SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated as of September 2, 2009, between
VirnetX Holding 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 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, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“ 20% Rule Cutback ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.1(b).
“ Acquiring Person ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
“ 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. For this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, “control”
shall have the meaning specified in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act
(including SEC and judicial interpretations hereof).
“ Bloomberg L.P. ” means
Bloomberg L.P. or, if Bloomberg L.P. no longer reports the
applicable pricing or other information, such other data service as
may in the future replace Bloomberg L.P. as the primary industry
source of stock market data.
“ 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 Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
“ Closing Date ” means the
Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchaser’ obligations to pay
the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to
deliver the Securities, 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 $0.0001 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
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, with offices located at 405
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
“ Disclosure Schedules ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1.
“ DWAC ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(c)(ii).
“ Effective Date ” means the
earlier of the date that (a) all of the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) have been registered
for resale by the holders thereof pursuant to a registration
statement(s) declared effective by the Commission and (b) all of
the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or
may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the
Company to be in compliance with the current public information
required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions.
“ Escrow Agent ” means
Sterling Bank, with an office at 1189 Hypoluxo Road, Lantana,
Florida 33462.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
the Escrow Agreement, dated the date hereof among the Company and
the Escrow Agent, in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto.
“ 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 price, exchange price 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 (or to the equityholders of a
Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating
company or an asset in a business synergistic with the business of
the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in
addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a
transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary
business is investing in securities, (d) with the prior written
consent of the Placement Agent, up to an amount of Common Stock and
warrants equal to the difference between $6,000,000 and the
aggregate Subscription Amounts hereunder, on the same terms and
conditions and prices as hereunder, with investors executing
definitive agreements for the purchase of such securities and such
transactions having closed on or before the earlier of (i) the
Filing Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or
(ii) the date that the Initial Registration Statement (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) is actually filed with the
Commission and (e) other than with respect to Section 3(b) of the
Series I Warrants, following the Exercise Date, up to, in the
aggregate, $6,000,000 of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
less any amounts received in cash upon exercise of the Series III
Warrants.
“ Exercise Date ” means the
earlier of the date that (a) all of the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) have been registered
for resale by the holders thereof pursuant to a registration
statement(s) declared effective by the Commission and (b) all of
the Shares and Warrant Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144
or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise
thereof) without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in the event that the Exercise Date has not occurred
within the first year following the date hereof and at any time
thereafter the Company or a Purchaser delivers an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the Shares and
Warrant Shares (upon cashless exercise) may be resold pursuant to
Section 4(1) under the Securities Act without volume or manner of
sale restrictions, the Company shall promptly provide all
Purchasers with written notice and such notice date shall be deemed
the Exercise Date.
“ 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 D 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).
“ Per Share Purchase Price ”
means $2.52, 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.
“ Placement Agent ” shall
mean Dawson James Securities, Inc.
“ 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
4.2(b).
“ Public Information Failure
Payments ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.2(b).
“ Purchaser Party ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
“ Registration Statement ”
means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the
Purchasers of the Shares and the Warrant 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 ” means the
Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Series I Warrant ” shall
mean the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
at the Closing in accordance with Sections 2.2(a)(iv) which shall
be exercisable commencing 6 months from the date of the Closing and
have a term of exercise of 5 years and shall otherwise be in the
form of Exhibit C-I attached hereto.
“ Series II Warrant ” shall
mean the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(v) which shall be
automatically exercisable via cashless exercise on the Exercise
Date, in the form of Exhibit C-II attached
hereto.
“ Series III Warrant ” shall
mean the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers
at the Closing in accordance with Sections 2.2(a)(vi) which shall
be exercisable commencing on the Exercise Date and terminate on the
60 th calendar day following the Exercise Date,
otherwise be in the form of Exhibit C-III attached
hereto.
“ 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 and Warrants purchased 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 set forth in the SEC Reports.
" Supermajority Purchasers " shall mean
the Purchasers which, at any given time, hold greater than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of
the outstanding Shares that have not been resold pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or Rule
144 of the Securities Act, provided that at least 20% of such
Shares remain held by the Purchasers and if less than 20% of the
Shares are then outstanding and held by Purchasers, sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Shares and exercised and
unexercised Warrant Shares then outstanding that have not been
resold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
“ 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, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC
Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
“ Transaction Documents ”
means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights
Agreement and all exhibits and schedules thereto and
hereto.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc., the current transfer agent of the
Company, with a mailing address of 3200 Cherry Creek, South Drive
#430, Denver, Colorado 80209 and a facsimile number of (303)
282-5800, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
“ Variable Rate Transaction ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(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
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 Shares then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
“ Warrants ” means,
collectively, the Series I Warrants, the Series II Warrants and the
Series III Warrants.
