Exhibit
10.1
AMDENDED AND
RESTATED
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Securities Purchase
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of
July 10, 2009, between Beyond Commerce, Inc., a Nevada corporation
with headquarters located at 9029 South Pecos, Suite 2800,
Henderson, Nevada 89074 (the “Company”), and
OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. (the
“Purchaser”).
WHEREAS , the Company and Purchaser have previously
entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 29,
2009, whereby the Purchaser would sell a series of original issue
discount secured convertible debentures in the aggregate face
amount of up to $3,500,000, with the Company receiving proceeds of
up to $3,000,000, which would have occurred in two separate
tranches, the first closing to occur on or about June 29, 2009 with
the Company receiving proceeds of up to $500,000 and a second
closing to occur on or about July 30, 2009, with the Company
receiving proceeds of up to $2,500,000
WHEREAS , the Company and the Purchaser amended the
Agreement on July 2, 2009 so that the Company and the Purchaser
would enter into an additional tranche of financing whereby the
Company would sell an additional original issue discount secured
convertible debenture with a face amount of 583,330 with the
Company receiving proceeds of $500,000;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser have determined to
enter into an additional tranche, to occur on or about July 10,
2009, whereby the Company would sell another original issue
discount secured convertible debenture with a face amount of
$583,330 with the Company receiving proceeds of
$500,000;
WHEREAS , the Company and the Purchaser have determined
that the Company may sell the remaining Debentures, with face
values of up to $1,750,010 and proceeds to the Company of up to
$1,500,000, with such timing, frequency and in such denominations
as agreed upon by the Company and the Purchaser;
WHEREAS , the Company and the Purchaser are executing
and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and 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 Purchaser wishes to purchase a series of
secured original issue discount convertible promissory debentures
of the Company (each, the “Debenture” and collectively,
the “Debentures”) and warrants to purchase shares of
the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”),
subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
acceptance of this Agreement by the Company, on the terms and
conditions referred to herein;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser purchased: (i) the first
Debenture, with a face value of $583,330 for a purchase price of
$500,000 on June 29, 2009, (ii) the second Debenture with a face
value of $583,330 for a purchase price of $500,000 on or about July
2, 2009 and will purchase (iii) the third Debenture with a face
value of $583,330 for a purchase price of $500,000 and (iv)
additional Debentures with face values in amounts up to $1,750,010
for a purchase price of up to $1,500,000 on or before July 30,
2009; and
WHEREAS, the Company’s obligations to repay the
Debentures will be secured by a security agreement (the
“Security Agreement “) and certain stock (the
“Pledged Shares”) of the Company pledged by the
Affiliates (the “Pledgors”) pursuant to a Security
Interest and Pledge Agreement, as amended (the “Pledge
Agreement”) and will be guaranteed by the subsidiaries (the
“Subsidiaries”) of the Company (the “Subsidiary
Guaranty”).
WHEREAS, in addition to the Debentures, the Purchaser
will receive warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an
aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock,
which will be distributed pro rata to the Purchaser among the three
Closings;
WHEREAS, as inducement for the Purchaser purchasing the
Debentures, the Purchaser will be entitled to appoint one
individual as a director to the Company’s board of
directors
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:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions
. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as
defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set
forth in this Section 1.1:
“ Acquiring Person ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“ Action ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“ Affiliate ” means any
officer, director or beneficial owner of at least 10% of the
Company’s issued and outstanding common stock or 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 Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
“ Closing ” means the closing
of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“ Closing Date ” means the
Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to
pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s
obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
“ Closing Price ” means on
any particular date (a) the last reported closing bid price
per share of Common Stock on such date on the Trading Market (as
reported by Bloomberg L.P. at 4:15 p.m. (New York City time)), or
(b) if there is no such price on such date, then the closing bid
price on the Trading Market on the date nearest preceding such date
(as reported by Bloomberg L.P. at 4:15 p.m. (New York City time)),
or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted 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 (d) if the shares of
Common Stock are not then publicly traded the fair market value of
a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser
selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest
of the Shares then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the
Company.
“ Commission ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter
be reclassified or changed into.
“ Common Stock Equivalents ”
means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights,
options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“ Company Counsel ” means
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, with offices located at 61
Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006.
“ Conversion Price ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Debentures.
“ Debentures ” means the
Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject
to the terms therein, 12 months from their date of issuance, issued
by the Company to the Purchaser 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).
