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Title: SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Florida     Date: 10/5/2009
Industry: Software and Programming     Sector: Technology

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: omnicomm systems inc
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Exhibit 10.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT , dated as of September     , 2009 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC ., a Delaware corporation with headquarters located at 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 4000, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 (the “Company”), and each individual or entity named on an executed counterpart of the signature page hereto (each such signatory is referred to as a “Buyer”) (each agreement with a Buyer being deemed a separate and independent agreement between the Company and such Buyer, except that each Buyer acknowledges and consents to the rights granted to each other Buyer (each, an “Other Buyer”) under such agreement and the Transaction Agreements, as defined below, referred to therein).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS , the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration for offers and sales to accredited investors afforded, inter alia , by Rule 506 under Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and/or Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act; and

WHEREAS , the Buyer wishes to lend to the Company, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and acceptance of this Agreement by the Company, the Purchase Price (as defined below), the repayment of which will be represented by 12% Secured Convertible Debentures Series 09 of the Company (the “Debenture” or “Convertible Debenture” and collectively with all Other Buyers the “Debentures” or “Convertible Debentures”), which Convertible Debentures will be convertible into shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of such Convertible Debentures, together with the Warrants (as defined below) exercisable for the purchase of shares of Common Stock;

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE; PURCHASE PRICE.

a. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, the undersigned Buyer hereby agrees to loan to the Company the principal amount set forth on the Buyer’s signature page of this Agreement (the “Purchase Price”), out of the aggregate amount being loaned by all Buyers of up to an aggregate of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”) which amount will include the conversion of currently issued and outstanding bridge notes issued in September 2009 not to exceed $1,200,000.

(ii) The obligation to repay the loan from the Buyer shall be evidenced by the Company’s issuance of one or more Convertible Debentures to the Buyer in the aggregate principal amount equal to the Purchase Price (the Convertible Debentures issued to the Buyer, the “Debentures”). Each Debenture (a) shall provide for a Conversion Price (as defined below), which price may be adjusted from time to as provided in the Debenture, and (b) shall have the terms and conditions of, and be substantially in the form attached hereto as, Annex I and (c) shall be secured pursuant to the terms of the Security Interest Agreement substantially in the form annexed hereto as Annex VI (the “Security Interest Agreement”) .

(iii) On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Purchase Price shall be paid by the Buyer and the Company will deliver the Certificates (as defined below) to the Escrow Agent, as provided in Section 1(c) hereof.

(iv) The loan to be made by the Buyer and the issuance of the Debentures and the Warrants (collectively, the “Purchased Securities”) to the Buyer are sometimes referred to herein and in the other Transaction Agreements as the purchase and sale of the Debentures and the Warrants


b. Certain Definitions. As used herein, each of the following terms has the meaning set forth below, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specific Person referred to in the relevant provision, another Person who or which controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person.

“Agreement Amount” means the amount, if any (other than interest and principal due under the Debentures), due to the Buyer or the Holder, as the case may be, pursuant to any provision of the Transaction Agreements.

“Agreement Payment Date” means the date the Buyer or the Holder, as the case may be, demands payment of an Agreement Amount.

“Agreement Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of Agreement Amounts, if such Agreement Amounts may be paid in such shares; provided, however, that any demand for Agreement Shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4(C) of the Debenture, as if such demand were a conversion of the Debenture and as if such provision were set forth herein in full.

“Buyer Control Person” means the Buyer and each such other Persons as may be deemed in control of the Buyer pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act (as defined below).

“By-laws” means the by-laws of the Company (howsoever denominated), as amended to date.

“Certificate of Incorporation” means the certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation or other charter document (howsoever denominated) of the Company, as amended to date.

“Certificates” means the (x) the original manually-signed Debentures and (y) the original manually-signed Warrants, each duly executed by the Company and issued in the name of the Buyer on the Closing Date.

“Closing Date” means the date of the closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities.

“Closing Price” means the 4:00 P.M. closing bid price of the Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market on the relevant Trading Day(s), as reported by the Reporting Service for the relevant date.

