Exhibit
10.11
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated as of November ____, 2008
between Capital Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida 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: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the
Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have
the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“ Acquiring Person ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“ Action ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“ Administrator ” means Vanco
plc (in administration).
“ Administrator Debenture ”
means the debenture in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
issuable to the administrator pursuant to the terms of the ILPA (as
defined below) in the original principal amount of
$3,000,000.
“ 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 405 under the Securities Act.
“ Archer Intercreditor
Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof, duly executed by the Company, each of the
Purchasers, and the Archer Purchasers in the form of Exhibit
H-1 attached hereto
“ Archer Purchasers ” means
the purchasers of the securities issued pursuant to the Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the
Company and its Subsidiaries and ACF CGS, L.L.C. (the “
Archer Loan Agreement ”).
“ Authorized Share Approval ”
means (i) the vote by the stockholders of the Company to approve an
amendment to the Company’s articles or certificate of
incorporation that increases the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock to at least 600,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the
“ Amendment ”) and (ii) the filing by the
Company of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State
of Florida and the acceptance of the Amendment by the Secretary of
State of the State of Florida.
“ Board of Directors ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ” means any
day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is 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
2.1.
“ 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.
“ Closing Statement ” means
the Closing Statement in the form Annex A attached
hereto.
“ Commission ” means the
United States 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.
“ Company Counsel ” means
Shefsky & Froelich, with offices located at 111 E. Wacker
Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
“ Conversion Price ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Debentures.
“ Debentures ” means the
Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject
to the terms therein, seven years from their date of issuance,
issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
“ Disclosure Schedules ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1.
“ Discussion Time ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.2(f).
“ Effective Date ” means the
earlier of (a) the effective date of a Registration Statement and
(b) the date that all of Underlying Shares issuable pursuant to the
Transaction Documents may be sold or are eligible for sale under
Rule 144, without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions.
“ 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 or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors 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 (including but not
limited to any issuance of Common Stock with respect to the
redemption of the Debentures and the debentures issued pursuant to
the March Purchase Agreement or payment of any liquidated damages
with respect to the Debentures, the Warrants and this Agreement and
the debentures and warrants issued pursuant to the March Purchase
Agreement) 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 such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant
to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of
the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that 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, (d) for purposes of
Section 4.12 only, an issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents, without registration rights, for cash consideration,
to the global carrier referenced in the Company’s press
release dated February 20, 2008, provided, however, any such
issuance of Common Stock Equivalents shall be expressly subordinate
to the Debentures pursuant to a written subordination agreement
with the Purchasers that is acceptable to each Purchaser in its
sole and absolute discretion and (e) for purposes of Sections 4.12
and 4.13 only, securities (including shares of Common Stock,
warrants and Common Stock Equivalents) issued in connection with
the Archer Loan Agreement the terms of which are described in the
Disclosure Schedules hereto and the Administrator
Debenture.
“ FWS ” means Feldman
Weinstein & Smith LLP with offices located at 420 Lexington
Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York 10170-0002.
“ 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.
“ March Purchase
Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated March 11, 2008, by and among the Company and each of the
purchasers signatories thereto for the issuance of debentures and
warrants.
“ March Purchasers
” means the purchasers of the securities issued pursuant to
the March Purchase Agreement and any successors in interest to any
of the debentures and warrants issued pursuant to the March
Purchase Agreement (by way of assignment or cancellation and
reissuance of the same).
“ March Purchasers
Intercreditor Agreement ” means the intercreditor
agreement, dated as of the date hereof, duly executed by the
Company, each of the Purchasers, and each of the March Purchasers
in the form of Exhibit H-2 attached hereto
“ March Registration Rights
Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated March 11, 2008, by and among the Company and each of the
March Purchasers.
“ 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).
“ Maximum Rate ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“ Participation Maximum ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(a).
“ 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.
“ Pre-Notice ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).
“ Principal Amount ” means,
as to each Purchaser, the amounts set forth below such
Purchaser’s signature block on the signature pages hereto
next to the heading “Principal Amount,” in United
States Dollars, which shall equal such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount multiplied by 1.65.
“ Pro Rata Portion ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(e).
“ Proceeding ” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Purchaser Party ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“ Registration Statement ”
means a registration statement filed pursuant to Section 4.18,
registering the resale, by the Purchasers, of all of the Underlying
Shares, or any portion thereof.
“ Required Approvals ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“ Required Minimum ” means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable
upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of all
Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment of
interest on the Debentures), ignoring any conversion or exercise
limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is
at all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then
Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date
of determination.
“ 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
Debentures, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying
Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Security Agreement ” means
the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company
and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto.