“ Escrow Agent ” means
Company Counsel.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
the escrow agreement entered into prior to the date hereof, by and
among the Company and the Escrow Agent pursuant to which the
Purchasers, shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow
Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“ Evaluation Date ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(r).
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Exempt Issuance ” means the
issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or
option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the
members of a committee of non-employee directors established for
such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or
conversion of any Securities issued hereunder 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, and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of
the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such
issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its
subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with
the business of the Company and in which the Company receives
benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not
include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities
primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose
primary business is investing in securities.
“ 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.
“ Lock-Up Agreement ” means
the Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among
the Company and the directors, officers, and 10% stockholders of
the Company, in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“ Material Permits ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(m).
“ Maximum Rate ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“ Participation Maximum ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(a).
“ Person ” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Pre-Notice ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(b).
“ Pro Rata Portion ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(e).
“ Proceeding ” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ 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.
“ Required Approvals ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“ Required Minimum ” means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable
upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of all
Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment of
interest on the Debentures), ignoring any conversion or exercise
limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is
at all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then
Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date
of determination.
“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially
the same effect as such Rule.
“ SEC Reports ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Securities ” means the
Debentures, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying
Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Security Interest and Pledge
Agreement ” means the Security Interest and Pledge
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto.
“ Security Documents ” shall
mean the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantees and any
other documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant
the Purchasers a first priority 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 the Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for
Debentures and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and
next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“ Subsequent Financing ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(a).
“ Subsequent Financing Notice
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(b).
“ Subsidiary ” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“ Subsidiary Guarantee ”
means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date hereof, by each
Subsidiary in favor of the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit
F attached hereto.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“ Trading Market ” means the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC
Bulletin Board.
“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants, the
Security Agreement, the Security and Pledge Agreement, the
Subsidiary Guarantee, the Escrow Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement,
, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
Transhare Corporation, the current transfer agent of the Company,
with a mailing address of 5105 DTC Parkway, Suite 325, Greenwood
Village, CO 80111 and a facsimile number of 303-662-1113, and any
successor transfer agent of the Company.
“ Underlying Shares ” means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or
redemption of the Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants and
issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on the
Debentures in accordance with the terms of the
Debentures.
“ Variable Rate Transaction ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.13(b).
“ 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 OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for
trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published
by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent
bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in
all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock
as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“ Warrants ” means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of
exercise equal to 5 years, 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
. The Closing shall take place in multiple stages: (i)
On June 29, 2009, 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 sold,
and the Purchaser, purchased, an aggregate of $583,330 in principal
amount of the Debentures for an aggregate purchase price of
$500,000 (the “First Closing”); (ii) On or about July
2, 2009, 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 Purchaser, agrees to purchase, up to an aggregate of
$583,330 in principal amount of the Debentures for an aggregate
purchase price of $500,000 (the “Second Closing”) and
(iii) On or about July 10, 2009, 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 Purchaser, agrees to purchase, up
to an aggregate of $583,330 in principal amount of the Debentures
for an aggregate purchase price of $500,000 (the “Third
Closing”); and (iv) On or about July 30, 2009, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees
to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, an aggregate of up
to $1,750,010 in principal amount of the Debentures, for an
aggregate purchase price of up to $1,500,000 (the “Subsequent
Closings”). The timing, frequency and
denominations of the Subsequent Closings will be determined by the
Company and the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall deliver
to the Company via wire transfer or a certified check of
immediately available funds equal to the purchase price of the
respective Debenture and the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser
its respective Debenture and a Warrant, as determined pursuant to
Section 2.2, and the Company and the 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.
