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Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT , dated as of
December 16, 2008 (this "Agreement"), is entered into by and
between OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation with
headquarters located at 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 4000, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33309 (the "Company"), and each individual or entity
named on an executed counterpart of the signature page hereto (each
such signatory is referred to as a "Buyer") (each agreement with a
Buyer being deemed a separate and independent agreement between the
Company and such Buyer, except that each Buyer acknowledges and
consents to the rights granted to each other Buyer [each, an "Other
Buyer"] under such agreement and the Transaction Agreements, as
defined below, referred to therein).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering
this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities
registration for offers and sales to accredited investors afforded,
inter alia , by Rule 506 under Regulation D
("Regulation D") as promulgated by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "1933 Act"), and/or Section 4(2) of the 1933
Act; and
WHEREAS , the Buyer wishes to lend to the Company,
subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
acceptance of this Agreement by the Company, the Purchase Price (as
defined below), the repayment of which will be represented by 12%
Convertible Debentures Series 08 of the Company (the "Convertible
Debentures"), which Convertible Debentures will be convertible into
shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company
(the "Common Stock"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of such Convertible Debentures, together with the Warrants (as
defined below) exercisable for the purchase of shares of Common
Stock;
NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE; PURCHASE PRICE.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Agreements, the undersigned Buyer hereby
agrees to loan to the Company the principal amount set forth on the
Buyer’s signature page of this Agreement (the "Purchase
Price"), out of the aggregate amount being loaned by all Buyers of
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(the "Aggregate Purchase Price").
(ii) The obligation to repay the loan from the Buyer shall be
evidenced by the Company’s issuance of one or more
Convertible Debentures to the Buyer in the aggregate principal
amount equal to the Purchase Price (the Convertible Debentures
issued to the Buyer, the "Debentures"). Each Debenture
(a) shall provide for a Conversion Price (as defined below),
which price may be adjusted from time to as provided in the
Debenture, and (b) shall have the terms and conditions of, and
be substantially in the form attached hereto as, Annex
I.
(iii) On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Purchase Price
shall be paid by the Buyer and the Company will deliver the
Certificates (as defined below) to the Buyer.
(iv) The loan to be made by the Buyer and the issuance of the
Debentures and the Warrants (collectively, the "Purchased
Securities") to the Buyer are sometimes referred to herein and in
the other Transaction Agreements as the purchase and sale of the
Debentures and the Warrants
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b. Certain Definitions. As used herein,
each of the following terms has the meaning set forth below, unless
the context otherwise requires:
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specific Person referred to
in the relevant provision, another Person who or which controls or
is controlled by or is under common control with such specified
Person.
"Agreement Amount" means the amount, if any (other than interest
and principal due under the Debentures), due to the Buyer or the
Holder, as the case may be, pursuant to any provision of the
Transaction Agreements.
"Agreement Payment Date" means the date the Buyer or the Holder,
as the case may be, demands payment of an Agreement Amount.
"Agreement Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable in
payment of Agreement Amounts , if such Agreement Amounts may be
paid in such shares; provided, however, that any demand for
Agreement Shares shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 4(C) of the Debenture, as if such demand were a
conversion of the Debenture and as if such provision were set forth
herein in full.
"Buyer Control Person" means the Buyer and each such other
Persons as may be deemed in control of the Buyer pursuant to Rule
405 under the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act (as
defined below).
"By-laws" means the by-laws of the Company (howsoever
denominated), as amended to date.
"Certificate of Incorporation" means the certificate of
incorporation, articles of incorporation or other charter document
(howsoever denominated) of the Company, as amended to date.
"Certificates" means the (x) the original manually-signed
Debentures and (y) the original manually-signed Warrants, each
duly executed by the Company and issued in the name of the Buyer on
the Closing Date.
"Closing Date" means the date of the closing of the purchase and
sale of the Purchased Securities.
"Closing Price" means the 4:00 P.M. closing bid price of the
Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market on the relevant
Trading Day(s), as reported by the Reporting Service for the
relevant date.
