1(h) of the Disclosure Schedule, as of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, as applicable,
and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, 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. The financial statements of
the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the
time of filing. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in
the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end
audit adjustments.
(i)
Material Changes
. Since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i)
there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected
in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or
required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company
has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or
other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made
any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) except as set forth in Schedule 4.1(i) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant
to existing Company equity incentive plans. The Company
does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential
treatment of information.
(j)
Litigation
. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.1(j) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no action,
suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ Action
”), which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality,
validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or
the Securities, or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable
decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
nor to the knowledge of the Company any director or officer
thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim
of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws
or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not
been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or
any current or former director or officer of the
Company. The SEC has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or
the Act.
(k)
Labor Relations
. No material labor
dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l)
Compliance
. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no
event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or
any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it
is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any
other similar agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such
default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any
order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or
has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws applicable to its business except in
each case as could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)
Regulatory Permits
. The Company and the
Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the
failure to possess such permits could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.
(n)
Title to Assets
. The Company and the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property owned by them that is material to the business of the
Company and the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all
personal property owned by them that is material to the business of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all Liens, except for Liens set forth in Schedule 4.1(n) of the
Disclosure Schedule or do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the
Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other
taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to
penalties. Any real property and facilities held under
lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and
the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o)
Patents and Trademarks
. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.1(o) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that are
necessary or material for use in connection with their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to
so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“ Intellectual Property Rights
”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights
used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon
the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such
Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no
existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual
Property Rights of the Company or the Subsidiaries.
(p)
Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries
are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are engaged, including but not limited to directors
and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the Maximum
Placement. To the best of Company’s knowledge,
such insurance contracts and policies are accurate and
complete. Neither the Company nor any 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 without a significant increase in
cost.
(q)
Transactions With Affiliates and
Employees . Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to
the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company
is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (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 entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each
case in excess of $120,000 other than (i) for payment of salary or
consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for
expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other
employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any
equity incentive plan of the Company.
(r)
Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal
Accounting Controls . The Company is in material
compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
which are applicable to it as of the date of the Commitment
Closing. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known
to the certifying officers by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which the Company’s most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, as the case
may be, is being prepared. The Company’s
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s controls and procedures as of the date prior to the
filing date of the most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have
been no significant changes in the Company’s internal
controls or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors
that could materially affect the Company’s internal
controls.
(s)
Certain Fees
. Except for the payment
of (i) the Commitment Fee, (ii) any placement agent fees payable to
licensed broker/dealers representing the Company, or (iii) or any
fees contemplated by the Transaction Documents, no brokerage or
finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the
Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Investor shall have no obligation with
respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on
behalf of any Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this
Section 4.1(s) that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(t)
Private Placement
. Assuming the accuracy of Investor
representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.2 , no
registration under the Act is required for the offer and sale of
the Securities by the Company to Investor as contemplated hereby.
The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not
contravene the rules and regulations of any Trading
Market.
(u)
Investment Company
. The Company is not, and is not an
Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the
Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business
in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment
Company Act.
(v)
Registration Rights
. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.1(v) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Person has any right
to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Act of
any securities of the Company.
(w)
Listing and Maintenance
Requirements . The Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months
preceding the Effective Date, received notice from any Trading
Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to
the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing
or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is,
and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable
future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and
maintenance requirements.
(x)
Application of Takeover
Protections . The Company and its Board of
Directors have taken 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
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter
documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or
could become applicable to Investor as a result of Investor and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights
under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation the
Company’s issuance of the Securities and Investor’s
ownership of the Securities.
(y)
Disclosure
. Except with respect to
the information that will be, and to the extent that it actually is
timely publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to Section
2.2(b)(i)E , the Company confirms that, neither the Company nor
any other Person acting on its behalf has provided Investor or its
agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might
constitute material, non-public information, including without
limitation this Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules
hereto. The Company understands and confirms that
Investor will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants
in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All disclosure provided to Investor regarding
the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby,
furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the
representations and warranties made herein are true and correct in
all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(z)
No Integrated Offering
. Neither the Company, nor any of
its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that
would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with
prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Act or which
could violate any applicable stockholder approval provisions,
including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of
the Trading Market.
(aa)
Financial Condition
. Based on the financial
condition of the Company as of the date of the Commitment Closing:
(i) the fair saleable market value of the Company’s assets
exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in
respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital
to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital
needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of
the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the
current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the
Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets,
after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would
be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when
such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does
not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to
be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances, which lead it to believe
that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the
bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one
year from the date of the Commitment Closing. The SEC
Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured
and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for
which the Company or any Subsidiary has
commitments. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(bb)
Tax Status
. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and foreign
income and all other 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 provisions 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. The Company
has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of
limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any
foreign, federal, statue or local tax. None of the
Company’s tax returns is presently being audited by any
taxing authority.
(cc)
No General Solicitation or
Advertising . Neither the Company nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any of its directors or officers (i) has
conducted or will conduct any general solicitation (as that term is
used in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D) or general advertising with
respect to the sale of the Securities, or (ii) made any offers or
sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security
under any circumstances that would require registration of the
Securities under the Act or made any “directed selling
efforts” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S.