“Company Control Person” means each director, executive officer, promoter, and such other Persons as may be deemed in control of the Company pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act.

“Company Counsel” means Schneider Weinberger & Beilly, LLP.

“Company’s SEC Documents” means the Company’s filings on the SEC’s EDGAR system which are listed on Annex IV annexed hereto, to the extent available on EDGAR or otherwise provided to the Buyer as indicated on said Annex IV.

“Conversion Certificates” means certificates representing any one or more of the following, if any: (i) Conversion Shares, or (ii) Warrant Shares.

“Conversion Date” means the date a Holder submits a Notice of Conversion, as provided in the Debentures or makes a demand for an Agreement Amount which is to be paid in Agreement Shares.

“Conversion Price” means the Fixed Conversion Price or the Interest Conversion Price, as the context may require.

“Conversion Shares” means (i) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Debentures, (ii) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in payment of accrued interest thereon, as contemplated in the Debentures, (iii) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in payment of an Agreement Amount which is being paid in Agreement Shares, or (iv) any or all of them, as the context may require.

 

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“Converting Holder” means the Holder of Debentures or Warrants, as the case may be, who or which has submitted a Notice of Conversion (as contemplated by the Debentures) or a Notice of Exercise (as contemplated by the Warrants) or a demand for Agreement Shares.

“Current Information Reports” means all reports and material required to be filed by the Company so that the conditions, if applicable, of Rule 144 that there is adequate current information with respect to the Company will be satisfied.

“Delivery Date” means, as the case may be, (x) the meaning ascribed to it, as may be relevant, in the Debentures, the Warrants or other relevant Transaction Agreement, as the case may be, or (y) the third Trading Day after the Buyer or the Holder, as the case may be, makes a demand for an Agreement Amount which is being paid in Agreement Shares.

“Disclosure Annex” means Annex II to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Disclosure Annex shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the identified Sections of this Agreement, but the disclosure in any such section of the Disclosure Annex shall qualify other provisions in this Agreement to the extent that it would be readily apparent to an informed reader from a reading of such section of the Disclosure Annex that it is also relevant to other provisions of this Agreement.

“Escrow Agent” means Schneider Weinberger & Beilly LLP, the escrow agent identified in the Joint Escrow Instructions attached hereto as Annex VII (the “Joint Escrow Instructions”).

“Escrow Funds” means the Purchase Price delivered to the Escrow Agent as contemplated by Sections 1(c) and (d) hereof.

“Escrow Property” means the Escrow Funds and the Certificates delivered to the Escrow Agent, as contemplated by Section 1(c) hereof.

“Exercise Price” means the per share exercise price of the Warrant.

“Fixed Conversion Price” means the VWAP for the ten (10) Regular Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately before the Closing Date.

“Holder” means the Person holding the relevant Securities at the relevant time.

“Interest Conversion Price” has the meaning ascribed to in the Debenture.

“Issue Date” means, with respect each Debenture and each Warrant, the Closing Date on which such instrument was initially issued to the Buyer.

“Issue Date Conversion Shares” means, with respect to the Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Buyer on the Closing Date, divided by (y) the Fixed Conversion Price (without regard to whether or not the Debentures were convertible on such date in accordance with their terms).

“Last Audited Date” means December 31, 2008.

“Majority in Interest of the Holders” means one or more Holders whose respective outstanding principal amounts of the Debentures held by each of them, as of the relevant date, aggregate at least fifty and 01/100 percent (50.01%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amounts of the outstanding Debentures held by the Holder and all other Holders on that date.

“Material Adverse Effect” means an event or combination of events, which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Purchased Securities or any of the Transaction Agreements, (y) have or result in a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (z) adversely impair the Company’s ability to perform fully on a timely basis its material obligations under any of the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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“Maturity Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Debentures.

“New Common Stock” means shares of Common Stock and/or securities convertible into, and/or other rights exercisable for, Common Stock, which are offered or sold in a New Transaction.

“New Investor” means the third party investor, purchaser or lender (howsoever denominated) or, where relevant, an Existing Securityholder (as defined below) in a New Transaction.