"Company Control Person" means each director, executive officer,
promoter, and such other Persons as may be deemed in control of the
Company pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act or Section 20
of the 1934 Act.
"Company Counsel" means Schneider Weinberger & Beilly,
LLP.
"Company’s SEC Documents" means the Company’s
filings on the SEC’s EDGAR system which are listed on
Annex IV annexed hereto, to the extent available on EDGAR or
otherwise provided to the Buyer as indicated on said Annex IV.
"Conversion Certificates" means certificates representing any
one or more of the following, if any: (i) Conversion Shares,
or (ii) Warrant Shares.
"Conversion Date" means the date a Holder submits a Notice of
Conversion, as provided in the Debentures or makes a demand for an
Agreement Amount which is to be paid in Agreement Shares.
"Conversion Price" means the Fixed Conversion Price or the
Interest Conversion Price, as the context may require.
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"Conversion Shares" means (i) the shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Debentures,
(ii) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in payment
of accrued interest thereon, as contemplated in the Debentures,
(iii) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in payment
of an Agreement Amount which is being paid in Agreement Shares, or
(iv) any or all of them, as the context may
require.
"Converting Holder" means the Holder of Debentures or Warrants,
as the case may be, who or which has submitted a Notice of
Conversion (as contemplated by the Debentures) or a Notice of
Exercise (as contemplated by the Warrants) or a demand for
Agreement Shares.
"Current Information Reports" means all reports and material
required to be filed by the Company so that the conditions, if
applicable, of Rule 144 that there is adequate current information
with respect to the Company will be satisfied.
"Delivery Date" means, as the case may be, (x) the meaning
ascribed to it, as may be relevant, in the Debentures, the Warrants
or other relevant Transaction Agreement, as the case may be, or
(y) the third Trading Day after the Buyer or the Holder, as
the case may be, makes a demand for an Agreement Amount which is
being paid in Agreement Shares.
"Disclosure Annex" means Annex II to this Agreement;
provided, however, that the Disclosure Annex shall be arranged in
sections corresponding to the identified Sections of this
Agreement, but the disclosure in any such section of the Disclosure
Annex shall qualify other provisions in this Agreement to the
extent that it would be readily apparent to an informed reader from
a reading of such section of the Disclosure Annex that it is also
relevant to other provisions of this Agreement.
"Exercise Price" means the per share exercise price of the
Warrant.
"Fixed Conversion Price" means the VWAP for the ten
(10) Regular Trading Days ending on the Trading Day
immediately before the Closing Date.
"Holder" means the Person holding the relevant Securities at the
relevant time.
"Interest Conversion Price" has the meaning ascribed to in the
Debenture.
"Issue Date" means, with respect each Debenture and each
Warrant, the Closing Date on which such instrument was initially
issued to the Buyer.
"Issue Date Conversion Shares" means, with respect to the
Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to
(x) the Purchase Price paid by the Buyer on the Closing Date,
divided by (y) the Fixed Conversion Price (without regard to
whether or not the Debentures were convertible on such date in
accordance with their terms).
"Last Audited Date" means December 31, 2007.
"Majority in Interest of the Holders" means one or more Holders
whose respective outstanding principal amounts of the Debentures
held by each of them, as of the relevant date, aggregate at least
fifty and 01/100 percent (50.01%) of the aggregate outstanding
principal amounts of the outstanding Debentures held by the Holder
and all other Holders on that date.
"Material Adverse Effect" means an event or combination of
events, which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of the Purchased Securities or any of the
Transaction Agreements, (y) have or result in a material
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, or financial
condition of the Company
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and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
(z) adversely impair the Company’s ability to perform
fully on a timely basis its material obligations under any of the
Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated
thereby.
"Maturity Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in the
Debentures.
"New Common Stock" means shares of Common Stock and/or
securities convertible into, and/or other rights exercisable for,
Common Stock, which are offered or sold in a New Transaction.
"New Investor" means the third party investor, purchaser or
lender (howsoever denominated) or, where relevant, an Existing
Securityholder (as defined below) in a New Transaction.
