Exhibit
10.1
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) is dated as of January 28, 2009 among Celsia Technologies,
Inc., a Nevada 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:
“
Action ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(j).
“
Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
“
Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday,
any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States
or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York
are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“
Certificate of Designation ” means the Certificate of
Designation to be filed prior to the Closing by the Company with
the Secretary of State of Nevada, in the form of Exhibit I
attached hereto.
“
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 Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company,
par value $.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 DLA Piper LLP (US), with
offices located at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10020.
“
Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.3(b)(iii).
“
Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in the Debentures.
“
Debentures ” means the Original Issue Discount Senior
Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein,
December 31, 2010, 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).
“
Dormant Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 4.18.
“
Effective Date ” means the date that the Initial
Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“
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 of the Company or a majority of the members of a
committee of non-employee directors established, (b) securities
upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities
issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or
exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement
to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the
exercise, exchange or conversion price of 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, engaged in a
business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which
the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of
funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is
issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or
to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities and
(d) up to 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock issued as reasonable
compensation for services rendered to the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
“
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.
“
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.
“
May Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated May 25, 2007, by and among the Company and each of
the purchasers signatories thereto for the issuance of debentures
and warrants.
“
May 2007 Purchasers ” means the purchasers of the
securities issued pursuant to the May Purchase Agreement and any
successors in interest to any of the debentures and warrants issued
pursuant to the May Purchase Agreement (by way of assignment or
cancellation and reissuance of the same).
“
May 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 May 2007
Purchasers in the form of Exhibit G attached
hereto
“
Participation Maximum ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“
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.
“Preferred
Stock ”
means the shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock
issued hereunder having the rights, preferences and privileges set
forth in the Certificate of Designation, in the form of Exhibit
I hereto.
“
Pre-Notice ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.12.
“
Principal Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the
amounts set forth below such Purchaser’s signature block on
the signature pages hereto and next to the heading “Principal
Amount,” in United States dollars, which shall equal such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount multiplied by
1.315789.
“
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit,
investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
commenced or threatened.
“
Public Information Failure ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).
“
Public Information Failure Payments ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).
“
Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.10.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto.
“
Registration Statement ” means a registration
statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares
by each Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
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,
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 Preferred
Stock, 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-1 attached hereto.
“
Security Documents ” shall mean the Security
Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Taiwan Trust Agreement,
and any other documents and filing required thereunder in order to
grant the Purchasers security interest in the assets of the Company
and the Subsidiaries as provided in the Security Agreement,
including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
“
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, the Preferred Stock and
Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature pages of this Agreement and
next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“
Subsequent Financing ” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 4.13.
“
Subsequent Financing Notice ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.
“
Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) .
“
Subsidiary Guarantee ” means the Subsidiary Guarantee,
dated the date hereof, executed by Celsia Taiwan and any (other
Subsidiaries hereafter formed or acquired) in favor of the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit F attached
hereto.
Taiwan
Trust Agreement means
that certain trust agreement dated as of the date hereof, among
Celsia Technologies, Inc., Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
(“ Celsia Taiwan ”) and China Trust Commercial
Bank, Ltd., in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2 ,
established for the benefit of the Purchasers and the May 2007
Purchasers.
“
Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange 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 Registration Rights Agreement, the
Security Agreement, the Taiwan Trust Agreement, the Subsidiary
Guarantee, all exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto and any
other documents or agreements executed pursuant thereto.
“
Transfer Agent ” means Interwest Transfer Co. Inc.,
with a mailing address of 1981 East 4800 South, Suite 100, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84117 and a facsimile number of (801) 277-3147, and
any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“
Underlying Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock
issued and issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and the
Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Warrants.
“
Variable Rate Transaction ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.14(b).
“
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 for trading 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
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading
Market 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 (c) 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
holding 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, 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 each Purchaser,
severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase Debentures, Preferred
Stock and Warrants with an aggregate Subscription Amount of up to
$2,000,000. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company,
via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds
equal to its Subscription Amount 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
covenants and 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
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to each Purchaser (except as noted) the
following:
(i)
this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal opinion or opinions of Company counsel, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D ;
(iii) subject
to clause 2.4 below, a certificate evidencing a number of shares of
Preferred Stock equal to the Principal Amount of such
Purchaser’s Debenture, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv) subject
to clause 2.4 below, a Debenture with a principal amount equal to
such Purchaser’s Principal Amount, registered in the name of
such Purchaser;
(v) evidence
of the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary
of State of Nevada;
(vi) the
May Purchasers Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by the Company
and the other signatories thereto;
(vii) subject
to clause 2.4 below, a Warrant registered in the name of such
Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Debenture issuable to
such Purchaser hereunder divided by $0.10, with an exercise price
equal to $0.10, subject to adjustment therein;
(viii) the
Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each
Subsidiary, along with all of the Security Documents, including the
Subsidiary Guarantee, and the Taiwan Trust Agreement duly executed
by the parties thereto; and
(ix) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the
Company.