(a) On or prior to the
First Closing, the Company delivered or cause to be delivered to
the Purchaser the following:
(i) This Agreement,
duly executed by the Company;
(ii) Debenture with a
face amount of $583,330;
(iii) a Warrant
registered in the name of the Purchaser to purchase up to 2,499,986
shares of the Company’s Common Stock with an exercise price
equal to $0.70 subject to adjustment therein;
(iv) Pledge Agreement
duly executed by the Company and the Pledgor
(v) Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions, duly executed by the Company, the
Pledgor and the Company’s transfer agent;
(vi) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Company
(b) On or prior to the
First Closing, the Purchaser delivered or cause to be delivered to
the Purchaser the following:
(i) This Agreement,
duly executed by the Purchaser;
(ii) The Purchaser
Price by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by
the Company;
(iii) The Pledge
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser; and
(iv) The Escrow
Agreement
(c) On or prior to the
Second Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Purchaser, the following:
(i) This Agreement,
duly executed by the Company;
(ii) Debenture with a
face amount of up to $583,330;
(iii) A Warrant
registered in the name of the Purchaser to purchase up to 2,499,986
shares of the Company’s Common Stock with an exercise price
equal to $0.70, subject to adjustment therein;
(iv) the Security
Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary, along
with all of the Security Documents, including the Subsidiary
Guarantee, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(v) the Pledge
Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Pledgor, along
with the Pledgor’s pledged stock certificates and medallion
guaranteed stock powers
(vi) the Subsidiary
Guaranty, duly executed by the Subsidiaries of the
Company;
(vii) Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions, duly executed by the Company, the
Pledgors and the Company’s transfer agent; and
(viii) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Company.
(d) On or prior to the
Second Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company the following:
(i) This Agreement,
duly executed by the Purchaser;
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the Purchase
Price by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by
the Company
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The Security
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
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The Pledge
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
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The Subsidiary
Guaranty, duly executed by the Purchaser; and
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The Escrow
Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser
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(e) On or prior to the
Third Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Purchaser the following:
(i) This Agreement, duly executed by
the Company;
(ii) Debenture with a face value of
$583,330;
(iii) Warrant registered in the name of the
Purchaser to purchase up to 2,499,986 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock with an exercise price equal to $0.70, subject to
adjustment therein;
(iv) the Escrow Agreement, duly
executed by the Company
(f) On or prior to the Third Closing,
the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company
the following
(i) the Purchase Price by wire transfer
to the account as specified in writing by the Company
(ii) This Agreement, duly executed by the Company
(iii)
The Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company
(g) On or prior to the Subsequent
Closings, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser the following
(i) Debenture with the
face amounts of up to $1,750,010
(ii)
Warrants registered in the name of the Purchaser
to purchase up to 7,500,042 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock with an exercise price equal to $0.70, subject to adjustment
therein
(iii) The Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Company
(h) On or prior to the
Subsequent Closings, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company the following:
(i) the Purchase Price
by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the
Company;
(ii) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(a) The obligations of
the Company hereunder in connection with any Closing are subject to
the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in
all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all obligations,
covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
(iii) the delivery by
the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2 of this
Agreement.
(b) The respective
obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with any
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 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;
(v) 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
the Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the Securities at the Closing.
(vi) no event of
default outstanding or continues to be outstanding; and
(viii) the Company will
obtain the consent of its prior investors who currently hold
convertible senior notes in the principal amount of $2,380,000,
which closed on December 28, 2008, January 25, 2008, February 8,
2008, July 7, 2008 and August 7, 2008, respectively, to extend
their respective notes and subsequent resets for an additional six
months and will for an additional six months, if the Debentures
held by the Purchaser are still outstanding;
(ix) the Company will
provide the Purchaser with the right to direct who shall provide
credit card processing services to the Company, provided that said
serves are at rates more favorable than the Company’s current
processing rates.
(x) the Company shall
grant the Purchaser the right to utilize its video content player
to commercially distribute video of its own products.
(xi) In consideration for the Purchaser agreeing
to purchase the Debentures, upon each Closing, the Company agrees
to issue to the Purchaser the Warrant substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E, for the purchase of up to 15,000,000
shares of the Company’s common stock, to be issued pro rata
over the course of the three Closings.
(xii) In addition to the foregoing, the
Purchaser will be entitled to appoint one individual as director to
the Company’s board of directors
(xiii) The purchase of the Debentures
and the issuance of the Warrant to the Purchaser and the other
transactions contemplated hereby are sometimes referred to herein
and in the other Transaction Agreements as the purchase and sale of
the Securities
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 the
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. If the Company has
no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of
them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
(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 Securities and the consummation by it to which it is a party
of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, (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 4.6 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 (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,
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 at least equal to the Required
Minimum on the date hereof.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization of the
Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , which
Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of
Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of
the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any
capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee
stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, those
issuance found on Schdule A the issuance of shares of Common Stock
to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock
purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act. No Person has any right of first refusal,
preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale
of the Securities, 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 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 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 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 Debentures 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 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
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 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.
(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 order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in
violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state
and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that
affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) Regulatory
Permits . 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, except for
Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do
not materially interfere with the use made