Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this
“ Agreement ” ) is dated as of
February 1, 2007, by and among Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation
(the “ Company ” ), and the
purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each, a
“ Purchaser ” and collectively,
the “ Purchasers ”
).
RECITALS
A. The Company and each Purchaser are executing
and delivering this agreement in reliance upon the exemption from
securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“
Regulation D ”) as promulgated by the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act.
B. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly,
wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms
and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) an aggregate of
4,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock
”), at a purchase price of $2.50 per share (the “
Per Share Purchase Price ”)
(collectively referred to herein as the “
Shares ”), and (ii) warrants, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “ Warrants
”) to acquire up to that number of additional shares of
Common Stock set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the
signature page hereto (as exercised, collectively, the “
Warrant Shares ”)
C. The Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares
issued pursuant to this Agreement are collectively referred to
herein as the “ Securities
”.
D. Contemporaneous with the sale of the Shares and
the Warrants, the parties hereto will enter into a Registration
Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other
things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration
rights under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws.
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 Purchasers agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
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:
“ Affiliate
” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person. With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that
is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager
as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such
Purchaser.
“ Business Day
” means a day,
other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City
are open for the general transaction of business.
“ Buy-In ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“ Buy-In Price
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“ Closing ”
means the closing of the purchase
and sale of the Shares and the Warrants pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ Closing Date
” means the
Business Day on which all of the conditions set forth in Sections
2.1 and 2.2 hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the parties
may agree.
" Commission "
means the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock
” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any securities
into which the Common Stock may hereafter be
reclassified.
“ Common Stock Equivalents
” means any
securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which would entitle the
holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, 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 Baker &
Hostetler LLP.
“ Company
Deliverables ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(a).
“ Company’s
Knowledge ” means with respect to any statement
made to the knowledge of a party, that the statement is based upon
the actual knowledge of the officers of such party having
responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject of
the statement.
“ Control ”
(including the terms “controlling”, “controlled
by” or “under common control with”) means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Disclosure Materials
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“ Effective Date
” means the
date on which the initial Registration Statement required by
Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared
effective by the Commission.
“ Effectiveness
Deadline ” means the date on which the initial
Registration Statement is required to be declared effective by the
Commission under the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“ Environmental
Laws ” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(l).
“ Evaluation Date
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(v).
“ Exchange Act
” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ GAAP ”
means U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles, as applied by the Company.
“ Indemnified
Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(b).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(r).
“ Lead Investors
” means those Purchasers which are managed by
________________.
“ Lien ”
means any lien, charge, encumbrance,
security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or
other restrictions of any kind.
“ Losses ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).
“ 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) a material adverse
impairment to the Company's ability to perform on a timely basis
its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“
Material Contract ” means any
contract of the Company that was filed as an exhibit to the SEC
Filings pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation
S-K.
“ New York Courts
” means the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough
of Manhattan.
“ Person ”
means an individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust,
association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole
proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority
or any other form of entity not specifically listed
herein.
“ 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 in
writing.
“ Purchaser
Deliverables ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(b).
“ Purchaser Party
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“ Registration Statement
” means a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the
Purchasers of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement).
“ 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).
“ Secretary’s
Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(a)(vi).
“ Short Sales
” include,
without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in
Rule 3b-3 of the Exchange Act and Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the
box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward
sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps,
“put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h)
under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a
total return basis), and sales and other transactions through
non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers having the
effect of hedging the securities or investment made under this
Agreement.
“ Subscription Amount
” means with
respect to each Purchaser, the Subscription Amount indicated on
such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement.
“ 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
Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(g).
“ Trading Day
” means (i) a
day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its
primary 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 National Quotation
Bureau Incorporated (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 schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the
Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent
” means
StockTrans.
ARTICLE II.
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 Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not
jointly, purchase from the Company, the Shares and Warrants
representing such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount. The
Closing shall take place at the offices of Lowenstein Sandler PC,
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 18 th Floor, New York, New
York 10020, on the Closing Date or at such other location or time
as the parties may agree.