"New Transaction" means, unless consented to by a Majority in
Interest of the Holders (which consent is in the sole discretion of
the Holders and may be withheld for any reason or for no reason
whatsoever),
(i) the sale of New Common Stock by or on behalf of the Company
to a New Investor in connection with a transaction which will
provide funds to the Company (including, but not necessarily
limited to, any such transaction which is an equity, debt, credit
line or equity line transaction), and/or
(ii) the grant of a security interest in, or the pledge of,
shares of the Company’s Common Stock or securities
convertible into or exercisable for the Company’s Common
Stock to any other party, or the pledge of such shares or
securities to any other party, whether such grant or pledge is made
by the Company or any other holder thereof, in connection with a
transaction in which the Company borrows or is otherwise obligated
to pay funds to a third party, and/or
(iii) in exchange for the forbearance, modification or
relinquishment of any rights an existing holder of any of the
Company’s securities (each, an "Existing Securityholder"),
(x) the sale or issuance to such Existing Securityholder of
additional New Common Stock and/or (y) the effectuation by the
Company of, or the other agreement of the Company to provide, more
beneficial terms with respect to any existing securities of the
Company held by an Existing Securityholder, and/or,
(iv) the effectuation by the Company of, or the other agreement
of the Company to provide, the reduction of the conversion price of
any security convertible into Common Stock and/or the reduction of
the exercise price of any right exercisable for Common Stock held
by an Existing Securityholder
in a transaction consummated after the date hereof; provided,
however, that it is specifically understood that the term "New
Transaction" (1) unless consented to otherwise by a Majority
in Interest of the Holders (which consent is in the sole discretion
of the Holders and may be withheld for any reason or for no reason
whatsoever), includes, but is not limited to, a sale of Common
Stock or of a security convertible into Common Stock or an equity
or credit line transaction, but (2) does not include
(a) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise or
conversion of options, warrants or convertible securities
outstanding on the date hereof, or in respect of any other
financing agreements as in effect on the date hereof and identified
in the Disclosure Annex (provided the same is not amended after the
date hereof to a per share price below the Conversion Price or the
Exercise Price, as the case may be) or in the Company’s SEC
Documents (provided the same is not amended after the date hereof
to a per share price below the Conversion Price or the Exercise
Price, as the case may be), (b) the issuance of an Employee
Stock Option Plan (an "ESOP") of the Company, such ESOP having been
properly approved by the shareholders of the Company, (c) the
issuance of a non-employee director stock option plan of the
Company, or (d) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise
of any options or warrants referred to in the preceding clauses of
this paragraph (provided the same is not amended after the date
hereof).
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"New Transaction Closing Date" means the date a
New Transaction is consummated.
"Person" means any living person or any entity, such as, but not
necessarily limited to, a corporation, partnership or trust.
"Principal Trading Market" means the Over the Counter Bulletin
Board or such other market on which the Common Stock is principally
traded at the relevant time, but shall not include the "pink
sheets."
"Qualification State" means a state, other than the State of
Incorporation, in which the Company is qualified.
"Registrable Securities" means (i) shares of Common Stock
previously issued to the Holder under the terms of the Transaction
Agreements and (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable to the
Holder (x) on conversion of the Debentures (whether for
principal or interest or both), (y) on exercise of the
Warrants or (z) pursuant to any other provision of the
Transaction Agreements as of the date of the filing of the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement covering
the resale by the Holder of Registrable Securities.
"Regular Trading Day" means the regular trading hours of a
Trading Day on the Principal Trading Market shall be open for
business (as of the date of this Agreement, such hours are, for
most Trading Days, approximately 9:00 or 9:30AM to approximately
4PM Eastern Time; provided, however, that certain Trading Days may
have shorter regular trading hours; and provided, further, that the
regular trading hours may be subsequently changed for the Principal
Trading Market).
"Reporting Service" means Bloomberg LP or if that service is not
then reporting the relevant information regarding the Common Stock,
a comparable reporting service of national reputation selected by a
Majority in Interest of the Holders and reasonably acceptable to
the Company.
"Rule 144" means, as may be in effect from time to time,
(i) Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) any
other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time
permit Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public
without registration under the 1933 Act.