“ Warrant Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
“ WS ” means Weinstein Smith
LLP with offices located at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620, New
York, New York 10170-0002.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to
sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to
purchase, up to an aggregate of $6,000,000 of Shares and
Warrants. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow
Agent via wire transfer or a certified check of 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 Purchaser its
respective Shares and Warrants, 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 WS 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 the following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto;
(iii) a
copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent
instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a
certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share
Purchase Price Closing, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv) a
Series I Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of
such Purchaser’s Shares, with an exercise price equal to
$3.93 , subject to adjustment therein;
(v) a
Series II Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
difference between the number of Shares issued at the Closing and
the number of Shares that would have been issued at the Closing
assuming a Per Share Purchase Price of $1.25, subject to adjustment
therein;
(vi) a
Series III Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock that have an
aggregate Exercise Price equal to such Purchaser’s pro-rata
share (based on such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount to all
Subscription Amounts) of $6 million, with an exercise price equal
to $2.52 , subject to adjustment therein;
(vii) the
Lock-Up Agreements;
(viii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
and
(ix) the
Escrow Agreement duly executed by the Company and the Escrow
Agent.
(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) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company; and
(iii) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser.
2.3
Closing Conditions .
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
is 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, in which case they shall be
accurate in all material respects as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing shall have been
performed;
(iii) no
proceeding challenging this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or
materially delay the Closing, shall have been instituted before any
court or governmental body, or agency and shall be
pending;
(iv) the
sale of the Securities by the Company shall not be prohibited by
any law or governmental order or regulation. All
necessary consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders and
authorizations of, or registrations, declarations and filings with,
any governmental or administrative agency with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly obtained
or made and shall be in full force and effect; and
(v) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section
2.2(b), as applicable.
(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, in which case they
shall be accurate in all material respects as of such
date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section
2.2(a);
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from
the date hereof to the Closing, 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, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, nor shall a banking
moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each
case, in the reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules
shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation
or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained
in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the
Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties
to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date
(unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they are made
as of such date):
(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 and non-assessable.
(b)
Organization and Qualification . The Company and
each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and, in those jurisdictions
recognizing the concept, 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 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, business or financial
condition 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, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, 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 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 of incorporation, (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 credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt) 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) 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
4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement, (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
Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required
thereby and (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 Warrant 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 the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the
Warrants.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization of the
Company is as described in the SEC Reports. 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, 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. Other than
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 for options to
purchase common stock or other equity awards issued to employees or
consultants of the Company pursuant to the employee benefit plans
described in the SEC Reports, and except as a result of the
purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding
options, warrants, 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. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(g) attached hereto, 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 or permitted to be filed by the Company under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, since March 1, 2008 (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 (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto
or, in the case of the unaudited statements, as permitted by Form
10-Q promulgated by the SEC). 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 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 and except as
disclosed in subsequent SEC Reports 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 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. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the SEC Reports
no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development
has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their respective business, 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 otherwise disclosed in 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
Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have 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 for the previous
10 years 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, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the
Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other
taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to
penalties. Any real property and facilities held under
lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and
the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o)
Patents and Trademarks . Except as has been
previously disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and
other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described
in the SEC Reports as necessary or material for use in connection
with their respective businesses and which the failure to so 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, and expect
as disclosed in the SEC Reports, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by
another Person of any of the Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties,
except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p)
Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are
insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and
customary in the businesses in which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors
and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate
Subscription Amount. 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 an increase in cost
significantly greater than general increases in cost experienced
for similar companies in similar industries with respect to similar
coverage.
(q)
Transactions With Affiliates and Employees
. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the
officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the
Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party
to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than
for services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000 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 the Closing. The Company and the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported,
within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules
and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have
been no changes in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(s)
Certain Fees . Except for the fees and expenses
of the Placement Agent, no brokerage or finder’s fees or
commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker,
financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(t)
Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required
for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the
Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the
Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations
of the Trading Market.
(u)
Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an
Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the
Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business
in a manner so that it will not become an “investment
company” subject to registration under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
(v)
Registration Rights . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(v) attached hereto, other than each of the
Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect
the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
(w)
Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common
Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to
terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act nor has the Company received any notification that the
Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. Except as set forth of Schedule
3.1(w) , the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the
date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future
continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
(x)
Application of Takeover Protections . The Company
and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition,
business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under
the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar
charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that
is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the
Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including
without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of
the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the
Securities.
(y)
Disclosure . Except with respect to the material
terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any
other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the
Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it
believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public
information. The Company understands and confirms
that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All
of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the
Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this
Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The press releases disseminated by the
Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this
Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges
and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations
or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby
other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2
hereof.
(z)
No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor
any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited
any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would
cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior
offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act
which would require the registration of any such securities under
the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval
provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of
the Company are listed or designated.
(aa)
Solvency . Based on the consolidated financial
condition of the Company assuming the exercise in full of the
Series III Warrants (oth
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