“ Security Documents ” shall
mean the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the
Intercreditor Agreement, and any other documents and filing
required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a security
interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as
provided in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing
receipts.
“ Senior Debt ” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Archer Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Short Sales ” means 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 Debentures 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 or, with respect to (i) Aequitas
Catalyst Fund, LLC - Series C (“ Aequitas” ),
through the conversion of its bridge note dated September 29, 2008,
in the original principal amount of $500,000 (the “
Aequitas Note ”) to a debenture and warrant hereunder
and (ii) Capstone Investments (“ Capstone ”),
through the irrevocable waiver of its right to all or a portion of
its cash fee of 7% of the cash proceeds hereunder and under the
Archer Loan Agreement.
“ Subsequent Financing
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(a).
“ Subsequent Financing Notice
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(b).
“ Subsidiary ” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
and shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“ Subsidiary Guarantee ”
means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date hereof, by each
Subsidiary in favor of the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
F attached hereto.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“ 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 Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC
Bulletin Board.
“ Transaction Documents ”
means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants, the Security
Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee, the Archer Intercreditor
Agreement, the March Purchasers Intercreditor Agreement, the Voting
Agreement, the Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement, all
exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current
transfer agent of the Company with a mailing address of 17 Battery
Place, New York, New York 10004 and a facsimile number of
212-509-5150, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
“ Underlying Shares ” means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or
redemption of the Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants and
issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on the
Debentures in accordance with the terms of the
Debentures.
“ Variable Rate Transaction ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.13(b).
“ Voting Agreement
” means the written agreement, in the form of Exhibit
G attached hereto, of all of the officers, directors, and
stockholders holding more than 10% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock on the date hereof to vote all Common Stock
over which such Persons have voting control as of the record date
for the meeting of stockholders of the Company in favor of the
Authorized Share Approval, amounting to, in the aggregate, at least
50.1% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock.
“ VWAP ” means, for any date,
the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30
a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b)
if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported
in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets,
Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by
an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers
of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
“ Warrants ” means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of
exercise equal to 5 years from the date of the Authorized Share
Approval, in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto.
“ Warrant Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE AND
SALE
2.1 Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially
concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to $17,325,000, in
the aggregate, in principal amount of the Debentures (with an
aggregate Subscription Amount of up to $10,500,000). Each Purchaser
shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or a certified
check, immediately available funds equal to its cash Subscription
Amount (and, with respect to (x) Aequitas, evidence of the
cancellation of the Aequitas Note and (y) Capstone, evidence of
their irrevocable waiver of their right to a cash fee hereunder and
under the Archer Loan Agreement) and the Company shall deliver to
each Purchaser its respective Debenture and a Warrant, as
determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each
Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2
deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of FWS or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in
substantially the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto;
(iii) a Debenture with a principal amount equal to
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount multiplied by 1.65,
registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iv) the Voting Agreements, duly executed by all
officers, directors and 10% stockholders of the Company;
(v) a Warrant registered in the name of such
Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to 75% of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided
by $0.24, with an exercise price equal to $0.24, subject to
adjustment therein;
(vi) the Security Agreement, duly executed by the
Company, VDUL (as defined below) and each Subsidiary, along with
all of the Security Documents (including, without limitation,
documents and agreements evidencing the Purchasers’ security
interest in the assets of the Company’s Subsidiary that is
organized in the UK), including the Subsidiary Guarantee, duly
executed by the parties thereto;
(vii) the Archer Intercreditor Agreement, duly
executed by the Company and the Archer Purchasers; and
(viii) the March Purchasers Intercreditor Agreement,
duly executed by the Company and each of the March
Purchasers.
(b) On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such Purchaser’s cash Subscription Amount
by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the
Company (or, with respect to (x) Aequitas, evidence of the
cancellation of the Aequitas Note and (y) Capstone, evidence of
their irrevocable waiver of their right to a cash fee hereunder and
under the Archer Loan Agreement);
(iii) the Security Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser;
(iv) the Archer Intercreditor Agreement duly
executed by such Purchaser; and
(v) the March Purchasers Intercreditor Agreement
duly executed by such Purchaser.