"Securities" means the Purchased Securities and the Shares.
"Shares" means the shares of Common Stock representing any or
all of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.
"State of Incorporation" means Delaware.
"Subsidiary" means, as of the relevant date, any subsidiary of
the Company (whether or not included in the Company’s SEC
Documents) whether now existing or hereafter acquired or
created.
"Trading Day" means any day during which the Principal Trading
Market shall be open for business.
"Transaction Agreements" means this Agreement, each issued
Debenture, each issued Warrant, , and the Disclosure Annex and
includes all ancillary documents referred to in those
agreements.
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"Transaction End Date" means the date which is
the later of (x) the date on which all of the Debentures have
been converted or have been paid in full or (y) the date on
which all of the Warrants have been fully exercised or have
expired.
"Transfer Agent" means, at any time, the transfer agent for the
Company’s Common Stock.
"VWAP" means the volume weighted average price of the Common
Stock on the Principal Trading Market for the relevant Regular
Trading Day(s), as reported by the Reporting Service.
"Warrant Shares" means shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
"Wire Instructions" means the Purchase Price Wire Instructions
as provided in Annex V annexed hereto.
c. Form of Payment; Delivery of Certificates.
(i) The Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price by delivering
immediately available good funds in United States Dollars to the
Company no later than the date prior to the Closing Date.
(ii) Within three (3) Trading Days after the Company has on
deposit cleared funds from or on behalf of one or more Buyers an
aggregate amount equal to the Aggregate Purchase Price and the
Company shall have accepted the Buyer’s subscription
hereunder, but in no event later than the Closing Date, the Company
will deliver the Certificates to the Buyer.
d. Method of Payment. Payment of the Purchase Price shall
be made to the Company as provided in the Wire Instructions.
2. BUYER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.; ACCESS TO
INFORMATION; INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
The Buyer represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees
with, the Company, as of the date hereof and, except as otherwise
noted, as of each Closing Date, as follows:
a. Without limiting Buyer’s right to sell the
Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement or
otherwise in compliance with the 1933 Act, the Buyer is purchasing
the Securities for the Buyer’s own account for investment
only and not with a view towards the public sale or distribution
thereof and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof.
b. The Buyer is (i) an "accredited investor" as that
term is defined in Rule 501 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the 1933 Act, (ii) experienced in making investments of
the kind described in this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements, (iii) able, by reason of the business and
financial experience of the Buyer and the Buyer’s
professional advisors (who are not affiliated with or compensated
in any way by the Company or any of its Affiliates or selling
agents), to protect the Buyer’s own interests in connection
with the transactions described in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements, and to evaluate the merits and risks of an
investment in the Securities, and (iv) able to afford the
entire loss of its investment in the Securities.
c. All subsequent offers and sales of the Securities by
the Buyer shall be made pursuant to registration of the relevant
Securities under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from such
registration.
d. The Buyer understands and agrees that the Securities
have not been registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state
securities laws, by reason of their issuance in a transaction that
does not require registration under the 1933 Act (based in part on
the
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accuracy of the representations and warranties of
the Buyer contained herein), and that such Securities must be held
indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition is registered under
the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or is exempt
from such registration. The Buyer understands that the Securities
are being offered and sold to the Buyer in reliance on specific
exemptions from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act 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.
e. The Buyer and the Buyer’s advisors, if any, have
been furnished with or have been given access to all materials
relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company
and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Purchased
Securities which have been requested by the Buyer, including those
set forth in any annex attached hereto. The Buyer and the
Buyer’s advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity
to ask questions of the Company and its management and have
received complete and satisfactory answers to any such inquiries.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Buyer has
also had the opportunity to obtain and to review the
Company’s SEC Documents.
f. The Buyer understands that its investment in the
Securities involves a high degree of risk.
g. The Buyer hereby represents that, in connection with
the Buyer’s investment or the Buyer’s decision to
purchase the Securities, the Buyer has not relied on any statement
or representation of any Person, including any such statement or
representation by the Company or any of their respective
controlling Persons, officers, directors, partners, agents and
employees or any of their respective attorneys, except as
specifically set forth herein.