2.2 Closing Deliveries . (a) At the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver
or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (the
“ Company Deliverables
”):
(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the
Company;
(ii) one or more stock certificates, free and clear
of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided
in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing a number of Shares equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing (a) such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount by (b) the Per Share Purchase Price;
(iii) a Warrant, executed by the Company and
registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such
Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant
Shares equal to 65% of the number of Shares issuable to such
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form
set forth in Exhibit C hereto, executed by
such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers;
(v) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly
executed by the Company;
(vi) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company
(the “ Secretary’s Certificate
”), dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities,
certifying the current versions of the Articles of Incorporation
and by-laws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and
authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related
documents on behalf of the Company; and
(b) At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the “
Purchaser Deliverables ”):
(i) this Agreement, duly executed by such
Purchaser;
(ii) its Subscription Amount, in United States
dollars and in immediately available funds;
(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly
executed by such Purchaser;
(iv) a fully completed and duly executed Selling
Stockholder Questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B to the
Registration Rights Agreement; and
(v) a fully completed and duly executed Accredited
Investor Questionnaire and Stock Certificate Questionnaire in the
forms attached hereto as Exhibits D-1 and
D-2 , respectively.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the
Company . The Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers that, except as
set forth in the Schedules delivered herewith:
(a) Subsidiaries . The Company has no direct or indirect
Subsidiaries other than those listed in the Company’s Form
10-K Report for the year ended December 31, 2005. Except as
disclosed therein, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of
the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Subsidiary
free and clear of any and all Liens and all the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest
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 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 or lease 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 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 or appropriate, 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 to
which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale and delivery of
the Shares and the Warrants and the subsequent issuance of the
Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and no further corporate action is required by the Company,
its Board of Directors or its stockholders. Each Transaction
Document to which it is a party 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. There are
no stockholders agreements, voting agreements, or other similar
arrangements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to
which the Company is a party or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(d) No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including without
limitation, the issuance of the Shares, pursuant to Section 2.2,
the issuance of the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement and the
registration of the Registrable Securities under the Registration
Rights Agreement) 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, (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, equity or other instrument (evidencing a Company or
Subsidiary debt, equity issuance obligation 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, except to the extent that such conflict,
default, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation right
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
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 and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness
of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers
herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or
its securities are subject, including all applicable Trading
Markets), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a
Subsidiary is bound or affected, except to the extent that such
violation described in this clause (iii) 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 applicable 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 filing of any requisite notices and/or application(s)
to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the
Common Stock and the Warrants and the listing of the Common Stock
for trading or quotation, as the case may be, thereon in the time
and manner required thereby, (v) the filings required in accordance
with Section 4.5 and (vi) those that have been made or obtained
prior to the date of this Agreement.
(f) Issuance of the Securities
. The Shares and the Warrant Shares
have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for
in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities
laws and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of
stockholders. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Purchasers, the Shares and the Warrant Shares
will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws.
(g) No Anti-dilution Trigger . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g)
, the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.2
and the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants in accordance with their terms, will not, immediately or
with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, obligate
the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to
any Person (other than the Purchasers) 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) Capitalization . The number of shares and type of all
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other
securities of the Company (whether or not presently convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of
the Company) is 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
set forth on Schedule 3.1(h) , there are no outstanding
options, warrants or 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 the Company’s capital stock, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of
capital stock of the Company, or options, securities or rights
convertible or exchangeable into shares of capital stock. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(h) and customary adjustments
resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, combination of
shares, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications or
other similar events, there are no anti-dilution or price
adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the
Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders).
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and
state security laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued
in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the
Company.
(i) SEC Reports . 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 two years 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 this Agreement and
the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the “
Disclosure Materials ” ) 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.
As of their respective dates, or to the extent corrected by a
subsequent restatement, 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.
(j) Financial Statements . 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
(or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement). 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 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, year-end
audit adjustments.
(k) Tax Matters . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i)
has accurately and timely prepared and filed all foreign, federal
and state income and all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject,
(ii) has paid all material 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, with respect to which adequate reserves
have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set
aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of
all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes
in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis
for such claim.
(l) 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, 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
manner in which it keeps its accounting books and records, or
changed 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 (other than in
connection with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees
of the Company) and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except Common
Stock issued in the ordinary course as dividends on outstanding
preferred stock and pursuant to existing Company stock option or
stock purchase plans or executive and director corporate
arrangements disclosed in the SEC Reports and (vi) there has not
been any material change or amendment to, or any waiver of any
material right under, any contract under which the Company, any
subsidiary thereof, or any of their assets is bound or subject. The
Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for
confidential treatment of information.
(m) Environmental Matters . To the Company’s Knowledge, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation of any statute,
rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or
body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use,
disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to
the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure
to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “
Environmental Laws ”), (ii) owns or
operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is
in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any
off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental
Laws, and (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any
Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or
claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate; and there is no
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
investigation that might lead to such a claim.
(n) Litigation . There is no Proceeding which (i) adversely
affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of
any of the Transaction Documents or the issuance of the Securities
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 thereof), is or
has been during the ten-year period prior to the closing Date the
subject of any Proceeding 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
Company’s Knowledge, there is not pending or contemplated,
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.
(o) Employment Matters . The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices
and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and
hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not,
either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement.
