SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities
Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated
as of October 15, 2009, between Strategic American Oil Corporation,
a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including
its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and
collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).
WHEREAS, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and
pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “ Securities Act ”), and Rule 506
promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to
each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly,
desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as
more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each
Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in
this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“
Acquiring Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.5.
“
Action ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(j) .
“
Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with a Person, 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.
“
Canadian Purchaser Certificate ” means that
certificate attached hereto as Annex C.
“
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
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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 Lang Michener LLP, with
offices located at 1500-1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada V6E 4N7.
“
Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.1.
“
Effective Date ” means the earlier of the date that
(a) all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) have been registered for resale by
the holders thereof pursuant to a registration statement(s)
declared effective by the Commission and (b) all of the Registrable
Securities have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be
in compliance with the current public information required under
Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions.
“
Evaluation Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3.1(r) .
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of
Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the
Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such
purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of
Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of
non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b) securities
upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities
issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or
exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement
to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the
exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such
securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
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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.
“
GAAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h) .
“
Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(aa) .
“
Intellectual Property Rights ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o) .
“
Investor Questionnaire ” shall mean the U.S.
Accredited Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Annex B
.
“
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) .
“
Participation Maximum ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.11(a) .
“
Per Share Purchase Price ” equals $0.20 ,
subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the
Common Stock that occur after the date of this
Agreement.
“
Person ” means an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of
any kind.
“
Pre-Notice ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.11(b) .
“
Pro Rata Portion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.11(e) .
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“
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit,
investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“
Public Information Failure ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b) .
“
Public Information Failure Payments ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b) .
“
Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.8.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto.
“
Registration Statement ” means a registration
statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the
Shares and the Warrant Shares.
“
Required Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.1(e) .
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
effect as such Rule.
“
Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially
the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“
SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(h) .
“
Securities ” means the Shares, the Warrants and the
Warrant Shares.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
“
Short Sales ” means all “short sales” as
defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but
shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
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“
Subscription Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the
aggregate amount to be paid for Shares 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 or upon settlement of outstanding debt
in such amount as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature
page to this Agreement.
“
Subsequent Financing ” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 4.11(a) .
“
Subsequent Financing Notice ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.11(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 or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to
any of the foregoing).
“
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the
Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and
schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“
Transfer Agent ” means TranShare Corporation, the
current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of
5105 DTC Parkway, Suite 325, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 and a
facsimile number of (303) 662-1113, and any successor transfer
agent of the Company.
“
Variable Rate Transaction ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.12.
“
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
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OTC
Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by
an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers
of a majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
“
Warrants ” means, collectively, the Common Stock
purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in
accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five
years, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“
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 Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) of Shares and Warrants. Each
Purchaser shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or a
certified check of immediately available funds equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature
page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall
deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares and 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.
2.2
Deliveries .
(a)
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii)
a legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto;
(iii)
a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent
instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a
certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share
Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
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(iv)
a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up
to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of such
Purchaser’s Shares, with an exercise price equal to $0.35,
subject to adjustment therein; and
(v)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the
Company.
(b)
On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii)
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
account as specified in writing by the Company (or acknowledgement
of settlement of outstanding debt owed by the Company to such
Purchaser in the amount set forth on such Purchaser’s
signature page to this Agreement);
(iii)
the Investor Questionnaire completed and executed by such
Purchaser;
(iv)
if the Purchaser is a Canadian resident, the Canadian Purchaser
Certificate completed and executed by such Purchaser;
and
(v)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser.
2.3
Closing Conditions .
(a)
The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the
Closing 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);
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(ii)
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required
to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii)
the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section
2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv)
there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the Company since the date hereof; and
(v)
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.
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(b)
Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
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violation
nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have
or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse
effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s
ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and
no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or
curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c)
Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by
the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action
is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the
Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in
connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document
to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been)
duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general
equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and
(iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
(d)
No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the consummation by it 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
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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
4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) the notice and/or
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance
and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Securities for
trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv)
the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are
required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “ Required Approvals
”).
(f)
Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the
applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed
by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in
the Transaction Documents. The Warrant Shares, when issued in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all
Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer
provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved
from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the
Warrants.
(g)
Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company is as 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 the SEC Reports, the Company
has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock
option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees
pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and
pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock
Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any
similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth on the SEC Reports
and 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
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the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The
issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company
to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive
rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board
of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements
or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s
capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge
of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(h)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such
shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to
file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC
Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never
been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports
comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements
or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements
may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present
in all material respects the financial position of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and
the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i)
Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or
Developments . Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically
disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date
hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that
has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
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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 . There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of
violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign)
(collectively, an “ Action ”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending
or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the
Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act.
(k)
Labor Relations . No material labor dispute exists or, to
the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of
the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or
its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that
relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or
such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and
the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships
with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the
knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and
the
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employment of each such executive officer does not subject the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to
any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are
in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws
and regulations relating to employment and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except
where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l)
Compliance . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is
in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that
has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim
that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has
been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree, or
order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or
has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation
of any governmental authority, including without limitation all
foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business
and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case
as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(m)
Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries
possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Material
Permit.
(n)
Title to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries have good
and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by
them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned
by them that is material to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for
Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do
not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made
of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for
the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which
is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property
and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries
are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance.
(o)
Patents and Trademarks . 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
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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)
RESERVED .
(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. As
set forth on Schedule 3.1(r) , and as the date hereof, the
Company has not been required to provide a management report with
respect to internal control of financial reporting, including
whether 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
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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 otherwise set forth in Section 5.2
of this Agreement or 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 . Other than each of the Purchasers, no
Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
(w)
Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
and the Company has taken no action designed to, 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. 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.
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(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 exceeds 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 not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now
conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its
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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
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. Other than as disclosed in the SEC
Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any
Indebtedness that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For the
purposes of this Agreement, “ Indebtedness ”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in
excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements
and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of
others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess
of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(bb)
Tax Status . Except for matters that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed
all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax
returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and
the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been
asserted or threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary.
(cc)
No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any person
acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the
Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only
to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act.
(dd)
Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the
knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any
funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political
activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic
political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed
to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by
any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware)
which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material
respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as amended.
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(ee)
Accountants . The Company’s accounting firm is set
forth on Schedule 3.1(ee) of the Disclosure
Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such
accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as
required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion
with respect to the financial statements to be included in the
Company’s Annual Report for the year ended July 31,
2009.
(ff)
No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no
disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably
anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the
accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the
Company and, except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(ff) , the
Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants
and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to
perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents.
(gg)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of
Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of
the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s
length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges
that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of
the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and
any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective
representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely
incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The
Company further represents to each Purchaser that the
Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent
evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(hh)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity.
Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.15 hereof), it is
understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the
Purchasers have been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any
Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or
short, securities of the Company, or “derivative”
securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the
Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market
or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including,
without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative”
transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private
placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of
the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any
Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative”
transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in
the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to
have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length
counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The
Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more
Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during
the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without
limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares
deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and
(z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the
existing stockholders' equity
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interests
in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities
are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such
aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any
of the Transaction Documents.
(ii)
Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its
knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities,
(ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or
agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another
to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the
Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of
the Securities.
(jj)
Stock Option Plans . Each stock option granted by the
Company under the Company’s stock option plan was
grant