EXHIBIT 4.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated as of October 1, 2009, between
OXIS International, Inc., 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: (a) capitalized terms that are not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in
the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms
have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“ Acquiring Person ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“ Action ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“ Affiliate ” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed
under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“ Board of Directors ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ” means any
day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
“ Closing ” means the closing
of the purchase and sale of the 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 Purchasers’ obligations to pay the
Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to
deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or
waived.
“ Closing Statement ”
means the Closing Statement in the form on Annex A attached
hereto.
“ Commission ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter
be reclassified or changed.
“ 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 Law
Offices of Stephen M. Fleming PLLC, with offices located at 110
Wall Street, 11 th
Floor, New York, New York
10005.
“ Conversion Price ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Debentures.
“ Debentures ” means the 0%
Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, 24 months
from their date of issuance, issued by the Company to the
Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
“ Disclosure Schedules ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1.
“ Effective Date ”
means the earlier of (a) the effective date of a Registration
Statement registering the resale of all of the Underlying Shares
and (b) the date that all of Underlying Shares are eligible for
sale under Rule 144, without (i) the requirement for the Company to
be in compliance with the current public information required under
Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and (ii) volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions (assuming for purposes of this clause
(b) that all Warrant Shares will be issued pursuant to the cashless
exercise provision of Section 2(c) of the Warrants).
“ 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, consultants, advisors 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 (provided, however, any shares issuable to consultants
and advisors shall be issued at the market price at the time of
issuance and, any subsequent adjustment to the price of such
issuance shall trigger an adjustment to the Section 5(b) of the
Debenture and Section 3(b) of the Warrants), (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 upon conversion or exercise of securities
outstanding as of the Closing Date, and (d) 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.
“ FDA ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“ FDCA ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“ Forbearance Agreement ”
shall mean the Standstill and Forbearance Agreement by and among
the Company and each of the lenders signatory thereto, attached
hereto as Exhibit D .
“ GAAP ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Increase Amendment ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.21.
“ Indebtedness ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(o).
“ Legend Removal Date ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.1(c).
“ Liens ” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“ Material Permits ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(m).
“ Maximum Rate ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“ Participation Maximum ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(a).
“ Person ” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Pharmaceutical Product
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(kk).
“ Pre-Notice ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).
“ Pro Rata Portion ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(e).
“ Proceeding ” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Public Information Failure
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.3(b).
“ Public Information Failure
Payments ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.3(b).
“ Purchaser Party ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
“ Registration Statement
” means a registration statement filed pursuant to Section
4.19, registering the resale, by the Purchasers, of all of the
Underlying Shares.
“ Required Approvals ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“ Required Filing ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
“ Required Minimum ”
means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying
Shares issuable upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion
in full of all Debentures, ignoring any conversion or
exercise limits
set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is at all
times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then
Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date
of determination.
“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially
the same effect as such Rule.
“ 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 Guidance ” means (i)
any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission
Staff, or comments, requirements or requests of the Commission
staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
“ SEC Reports ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Securities ” means the
Debentures, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying
Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Series A Warrants ” means
the Series A Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately, have a term of
exercise equal to five years and an exercise price equal to
$0.0625 , subject to adjustment therein, in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto.
“ Series B Warrants ” means
the Series B Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof,
which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately, have a term of
exercise equal to five years and an exercise price equal to
$0.075 , subject to adjustment therein, in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto.
“ 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).
“ Stockholder Approval ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
“ Subscription Amount ”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for
Debentures and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below
such
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of
this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription
Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds.
“ Subsequent Financing ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(a).
“ Subsequent Financing Notice
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.12(b).
“ Subsidiary ” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“ 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, the OTC
Bulletin Board or the Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or any successors to
any of the foregoing).
“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants, the
Escrow Agreement, the Forbearance Agreement, all exhibits and
schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
Computershare Investor Services, the current transfer agent of the
Company, with a mailing address of 25 Royall Street, Canton,
MA 02021 and a facsimile number of _______________, and
any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“ Underlying Shares ” means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or
redemption of the Debentures and upon exercise of the
Warrants.
“ Variable Rate Transaction ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.13(a).
“ 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
Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the
Company.