h. The Buyer understands that no United States federal or
state agency or any other government or governmental agency has
passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the
Securities or the suitability of the investment in the Securities
nor have any such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of
the offering of the Securities.
k. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Agreements to which the Buyer is a party, and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly and validly
authorized by the Buyer. This Agreement has been executed and
delivered by the Buyer, and this Agreement is, and each of the
other Transaction Agreements to which the Buyer is a party, when
executed and delivered by the Buyer (if necessary), will be valid
and binding obligations of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to general
principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally.
l. The offer to sell the Securities was directly
communicated to the Buyer by the Company. At no time was the Buyer
presented with or solicited by any leaflet, newspaper or magazine
article, radio or television advertisement, or any other form of
general advertising or solicited or invited to attend a promotional
meeting otherwise than in connection and concurrently with such
communicated offer.
m. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions
contemplated hereby or relating hereto do not and will not conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of any agreement, indenture or instrument or
obligation to which the Buyer is a party or by which its properties
or assets are bound, or result in a violation of any law, rule, or
regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or
governmental agency applicable to such Buyer or its properties
(except for such conflicts, defaults and violations as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the Buyer’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements). The
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Buyer is not required to obtain any consent,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with,
any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or
to purchase the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof,
provided that for purposes of the representation made in this
sentence, the Buyer is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of
the relevant representations and agreements of the Company
herein.
3. COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS, ETC. The Company represents
and warrants to the Buyer as of the date hereof and as of each
Closing Date that, except as otherwise provided in the Disclosure
Annex or in the Company’s SEC Documents:
a. Rights of Others Affecting the Transactions. There are
no preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company to acquire
the Securities. No other party has a currently exercisable right of
first refusal which would be applicable to any or all of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Annex, no Person has, and as of the
Closing Date, no Person shall have, any demand, "piggy-back" or
other rights to cause the Company to file any registration
statement under the 1933 Act relating to any of its securities or
to participate in any such registration statement
b. Status. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Incorporation and has the requisite corporate power to own its
properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The
Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of
the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, other than those jurisdictions in which
the failure to so qualify would not have or result in a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has registered its stock and is
obligated to file reports pursuant to Section 12 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"). The Common Stock is quoted on the
Principal Trading Market. The Company has received no notice,
either oral or written, with respect to the continued eligibility
of the Common Stock for quotation on the Principal Trading Market,
and the Company has maintained all requirements on its part for the
continuation of such quotation.
c. Authorized Shares.
(i) The capitalization of the Company (including the number of
shares of each class of stock which is authorized and the number of
such shares which are outstanding) is as indicated in the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as included in the most
recently filed quarterly or annual report included in the
Company’s SEC Documents and there has been no material change
to such capitalization since the filing of that report.
(ii) Except as set forth in the Company’s SEC Documents,
there are no outstanding securities which are exercisable for,
exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or
exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into instruments
which are convertible into shares of Common Stock, whether such
exercise, exchange or conversion is currently exercisable or
exercisable only upon some future date or the occurrence of some
event in the future. If any such securities are listed on the
Disclosure Annex, the number or amount of each such outstanding
convertible security and the conversion terms are set forth in said
Disclosure Annex.
(iii) All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock as may be necessary to effect the issuance
of the Shares on the Closing Date, were the Debentures fully
converted and were the Warrant fully exercised on that date.
(iv) The Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, and, when issued on
conversion of, or in payment of interest on, the Debentures or upon
exercise of the Warrants, in each case in accordance with their
respective terms, will have been duly and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable and will not subject the Holder thereof to
personal liability by reason of being such Holder.
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d. Transaction Agreements and Stock.
