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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated as of August 6, 2007, among
Signalife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the
signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and
assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively the
“ Purchasers ”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company
desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser,
severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company,
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 each Purchaser 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 have the meanings indicated
in this Section 1.1:
“ Action ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“ 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 under the Securities Act. 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 any
day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required
by law or other governmental action to close.
“ Closing ” means the closing
of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.2.
“ Closing Date ” means the
Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and
all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’
obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been
satisfied or waived.
“ Commission ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may
hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
“ Common Stock Equivalents ”
means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries 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 exercisable or exchangeable for, or
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“ Disclosure Schedules ”
means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“ Effective Date ” means the
date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the
Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first
declared effective by the Commission.
“ Escrow Agent ” means David
Gonzalez, Esq.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
that Escrow Agreement of even date herewith between the Company,
the Purchasers and the Escrow Agent.
“ Evaluation Date ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Exempt Issuance ” means the
issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers, directors of or consultants, agents or vendors to the
Company pursuant to any stock option plans, agreements or
arrangements existing on the date of this Agreement or any other
stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or
a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee
directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the
exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued
hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable
for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding on the date of this Agreement; provided that
such securities have not been amended since the date of this
Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to
decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion price of any such
securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company’s Board of
Directors; provided any such issuance shall only be to a
Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an
operating company in a business synergistic with the business of
the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in
addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a
transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary
business is investing in securities, and (d) shares of Common
Stock or options issued to consultants, agents or vendors to the
Company payable as compensation thereto for the provision of
goods and services in accordance with the
Company’s standard practices and approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company and with a fair market value at the
time of issuance not to exceed an aggregate of $500,000 for each
12 month period from the date hereof.
“ GAAP ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Indebtedness ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(o).
“ Legend Removal Date ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“ Liens ” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“ Material Permits ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“ Per Share Purchase Price ”
equals $0.6764, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward
stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other
similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the
date of this Agreement.
“ 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.
“ Purchaser Party ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.9.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
“ 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 Shares and the Warrant
Shares.
“ Required Approvals ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“ 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 ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Securities ” means the
Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Shares ” means two million
nine hundred fifty six thousand eight hundred thirty (2,956,830)
shares of Common Stock that will be sold to the Purchasers
pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
“ Short Sales ” shall include
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed
to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares
of Common Stock).
“ Subscription Amount ”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for
Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement
and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in
United States Dollars and in immediately available funds.
“ Subsidiary ” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“ Trading Market ” means the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the
American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, The
American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, or the Nasdaq Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board
(“ OTCBB ”).
“ Transaction Documents ”
means this Agreement, the Warrants and the Registration Rights
Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“ Warrants ” means
collectively the Common Stock purchase warrants that will be
sold to the Purchasers pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement
and which will entitle the Purchasers to collectively purchase
1,000,000 and 500,000 common shares at exercise prices of $1 and
$2 per share, respectively, in the form of Exhibit C
delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with
Section 2.3(a) hereof.
“ Warrant Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Binding Purchase Commitment .
Subject to the Closing Conditions set forth in Section 2.3
and 2.4 below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, the Company irrevocably agrees to sell, and the
Purchasers irrevocably agree to purchase, severally and not
jointly, the Shares and the Warrants, for the aggregate sum of
$2,000,000 payable by the Purchasers to the Company.
2.2
Closing . Upon satisfaction of the
Closing Conditions set forth in Sections 2.3 and 2.4, the
Closing shall occur at the offices of the Escrow Agent, or such
other location as the parties shall mutually agree. At the
Closing, the Escrow Agent shall deliver (1) to the Company via
wire transfer immediately available funds equal to the
Purchasers’ aggregate Subscription Amount and shall also
deliver to the Company the other items set forth in Section
2.3(b) issuable at the Closing and (2) to the Purchasers their
respective Shares and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section
2.3(a) and the other items set forth in Section 2.3(a) issuable
at the Closing.
2.3
Deliverables .
(a)
Within one business day of executing this
Agreement, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Escrow Agent the following:
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii)
a legal opinion of the Company’s legal
counsel, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto;
(iii)
with respect to each Purchaser, certificates
evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s
pro rata share of the Subscription Amount divided by the Per
Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv)
with respect to each Purchaser, a Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to One
Million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement
and next to the heading “Warrant A Amount,” with an
exercise price equal to $1.00, subject to adjustment
therein;
(v)
with respect to each Purchaser, a Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to Five
Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock specified
below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this
Agreement and next to the heading “Warrant B
Amount,” with an exercise price equal to $2.00, subject to
adjustment therein; and
(vi)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed
by the Company.
