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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”), dated as of December 19, 2007, by and among Golden
Patriot, Corp., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at
626 RexCorp Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556 (the “ Company
”), and each of the purchasers set forth on the signature
pages hereto (the “ Buyers ”).
WHEREAS:
A.
The Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this
Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities
registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated
by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ SEC ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “ 1933 Act ”);
B.
Buyers desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and
sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
(i) 8% secured convertible notes of the Company, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit “A” , in the
aggregate principal amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000) (together with any note(s) issued in replacement thereof
or as a dividend thereon or otherwise with respect thereto in
accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Notes
”), convertible into shares of common stock, par value
$.001 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock
”), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and
conditions set forth in such Notes and (ii) warrants, in the
forms attached hereto as Exhibit “B” , to
purchase an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the
“Warrants” ).
C.
Each Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated
in this Agreement, such principal amount of Notes and number of
Warrants as is set forth immediately below its name on the
signature pages hereto; and
D.
Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration
Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit “C” (the “ Registration
Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company has
agreed to provide certain registration rights under the 1933 Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE , the Company and each of the Buyers
severally (and not jointly) hereby agree as follows:
1.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS .
a.
Purchase of Notes and Warrants . On the Closing
Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to each
Buyer and each Buyer severally agrees to purchase from the Company
such principal amount of Notes and number of Warrants as is set
forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the signature
pages hereto.
b.
Form of Payment . On the Closing Date (as
defined below), (i) each Buyer shall pay the purchase price
for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold to it at the
Closing (as defined below) (the “ Purchase Price
”) by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Company, in accordance with the
Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of
the Notes in the principal amount equal to the Purchase Price and
the number of Warrants as is set forth immediately below such
Buyer’s name on the signature pages hereto, and (ii) the
Company shall deliver such Notes and Warrants duly executed on
behalf of the Company, to such Buyer, against delivery of such
Purchase Price.
c.
Closing Date . Subject to the satisfaction (or
written waiver) of the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6
and Section 7 below, the date and time of the issuance and sale of
the Notes and the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement (the “
Closing Date ”) shall be 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard
Time on December 19, 2007, or such other mutually agreed upon time.
The closing of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall occur on the
Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the
parties.
2.
BUYERS’ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .
Each Buyer severally (and not jointly) represents and
warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer that:
a.
Investment Purpose . As of the date hereof, the
Buyer is purchasing the Notes and the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Notes
(including, without limitation, such additional shares of Common
Stock, if any, as are issuable (i) on account of interest on
the Notes, (ii) as a result of the events described in
Sections 1.3 and 1.4(g) of the Notes and Section 2(c) of the
Registration Rights Agreement or (iii) in payment of the
Standard Liquidated Damages Amount (as defined in Section 2(f)
below) pursuant to this Agreement, such shares of Common Stock
being collectively referred to herein as the “ Conversion
Shares ”) and the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise thereof (the “ Warrant Shares
” and, collectively with the Notes, Warrants and Conversion
Shares, the “ Securities ”) for its own account
and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from
registration under the 1933 Act; provided , however ,
that by making the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree
to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific
term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any
time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or
an exemption under the 1933 Act.
b.
Accredited Investor Status . The Buyer is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D (an “ Accredited Investor
”).
c.
Reliance on Exemptions . The Buyer understands
that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance
upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of
United States federal and state securities laws and that the
Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the
Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set
forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the
Securities.
d.
Information . The Buyer and its advisors, if
any, have been, and for so long as the Notes and Warrants remain
outstanding will continue to be, furnished with all materials
relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company
and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities
which have been requested by the Buyer or its advisors.
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The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as
the Notes and Warrants remain outstanding will continue to be,
afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company has not disclosed
to the Buyer any material nonpublic information and will not
disclose such information unless such information is disclosed to
the public prior to or promptly following such disclosure to the
Buyer. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigation conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors or
representatives shall modify, amend or affect Buyer’s right
to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties
contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer understands that its
investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of
risk.
e.
