SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities
Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement” )
is dated as of September __, 2006, by and among Welund Fund, Inc.,
a Nevada corporation, and all predecessors thereto (the
“Company” ) and the investors
identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an
“Investor” and collectively, the
“Investors” ).
WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below) and Rule
506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell
to each Investor, and each Investor, severally and not jointly,
desires to purchase from the Company certain securities of the
Company, as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Investors agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Definitions. In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
“Action” means any action, suit,
inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial
proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or
threatened in writing against or affecting the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency,
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign),
stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“Affiliate” means any Person that,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as
such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Business Day” means any day except
Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday or a
day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or State
of California are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action to close.
“Buy-In” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(c).
“Closing” means the closing of the
purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Article II.
“Closing Date” means the Business Day
on which all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2
hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the parties may
agree.
“Commission” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock
of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any
securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which entitle the
holder thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time, including
without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into
or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to
receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle the holder
to receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
“Company Counsel” means Bullivant
Houser Bailey PC.
“Company Deliverables” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Disclosure Materials” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Effective Date” means the date that
the Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles.
“Intellectual Property Rights” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
“Investment Amount” means, with
respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement.
“Investor Deliverables” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Investor Party” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.7.
“Lien” means any lien, charge,
encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal or other
restrictions of any kind.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any of
(i) a material and adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects,
business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) an adverse impairment
to the Company’s ability to perform on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document.
“New
York Courts” means the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
“Outside Date” means November 30,
2006.
“Per
Share Purchase Price” equals $1.00.
“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.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim,
suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this
Agreement, among the Company and the Investors, in the form of
Exhibit A hereto.
“Registration Statement” means a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the
Investors of the Shares.
“Rule
144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(h).
“Securities Act” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share
Delivery Date” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.1(c).
“Shares” means the shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable to the Investors pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Short
Sales” include, without limitation, all “short
sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation
SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect
stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps
and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and
sales and other transactions through non-US broker dealers or
foreign regulated brokers.
“Subsidiary” means any
“significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of
the Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange
Act.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which
the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than the OTC
Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a
Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which
the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is
not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock
is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink
Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event
that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i),
(ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business
Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of
the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin
Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on
the date in question.
“Transaction Documents” means this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
ARTICLE 2.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1. Closing. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing
the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each
Investor shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the
Company, the Shares representing such Investor’s Investment
Amount. The Closing shall take place at the offices of Bryan Cave
LLP, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 on the Closing
Date or at such other location or time as the parties may
agree.
2.2. Closing Deliveries. i)
At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to each Investor the following (the “Company
Deliverables” ):
(i) a
certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such
Investor’s Investment Amount divided by the Per Share
Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Investor;
(ii) the legal opinion
of Company Counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the Investors;
and
(iii)
the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company.
(b)
At the
Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Company the following (the “Investor
Deliverables” ):
(i) its
Investment Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in
writing by the Company for such purpose; and
(ii) the Registration
Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Investor.
ARTICLE 3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to each Investor:
(a)
Subsidiaries . The Company has no direct or indirect
Subsidiaries other than as specified in the SEC Reports. The
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of
each Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary
are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights.
(b)
Organization and Qualification . The Company and each
Subsidiary are 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 of any of the
provisions of its respective articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each
Subsidiary are duly qualified to conduct its respective businesses
and are 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, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(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 thereunder. The execution
and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
the Company and no further action is required by the Company in
connection therewith. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon
delivery will have been) 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 as such enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating
to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(d) No
Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will
not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s 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,
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) 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; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)
Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is not
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 (i) the filing with the Commission of one or
more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of
the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required by state
securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities
on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities
Act, (iv) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.5 and
(v) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this
Agreement.
(f)
Issuance of the Shares . The Shares have been duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the
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 the shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement in order to issue
the Shares.
(g)
Capitalization . The number of shares and type of all
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company,
and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Company’s various option and incentive plans, is specified in
the SEC Reports. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, no
securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive or similar
rights, and 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 specified in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip 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 or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of
Common Stock. The issue and sale of the Shares will not,
immediately or with the passage of time, obligate the Company to
issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Investors) 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.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all
reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the
twelve months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as
the Company was required by law to file such reports) (the
foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the
“SEC Reports” and, together with the
Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the “Disclosure
Materials” ) on a timely basis or has timely filed a
valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC
Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, 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 Commission with respect thereto as in effect at
the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such
financial statements or the notes thereto, 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) Press
Releases . The Company has not disseminated any press releases
during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement.
(j)
Material Changes . Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as
specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports and Schedule
3.1(j) , (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, accrued expenses and other liabilities 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 Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors,
(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) the Company has not issued
any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except
pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does
not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information.
(k)
Litigation . There is no Action which (i) adversely affects
or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of
the Transaction Documents or the Shares or (ii) except as
specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer
thereof (in his or her capacity as such), 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, except as specifically disclosed in the
SEC Reports. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the
Company, there is not pending any investigation by the Commission
involving the Company or any current or former director or officer
of the Company (in his or her capacity as such). The Commission 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 Securities Act.
(l) 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.
(m) 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 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 relating to
taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety,
product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except
in each case as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company is in compliance with all effective requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, that are applicable to it, except where
such noncompliance could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)
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, and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such permits.
(o) Title
to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries do not own any
real property. The Company and Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is
material to their respective businesses, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for Liens as 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. 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, except as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Patents
and Trademarks . The Company and its Subsidiaries do not use
any patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and
other similar rights in connection with their respective businesses
as described in the SEC Reports.
(q)
Insurance . The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any
insurance coverage.
(r)
Transactions With Affiliates and Employees . Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports and on Schedule 3.1(r) , 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.
(s)
Internal Accounting Controls . The Company implemented
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) pursuant to which management under
the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carries out a
review and evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures, particularly during the period
in which the Company’s Form 10-KSB or 10-QSB, as the case may
be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and
procedures in accordance with Item 307 of Regulation S-B under the
Exchange Act for the Company’s most recently ended fiscal
quarter or fiscal year-end (such date, the
“Evaluation Date” ). The Company
presented in its most recently filed Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB 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 (as such term is defined in Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B
under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in
other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s
internal controls.
(t)
Solvency . Based on the financial condition of the Company
as of the Closing Date (and assuming that the Closing shall have
occurred), (i) the Company’s fair saleable value of its
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).
(u) Certain
Fees . Except as described in Schedule 3.1(u) , no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissi
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