(b) On
or prior to 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) the
May Purchasers Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser;
(iii) subject
to clause 2.4 below, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by
wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the
Company;
(iv) the
Security Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(v) the
Registration Rights 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 when made
and 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 consent, waiver and amendment agreement, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H duly executed by May 2007
Purchasers holding at least 70% of the principal amount of
debentures issued pursuant to the May Purchase Agreement (the
“ Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement
”);
(iv) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of
this Agreement;
(v) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(vi) from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock
shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the
Company’s principal Trading Market (except for any suspension
of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which
suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any
time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as
reported by Bloomberg 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 Debentures at the Closing.
2.4
Certain Post-Closing Items . Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary the parties hereto acknowledge and agree Lewis
Opportunity Fund, LP (“ Lewis ”) whose
Subscription Amount hereunder is $250,000 has agreed to fund its
Subscription Amount in two tranches as follows: (i) $125,000 on or
before the Closing Date and (ii) $125,000 on or before the
90 th
calendar
day following the Closing Date. The Debenture, Warrants
and shares of Preferred Stock issuable to Lewis shall be issued
ratably, at the time it wires its Subscription Amount to the
Company (i.e., 50% of its Debenture, Warrants and shares of
Preferred Stock on the Closing Date and 50% when it wires the
additional $125,000 of its Subscription Amount
hereunder). Further, in the event that Lewis fails to
wire its second $125,000 of Subscription Amount to the Company on
or before the 90 th
calendar
day following the date hereof, the amendments to the exercise
price, conversion price and interest rate of 50% of the debentures
and warrants issued pursuant to the May Purchase Agreement held by
Lewis on the Closing Date as provided under the Consent, Waiver and
Amendment Agreement shall be void ab initio, and Lewis shall
be deemed a “Non-Participating Holder” under the
Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement with respect to such
amendments as to 50% of its holdings under the May Purchase
Agreement.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company
. Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules
delivered to Purchasers concurrently herewith (the “
Disclosure Schedule s”), 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)
. 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
(as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as
currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of
its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a
timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of
(i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect
”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such
jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke,
limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(c)
Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company, its board of
directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in
connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction
Document 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 . Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(d) , the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
consummation by the Company of the 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) subject to the
execution of the Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement, 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 (other than pursuant to the Transaction
Documents) upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to
the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or
other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which
the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e)
Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is
not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with,
any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6
of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the
Registration Statement, (iii) 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, (iv) the filing of
Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be
made under applicable state securities laws and (v) filings
required under the Security Documents (collectively, the “
Required Approvals ”).
(f)
Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are
duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with
the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens
imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided
for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares,
when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents (including Section 4.11 hereof), 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. The Company has reserved from
its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common
Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares equal to at least the
Required Minimum as of the date hereof.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization of the
Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) (whether or not
disclosed in SEC Reports), 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.
Schedule 3.1(g) , also sets forth a schedule of the
fully-diluted capitalization of the Company immediately prior to
the time the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated,
and a pro-forma fully-diluted capitalization (assuming the maximum
amount of Debentures and Warrants are sold
hereunder). Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g)(i) , 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 plan 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. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , no
Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g), or as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities, 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 described on Schedule 3.1(g) , the issuance and
sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange
or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all
federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding
shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No
further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of
Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and
sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among
any of the Company’s stockholders.
(h)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company
has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other
documents required to be filed by 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. As of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when
filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of
the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in
the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end
audit adjustments.
(i)
Material Changes . 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 or on Schedule 3.1(i) hereto, (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 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 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
that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior
to the date that this representation is made.
(j)
Litigation . Except as set forth under the
heading “Legal Proceedings” in the most recently filed
periodic SEC Report, and except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(j) , 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. 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 during
the two years preceding the date hereof.
(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, 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, and
the continued employment of each such executive officer does not
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S.
federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in
compliance 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
material default under or in violation of (and, to the knowledge of
the Company, 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 relating to the Company, or (iii) to the knowledge of the
Company 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 . 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 have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“
Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n)
Title to Assets . Except for Permitted Liens (as
defined in the Debentures), the Company and the Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned
by them that is material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property
owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
Liens. Any real property and facilities held under lease
by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o)
Patents and Trademarks . The Company and the
Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and
other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or
material for use in connection with their respective businesses as
described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have 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 . Schedule 3.1(p) sets forth a
complete list of all insurance policies maintained by the Company
and its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, directors and
officers insurance coverage at least equal to the amount set forth
on Schedule 3.1(p) . 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 or Schedule
3.1(q) attached hereto, 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
. 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&rsqu
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