“New Transaction” means, unless consented to by a Majority in Interest of the Holders (which consent is in the sole discretion of the Holders and may be withheld for any reason or for no reason whatsoever),

(i) the sale of New Common Stock by or on behalf of the Company to a New Investor in connection with a transaction which will provide funds to the Company (including, but not necessarily limited to, any such transaction which is an equity, debt, credit line or equity line transaction), and/or

(ii) the grant of a security interest in, or the pledge of, shares of the Company’s Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for the Company’s Common Stock to any other party, or the pledge of such shares or securities to any other party, whether such grant or pledge is made by the Company or any other holder thereof, in connection with a transaction in which the Company borrows or is otherwise obligated to pay funds to a third party, and/or

(iii) in exchange for the forbearance, modification or relinquishment of any rights an existing holder of any of the Company’s securities (each, an “Existing Securityholder”), (x) the sale or issuance to such Existing Securityholder of additional New Common Stock and/or (y) the effectuation by the Company of, or the other agreement of the Company to provide, more beneficial terms with respect to any existing securities of the Company held by an Existing Securityholder, and/or,

(iv) the effectuation by the Company of, or the other agreement of the Company to provide, the reduction of the conversion price of any security convertible into Common Stock and/or the reduction of the exercise price of any right exercisable for Common Stock held by an Existing Securityholder

in a transaction consummated after the date hereof; provided, however, that it is specifically understood that the term “New Transaction” (1) unless consented to otherwise by a Majority in Interest of the Holders (which consent is in the sole discretion of the Holders and may be withheld for any reason or for no reason whatsoever), includes, but is not limited to, a sale of Common Stock or of a security convertible into Common Stock or an equity or credit line transaction, but (2) does not include (a) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise or conversion of options, warrants or convertible securities outstanding on the date hereof, or in respect of any other financing agreements as in effect on the date hereof and identified in the Disclosure Annex (provided the same is not amended after the date hereof to a per share price below the Conversion Price or the Exercise Price, as the case may be) or in the Company’s SEC Documents (provided the same is not amended after the date hereof to a per share price below the Conversion Price or the Exercise Price, as the case may be), (b) the issuance of an Employee Stock Compensation Plan (an “ESCP”) of the Company, such ESCP having been properly approved by the shareholders of the Company, (c) the issuance of a non-employee director stock compensation plan of the Company, (d) the issuance of Common Stock or issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of any options or warrants, referred to in the preceding clauses of this paragraph (provided the same is not amended after the date hereof), or (e) the issuance of Common Stock in satisfaction of the Company’s employee compensation.

“New Transaction Closing Date” means the date a New Transaction is consummated.

 

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“Person” means any living person or any entity, such as, but not necessarily limited to, a corporation, partnership or trust.

“Principal Trading Market” means the Over the Counter Bulletin Board or such other market on which the Common Stock is principally traded at the relevant time, but shall not include the “pink sheets.”

“Qualification State” means a state, other than the State of Incorporation, in which the Company is qualified.

“Registrable Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock previously issued to the Holder under the terms of the Transaction Agreements and (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder (x) on conversion of the Debentures (whether for principal or interest or both), (y) on exercise of the Warrants or (z) pursuant to any other provision of the Transaction Agreements as of the date of the filing of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof.

“Registration Statement” means a registration statement covering the resale by the Holder of Registrable Securities.

“Regular Trading Day” means the regular trading hours of a Trading Day on the Principal Trading Market shall be open for business (as of the date of this Agreement, such hours are, for most Trading Days, approximately 9:00 or 9:30AM to approximately 4PM Eastern Time; provided, however, that certain Trading Days may have shorter regular trading hours; and provided, further, that the regular trading hours may be subsequently changed for the Principal Trading Market).

“Reporting Service” means Bloomberg LP or if that service is not then reporting the relevant information regarding the Common Stock, a comparable reporting service of national reputation selected by a Majority in Interest of the Holders and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

“Rule 144” means, as may be in effect from time to time, (i) Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration under the 1933 Act.

“Securities” means the Purchased Securities and the Shares.