This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements, and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly
and validly authorized by the Company. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and this Agreement is, and
each of the Debentures, the Warrants and each of the other
Transaction Agreements, when executed and delivered by the Company
(if necessary), will be, valid and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally.
e. Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements by the
Company, the issuance of the Securities in accordance with the
terms hereof, and the consummation by the Company of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Debentures, the
Warrants and the other Transaction Agreements do not and will not
conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, each as currently in
effect, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, including
any listing agreement for the Common Stock except as herein set
forth, or (iii) to its knowledge, any existing applicable law,
rule, or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment, or order of
any court, United States federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets,
except such conflict, breach or default which would not have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The timely payment of interest
on the Debentures is not prohibited by the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws, or any agreement, contract, document or
other undertaking to which the Company is a party.
f. Securities Law Matters; Approvals.
(i) No authorization, approval or consent of any court,
governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization,
or stock exchange or market or the stockholders of the Company is
required to be obtained by the Company for the issuance and sale of
the Securities to the Buyer as contemplated by this Agreement,
except such authorizations, approvals and consents that have been
obtained.
(ii) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties
of the Buyer set forth in Section 2, the offer and sale by the
Company of the Purchased Securities is exempt from (A) the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act
and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and
(B) the registration and/or qualification provisions of all
applicable state and provincial securities and "blue sky" laws.
g. Filings. None of the Company’s SEC Documents
contained, at the time they were filed, any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Since February 1, 2007, the Company has filed all
annual and quarterly reports and all proxy statements required to
be filed by the Company with the SEC under Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the 1934 Act. The financial statements of the Company
included in the Company’s SEC Documents, as of the dates of
such documents, were true and complete in all material respects and
complied with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto, were
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States ("GAAP") (except in the case of
unaudited statements permitted by Form 10-QSB or 10-Q under the
1934 Act) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly
presented the consolidated financial position of the Company and
its 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 that in the aggregate are not material
and to any other adjustment described therein).
h. Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Last Audited
Date, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as
disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents. Since the Last
Audited Date, except as provided in the Company’s SEC
Documents, the Company has not (i) incurred or become subject
to any material liabilities (absolute or contingent) except
liabilities incurred in the ordinary
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course of business consistent with past
practices; (ii) discharged or satisfied any material lien or
encumbrance or paid any material obligation or liability (absolute
or contingent), other than current liabilities paid in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices;
(iii) declared or made any payment or distribution of cash or
other property to stockholders with respect to its capital stock,
or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements to purchase or
redeem, any shares of its capital stock; (iv) sold, assigned
or transferred any other material tangible assets, or canceled any
material debts owed to the Company by any third party or material
claims of the Company against any third party, except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(v) waived any rights of material value, whether or not in the
ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of any material
amount of existing business; (vi) made any increases in
employee compensation, except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices; or (vii) experienced any
material problems with labor or management in connection with the
terms and conditions of their employment.
i. Full Disclosure. There is no fact known to the Company
(other than conditions known to the public generally or as
disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents) that has not been
disclosed in writing to the Buyer that would reasonably be expected
to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
j. Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public
board or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company before or by any
governmental authority or non-governmental department, commission,
board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or any other person,
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a
Material Adverse Effect or which would adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under, any of the Transaction
Agreements. The Company is not aware of any valid basis for any
such claim that (either individually or in the aggregate with all
other such events and circumstances) could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding or
unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or
stipulations to which the Company is a party or by which it or any
of its properties is bound, that involve the transaction
contemplated herein or that, alone or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.
k. Absence of Events of Default. Except as set forth in
Section 3(e) hereof, no Event of Default (or its equivalent
term), as defined in the respective agreement to which the Company
or its Subsidiary is a party, and no event which, with the giving
of notice or the passage of time or both, would become an Event of
Default (or its equivalent term) (as so defined in such agreement),
has occurred and is continuing, which would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
l. Absence of Certain Company Control Person Actions or
Events. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the following
has occurred during the past five (5) years with respect to a
Company Control Person:
(1) A petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state
insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent
or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or
property of such Company Control Person, or any partnership in
which he was a general partner at or within two years before the
time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of
which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the
time of such filing;
(2) Such Company Control Person was convicted in a criminal
proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
(3) Such Company Control Person was the subject of any order,
judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or
temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the
following activities:
(i) acting, as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker or
dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or
employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan
association or insurance company, as a futures commission merchant,
introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool
operator, floor broker, any other Person regulated by the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") or engaging in or continuing
any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
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(ii) engaging in any type of business practice;
or
(iii) engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase
or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any
violation of federal or state securities laws or federal
commodities laws;
(4) Such Company Control Person was the subject of any order,
judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or
otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such Company
Control Person to engage in any activity described in paragraph
(3) of this item, or to be associated with Persons engaged in
any such activity; or
(5) Such Company Control Person was found by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the CFTC or SEC to
have violated any federal or state securities law, and the judgment
in such civil action or finding by the CFTC or SEC has not been
subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated.