(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 on the
Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of
each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing
Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set
forth in Section 2.2(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 when
made and 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 of a lock-up agreement, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit J, duly executed by each of
the Administrator and Capstone, the Company and the Transfer
Agent;
(iv)all existing debtholders of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, with the exception of the Excepted Debtholders,
as that term is defined herein (each, an “Existing
Debtholder” and together, the “ Existing
Debtholders ”), shall each have executed and delivered to
the Purchasers an agreement whereby each Existing Debtholder shall
agree, that all amounts owed to it shall not mature or require payments of any nature prior to the
repayment of all amounts due under the Debentures, and whereby such
indebtedness is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to
the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, as reflected in a
written agreement reasonably acceptable to, and approved by, the
Purchasers. The term the Excepted Debtholders includes the March
Purchasers, the Archer Purchasers and such other debtholders
described on Schedule 2.3(b)(iii) attached hereto (together, the “ Excepted
Debtholders ”) ;
(v)the delivery of a consent, waiver and
amendment agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I duly executed by each March Purchaser (the “
Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement ”);
(vi)the Interest and Loan Purchase Agreement
(“ ILPA ”) among Capital Growth Acquisition,
Inc. (“ Acquisition ”), Vanco Direct USA, LLC
(“ VDUL ”) and the Administrators for the estate
of Vanco, plc (“ Administrators ”) shall have
been duly executed on terms and conditions described in the
Disclosure Schedules hereto, and the transactions consummated
thereunder shall have been consummated subject only to the
conveyance of the VDUL limited liability company interest, which
shall be subject only to certain post-closing state regulatory
filings described on Schedule 3.1(m)(A) hereto or the passage of
time as further described on the Disclosure Schedules
hereto;
(vii) the closing of the Archer Loan Agreement, with
gross proceeds of not less than $8,500,000 to the Company and its
Affiliates, shall have been consummated prior to or contemporaneous
with the Closing hereunder on terms and conditions described in the
Disclosure Schedules (provided, the aggregate principal amount of
the Senior Debt shall not exceed $10,500,000), and the Company
shall have delivered evidence thereof to the Purchasers;
(viii)there shall have been no Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;
and
(ix)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 L.P. 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 Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of
the Company . Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules,
which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall
qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent
of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the
Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of
the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(a) , 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 of 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, 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, prospects 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, the Board of Directors or the
Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in
connection with the Required Approvals. 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 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 by the
Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it to
which it is a party 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, (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) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the
notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for
the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the
Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner
required thereby, (iii) the filing of Form D with the Commission
and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state
securities laws, and (iv) the filings set forth in Schedule
3.1(e) required under the ILPA to obtain necessary FCC and
state commerce commission approvals to the change in control of
VDUL (collectively, the “ Required Approvals
”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities
. The Securities (other than the
Underlying 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. Subject only
to the Authorized Share Approval, the Underlying 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 other than restrictions
on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
(g) Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company is as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , which Schedule 3.1(g)
shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned
beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the
date hereof. 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
employee stock options under the Company’s stock option
plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant
to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act or as reflected on Schedule
3.1(g) . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)(i) , 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 or on Schedule
3.1(g) , there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or 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.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)(ii) , 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. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(g)(iii) , no further approval or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors 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 the Company 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 ”) on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration
of any such extension. Except as otherwise disclosed in
subsequently filed SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, 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 except as otherwise disclosed in subsequently filed SEC
Reports filed prior to the date hereof, 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. Except as described on Schedule
3.1(h) , the Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule
144(i) under the Securities Act. Except as otherwise disclosed in
subsequently filed SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, 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. Except as
otherwise disclosed in subsequently filed SEC Reports filed prior
to the date hereof, 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 . Other than as set forth on Schedule
3.1(i) , since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically
disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date
hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that
has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice or in connection with the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement 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 and the other transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) ,
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 or deemed
made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 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) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor 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, except as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(j) . 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 could 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 or
such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor 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 in favor of any third party, 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. Except as disclosed
on Schedule 3.1(k) , 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 could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) Compliance . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(l)
, 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 could not have or reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits . Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(m)
, the Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except
where the failure to possess such permits could not 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 . Except for the liens set forth on Schedule
3.1(n) , the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
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 as described in the SEC Reports as
necessary or material for use in connection with their respective
businesses and which the failure to so could have a Material
Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property
Rights ”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of 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 could 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, including, but not limited to, directors and officers
insurance coverage in the amount of $10.0 million. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will
not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a
significant increase in cost.
(q) Transactions with Affiliates and
Employees . Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees
of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by,
providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or
otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or
such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each
case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or
consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for
expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee
benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option
plan of the Company.
(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting
Controls . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(r) , the Company is in material
compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The
Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in
the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such
term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(s) 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 the Transaction Documents, except as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(s) . The Purchasers shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims
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 the Transaction Documents.
(t) Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the
Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the
Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations
of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate
of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities,
will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a
manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights . Other than the persons specified on
Schedule 3.1(v) , no Person has any right to cause the
Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any
securities of the Company.
(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements
. The Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge
is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company
received any notification that the Commission is contemplating
terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12
months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading
Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or
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