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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”), dated as of
October 8, 2009, by and among L & L International Holdings,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”),
and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto
(individually, a “ Buyer ” and collectively, the
“ Buyers ”).
A. The Company and each Buyer is
executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the
exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act
”), and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D (“ Regulation
D ”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) under the 1933
Act.
B. Each Buyer wishes to purchase,
and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions
stated in this Agreement, that amount of Units (the “
Units ”) of the Company with each Unit comprised of
one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “ Common Stock ”), and 6/10
th of a warrant in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
A (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase one share of
Common Stock with an exercise price of $5.62 for a term of 60
months (as exercised, collectively, the “ Warrant
Shares ”), set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate amount for
all Buyers shall be up to $7,000,000).
C. Contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are
executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B (the “ Registration Rights Agreement
”) pursuant to which the Company will provide certain
registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the 1933 Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable
state securities laws.
D. The Common Stock, the Warrants
and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the
“ Securities ”.
E. The Company has retained
Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. to act as its placement agent in
connection with the sale of the securities pursuant to this
Agreement (the “ Placement Agent ”).
NOW, THEREFORE , the Company and
each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE UNITS .
(a) Purchase of the Units .
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(i) Subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall hold a closing in which
it shall issue and sell and the applicable Buyer shall purchase,
the Units (the “Closing”). This offering of Units is
not available to prospective Buyers that are residents of the State
of Connecticut.
(ii) Before the Closing, a
prospective Buyer’s execution of the signature page of this
Agreement shall constitute its offer to purchase the Units (the
“ Subscription ”). The Company may accept or
reject the Subscription from any Buyer, in whole or in part in its
sole discretion. The Company’s written execution of
acceptance of the Subscription shall constitute a binding agreement
to sell the Units to such Buyer. The Company shall notify each
Buyer of the portion, if any, of such Buyer’s offer which has
been accepted and, if any portion of a Buyer’s offer is
rejected, shall cause the Escrow Agent to refund to such Buyer the
purchase price paid by the Buyer for the Units with respect to
which such Buyer’s Subscription was rejected, if any.
(iii) At the Closing, each Buyer
severally, but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company on the
Closing Date (as defined below), a certain amount in Units as set
forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column 3 on the Schedule
of Buyers. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to
Richardson & Patel LLP, in trust as escrow agent pursuant to
the Escrow Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2009, by and among the
Company, each Buyer and Richardson & Patel, LLP, attached
hereto as Exhibit C , the certificates for the Common
Stock and Warrants underlying the Units to be purchased by the
Buyers at the Closing, each registered in such name or names as
each Buyer may designate, with instructions that such certificates
for the Common Stock and Warrants are to be held for release to
such Buyers only upon payment in full of the Purchase Price to the
Company by such Buyers as set forth in Section 1(b) hereof.
(iv) The date and time of the
Closing (the “ Closing Date ”) shall be 10:00
a.m., Pacific Time, on the date hereof (or such later date as is
mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer). The Closing
shall occur after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the
conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at
the offices of Richardson & Patel LLP, 10900 Wilshire
Boulevard, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90024.
(v) The aggregate purchase price
for the Units to be purchased by each Buyer at the Closing (the
“ Purchase Price ”) shall be the amount set
forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the
Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer shall pay 20% discount to the volume
weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s
common stock over the 20 day trading day period prior to September
29, 2009 for each Unit to be purchased by such Buyer at the
Closing. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Initial Market
Price ” means the VWAP of the Company’s common
stock over the twenty (20) trading day period prior to September
29, 2009.
(b) Form of Payment . On
the Closing Date, each Buyer shall pay its Purchase Price to the
Company for the Units to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the
Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the
amount of the Purchase Price to an escrow account subject to the
Escrow Agreement among the Company, Richardson & Patel LLP (the
“ Escrow Agent ”) and the Buyers. On the Closing
Date and in accordance with the Escrow
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Agreement, the Units shall be released to
the Buyers who have paid the Purchase Price. If the Closing does
not occur within ten (10) business days of a Buyer paying its
Purchase Price to the Escrow Agent, then that Buyer may terminate
the Agreement with respect to such Buyer, subject to Section 7 of
this Agreement.