Governmental Review . The Buyer understands
that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any
recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.
f.
Transfer or Re-sale . The Buyer understands
that (i) except as provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement, the sale or re-sale of the Securities has not been and
is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state
securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred unless
(a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Buyer shall
have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be
in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities to be
sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted
by the Company, (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to
an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated
under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“ Rule 144
”)) of the Buyer who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the
Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an
Accredited Investor, (d) the Securities are sold pursuant to
Rule 144, or (e) the Securities are sold pursuant to
Regulation S under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“
Regulation S ”), and the Buyer shall have
delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be in
form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
corporate transactions, which opinion shall be accepted by the
Company; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule
144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of said Rule and
further, if said Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such
Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter
(as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance
with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company
nor any other person is under any obligation to register such
Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to
comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder
(in each case, other than pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else
contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as
collateral in connection with a bona fide
margin account or other lending arrangement. In the event
that the Company does not accept the opinion of counsel provided by
the Buyer with respect to the transfer of Securities pursuant to an
exemption from registration, such as Rule 144 or Regulation S,
within three (3) business days of delivery of the opinion to the
Company, the Company shall pay to the Buyer liquidated damages of
three percent (3%) of the outstanding amount of the Notes per month
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, prorated for partial
months, in cash or shares at the option of the Company (“
Standard Liquidated Damages Amount ”). If the
Company elects to
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be pay the Standard Liquidated Damages Amount in shares of Common
Stock, such shares shall be issued at the Conversion Price at the
time of payment.
g.
Legends . The Buyer understands that the Notes
and the Warrants and, until such time as the Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S without any
restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date
that can then be immediately sold, the Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the
following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against
transfer of the certificates for such Securities):
“The securities represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
securities may not be sold, transferred or assigned in the absence
of an effective registration statement for the securities under
said Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope
customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that
registration is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant
to Rule 144 or Regulation S under said Act.”
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall
issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any
Security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by
applicable state securities laws, (a) such Security is registered
for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the
1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or
Regulation S without any restriction as to the number of securities
as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or (b)
such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in
form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or
transfer of such Security may be made without registration under
the 1933 Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company so
that the sale or transfer is effected or (c) such holder provides
the Company with reasonable assurances that such Security can be
sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S. The Buyer
agrees to sell all Securities, including those represented by a
certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in
compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if
any.
h.
Authorization; Enforcement . This Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this Agreement constitutes,
and upon execution and delivery by the Buyer of the Registration
Rights Agreement, such agreement will constitute, valid and binding
agreements of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their
terms.
i.
Residency . The Buyer is a resident of the
jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on
the signature pages hereto.
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3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY .
The Company represents and warrants to each Buyer that:
a.
Organization and Qualification . The Company
and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated,
with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease,
use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and
where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted.
Schedule 3(a) sets forth a list of all of the Subsidiaries
of the Company and the jurisdiction in which each is incorporated.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as
a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in
every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification
necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. “
Material Adverse Effect ” means any of (i) a material
and adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of
any document executed in connection with this financing, (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 under any of
the documents executed in connection with this financing.
“ Subsidiaries ” means any corporation or
other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in
which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other
ownership interest.
b.
Authorization; Enforcement . (i) The Company
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Notes and the Warrants and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Notes and the Warrants by the Company and the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including
without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants and
the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares
and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof)
have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors
and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board
of Directors, or its shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company by its
authorized representative, and such authorized representative is
the true and official representative with authority to sign this
Agreement and the other documents executed in connection herewith
and bind the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement
constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants, each of
such instruments will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms.
c.
Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) [
]
shares of Common Stock, of which [
]
shares are issued and outstanding, [ ] shares are
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option
plans, [ ] shares are reserved for issuance
pursuant to securities (other than the Notes and the Warrants)
exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock and, [
] shares are
reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of
the Warrants (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company’s
covenant set forth in Section 4(h)
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below); and (ii) [
]
shares of preferred stock of which no shares are issued and
outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock
are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. No shares of capital stock of
the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar
rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or
encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the
Company. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(c) , as of
the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls,
rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or
other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating
to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for
any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of
capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there
are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or
their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights
Agreement) and (iii) 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) that will be
triggered by the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the
Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares. The Company has
furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the
date hereof (“ Certificate of Incorporation ”),
the Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the
“ By-laws ”), and the terms of all securities
convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and
the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
The Company shall provide the Buyer with a written update of
this representation signed by the Company’s Chief Executive
or Chief Financial Officer on behalf of the Company as of the
Closing Date.
d.
Issuance of Shares . The Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and,
upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with their respective terms, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens,
claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall
not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of
shareholders of the Company and will not impose personal liability
upon the holder thereof.
e.
Acknowledgment of Dilution . The Company
understands and acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the
Common Stock upon the issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares upon conversion of the Note or exercise of the Warrants.
The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the Notes
or exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, the
Notes and the Warrants is absolute and unconditional regardless of
the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other shareholders of the Company.
f.
No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Notes and the Warrants by the Company and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for
issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares) will not (i)
conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or conflict
with, or result in a breach of any
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provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, patent, patent
license or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations and regulations
of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its
securities are subject) applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations,
cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its
Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational
documents and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of
time or both could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has taken any action or failed to take any action that would give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any
property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
The businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any,
are not being conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as a
Buyer owns any of the Securities, in violation of any law,
ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity. Except as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under
the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company
is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of,
or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental
agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock
market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or
perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes or the Warrants in
accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell
the Notes and Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and to
issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes and the
Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3(f) , all consents, authorizations,
orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to
obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or
effected on or prior to the date hereof. The Company is not
in violation of the quotation requirements of the Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board (the “ OTCBB ”) and does not
reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by the
OTCBB in the foreseeable future. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might
give rise to any of the foregoing.
g.
SEC Documents; Financial Statements . Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3(g) , the Company has timely filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “ 1934 Act ”) (all of the foregoing filed
prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and
financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other
than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein,
being hereinafter referred to herein as the “ SEC
Documents ”). The Company has delivered to each
Buyer true and complete copies of the SEC Documents, except for
such exhibits and incorporated documents. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC
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promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of
the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC,
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. None of the
statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required
to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such
statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings
prior the date hereof). As of their respective dates, the
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents
complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods
involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such
financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of
unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include
footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
Except as set forth in the financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to December
31, 2004 and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments
incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under
generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such
financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are
not material to the financial condition or operating results of the
Company.
h.
Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31,
2004, there has been no material adverse change and no material
adverse development in the assets, liabilities, business,
properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations
or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
i.
Absence of Litigation . There is no action,
suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any
court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors
in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse
Effect. Schedule 3(i) contains a complete list and
summary description of any pending or threatened proceeding against
or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard
to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or
circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
j.
Patents, Copyrights, etc. The Company and each
of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or
rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights,
inventions, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, service names, trade names and
copyrights (“ Intellectual Property ”) necessary
to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except
as set forth in Schedule 3(j) hereof, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated
in the future); there is no claim or action by any person
pertaining
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to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company’s knowledge
threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or of a
Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to
enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as
set forth in Schedule 3(j) hereof, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated
in the future); to the best of the Company’s knowledge, the
Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ current and intended
products, services and processes do not infringe on any
Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and the
Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give
rise to any of the foregoing. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual
Property.
k.
No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charter,
corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree,
order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the
Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the
judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
l.
Tax Status . Except as set forth on Schedule
3(l) , the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or
filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax
returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions
reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported
taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments
and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be
due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being
contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions
reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods
subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for
any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with
respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or
collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3(l) , none of the
Company’s tax returns is presently being audited by any
taxing authority.
m.
Certain Transactions . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3(m) and except for arm’s length transactions
pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes
payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less
favorable than the Company or any of its Su
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