“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock representing any or all of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

“State of Incorporation” means Delaware.

“Subsidiary” means, as of the relevant date, any subsidiary of the Company (whether or not included in the Company’s SEC Documents) whether now existing or hereafter acquired or created.

“Trading Day” means any day during which the Principal Trading Market shall be open for business.

“Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, each issued Debenture, the Joint Escrow Instructions, each issued Warrant, the Security Interest Agreement, and the Disclosure Annex and includes all ancillary documents referred to in those agreements.

“Transaction End Date” means the date which is the later of (x) the date on which all of the Debentures have been converted or have been paid in full or (y) the date on which all of the Warrants have been fully exercised or have expired.

“Transfer Agent” means, at any time, the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock.

“VWAP” means the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market for the relevant Regular Trading Day(s), as reported by the Reporting Service.

 

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“Warrant Shares” means shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

“Wire Instructions” means the Purchase Price Wire Instructions as provided in Annex V annexed hereto.

c. Form of Payment; Delivery of Certificates.

(i) The Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price by delivering immediately available good funds in United States Dollars to the Escrow Agent no later than the date prior to the Closing Date.

(ii) Within three (3) Trading Days after the Company is notified that the Escrow Agent has on deposit cleared funds from or on behalf of one or more Buyers an aggregate amount equal to the Aggregate Purchase Price and the Company shall have accepted the Buyer’s subscription hereunder, but in no event later than the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Certificates to the Escrow Agent. Such Certificates shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent until released as provided in the Joint Escrow Instructions.

(iii) By signing this Agreement, each of the Buyer and the Company, subject to acceptance by the Escrow Agent, agrees to all of the terms and conditions of, and becomes a party to, the Joint Escrow Instructions, all of the provisions of which are incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full.

d. Method of Payment. Payment into escrow of the Purchase Price shall be made to the Escrow Agent as provided in the Wire Instructions.

2. BUYER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

The Buyer represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Company, as of the date hereof and, except as otherwise noted, as of each Closing Date, as follows:

a. Without limiting Buyer's right to sell the Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in compliance with the 1933 Act, the Buyer is purchasing the Securities for the Buyer’s own account for investment only and not with a view towards the public sale or distribution thereof and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

b. The Buyer is (i) an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1933 Act, (ii) experienced in making investments of the kind described in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, (iii) able, by reason of the business and financial experience of the Buyer and the Buyer’s professional advisors (who are not affiliated with or compensated in any way by the Company or any of its Affiliates or selling agents), to protect the Buyer’s own interests in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, and to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities, and (iv) able to afford the entire loss of its investment in the Securities.

c. All subsequent offers and sales of the Securities by the Buyer shall be made pursuant to registration of the relevant Securities under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration.

d. The Buyer understands and agrees that the Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, by reason of their issuance in a transaction that does not require registration under the 1933 Act (based in part on the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyer contained herein), and that such Securities must be held indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition is registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from such registration. The Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to the Buyer in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

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e. The Buyer and the Buyer’s advisors, if any, have been furnished with or have been given access to all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Purchased Securities which have been requested by the Buyer, including those set forth in any annex attached hereto. The Buyer and the Buyer’s advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management and have received complete and satisfactory answers to any such inquiries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Buyer has also had the opportunity to obtain and to review the Company’s SEC Documents.

f. The Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk.

g. The Buyer hereby represents that, in connection with the Buyer’s investment or the Buyer’s decision to purchase the Securities, the Buyer has not relied on any statement or representation of any Person, including any such statement or representation by the Company or any of their respective controlling Persons, officers, directors, partners, agents and employees or any of their respective attorneys, except as specifically set forth herein.

h. The Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have any such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

i. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements to which the Buyer is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by the Buyer. This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Buyer, and this Agreement is, and each of the other Transaction Agreements to which the Buyer is a party, when executed and delivered by the Buyer (if necessary), will be valid and binding obligations of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

j. The offer to sell the Securities was directly communicated to the Buyer by the Company. At no time was the Buyer presented with or solicited by any leaflet, newspaper or magazine article, radio or television advertisement, or any other form of general advertising or solicited or invited to attend a promotional meeting otherwise than in connection and concurrently with such communicated offer.

k. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby or relating hereto do not and will not conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of any agreement, indenture or instrument or obligation to which the Buyer is a party or by which its properties or assets are bound, or result in a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency applicable to such Buyer or its properties (except for such conflicts, defaults and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Buyer’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements). The Buyer is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or to purchase the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, provided that for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Buyer is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Company herein.

3. COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS, ETC. The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date that, except as otherwise provided in the Disclosure Annex or in the Company’s SEC Documents:

a. Rights of Others Affecting the Transactions. There are no preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company to acquire the Securities. No other party has a currently exercisable right of first refusal which would be applicable to any or all of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Annex or the SEC Documents, no Person has, and as of the Closing Date, no Person shall have, any demand, “piggy-back” or other rights to cause the Company to file any registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to any of its securities or to participate in any such registration statement.

 

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b. Status. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Incorporation and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has registered its stock and is obligated to file reports pursuant to Section 12 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). The Common Stock is quoted on the Principal Trading Market. The Company has received no notice, either oral or written, with respect to the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for quotation on the Principal Trading Market, and the Company has maintained all requirements on its part for the continuation of such quotation.

c. Authorized Shares.

(i) The capitalization of the Company (including the number of shares of each class of stock which is authorized and the number of such shares which are outstanding) is as indicated in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as included in the most recently filed quarterly or annual report included in the Company’s SEC Documents and there has been no material change to such capitalization since the filing of that report.

(ii) Except as set forth in the Company’s SEC Documents, there are no outstanding securities which are exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into instruments which are convertible into shares of Common Stock, whether such exercise, exchange or conversion is currently exercisable or exercisable only upon some future date or the occurrence of some event in the future. If any such securities are listed on the Disclosure Annex, the number or amount of each such outstanding convertible security and the conversion terms are set forth in said Disclosure Annex.

(iii) All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock as may be necessary to effect the issuance of the Shares on the Closing Date, were the Debentures fully converted and were the Warrant fully exercised on that date. In addition, the Company has sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock as may be necessary to effect the issuance of any other shares of Common Stock in connection with any other securities previously issued by the Company that are convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock.

(iv) The Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and, when issued on conversion of, or in payment of interest on, the Debentures or upon exercise of the Warrants, in each case in accordance with their respective terms, will have been duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not subject the Holder thereof to personal liability by reason of being such Holder.

d. Transaction Agreements and Stock. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and this Agreement is, and each of the Debentures, the Warrants and each of the other Transaction Agreements, when executed and delivered by the Company (if necessary), will be, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

e. Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Agreements by the Company, the issuance of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants and the other Transaction Agreements do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, each as currently in effect, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, including any listing

 

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agreement for the Common Stock except as herein set forth, or (iii) to its knowledge, any existing applicable law, rule, or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment, or order of any court, United States federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets, except such conflict, breach or default which would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. The timely payment of interest on the Debentures is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, or any agreement, contract, document or other undertaking to which the Company is a party.

f. Securities Law Matters; Approvals.

(i) No authorization, approval or consent of any court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization, or stock exchange or market or the stockholders of the Company is required to be obtained by the Company for the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Buyer as contemplated by this Agreement, except such authorizations, approvals and consents that have been obtained.

(ii) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in Section 2, the offer and sale by the Company of the Purchased Securities is exempt from (A) the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and (B) the registration and/or qualification provisions of all applicable state and provincial securities and “blue sky” laws.

g. Filings. Since January 1, 2007, the Company has filed all annual and quarterly reports and all proxy statements required to be filed by the Company with the SEC under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the Company’s SEC Documents, as of the dates of such documents, were true and complete in all material respects and complied with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) (except in the case of unaudited statements permitted by Form 10-QSB or 10-Q under the 1934 Act) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly presented the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments that in the aggregate are not material and to any other adjustment described therein).

h. Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Last Audited Date, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents. Since the Last Audited Date, except as provided in the Company’s SEC Documents, the Company has not (i) incurred or become subject to any material liabilities (absolute or contingent) except liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (ii) discharged or satisfied any material lien or encumbrance or paid any material obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), other than current liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (iii) declared or made any payment or distribution of cash or other property to stockholders with respect to its capital stock, or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements to purchase or redeem, any shares of its capital stock; (iv) sold, assigned or transferred any other material tangible assets, or canceled any material debts owed to the Company by any third party or material claims of the Company against any third party, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (v) waived any rights of material value, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of any material amount of existing business; (vi) made any increases in employee compensation, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; or (vii) experienced any material problems with labor or management in connection with the terms and conditions of their employment.

i. Full Disclosure. There is no fact known to the Company (other than conditions known to the public generally or as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents) that has not been disclosed in writing to the Buyer that would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

j. Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company before or by any governmental authority or non-governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or any other person, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect or which would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, any of the Transaction Agreements. The Company is not aware of any valid basis for any such claim that (either individually or in the aggregate with all other such events and

 

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circumstances) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding or unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or stipulations to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, that involve the transaction contemplated herein or that, alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.

k. Absence of Events of Default. Except as set forth in Section 3(e) hereof, no Event of Default (or its equivalent term), as defined in the respective agreement to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party, and no event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would become an Event of Default (or its equivalent term) (as so defined in such agreement), has occurred and is continuing, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

l. Absence of Certain Company Control Person Actions or Events. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the following has occurred during the past five (5) years with respect to a Company Control Person:

(1) A petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such Company Control Person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;

(2) Such Company Control Person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

(3) Such Company Control Person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

(i) acting, as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, any other Person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;

(ii) engaging in any type of business practice; or

(iii) engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws or federal commodities laws;

(4) Such Company Control Person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such Company Control Person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (3) of this item, or to be associated with Persons engaged in any such activity; or

(5) Such Company Control Person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the CFTC or SEC to have violated any federal or state securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the CFTC or SEC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated.

m. No Undisclosed Liabilities or Events. The Company has no liabilities or obligations other than those disclosed in the Transaction Agreements or the Company's SEC Documents or those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business since the Last Audited Date, or which individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its properties, business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement prior

 

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to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. There are no proposals currently under consideration or currently anticipated to be under consideration by the Board of Directors or the executive officers of the Company which proposal would (x) change the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, each as currently in effect, with or without stockholder approval, which change would reduce or otherwise adversely affect the rights and powers of the stockholders of the Common Stock or (y) materially or substantially change the business, assets or capital of the Company, including its interests in subsidiaries.

n. No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time since January 1, 2007, made any offer or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby.

o. Dilution. Each of the Company and its executive officers and directors is aware that the number of shares issuable on conversion of the Debentures, upon exercise of the Warrants or pursuant to the other terms of the Transaction Agreements may have a dilutive effect on the ownership interests of the other stockholders (and Persons having the right to become stockholders) of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Debentures and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants or any shares pursuant to any other terms of any of the Transaction Agreements is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company, and the Company will honor such obligations, including, but not necessarily limited to, honoring every Notice of Conversion (as contemplated by the Debentures) and every Notice of Exercise (as contemplated by the Warrants), unless the Company is subject to an injunction (which injunction was not sought by the Company) prohibiting the Company from doing so.

p. Fees to Brokers, Finders and Others. The Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any Person for brokerage commission, placement agent or finder’s fees or similar payments by Buyer relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Except for such fees arising as a result of any agreement or arrangement entered into by the Buyer without the knowledge of the Company (a “Buyer’s Fee”), Buyer shall have no obligation with respect to such fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this paragraph that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each of Buyer, its employees, officers, directors, agents, and partners, and their respective Affiliates, from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs (including the costs of preparation and attorney’s fees) and expenses suffered in respect of any such claimed or existing fees (other than a Buyer’s Fee).

q. Tax Returns. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made and filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

r. Disclosure. All information relating to or concerning the Company set forth in the Transaction Agreements or in the Company’s public filings with the SEC is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not omitted to state any material fa


 
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