2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .
Each Buyer hereby severally, and
not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company and the
Placement Agent that:
(a) No Public Sale or
Distribution . Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Common Stock and
Warrants underlying the Units and (ii) upon the exercise of the
Warrants (other than pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in
the Warrants)) will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view
towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or
distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or
exempted under the 1933 Act; provided , however ,
that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not
agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other
specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities
at any time in accordance with, or pursuant to, or a registration
statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is
acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to
distribute any of the Securities.
(b) Accredited Investor Status;
No General Solicitation . Such Buyer is an “accredited
investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D. The definition of “accredited investor”
is annexed hereto. Such Buyer is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such Buyer is
not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or to such
Buyer’s knowledge, any general solicitation or
advertisement.
(c) Reliance on Exemptions
. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and
sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company and the Placement Agent are relying in part upon
the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with,
the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine
the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such
Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(d) Information . Such
Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all
materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the
Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the
Securities which have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and
its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due
diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors,
if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such
Buyer’s right to rely on
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the Company’s representations and
warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its
investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such
Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has
considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with
respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
(e) Investment Experience .
Such Buyer acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and
complete loss of its investment in the Securities and has such
knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment
contemplated hereby.
(f) No Governmental Review
. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state
agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on
or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the
fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor
have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the
offering of the Securities.
(g) Transfer or Resale .
Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration
Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities and the Make Good
Shares(defined below) if ever Make Good Shares (defined below) are
due to be delivered to the Buyer pursuant to the Transaction
Documents have not been and are not being registered under the 1933
Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale,
sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered
thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an
opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect
that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be
sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable
assurance that such Securities or Make Good Shares (defined below)
can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule
144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended (or a successor
rule thereto) (collectively, “ Rule 144 ”), or
(D) the sale, assignment, or transfer meets the requirement of
Regulation S under the 1933 Act, as amended; (ii) any sale of the
Securities or the Make Good Shares (defined below) made in reliance
on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule
144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the
Securities or Make Good Shares (defined below) under circumstances
in which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(s))
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter
(as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance
with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company
nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the
Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to
comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder.
(h) Legends . Such Buyer
understands that the certificates or other instruments representing
the Common Stock and the Warrants and, until such time as the
resale of the Common Stock and the Warrant Shares have been
registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Common
Stock and the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear
any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any
state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form
(and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such
stock certificates):
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THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE
FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II)
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR
FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company
shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the
Securities upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required
by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for
resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale,
assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with
an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the
effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may
be made without registration under the applicable requirements of
the 1933 Act, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with
reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned or
transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A.
(i) Validity; Enforcement .
This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to which such
Buyer is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable
against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles
of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’
rights and remedies.
(j) Residency; Organization
. If such Buyer is an entity, (i) such Buyer is a resident of that
jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers
and (ii) such Buyer is a validly existing corporation, limited
partnership or limited liability company and has all requisite
corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and
authority to invest in the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
Such Buyer is not a resident of the state of Connecticut.
(k) Brokers and Finders .
No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim
against or upon the Company, any Subsidiary or any Buyer for any
commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of such
Buyer.
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(l)
Prohibited Transactions. During the last ten (10) Business
Days prior to the date hereof, neither such Buyer nor any Affiliate
(as defined below) of such Buyer nor any Person acting on behalf of
or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer or Affiliate of
such Buyer has, directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to
effect any short sale, whether or not against the box, established
any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule
16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) with respect to the Common Stock,
granted any other right (including, without limitation, any put or
call option) with respect to the Common Stock or with respect to
any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant
part of its value from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to
hedge its position in the Securities (each, a “ Prohibited
Transaction ”). Prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the
termination of this Agreement or (ii) such time as the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the
Company as described in Section 9(n), such Buyer shall not, and
shall cause any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any
understanding with such Buyer not to, engage, directly or
indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction. Such Buyer acknowledges
that the representations, warranties and covenants contained in
this Section 2(l) are being made for the benefit of the Buyers as
well as the Company and that each of the other Buyers shall have an
independent right to assert any claims against such Buyer arising
out of any breach or violation of the provisions of this Section
2(l). For purposes of this Agreement, “ Affiliate
” means with respect to any Person, any other Person which
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and
“ Control ” (including the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” or
“under common control with”) means the possession,
direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY .
Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports and the Disclosure Schedule hereto, the Company represents
and warrants to each of the Buyers and the Placement Agent
that:
(a) Organization and
Qualification . The Company and its “ Subsidiaries
” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any material
operating entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns
capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are entities
duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the
requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry
on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do
business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its
ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it
makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “
Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse
effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the
transactions contemplated hereby and the other Transaction
Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into
in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability
of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries
except as set forth on Schedule 3(a) .
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(b)
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . The Company has the
requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Warrants, the Escrow Agreement, Subscription
Application and Agreement, the Make Good Escrow Agreement dates as
of October 8, 2009, by and among the Company, each Buyer, the Make
Good Pledgor (defined below) and Richardson and Patel, LLP a form
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D and each of
the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”)
and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the
issuance of the Common Stock, the Warrants and the Placement Agent
Warrants (as defined below), the reservation for issuance and
issuance of 100% of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants, the reservation of the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the warrants (the “ Placement Agent
Warrant Shares”) issued to the Placement Agent (the
“ Placement Agent Warrants”) have been duly
authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further
filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company, its
Board of Directors or its stockholders, except for post-closing
Securities filings or notifications required to be made under
federal or state securities laws. This Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company, and shall constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally,
the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and
remedies.
(c) Issuance of Securities
. The issuance of the Common Stock, the Warrants and the Placement
Agent Warrants are duly authorized and are free from all taxes,
liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. As of the
Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly
authorized and reserved for issuance which equals at least 100% of
the maximum number of shares Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants (without taking into
account of any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set
forth in the Warrants). Upon exercise, in accordance with the
Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, as the case may be, and
payment of the consideration set forth in this Agreement, the
Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, the Warrant Shares and
the Placement Agent Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive
or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights
accorded to a holder of Common Stock.
(d) No Conflicts . The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the
issuance of the Common Stock and the Warrants, and reservation for
issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in
a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined in Section
3(r)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws (as
defined in Section 3(s)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which
with notice or
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lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or result in termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result
in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations
and the rules and regulations of the NASD’s OTC Bulletin
Board (the “ Principal Market ”)) applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or
asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or
affected, except in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) for any
such conflicts, violations or defaults which can reasonably be
expected to have no Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Consents . The Company
is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of,
or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental
agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other
Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in
each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, except
for post-closing securities filings or notifications to be made
under federal or state securities laws. All consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company
is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been
obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, except for
the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in
accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights
Agreement. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any
facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company from
obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or
filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in
violation of the applicable listing requirements of the Principal
Market and has no knowledge of any facts which would reasonably
lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock. The issuance
by the Company of the Securities shall not have the effect of
delisting or suspending the Common Stock from the Principal
Market.
(f) Acknowledgment Regarding
Buyer’s Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges
and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an
Affiliate of the Company or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company,
a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of
Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934
Act ”)). The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer
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 hereby and thereby, and any advice
given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such
Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further
represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter
into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the
independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(g) No General Solicitation;
Placement Agent’s Fees . Neither the Company, nor any of
its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has
engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer
or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the
payment of
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any placement agent’s fees,
financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than
for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor)
relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, placement agent fees payable to the
Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities. The
Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any
liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation,
attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in
connection with any such claim. Other than the Placement Agent, the
Company has not engaged any Placement Agent or other agents in
connection with the sale of the Securities.