(b)
Within one business day of executing this
Agreement, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Escrow Agent the following:
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser;
(ii)
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by
wire transfer to the Company; and
(iii)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed
by such Purchaser (including a fully completed Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire).
2.4
Closing Conditions .
(a)
The obligations of the Company hereunder in
connection with the Closing are subject to the following
conditions being met:
(i)
the accuracy in all material respects when made
and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of
the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Purchasers required to be performed at or prior to the Closing
Date shall have been performed; and
(iii)
the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set
forth in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.
(b)
The respective obligations of the Purchasers
hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the
following conditions being met:
(i)
the accuracy in all material respects on the
Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein;
(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date
shall have been performed;
(iii)
the delivery by the Company of the items set
forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement;
(iv)
there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect
with respect to the Company since the date hereof;
(v)
all of the Shares and the Warrant Shares shall
be approved for listing on the American Stock Exchange (“
AMEX ”) or the Company shall be listed for trading
on the OTCBB;
(vi)
from the date hereof to the Closing Date,
trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the
Commission or the Company’s
principal Trading Market (except for any
suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the
Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the
Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in
securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets
shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
shall not have been established on securities whose trades are
reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a
banking moratorium have been declared either by the United
States or New York State authorities nor shall there have
occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
other national or international calamity of such magnitude in
its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial
market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of each
Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the
Shares at the Closing;
(vii)
The Company shall have provided to the Purchaser
a true copy of a certificate of good standing evidencing the
formation and good standing of the Company from the secretary of
state (or comparable office) from the jurisdiction in which the
Company is incorporated, as of a date within 10 days of the
Closing Date; and
(viii)
The Company shall have delivered to the
Purchaser a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the
Company and dated as of the First Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3.1(c) as adopted by the
Company's Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to
such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the
Bylaws, each as in effect at the First Closing.
2.5
Termination . In the event that the
Closing has not occurred within thirty (30) business days from
the date hereof (unless extended by the mutual agreement of all
parties) due to the Company’s failure to satisfy the
conditions set forth in Section 2.4(b) the Purchaser shall have
the option to terminate this Agreement at the close of business
on such date without liability of any party to any other party
or refunds of any fees already paid to any party.
ARTICLE III..
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of the
Company .
Except as set forth under the corresponding
section of the Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules
shall be deemed a part hereof and to qualify any representation
or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of such
disclosure, the Company hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth below to each Purchaser:
(a)
Subsidiaries . All of the direct
and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the
SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all
of the capital stock or other equity interests of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any 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 to subscribe for or purchase
securities.
(b)
Organization and Qualification .
The Company and each of 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 (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse
effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material
respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), 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 and thereunder. The execution and
delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders in
connection therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. 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 and thereof, 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.
(d)
No Conflicts . The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the
Company, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the
consummation by the Company of the other transactions
contemplated hereby and 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) subject to the
Required Approvals, 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; 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 .
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) filings
required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the
filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii)
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing
of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner
required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the
Commission and such filings as are required to be made under
applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “
Required Approvals ”).
(f)
Issuance of the Securities . The
Shares 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 imposed by the Company other than
restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance
with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all
Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved
from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and
the Warrants.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization
of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) .
Except for shares included in Schedule 3.1(g) , the
Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than
pursuant to the exercise of stock options under the
Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees, advisors or consultants as
compensation for the provision of services or pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock purchase/option plans and
pursuant to the conversion or exercise of Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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 and except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g) ,
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
exercisable 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 Common Stock Equivalents.
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 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 any of 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 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 .
The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents required to be filed by it under
the Securities Act and 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 or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing
materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred
to herein as the “ SEC Reports . As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, 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 the
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 United States generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (“ 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; Undisclosed Events,
Liabilities or Developments . Since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC
Report, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development
that has had or that would 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
disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (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) 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. Except for the
issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no
event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
business, properties, operations or financial condition, that
would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is
made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1)
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j)
Litigation . 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) would, 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 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
Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company. 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.
(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 would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
employees is a member of a union that relates to such
employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries
believe that their relationships with their employees are good.
No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is,
or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of
any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or
proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement,
or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant,
and the continued employment of each such executive officer does
not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any
liability with respect to
any of the foregoing matters. The Company
and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal,
state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be
in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have 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 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 and all such laws that
affect the environment, except in each case as would not have or
reasonably be expected to result in 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 would not 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 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 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 with which the Company and the Subsidiaries
are in compliance.
(o)
Patents and Trademarks . The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in
connection with their respective businesses as described in the
SEC Reports and which the failure to so have would have a
Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property Rights ”). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) 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. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties, except where failure to do so would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(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, incl
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