The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with
their employees are satisfactory. No executive officer of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 501(f) of
the Securities Act) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary
that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such
Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment
with the Company or any such Subsidiary.
(p) Compliance . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, except
in each case as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(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 having jurisdiction over
the Company or its properties or assets, or (iii) is or has been in
violation of, or in receipt of notice that it is in violation of,
any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority
applicable to the Company.
(q) 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,
individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and could not
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.
(r) 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 their respective businesses and 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 that do not, individually or
in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. 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
material compliance.
(s) Patents and Trademarks . The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess,
license or have other rights to use all foreign and domestic
patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and
service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain names,
know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property ”) necessary
for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or
as proposed to be conducted. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports
and except where such violations or infringements would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(a) to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no rights of
third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (b) to the
Company’s Knowledge, and except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(s) , there is no infringement by third parties of any such
Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others challenging the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property,
and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to
the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such
Intellectual Property; and (e) there is no pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others that the Company and its Subsidiaries infringe or
otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or
other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of
any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such
claim.
(t) 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. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any Knowledge
that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage for
the Company and the Subsidiaries 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.
(u) Transactions With Affiliates and
Employees . Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports made on or prior to the date hereof, none
of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than
for services as employees, officers and directors) that would be
required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K
promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company is in compliance
with applicable requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and
applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission
thereunder, except where such noncompliance would not result in,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) Internal Accounting Controls
. 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.
(w) Internal Controls . The Company has established disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in 1934 Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for
the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that material information relating to the Company 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 was being
prepared. The Company's certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures
as of the end of the most recent periodic reporting period 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, except with
respect to the remediation of the material weakness in internal
control over financial reporting and the ineffectiveness of
disclosure controls and procedures as described in the SEC Filings,
there have been no significant changes in the Company's internal
control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Item
308(c) of Regulation S-K) or, to the Company's Knowledge, in other
factors that could significantly affect the Company's internal
control over financial reporting. The Company maintains and will
continue to maintain a standard system of accounting established
and administered in accordance with GAAP and the applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act.
(x) Certain Fees . 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. The Purchasers shall
have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any
claims (other than such fees or commissions owed by a Purchaser
pursuant to agreements (whether written or oral) between such
Purchaser and any third party which fees or commissions shall be
the sole responsibility of such Purchaser) made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(y) Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2(b)-(e), no registration under the Securities Act is
required for the offer and sale of the Shares and Warrant Shares by
the Company to the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents. The
Company is eligible to register the Shares and the Warrant Shares
for resale by the Purchasers using Form S-3 promulgated under the
Securities Act. Except as specified in Schedule 3.1(y) , the
Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights
(including “piggy-back” registration rights) to have
any securities of the Company registered with the Commission or any
other governmental authority that have not been satisfied or
waived.
(z) No Directed Selling Efforts or General
Solicitation . Neither
the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on
its or their behalf has conducted any “general
solicitation” or “general advertising” (as those
terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or
sale of any of the Securities.
(aa) No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates,
nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, at any time within the past six months made any offers
or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any
security, under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the
availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D
under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by
the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause
the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction
Documents to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for
purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market.
(bb) Listing and Maintenance Requirements
. The Company’s Common Stock
is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and
the Company has taken no action designed to terminate the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the
Company received any notification that the Commission is
contemplating terminating such registration. Except as specified in
the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the two years preceding
the date hereof, received notice (written or oral) from any Trading
Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the
listing or maintenance requirements thereof. The Company is in
compliance in all material respects with the listing and
maintenance requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock
on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed
or quoted. The issuance and sale of the Securities under the
Transaction Documents does not contravene the rules and regulations
of the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed
or quoted, and no approval of the shareholders of the Company
thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the
Purchasers the maximum number of Securities contemplated by
Transaction Documents.
(cc) Investment Company . Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is required to be registered as, and is not an
Affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be
required to register as, an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(dd) Questionable Payments . Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge,
directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on
behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course
of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company: (a) used any
corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or
other unlawful expenses relating to foreign or domestic political
activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any
foreign or domestic governmental officials or employees from
corporate funds; (c) violated in any material respect any provision
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (d)
made any other unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee.
(ee) Application of Takeover Protections
. There is no control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Company's charter documents or
the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably
be expected to become applicable to any of the Purchasers as a
result of the Purchasers 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 the Purchasers' ownership of the
Securities.
(ff) Disclosure . The Company confirms that neither it nor any
Person acting on its behalf has provided any Purchaser or its
respective agents or counsel with any information that constitutes
or might constitute material, non-public information except insofar
as the existence, provisions and terms of the Transaction Documents
and the proposed transactions hereunder may constitute such
information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided
to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the
transactions contempla
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