(dd)
Foreign Corrupt
Practices . Neither the Company, nor to the
knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any
corrupt funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or
other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political
activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic
political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed
to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by
any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware)
which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any
material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
of 1977, as amended.
(ee)
Acknowledgment Regarding
Investor’s Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees
that Investor is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s
length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further
acknowledges that Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or
fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect
to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any
statement made by Investor or any of its representatives or agents
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely incidental
to Investor’s purchase of the Securities. The
Company further represents to Investor that the Company’s
decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the
independent evaluation of the Company and its
representatives.
(ff)
Accountants
. The Company’s
accountants are set forth in the SEC Reports. To the
Company’s knowledge, such accountants are an independent
registered public accounting firm as required by the
Act.
(gg)
No Disagreements with Accountants
and Lawyers . There are no disagreements of any
kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company
to arise, between the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently
employed by the Company.
(hh)
Registration Statements and
Prospectuses .
(i) Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to
file a Registration Statement for the sale of all Common
Shares. If so filed, such Registration Statement shall
comply when it becomes effective, and, as amended or supplemented
at the time of any Tranche Notice Date, Tranche Closing Date, or
issuance of any Common Shares, and at all times during which a
prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in connection
with any sale of Common Shares, will comply, in all material
respects, with the requirements of the Act.
(ii) Each Registration Statement, if any, as of its
respective effective time, will not, as applicable, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
(iii) Each Prospectus, if any, will comply, as of its
date and the date it will be filed with the
SEC, and, at the time of any Tranche Notice Date,
Tranche Closing Date, or issuance of any Common Shares, and at all
times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered in connection with any sale of Common Shares, will
comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the
Act.
(iv) At no time during the period that begins on the
date any Prospectus is filed with the SEC and ends at the time a
prospectus is no longer required by the Act to be delivered in
connection with any sale of Common Shares did or will any such
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
at no time during such period will such Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
(v) Each Registration Statement, if any, will meet,
and the offering and sale of the Common Shares as contemplated
hereby complies with, and will comply with, the requirements of
Rule 415 under the Act.
(vi) The Company has not, directly or indirectly,
used or referred to any “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act) except in compliance with Rules
164 and 433 under the Act.
(vii) The Company is not an “ineligible
issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the
eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433
under the Act with respect to the offering of the Common Shares
contemplated by any Registration Statement, without taking into
account any determination by the SEC pursuant to Rule 405 under the
Act that it is not necessary under the circumstances that the
Company be considered an “ineligible
issuer.”
(ii)
Stock Loan Agreements
. None of the Lending
Stockholders are, or within 90 days of the Effective Date have
been, (i) officers, directors, representatives or Affiliates of the
Company, (ii) directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, in control of, controlled by, or under common
control with Company, or (iii) alone or together with any group, in
beneficial ownership or control of more than 9.99% of the total
outstanding voting securities of the Company. No Lending
Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Lending Stockholder has been,
or will be, compensated by the Company, or to the Company’s
knowledge any Person, in any manner, directly or indirectly, for
entering into a Stock Loan Agreement except as expressly set forth
therein. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Stock Loan Agreements, the consummation the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Loan Agreements, the borrowing and
receipt of the Borrowed Shares, and any subsequent sale of any
Borrowed Shares as permitted by the Stock Loan Agreements do not
and will not conflict with or result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company, or to the Company’s knowledge any Lending
Stockholder or other Person, is subject, including without
limitation Section 5 of the Act and other federal and state
securities laws and regulations.
(jj) No representation or warranty or other statement
made by Company, or to Company’s knowledge the Lending
Stockholders, in the Transaction Documents contains any untrue
statement or omits to state a material fact necessary to make any
of them, in light of the circumstances in which it was made, not
misleading. The Company is not aware of any facts or
circumstances that would cause the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, when consummated, to violate Section 5 of
the Act or other federal or state securities laws or
regulations.
4.2 Representations and
Warranties of Investor . Investor hereby represents and warrants as of
the Effective Date as follows:
(a)
Organization;
Authority . Investor is an entity validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization with full right, company power and authority to
enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by
Investor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary company or similar action on
the part of Investor. Each Transaction Document to which
it is a party has been (or will be) duly executed by Investor, and
when delivered by Investor in accordance with the terms hereof,
will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of
Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(b)
Investor Status
. At the time Investor
was offered the Securities, it was, and at the Effective Date it
is: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a) under the Act.
(c)
Experience of Investor
. Investor, either alone
or together with its representatives, has such knowledge,
sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so
as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the
prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the
merits and risks of such investment. Investor is able to
bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at
the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such
investment.
(d)
General Solicitation
. Investor is not
purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.
The Company
acknowledges and agrees that Investor does not make or has not made
any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this
Section 4.2 .
ARTICLE 5
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE
PARTIES
5.1 Transfer
Restrictions
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in
compliance with state and federal securities laws. In
connection with any transfer of Securities other than (i) pursuant
to an effective Registration Statement or Rule 144, (ii) to the
Company, (iii) to an Affiliate of Investor, or (iv) in connection
with a pledge as contemplated in Section 5.1(b) , the
Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the
Company an opinion of Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP
(“ Luce Forward ”), or other counsel selected by
the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the
effect that such transfer does not require registration of such
transferred Securities under the Act.
