SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated May 15, 2009, between Generex
Biotechnology Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the
signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns,
a “ Purchaser ” and collectively the “
Purchasers ”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), the Company desires to issue and
sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not
jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the
Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual
covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions . In addition to the terms
defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this
Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this
Section 1.1:
“
Acquiring Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.4.
“ 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.
“ Board of Directors ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ” means any
day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
“ Closing ” means the closing
of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Section
2.1.
“ Closing Date ” means May
15, 2009 provided that 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 Shares, in each case, have been
satisfied or waived.
“ Commission ” means
the United States 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.
“ 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
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, with offices located at 61
Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006.
“ Disclosure Schedules ”
means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“ 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.
“ FDA ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(gg).
“ GAAP ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Notes” means the outstanding 8%
senior secured convertible notes issued by the Company on March 31,
2008.
“Note Holders” means, collectively,
Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, Cranshire Capital, L.P., Iroquois Master
Fund Ltd., Iroquois Capital Opportunity Fund LP, Portside Growth
and Opportunity Fund, and Rockmore Investment Master Fund
Ltd.
“ Note Holders’ Participation
Rights ” means the entitlement of the Note Holders to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents pursuant to the March 31, 2008 securities purchase
agreement executed and delivered by the Company to the Note Holders
in respect of the Notes.
“ Note Holders’ Security
Interests ” means the security interests granted by the
Company to the Note Holders in respect of the Notes.
“ Indebtedness ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(z).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(o).
“ Liens ” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“ Material Permits ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(m).
“ Per Share Purchase Price
” equals $0.33, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward
stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar
transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this
Agreement.
“ Person ” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Proceeding ” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Prospectus ” means the
final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.
“ Prospectus Supplement ”
means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b)
of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and
delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the
Closing.
“ Purchaser Party ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“ Registration Statement ”
means the effective registration statement with Commission file No.
333-139637 which registers the sale of the Shares.
“ Required Approvals ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially
the same effect as such Rule.
“ Rule 424 ” means Rule 424
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“ SEC Reports ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Shares ” means the shares
of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to
this Agreement.
“ Short Sales ” means all
“short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the
location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common
Stock).
“ Subscription Amount ”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for
Shares purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and
next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“ Subsidiary ” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) ,
and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“ Trading Market ” means any
of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE
AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
“ Transaction Documents ”
means this Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed
in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
StockTrans, Inc., the current transfer agent of the
Company, with a mailing address of 44 West Lancaster Avenue,
Ardmore, PA, USA 19003, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially
concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an
aggregate of $5,000,000 of Shares. Each Purchaser shall
deliver to the Company on the Closing Date, via wire transfer or a
certified check, immediately available funds equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature
page hereto executed by such Purchaser and the Company shall
deliver to each Purchaseron the Closing Date, its respective
Shares, 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 Company Counsel or such other location as
the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2
Deliveries .
(a) On
the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto;
(iii) a
copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent
instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver via the Depository Trust
Company’s Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (DWAC)
Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided
by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser; and
(iv) the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in
accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
(b) On
the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein);
(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 (unless as of a specific date therein);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of
this Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(v) 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 Shares at the Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company
. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall
qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent
of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the
Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a)
Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect
subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule
3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of
the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free
and clear of any Liens save and except for the Note Holders’
Security Interests, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b)
Organization and Qualification . The Company and
each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company
and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect
on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect
on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document
(any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse
Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any
such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to
revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(c)
Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company, the Board of
Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection
therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. Each Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(d)
No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the
issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which it is a party
do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of
the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default
(or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of
the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e)
Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is
not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with,
any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section
4.3 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the
Prospectus Supplement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable
Trading Market for the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in
the time and manner required thereby and (iv) such filings as are
required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “ Required Approvals
”).
(f)
Issuance of the Shares; Registration . The Shares
are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens
imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from
its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement. The issuance by
the Company, or the resale by the Purchasers, of the Shares has
been registered under the Securities Act and all of the Shares,
when delivered, will be freely transferable and tradable on the
Trading Market by the Purchasers without restriction (other than
any restrictions arising solely from an act or omission of a
Purchaser). The Company has prepared and filed the Registration
Statement, which became effective on February 23, 2007 (the
“ Effective Date ”), in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act including the Prospectus, and
such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required
to the date of this Agreement. The Registration
Statement is effective under the Securities Act and is available
for the issuance of the Shares hereunder and no stop order
preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has
been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are
threatened by the Commission. The Company proposes to
file the Prospectus Supplement with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) on the Closing Date. At the time the Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date
of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and
did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at
time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was
issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did
not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The “Plan of Distribution”
section under the Registration Statement as supplemented by the
Prospectus Supplement permits the issuance and sale of the Shares
hereunder.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization of the
Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) . The
Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant
to the contractual obligations referenced in Schedule 3.1(g),
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 written employment agreement
or pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans
and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act. Save and except
for the Note Holders’ Participation Right, 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. The Company
has complied with the Note Holders’ Participation
Right. No Note Holder has elected to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents pursuant to
the Participation Right. Except as a result of the
purchase and sale of the Shares and as disclosed on Schedule
3.1(g), as at the date hereof, 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. The issuance and sale of the Shares
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 save and except that the exercise price of warrants held
by the Note Holders will be reduced from $0.50 per share to $0.33
per share. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, 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 or others
is required for the issuance and sale of the
Shares. 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,
together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, 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 Company has never been an
issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP
”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial
statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial
statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and
fairly present in all material respects the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i)
Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or
Developments . Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as
specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to
the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or
development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A)
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice 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 Shares contemplated by this Agreement, no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
business, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial
condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is
made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j)
Litigation . Except as disclosed in the
Company’s SEC Reports, 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 Shares 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.
(k)
Labor Relations . No material labor dispute
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with
respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates
to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such
Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and
its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. No executive officer, to the
knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the
continued employment of each such executive officer does not
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. 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 . Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no
event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or
any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it
is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it
or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment,
decree or order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or
(iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance
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 reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material
Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any Material Permit.
(n)
Title to Assets . The Company and the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property owned by them 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 (other than the Note Holders’ Security Interests
and mortgages on real property), except for Liens as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the
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