“ Warrants ” means,
collectively, the Series A Warrants and the Series B
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, substantially
concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of
$2,000,000 in principal amount of the Debentures. Each
Purchaser shall deliver to the Company Counsel 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 Debenture and a Warrant,
as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each
Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2
deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the
covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the
Closing shall occur at the offices of WS or such other location as
the parties shall mutually agree.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
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this Agreement
duly executed by the Company;
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(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C attached hereto;
(iii) a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv) a
Series A Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to
50% of such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by
$0.05 ;
(v) a
Series B Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to
50% of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by
$0.05 ; and
(vi) an
Escrow Agreement between the Company, Company Counsel and the
Purchasers duly executed attached hereto as Exhibit E (the
“Escrow Agreement”)
(b) On
or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Company the following:
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this Agreement
duly executed by such Purchaser;
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(ii) the
Escrow Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b)
of this Agreement.
(b) The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection
with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date
of the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein (unless as of a specific date therein);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of
this Agreement;
(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof;
(v) the
delivery by the Company of the Forbearance Agreement;
and
(vi) from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock
shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the
Company’s principal Trading Market (except for any suspension
of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which
suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any
time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as
reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or
limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on
securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any
Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared
either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or other national or international calamity of such
magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any
financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of
each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the 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:
(a)
Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect
subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)
. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the
capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and
clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has
no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of
them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
(b)
Organization and Qualification . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(a) , the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the
Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of
its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(a) , each of the Company and the
Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in:
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse
effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect
on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect
on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document
(any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse
Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any
such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to
revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(c)
Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. Subject to filing the Increase Amendment
with the State of Delaware, the execution and delivery of each of
the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company, the Board of
Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection
therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. Each Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(d)
No Conflicts . Subject to filing the Increase
Amendment with the State of Delaware, 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 or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of
any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a
Company or
Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or
asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in
a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is
subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a
Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)
Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is
not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with,
any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section
4.6 of this Agreement, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to
each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading
thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iii) 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. Subject to filing the
Increase Amendment with the State of Delaware, the Underlying
Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than
restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. Subject to filing the Increase Amendment with
the State of Delaware, the Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for
issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required
Minimum on the date hereof.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization of the
Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , which
Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of
Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of
the Company as of the date hereof. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(g) , the Company has not issued any capital
stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock
options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance
of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock purchase 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. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g) , no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive
right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate
in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(g) and except as a result of the purchase and
sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants,
scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , the issuance and
sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange
or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all
federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding
shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except
in connection with the Stockholder Approval (as defined below)
required to file the Increase Amendment with the State of Delaware,
no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board
of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting
agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or,
to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the
Company’s stockholders.
(h)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(h) , the Company has filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period
as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto
and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration
of any such extension. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(h) , as of their respective dates, the SEC
Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of
the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Company has never been an
issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP
”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial
statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial
statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and
fairly present
in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in
the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end
audit adjustments.
(i)
Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or
Developments . Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(i) , since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically
disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date
hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that
has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to
be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant
to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company
has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or
other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made
any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing
Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending
before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule
3.1(i) , no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or
development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to
occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
their respective business, 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 set forth on Schedule
3.1(j) , there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of
violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign)
(collectively, an “ Action ”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any
director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any
Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal
or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary
duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the
Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by
the Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company. The Commission has
not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or
any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
(k)
Labor Relations . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(k) , 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. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(k) , 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 . Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(l) , 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 . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(m) , 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 . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(n) , 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 set forth on
Schedule 3.1(o) , 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, 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 . Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1 (p) , 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 a significant increase in
cost.
(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 $120,000 other than
for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services
rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on
behalf
of the Company
and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option
agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(r)
Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls
. The Company is in material compliance with all
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable
to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported,
within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules
and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have
been no changes in the Company’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 as set forth on Schedule
3.1(s) , 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. The Purchasers shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims
made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type
contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with 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) , 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, or
which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating
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 on 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 as of the Closing Date, after giving
effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the
Company’s assets does not exceed the amount that will be
required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s
existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do
constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as
now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital
needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of
the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the
current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the
Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets,
after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would
not be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its
liabilities when such amounts are required to be
paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond
its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account
the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of
its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. Schedule 3