(b) Investor agrees to the imprinting, so long as is
required by this Section 5.1 , of the following legend, or
substantially similar legend, on any certificate evidencing
Securities other than DWC Shares:
NEITHER THESE
SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY
A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company
agrees to cause such legend to be removed immediately upon
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or when any Common
Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144. Company
further acknowledges and agrees that Investor may from time to time
pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered
broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the
Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act and who
agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if
required under the terms of such arrangement, Investor may transfer
pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured
parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject
to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of
the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in
connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be
required of such pledge. At Investor’s reasonable
expense, the Company will execute and deliver such documentation as
a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in
connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.
5.2 Furnishing of
Information . As long as Investor owns
Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the
Effective Date pursuant to the Exchange Act. Upon the
request of Investor, the Company shall deliver to Investor a
written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it
has complied with the preceding sentence. As long as Investor owns
Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant
to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to Investor and make
publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information
as is required for Investor to sell the Securities under Rule
144. The Company further covenants that it will take
such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably
request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the
Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule
144.
5.3
Integration . The Company shall not sell, offer
for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect
of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Act) that would be
integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner
that would require the registration under the Act of the sale of
the Securities to Investor or that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require
stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction
unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such
subsequent transaction.
5.4 Securities Laws
Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m.
Eastern time on the Trading Day following the Effective Date, issue
a press release or if required file a Current Report on Form 8-K,
in each case reasonably acceptable to Investor, disclosing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Company and Investor shall consult with each
other in issuing any press releases with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor
Investor shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any
such public statement without the prior consent of the Company,
with respect to any such press release of Investor, or without the
prior consent of Investor, with respect to any such press release
of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or
delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law or Trading
Market regulations, in which case the disclosing party shall
promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public
statement or communication. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of
Investor, or include the name of Investor in any filing with the
SEC or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior
written consent of Investor, except (i) as required by federal
securities law in connection with any registration statement under
which the Common Shares are registered, and (ii) to the extent such
disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in
which case the Company shall provide Investor with prior notice of
such disclosure permitted under subclause (i) or (ii).
5.5 Shareholders Rights
Plan . No
claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any other Person that Investor is an
“Acquiring Person” under any shareholders rights plan
or similar plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by
the Company, or that Investor could be deemed to trigger the
provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other
agreement between the Company and Investor. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject
to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.6 Non-Public
Information . The Company represents and warrants
that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf has, and
covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on
its behalf will, provide Investor or its agents or counsel with any
information that the Company believes or reasonably should believe
constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto
Investor shall have executed a written agreement regarding the
confidentiality and use of such information. On and
after the Effective Date, neither Investor nor any Affiliate
Investor shall have any duty of trust or confidence that is owed
directly, indirectly, or derivatively, to the Company or the
shareholders of the Company, or to any other Person who is the
source of material non-public information regarding the
Company. The Company understands and confirms that
Investor shall be relying on the foregoing representations in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
5.7
Reimbursement . If Investor becomes involved in any
capacity in any proceeding by or against any Person who is a
stockholder of the Company (except as a result of sales, pledges,
margin sales and similar transactions by Investor to or with any
current stockholder), solely as a result of Investor’s
acquisition of the Securities under this Agreement, the Company
will reimburse Investor for its reasonable legal and other expenses
(including the cost of any investigation preparation and travel in
connection therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such
expenses are incurred, or will assume the defense of Investor in
such matter. The reimbursement obligations of the
Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same
terms and conditions to any Affiliates of Investor who are actually
named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners,
directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (if any), as
the case may be, of Investor and any such Affiliate, and shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns,
heirs and personal representatives of the Company, Investor and any
such Affiliate and any such Person. The Company also
agrees that neither Investor nor any such Affiliates, partners,
directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall have any
liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf
of or in right of the Company solely as a result of acquiring the
Securities under this Agreement, except with respect to information
provided to the Company in writing by Investor or its
representatives for use in preparing the Registration
Statement.
5.8 Indemnification of
Investor . Subject to the provisions of this
section, the Company will indemnify and hold Investor and any
Warrant holder, their Affiliates and attorneys, and each of their
directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees, agents, and
any person who controls Investor within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the
“ Investor Parties ” and each an “
Investor Party ”), harmless from any and all losses,
liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and
expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements,
court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation (collectively, “ Losses ”) that
any Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating
to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in
the other Transaction Documents, (b) any action instituted against
any Investor Party, or any of them or their respective Affiliates,
by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of an
Investor Party, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is
based upon a breach of Investor’s representation, warranties
or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or
understandings Investor may have with any such stockholder or any
violations by Investor of state or federal securities laws or any
conduct by Investor which constitutes fraud, gross negligence,
willful misconduct or malfeasance), (c) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in a Registration Statement (or in a Registration Statement as
amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company) or
arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and/or (d) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included
in any Prospectus ( or any amendments or supplements to any
Prospectus ), in any free writing prospectus, in any “issuer
information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) of
the