m. No Undisclosed Liabilities or Events. The Company has
no liabilities or obligations other than those disclosed in the
Transaction Agreements or the Company’s SEC Documents or
those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s
business since the Last Audited Date, or which individually or in
the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the
Company or its properties, business, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise), or results of operations, which, under
applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has
not been so publicly announced or disclosed. There are no proposals
currently under consideration or currently anticipated to be under
consideration by the Board of Directors or the executive officers
of the Company which proposal would (x) change the Certificate
of Incorporation or the By-laws, each as currently in effect, with
or without stockholder approval, which change would reduce or
otherwise adversely affect the rights and powers of the
stockholders of the Common Stock or (y) materially or
substantially change the business, assets or capital of the
Company, including its interests in subsidiaries.
n. No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any of
its Affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has,
directly or indirectly, at any time since August 1, 2007, made
any offer or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy
any security under circumstances that would eliminate the
availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D
in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities as
contemplated hereby.
o. Dilution. Each of the Company and its executive
officers and directors is aware that the number of shares issuable
on conversion of the Debentures, upon exercise of the Warrants or
pursuant to the other terms of the Transaction Agreements may have
a dilutive effect on the ownership interests of the other
stockholders (and Persons having the right to become stockholders)
of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that its
obligation to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the
Debentures and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants or
any shares pursuant to any other terms of any of the Transaction
Agreements is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless
of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests
of other stockholders of the Company, and the Company will honor
such obligations, including, but not necessarily limited to,
honoring every Notice of Conversion (as contemplated by the
Debentures) and every Notice of Exercise (as contemplated by the
Warrants), unless the Company is subject to an injunction (which
injunction was not sought by the Company) prohibiting the Company
from doing so.
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p. Fees to Brokers, Finders and Others.
The Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim
by any Person for brokerage commission, placement agent or
finder’s fees or similar payments by Buyer relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Except for such
fees arising as a result of any agreement or arrangement entered
into by the Buyer without the knowledge of the Company (a
"Buyer’s Fee"), Buyer shall have no obligation with respect
to such fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this paragraph
that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each of
Buyer, its employees, officers, directors, agents, and partners,
and their respective Affiliates, from and against all claims,
losses, damages, costs (including the costs of preparation and
attorney’s fees) and expenses suffered in respect of any such
claimed or existing fees (other than a Buyer’s Fee).
q. Tax Returns. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has made and filed all federal and state income and all other tax
returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject and (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) 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 provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes
for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns,
reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any
material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for
any such claim.
r. Disclosure. All information relating to or concerning
the Company set forth in the Transaction Agreements or in the
Company’s public filings with the SEC is true and correct in
all material respects and the Company has not omitted to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its business, properties, prospects,
operations or financial conditions, which under applicable law,
rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by
the Company. In furtherance of the foregoing, and not in limitation
thereof, the Company confirms that, any other representation or
provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction
Agreements to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company is in
compliance with Regulation FD promulgated by the SEC or any similar
rule or regulation regarding the dissemination of information
regarding the Company and the Company has not provided, and will
not provide, the Buyer with any non-public material information
regarding the Company prior to the consummation of the transactions
consummated hereunder on the Closing Date.
s. Confirmation. The Company agrees that, if, to the
knowledge of the Company, any events occur or circumstances exist
prior to the Closing Date which would make any of the
Company’s rep
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