(h) Private Placement; No
Integrated Offering . Subject to the accuracy of the
Buyer’s representations and warranties in Section 2 of this
Agreement, the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities in
conformity with the terms of this Agreement constitute transactions
that are exempt from registration under the 1933 Act. None of the
Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their Affiliates, and any Person
acting on 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 require registration of
any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of
the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company
for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and
regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which
any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None
of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their Affiliates and any Person
acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in
the preceding sentence that would require registration of any of
the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the
Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(i) Dilutive Effect . The
Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Placement
Agent Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent
Warrants will increase in certain circumstances. The Company
further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant
Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this
Agreement and the Warrants, and its obligation to issue the
Placement Agent Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Placement Agent
Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Placement Agent
Warrants in each case, is absolute and unconditional regardless of
the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other stockholders of the Company.
(j) Application of Takeover
Protections; Rights Agreement . The Company and its 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
Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the
Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The
Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar
arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of
Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.
(k) SEC Documents; Financial
Statements . (i) During the two (2) years prior to the date
hereof, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other
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documents required to be filed by it with
the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act with
respect to such time period (all of the foregoing filed prior to
the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial
statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated
by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “
SEC Documents ”). The Company has delivered to the
Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and
complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR
system. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934
Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at
the time they were filed with the SEC, 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. Each registration statement and any
amendment thereto filed by the Company since January 1, 2008
pursuant to the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
as of the date such statement or amendment became effective,
complied as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act and
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements made therein not misleading; and
each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act,
as of its issue date and as of the closing of any sale of
securities pursuant thereto did not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(ii) As of their respective filing
dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC
Documents complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied,
during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent
they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary
statements) and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the
results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf
of the Company to the Buyers in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby which is not included in the SEC Documents,
including, without limitation, information referred to in Section
2(d) of this Agreement or in any disclosure schedules, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not
misleading.
(l) Absence of Certain
Changes . Since July 31, 2009, there has been no event which
has had, or could reasonably be expected to result, in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole. Since July 31, 2009, there has not been:
(i) any change in the consolidated
assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of
the Company from that reflected in the financial statements
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included in the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2007,
except for changes in the ordinary course of business which have
not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate;
(ii) any declaration or payment of
any dividend, or any authorization or payment of any distribution,
on any of the capital stock of the Company, or any redemption or
repurchase of any securities of the Company;
(iii) any material damage,
destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance to any
assets or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(iv) any waiver, not in the
ordinary course of business, by the Company or any Subsidiary of a
material right or of a material debt owed to it;
(v) any satisfaction or discharge
of any lien, claim or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by
the Company or a Subsidiary, except in the ordinary course of
business and which is not material to the assets, properties,
financial condition, operating results or business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (as such business is
presently conducted and as it is proposed to be conducted);
(vi) any change or amendment to
the Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or material
change to any material contract or arrangement by which the Company
or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective
assets or properties is subject;
(vii) any material transaction
entered into by the Company or a Subsidiary other than in the
ordinary course of business;
(viii) the loss of the services of
any key employee, or material change in the composition or duties
of the senior management of the Company or any Subsidiary; or
(ix) the loss or threatened loss
of any customer which has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; or
The Company and its Subsidiaries,
individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date
hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined
below). For purposes of this Section 3(l), “ Insolvent
” means, with respect to any Person (as defined in Section
3(s)), (i) the present fair saleable value of such Person’s
assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person’s
total Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)), (ii) such Person
is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become
absolute and matured, (iii) such Person intends to incur or
believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability
to pay as such debts mature or (iv) such Person has unreasonably
small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is
engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be
conducted.
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(m) No
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances
. No material event, liability, development or circumstance has
occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to the
Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties,
prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be
required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities
laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC
relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock
and which has not been publicly announced.
(n) Use of Proceeds . The
net proceeds of the sale of the Units hereunder shall be used by
the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes. The
Company is not, nor will the Company be engaged in, the business of
extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
(o) Conduct of Business;
Regulatory Permits . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries
is in violation of any term of or in default under its Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws or their organizational charter or articles
of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or
order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation that are
currently necessary or applicable to the operation of the Company
or its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation
of the foregoing except for possible violations which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is
not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements
of the Principal Market or the SEC or other state or federal
securities laws and has no knowledge o